Unit 6 - Comparatives and Superlatives / use of like

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Unit 6

• What ..... like?
• Comparatives and superlatives
• Synonyms and antonyms
• What's on?

In small groups.....

Look at the photo of Mia. What is she doing?

• relaxing at home

How else would you describe Mia?

complete exercise 1 and 2 (p. 46)

Page 47 - Practice

What's it like? 

Do these exercises.........write the answers in your notebook.

If you need extra practice in the question What.......like? Complete the sentences below.

the weather / your teacher  / your sister  /  your flat  / your neighbours

1. What _______like?        " She's nice. We're very close."
2. What _______like?        "It's cold and wet today" 
3. What _______like?         "He's OK, but he shouts a lot"
4. What _______like?         " It's small but cosy. I love it"
5. What _______like?            "They seem very nice"

Remember:

'What's it like' means the same as 'tell me about it'

Comparative adjectives

An adjective is a part of speech that describes a noun

old, cold, hot

A comparative adjective is used to compare two nouns

Sue is smart

Sue is smarter than her brother.

For short adjectives we add - er

Tall     Taller

Short      Shorter

Old       Older

Young       younger

Small     Smaller

Exceptions

consonant - vowel- consonant   hot / big

become hotter /bigger 

What about two sylable adjectives?

Two sylables that  end with a 'y'

Happy  becomes happier (replace the 'y' with ier)

Angry becomes angrier (replace the 'y' with ier)

Two sylables or more that don't end with a 'y'

honest - more honest

difficult - more difficult 

Review

one syllable and a short adjective                        add -er       smarter

Two syllable adjective that ends with a 'y'       add -ier       happier

Two syllable adjective that doesn't end with a 'y' or a three syllable adjective like expensive then use more

Workbook exercises

Exercise 3 Page 40: Big, bigger, biggest

Exercise 4 and 5 page 41

DON'T WRITE IN YOUR WORK BOOK!

superlatives