| 誤 | He sure works hard. |
| 正 | He surely works hard. |
| 誤 | He was injured bad. |
| 正 | He was injured badly. |
| 誤 | I drive considerable faster. |
| 正 | I drive considerably faseter. |
| 誤 | Janet is jubilantly. |
| 正 | Janet is jubilant. |
| ジャネットは喜んでいる | |
| 誤 | She looks happily. |
| 正 | She looks happy. |
| 幸せそうだ | |
| 誤 | He looked suspiciosly. |
| 正 | He looked suspicious. |
| 彼は怪しい | |
| 誤 | He looked suspicios at the box. |
| 正 | He looked suspiciously at the box. |
| ボックスのところで怪しく見える |
| 誤 | The car runs good. [形容詞] |
| 正 | The car runs well.[副詞] |
| 車はよく走る | |
| 誤 | My arm hearts bad.[形容詞] |
| 正 | My arm hearts badly.[副詞] |
| 腕がすごく痛い | |
| 正 | I feel good. [形容詞、気分がよい] |
| 正 | I feel well. [形容詞、健康である] |
| 正 | I feel bad. [形容詞、気分が悪い] |
| 正 | He feels sorry about loosing the game. |
| 形容詞 | ||
| 原形(positive) | 比較級(comparative) | 最上級(superlative) |
| good | better | best |
| bad | worse | worst |
| tall | taller | tallest |
| grateful | more gratefull | most gratefull |
| 形容詞 | |
| 誤 | He is the tallest of the two boys. |
| 正 | He is the tallest of the three boys. |
| 3人の中では,彼が一番背が高い. | |
| 正 | He is the taller of the two boys. |
| 彼の方が背が高い | |
| 副詞 | ||
| 原形(positive) | 比較級(comparative) | 最上級(superlative) |
| well | better | best |
| quietly | more quietly | most quietly |
| carefully | less carefully | least carefully |
| 副詞 | |
| 誤 | Of the two girls, I like Martha best. |
| 正 | Of the two girls, I like Martha better. |
| 2人の中では,マーサの方が好きだ. | |
| 正 | Of the three girls, I like Martha best. |
| 3人の中では,マーサが一番好きだ. | |
次の単語は比較級や最上級を持たない。unique, perfect, dead, fatal, empty, full
| 定期的な時を表す副詞 | |
| 誤 | The manager twice a week arrives early. |
| 正 | Twice a week, The manager arrives early. |
| 正 | The manager arrives early twice a week. |
| 週に2回,部長は早く到着する. | |
| 不定期な時を表す副詞 | |
| 誤 | Seldom the manager is late. |
| 誤 | The manager is late seldom |
| 正 | The manager is seldom late. |
| 部長は,滅多に遅れない. | |
| 名詞句 | 助動詞 | 不定期な時を表す副詞 | 主動詞 | 目的 |
| The assistant | has | often | worked | overtime |
| 従属節 | 代名詞 | 不定期な時を表す副詞 | 主動詞 | 副詞 |
| Since the manager hates to be late, | he | always | arrives | on time |