Read the theory and
choose the correct item.
comparative adverbs
• (far/much/a lot/a little/a bit)
less/more + adverb + than
• for two things that are (not) the
same: (not) as + adverb + as
• irregular forms: well - better;
badly – worse; fast - faster; late -
later; early - earlier; hard - harder
1 the river is flowing less/much
fast here than under the bridge.
2 snakes can attack more/as
quickly than you expect.
3 the prince did not rule less/as
wisely as his father.
4 it's raining far badly/worse
than in the morning.
5 celia can ride a horse much
more/far gracefully than her
sister.
6 no one works as hard/harder
as my grandmother!
7 i get up a lot/more earlier in
the summer.
8 a dog guards your house
little/far more faithfully than
an alarm! ​