Comparative and superlative adverbs compare actions. Learn about comparative and superlative adverbs with BBC Bitesize French. For students between the ages of 14 and 16.

But to really understand comparatives and superlatives, the dictionary is our most useful tool. First, it can show us which words have comparative forms and which don’t.

Whenever one makes a comparison between three or more things, the adjectival degree is ‘superlative'. For example “Mitchell is the brightest of my five children”.