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- Comparatives are used to compare two or more things or people, with different rules for adjectives and quantities.
- Maggiority comparatives add -er to one-syllable adjectives and use "more" for longer adjectives, with "than" for comparisons.
- Minority comparatives use "less" for adjectives and singular nouns, and "fewer" for plural nouns, followed by "than" for comparisons.
- Equality comparatives use "as" before adjectives and nouns, with "as" again to introduce the second term of comparison.
- Irregular adjectives have unique comparative forms, such as "good" becoming "better" and "bad" becoming "worse".
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Aggettivi comparativi inglesi - Struttura e particolarità
We use comparatives to compare two or more things or people.
Maggiority comparative
We use Maggiority comparatives for qualities to compare two adjectives. We add -er to one-syllable adjectives. We put more before adjectives with two or more syllables. We use than to introduce the second term of comparison.
Examples: I’m smaller than you
You are more beautiful than her
We use maggiority comparatives for quantities to compare two things.
We put more before the noun. We use than to introduce the second term of comparison.Example: Harry has more food than me.
Minority comparative
We use minority comparatives for qualities to compare two adjectives. We put less before the adjectives. We use than to introduce the second term of comparison.Examples: He is less beautiful than you
You are less small than her.
We use minority comparatives for quantities to compare two nouns. We put less before singular nouns; we put fewer before plural nouns. We use than to introduce the second term of comparison.
examples: I have fewer friends than you
You have less food than you.
Equality comparative
We use equality comparatives for qualities to compare two adjectives. We put as before the adjectives. We use as to introduce the second term of comparison.
Examples: You are as nice as him
you are as beautiful as her
We use equality comparatives for quantities to compare two nouns. We put as much before uncountable nouns, we put as many before countable nouns. We use as to introduce the second term of comparison.
Example: he has as much food as you
You have as many friends as you
Irregular adjectives
Good; better; best
Bad; worse; worst
far; farder; further.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è la struttura dei comparativi di maggioranza in inglese?
- Come si formano i comparativi di minoranza per quantità?
- Quali sono alcuni aggettivi irregolari nei comparativi inglesi?
I comparativi di maggioranza si formano aggiungendo -er agli aggettivi monosillabici e mettendo more prima degli aggettivi con due o più sillabe. Si usa than per introdurre il secondo termine di paragone.
Per i comparativi di minoranza, si mette less prima dei nomi singolari e fewer prima dei nomi plurali. Si usa than per introdurre il secondo termine di paragone.
Alcuni aggettivi irregolari includono good (better, best), bad (worse, worst) e far (farder, further).