louder vs. more loudly

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #284 [color=blue]“Basic Grammar Exercises (9)”, question 8

The red birds sing more than the blue ones do.

(a) louder
(b) loudest
(c) loudly
(d) loud

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #284 [color=blue]“Basic Grammar Exercises (9)”, answer 8

The red birds sing more loudly than the blue ones do.

Correct answer: (c) loudly

Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
The red birds sing more louder than the blue ones do.
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Hello,

I don’t understand my mistake, isn’t louder a comparative?

Best regards,

Hi Maddy,

‘Louder’ is the comparative of ‘loud’ and so it is not necessary to add ‘more’. We usually use ‘more’ to show comparative when the adjective has several syllables as in: ‘more beautiful’.

In the test sentence we need the adverb ‘loudly’ and the comparative is ‘more loudly’.

Alan

Hello Alan,

Thanks for your answer, your explanation is very clear. I need to review comparatives =)

Best regards,

Maddy