2VWO comparisons

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs

Words with one syllable (=lettergreep)
get...

1. -er/-est
2. more/most

-er/-est

• big, bigger (than), (the) biggest
• small, smaller (than), (the) smallest
• high, higher (than), (the) highest

Words with 2 syllables that end in -le, -er, -ow, -y get...

1. -er/-est
2. more/most

-er/-est

• happy, happier (than), (the) happiest
• simple, simpler (than), (the) simplest
• narrow, narrower (than), (the) narrowest

Words with two syllables that don't end in -le, -er, -ow, -y get...

1. -er/-est
2. more/most

more/most

• famous, more famous (than), (the) most famous
• careful, more careful (than), (the) most careful

Words with more that 2 syllables get...

1. -er/-est
2. more/most

more/most

• expensive, more expensive (than), (the) most expensive
• popular, more popular (than), (the) most popular
• beautiful, more beautiful (than), (the) most beautiful

Make 1 comparative sentence.

Make 1 superlative sentence.