V4 - comparisons, adjectives and adverbs, quantifiers

Comparisons, Adjectives & Adverbs
Quantifiers
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Comparisons, Adjectives & Adverbs
Quantifiers

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Adjectives
Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden met een getal schrijf je met streepjes ertussen

An eight-year-old boy
A 30-minute walk
A seven-week holiday

Slide 2 - Slide

Adverbs
Adverbs can say something about a phrase or sentence

Surely, that was a mistake
Fortunately, I had been able to reach him

Slide 3 - Slide

How to form an adverb
Put -ly after the adjective
  • Sure – surely, beautiful – beautifully

Sometimes the spelling changes:
y -> ily            easy – easily
le -> ly            probable– probably
ic -> ically     fantastic - fantastically
Watch out: The adverb of 'good' is 'well'

Slide 4 - Slide

Let's practice
For the next couple of questions, select whether the *word* between the asterisk is an adjective or adverb

Slide 5 - Slide

She is a *wonderful* person

A
adjective
B
adverb

Slide 6 - Quiz

I have a *fantastic* brother
A
adjective
B
adverb

Slide 7 - Quiz

Steven learns very *quickly*

A
adjective
B
adverb

Slide 8 - Quiz

Those were some *easy* questions
A
adjective
B
adverb

Slide 9 - Quiz

Mark sings *well*
A
adjective
B
adverb

Slide 10 - Quiz

My new bicycle is *extremely* beautiful
A
adjective
B
adverb

Slide 11 - Quiz

Confusing adjectives & adverbs
Watch out: friendly, silly, lovely, unlikely are adjectives, not adverbs!

If you want to use them as adverbs, you need to use 'way' or 'manner'
  • He spoke in a very friendly way
  • They acted in a silly manner

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Confusing adjectives & adverbs
Difficult and impossible don't have adverbs, so you need to rephrase

That boy speaks with great difficulty
I can’t possibly visit you next week
But:
That is an impossibly difficult job

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Confusing adjectives & adverbs
Words can be both adverbs and adjectives
This counts for words ending in –ly: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, early
  • It’s a daily paper            It comes out daily
  • We took an early bus        We got up early

It also counts for: high, low, far, fast, wrong, strange

Slide 14 - Slide

Confusing adjectives & adverbs
Adjectives and their adverbs can have different meanings

Short – shortly
Hard – hardly
High – highly
Late – lately

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Confusing adjectives & adverbs
Na werkwoorden die een zintuiglijke waarneming uitdrukken, zoals taste, look, feel, smell, sound komt er een adjective, geen adverb

Your chocolates tasted very good
She looked bad

Slide 16 - Slide

Let's practice!
Fill in the correct form of the word in brackets

Slide 17 - Slide

You didn't do your work ____ (correct).

Slide 18 - Open question

That engine is very ____ (noisy).

Slide 19 - Open question

Sorry! I acted ____ (stupid).

Slide 20 - Open question

That cake is decorated ____ (extreme) beautifully.

Slide 21 - Open question

Tim is a very ____ (hard) worker.

Slide 22 - Open question

Comparisons
If you want to compare things you can often use -er, -est
  • Cheap – cheaper – cheapest
  • Short – shorter – shortest
This counts for all 1-syllable and some 2-syllable words (y-le-er-ow)
If they end in a y, the spelling changes to i
  • Easy – easier – easiest
  • Happy – happier – happiest




Slide 23 - Slide

Comparisons
If the word consists of 3 syllables or more, you use 'more' and 'most'
  • Beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful
  • Attractive – more attractive – most attractive


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Words with 2 forms
Old            older                oldest
Old            elder                eldest

Late            later                last
Late            later                latest
    
Far            farther / further            farthest / furthest

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Other ways to compare
Even … als = as … as
  • He’s as old as I am

Niet zo … als = not … as / not so … as
  • She’s not as old as I am
  • They were not as good as we thought

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Other ways to compare
Hoe … hoe = the … the    /    steeds = more and more
  • The sooner, the better
  • It was getting more and more difficult

Dan = than / then (than na vergrotende trap, then in alle andere gevallen)
  • It’s cheaper than you think
  • First we’re going to London and then to Oxford

Slide 27 - Slide

wat is het verschil
tussen much & many?

Slide 28 - Mind map

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Slide 32 - Slide

There were ___ (veel) complaints.

Slide 33 - Open question

Is there ___ (veel) meat in the fridge?

Slide 34 - Open question

You can send e-cards with just (een paar) clicks.

Slide 35 - Open question

There is ___ (weinig) time to deal with this problem.

Slide 36 - Open question

___ (weinig) people complained.

Slide 37 - Open question

You shouldn't go up that ladder. It doesn't seem ...
A
safe
B
safely

Slide 38 - Quiz

Everything was really quiet. There was ... silence.
A
complete
B
completely

Slide 39 - Quiz

Jason speaks English very ...
A
good
B
well

Slide 40 - Quiz

Our team lost the game because we played very ...
A
bad
B
badly

Slide 41 - Quiz

You can ... do this if you put some effort into it.
A
easy
B
easily

Slide 42 - Quiz

This hamburger tastes ... ! What's in it?
A
awful
B
awfully

Slide 43 - Quiz

Kevin is ... clever.
A
extreme
B
extremely

Slide 44 - Quiz

I tried really ... to remember his name, but I couldn't.
A
hard
B
hardly

Slide 45 - Quiz

Adverbs
Adjectives
Adverb or Adjective?
      (20 points)
Magnificent
Never
Heroic
Always
Sadly
Bad
Amazingly
Horrible
Terribly

Slide 46 - Drag question

TekstDrag the adverb to the right place: nearly
She 
had
lost
her notebook
nearly

Slide 47 - Drag question

Drag the adverb to the right place:  (slowly) 
Mother
closed
the door
slowly

Slide 48 - Drag question

A word that tells you something about an object or a person. For example what it looks like. 
A word that usually describes an action, it is something you can do.
A word that identifies people, objects, ideas, places etc.
A word that is used to change the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb
ADJECTIVE
VERB
ADVERB
NOUN

Slide 49 - Drag question