Comparatives TBL All in 1 Lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Comparing cities

At the end of the lesson you

1.  can compare two cities and find at least 4 differences between these cities using the internet.
2.  can report your findings with comparisons of the cities while using the English language.

What kind of answers were given?

What kind of answers were given?

They compared cities

The assignment

Work in pairs

The assignment

 Choose two of these cities;

New York, Paris, London, Hong Kong or Hoorn
With your partner find 4 differences between your two cities

Report these differences as if you are the city to another duo
Example; "I am New York and I am bigger than Hoorn."

Do your research!

 Choose two of these cities;

New York, Paris, London, Hong Kong or Hoorn

With your partner find 4 differences between your two cities

Report these differences as if you are the city to another duo

Example; "I am New York and I am bigger than Hoorn."

Share your knowledge!

 Choose two of these cities;

New York, Paris, London, Hong Kong or Hoorn

With your partner find 4 differences between your two cities

Report these differences as if you are the city to another duo

Example; "I am New York and I am bigger than Hoorn."

Comparatives

For adjectives that are just one syllable, add -er to the end

FAST-ER / SMART-ER / LONG-ER

For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, change the -y to -i and add -er.

HAPP-IER / FUNN-IER

For two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y and for all three-or-more-syllable adjectives, use the form “more + adjective.”

MORE BORING / MORE EXCITING

Superlatives

For adjectives that are just one syllable, add -est to the end.

OLD-EST / FAST-EST

For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, change the -y to -i and add -est.

HAPP-IEST / FUNN-IEST

For two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y and for all three-or-more-syllable adjectives, use the form “more + adjective.”

MOST BORING / LEAST EXCITING

The Aims of today

1.  you can compare two cities and find at least 4 differences between these cities using the internet.
2.  you can report your findings with comparisons of the cities while using the English language.

How did it go?

Comparative of the word Big

1. Biger
2. More big
3. Biggest
4. Bigger

Superlative of the word
Easy

1. Easiest
2. Easyer
3. Easier
4. More Easy

Comparative of the word
Expensive

1. Expensiver
2. More Expensive
3. Most Expensive
4. Expensivest

When we write a comparative of an adjective with two syllables we add

1. -er at the end
2. -ier at the end
3. Most- before the word
4. More- before the word

When we write a superlative of an adjective with one syllables we add

1. -er at the end
2. -iest at the end
3. -est at the end
4. Most- before the word

Which comparative is incorrect?

1. Faster
2. More happy
3. More boring
4. Funnier

Which Superlative is incorrect?

1. Longest
2. Ugliest
3. Handsomest
4. Smartest