Year 4C · Grade 8: Participles and Comparison
Review verbal adjectives and the Latin forms for more and most.
What to notice
- participles
- comparatives
- superlatives
Examples
- participle — part verb and part adjective. A participle keeps some verb qualities but works like an adjective.
- amans — loving. amans is the present active participle: loving.
- amatus — loved / having been loved. amatus is a perfect passive participle.
- amaturus — about to love. amaturus is a future active participle: about to love.
- clarior — brighter / more famous. clarior is comparative.
- clarissimus — brightest / most famous. clarissimus is superlative.