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Adverbs o f degree
Adverbs can modify adjectives, e.g. ‘a wonderfully physical performance’, ‘an unusually 
large cucum ber’, ‘a really fascinating film’, etc. O ther adverbs of this type are words like 
‘extremely’, ‘rather’ and ‘very’.
Comparative and superlative adverbs
The comparative and superlative forms of adverbs follow the same pattern as those of 
adjectives. One-syllable adverbs add ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ (‘loud -->• louder -» loudest’; ‘hard -» 
harder —►
hardest’). Adverbs ending in ‘-ly’ use ‘m ore’ and ‘m ost’ (e.g. ‘quickly ->• more 
quickly -* most quickly’). There are also irregular forms (e.g. ‘well -» better -+ best’; ‘badly 
--> worse -+ worst’).
Joining words
Two parts of speech (prepositions and conjunctions) are concerned with how words, 
phrases or sentences are connected.
Prepositions
Prepositions express a tim e relationship between two events (‘He left 
before
I got there’), or 
a spatial relationship between two things or people (e.g. ‘I saw him at the cinema’, ‘Put the 
projector 
in
the office when you have finished with it’). They usually come before a noun 
but can also come at the end of a clause with certain structures. For example, we can say 
‘The book’s on the shelf’ or ‘It’s not something I’m very interested in’.
Particular prepositions
Many words and expressions can only be followed by particular prepositions, e.g. ‘anxious 
about’, ‘dream abou t/of’, ‘good at’, ‘kind to’, etc.
Prepositions and adverbs
Some words can be both prepositions and also adverbs (often called adverbial particles). In 
the sentence, ‘She climbed down the ladder’, ‘down’ is a preposition because it has an object 
(‘the ladder’). In ‘She sat down’, it is an adverb because it does not have an object.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions join two clauses, e.g. ‘Nicky said goodnight 
and
walked out o f the house with 
a heavy h eart’, ‘She was going to be away for a fortnight 
so
she took a large suitcase’, ‘I can 
sing 
but
I can’t play the guitar’, ‘I’m a teacher 
because
I like working with people’, etc.
We only use one conjunction for two clauses. We say ‘Although it was early he jum ped 
out of bed’, not Although it was early but he jum ped out of bed’.