U9L1 AH1 Grammar: Comparative Adjectives, p. 90 - 91

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Degrees of comparison

 Comparative + Superlative adjectives

Comparative adjectives

Let's see what you already know!

Mr Buijkx is older ..... Mr Tip.

1. then
2. than

Primark is ...... (big) than Cool Cat.

1. big
2. biger
3. bigger
4. biggest

Ms Groen is ....... (funny) than Mr Tip.

1. more funny
2. most funny
3. funnyer
4. funnier

An iPhone is ....... (expensive) than an Android phone.

1. more expensive
2. expensiver

I am ..... (bad) at saving money than my brother.

1. badder
2. more bad
3. worse
4. worser

Shopping online is .......... (fast) actually going to a shop.

1. faster
2. faster than
3. fastest
4. fastest than

In your own words, what are comparative + superlative adjectives?

Comparative adjectives

• one-syllable adjectives    -->   -er              big --> bigger
  

• two-syllable adjectives ending in -some -le -er -ow -y         (some leerowy)                      -->   -er             clever --> cleverer

• (other) two or more syllable adjectives                                                 --> 'more' or 'less'             intelligent --> more intelligent                                                                            

  

SO: what's the comparative form of 'funny'?

What's the comparative form of 'boring'?

What's the comparative form of 'handsome'?

What's the comparative form of 'beautiful'?

Nikki is as … as Jeroen.

1. cooler
2. cool
3. funnier
4. coolest

Kayleigh is … than Senne.

1. more studious
2. happy
3. sweet
4. louder

Ronald is the … man of them all.

1. weirder
2. handsomest
3. strict
4. greatest

Comparative adjectives

Between two persons or things

Use of the Comparative 

Add -er -> most one syllable adjectives 

Bas is louder than Dylan.

Add 'more' or 'less' -> adjectives three or more syllables 

Kayleigh is more intelligent than Senne.

Form

pattern: Noun (subject) + verb (is/are/was/were) + comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

Jimmy (noun) is (verb) taller (adjective) than Nasser (object).

We use adjectives to compare differences between nouns. 

Superlative adjectives

• one-syllable adjectives    -->   -est              big --> biggest
  

• two-syllable adjectives ending in -some -le -er -ow -y         (some leerowy)                      -->   -est             clever --> cleverest

• (other) two or more syllable adjectives                                                 --> 'most' or 'least'             intelligent --> most intelligent                                                                            

  

Superlative degree

Between three or more people or things

Use of Superlative Degree 

Add -est -> most one- and two-syllable adjectives  

Bart is the greatest man of them all.

Use of Positive Degree 

Add 'most' or 'least' -> adjectives three or more syllables  

P.e. Martin is the most handsome man of them all.

Shannon's dog is … than Femke's cat.

1. lazyer
2. bigger
3. lazier
4. biger

Yanni's panda is the … of them all.

1. lazyiest
2. bigest
3. laziest
4. biggest

Warning 

-e 

 -> -er in the comparative

-> -est in the superlative

Sanne is wiser than Jarni.

Severine is the wisest of them all.  

Warning

-y after a consonant 

-> -ier in the comparative

 -> -iest in the superlative 

Lazy: Shannon's dog is lazier than Femke's cat.

Yanni's panda is the laziest of them all.

Warning

Double the consonant after a short vowel

Shannon's dog is bigger than Femke's cat.

Yanni's panda is the biggest of them all.

Lise is … than Linde.

1. smarter
2. wiseer
3. wiser
4. smartter

Julia is the … of them all.

1. wisest
2. wiseest
3. smarttest
4. smartest

Joris is … at English than Kyra.

1. better
2. gooder
3. worse
4. badder

Warning

irregular form:

Good: good, better, best
Tom is better at English than Daan, but Ronald is the best.

Bad: bad, worse, worst

Tom is worse at French than Daan, but Ronald is the worst of them all.

Make a sentence with the adjective "good" in the comparative and superlative form (2 sentences)