Comparatives superlatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Plan for today: 

- Comparatives and superlatives 

- Speaking - fun (yes really) activity)

Comparatives and superlatives

(= vergelijkende en overtreffende trap)

Comparatives and superlatives

old

older

oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Comparatives and superlatives

• Comparatives en superlatives zijn de trappen van vergelijking.
  
• Je hebt de vergrotende (comparative) en overtreffende (superlative) trap.

Comparatives & superlatives 

Voor woorden van één lettergreep en  woorden van twee lettergrepen die eindigen op medeklinker + y gebruiken we -er en the ...... -est
My cat is lazy, yours is lazier, my friend's cat is the laziest. 
Norway is cold, Russia is colder, Antarctica is the coldest. 

Voor woorden van twee of meer lettergrepen (behalve die hierboven op y) gebruiken we more & the ...... most. 

This phone is expensive, that one is more expensive, the newest iPhone is the most expensive 

Comparatives and superlatives

• Sommige woorden zijn uitzonderingen en hebben onregelmatige vormen:

• good - better - best
  
• bad - worse - worst

LET OP: 

Bij vergelijken schrijf je than met een a! (then met een e gaat over tijd) 

Als je met more / most werkt verandert het bijvoeglijk naamwoord niet. 
Dus: hot / hotter 
Maar NIET more expensiver / the most expensivest 

+er / + est 

more / most 

expensive 

happy

interesting

smart

boring

scary

full

intelligent

tall

ridiculous

Comparatives:
My dog is ...(scary) than yours.

1. scarier
2. more scary
3. scaryer
4. most scary

Comparatives:
French is ...(difficult) than English.

1. difficulter
2. more difficult
3. more difficulter
4. most difficultest

Superlatives:
This is the ......... film I have ever seen.

1. scarier
2. more scary
3. most scary
4. scariest

Comparatives:
My friend is ...(intelligent) than I am .

1. intelligenter
2. more intelligenter
3. more intelligent
4. most intelligent

Which comparative or superlative?
This place is ________ than a freezer.

1. colder
2. coldest
3. more cold
4. most cold

Choose the superlative form: "It looks like our _______ fears are coming true."

1. most bad
2. worse
3. worst
4. baddest

Which comparative or superlative?
We climbed _______ than they did.

1. higher
2. highest
3. more high
4. most high

Which comparative or superlative?
Their team is _____ at soccer then we are.

1. better
2. best
3. more good
4. most good

Which comparative or superlative?
This math test is ________ test I have ever taken.

1. more difficult
2. most difficult
3. the difficultest
4. the most difficult

Which comparative or superlative?
He carried the glass statue ________ out of anyone there.

1. more carefully
2. the most carefully
3. carefullier
4. the carefulliest

A tiger is...... than a lion

1. dangerous
2. more dangerous
3. dangerouser
4. most dangerous

Fill in the superlative:
Lions are faster than lions, but cheetahs are ............

1. the fastest
2. fast
3. as fast as
4. even faster

That was the most intense work I have ever done :P