4 + VERB + THE MOST + Adverb (OF ALL)] EXAMPLES: ‘OF all the students in her class, Sarah does her homework the most carefully.” ‘Jimmy behaves the most childishly of anyone in the class.” Adverbs which have the same base form as adjectives also have the same comparative forms. These are constructed by adding-er (for the comparative) and -est (for the superlative) to base form. EXAMPLES: Fred can run faster than Martin can, but Sharon runs the fastest.” ‘My wife got up earlier than I did this morning, but our daughter got up the earlie: IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVE FORMS There are also a small number of irregular comparative and superlative forms of adverbs Base form Comparative Superlative WELL BETTER THE BEST BADLY WORSE THE WORST LITTLE LESS. THE LEAST MUCH MORE THE MOST