Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2

Degrees of comparison

Trappen van vergelijking 

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Leerdoel

Ik ken de regels voor de trappen van vergelijking en kan ze toepassen in eenvoudige zinnen.

What do you remember of the comparisons?

-er / -est

Bij woorden van één lettergreep gaan de trappen als volgt:

big - bigger than - the biggest

tall - taller than - the tallest

white - whiter than - the whitest

more / most

Bij woorden van twee of meer lettergrepen gaan de trappen als volgt:

beautiful / more beautiful than / the  most beautiful

interesting / more interesting than / the most interesting

stunning / more stunning than / the most stunning

Uitzondering 1

Woorden van twéé lettergrepen op -y krijgen ook -er / -est

Happy / Happier than / The happiest

Pretty / Prettier than / The prettiest

Uitzondering 2

Uit je hoofd leren

Good / better than / the best

Bad / worse than / the worst

Little / smaller than / the smallest (size)

Little / less than / the least (quantity)

many - much / more than / the most

Exercise 1

Fill in the missing form of the degrees of comparison

tip: don't forget the and than

2 open spaces? separate them with -

e.g. tall - ___ - ___    --->  taller than - the tallest

big - ____ - the biggest

rude - ruder than - ____

silly - ____ - _____

boring - ____ - ____

Exercise 2

Fill in the correct form of the degrees of comparison

Use the sentence to figure out which one it should be.

type only the missing words.

My friend is ____ my brother. (lazy)

amazing - ___ - ___

It's a watermelon inside a watermelon, it's ____ thing I've ever seen! (beautiful)

She is ____ at English than her classmates. (good)

English is _____ French. (interesting)

He is ____ her sister. (scary)

This is ____ film I've seen. (terrifying)

My house is (big) ... yours.

Who is (rich) ...
woman on earth?

Heracles speelt beter dan Ajax
( translate the whole sentence)

I understand the comparisons ...

completely!

good enough to succeed when I have a test.

not very well, I need more practice.

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