Comparative Forms and Gerunds: Making Sense of Verbs, Gerunds, and Infinitives, Dispense di Inglese

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Comparative

Adjectives

What are Comparative Adjectives?

Comparative adjectives are

words used to compare the

difference between 2

things.

What are Comparative Adjectives?

Example

bigger

smaller

Making Comparative Words

To make a comparative

word you must change the

adjective to the

comparative form.

Making Comparative Words

Example smaller small

Rules C O M P A R A T I V E A D J E C T I V E S

1

With regular one syllable

adjectives, we add - er to

make the comparative

form.

Example faster fast

2 With regular one and two syllable adjectives that end in y, we remove the y and add - ier to make the comparative form.

3 With adjectives that end with a single vowel followed by a single consonant, the consonant is doubled and

• er is added.

3 Example bigger big With adjectives that end with a single vowel followed by a single consonant, the consonant is doubled and

• er is added.

4 Example beautiful more beautiful With two syllable adjectives that don't end in - y, and all three syllable adjectives we add more before the adjective.

Irregular C O M P A R A T I V E A D J E C T I V E S

Gerunds

and

Infinitives

Gerunds and infinitives can function as: NOUNS (subjects, objects, subject complements) As subjects, they take a singular verb. Only Gerunds can be object of the preposition.