Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

GRAMMAR 

Comparisons 

In het Nederlands noemen we ze trappen van vergelijkingen.

Gebruik: Om mensen of dingen te beschrijven

Je vergelijkt ze met elkaar. 

Comparative: Vergrotende trap

  Superlative: Overtreffende trap. 

C

B

A

Box A is small.

Box B is smaller than box A.

Box C is the smallest of all.

Comparisons 

Woorden van 1 lettergreep:

- Vergrotende trap: -er

- Overtreffende trap: -est

old

older

oldest

Let op!

Woorden die eindigen op een -e 
Nice - Nicer - Nicest

Woorden die eindigen op een klinker + medeklinker
Fat - Fatter - Fattest 

Woorden die eindigen op een -y 
Lazy - Lazier - Laziest 

Comparisons 

Woorden van 2 lettergrepen of meer:

- Vergrotende trap: more 

- Overtreffende trap: most

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Comparisons - onregelmatig

Deze moet je leren:

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

many - more - most

Vul de juiste vorm van de trap van vergelijking in:


Our house is ......................... yours (large).

1. Largest
2. Largeer then
3. Larger than
4. Largeest than

Use the right comparison:
> My friend is ______ of our class.

1. younger
2. younger than
3. more young
4. the youngest

Use the right comparison:
> The dog is _________ I am.

1. quicker than
2. the quickest
3. quicker
4. quickest

Use the right comparison:
> Jessy is ______ my mum.

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

Use the right comparison:
> ________ XBOX 360 videogame costs US $2,999!

1. The expensivest
2. The more expensive
3. The most expensive

Gebruik de juiste trap van vergelijking:

Ron is a small dog, but the cat is .............

1. Small
2. Smaller
3. Smallest

Vul de juiste vorm van de trap van vergelijking in:


You can see James Bond doing the ................. (exciting) stunts.

1. Excitinger
2. Excitingest
3. More exciting
4. most exciting

Vul de juiste vorm van de trap van vergelijking in:



I think the scripts are the .............. (bad) in the world.

1. Badest
2. Baddest
3. Worst
4. More bad

My little brother is _________(small) than I am.

1. more small
2. most small
3. smaller
4. smallest

That group is _____ the other group.

1. the more serious
2. the most serious
3. more serious than
4. most serious than

Welk rijtje is juist?

1. Good - Better - Best
2. Good - Gooder - Goodest
3. Beautiful - Beautifuler - Beautifulest
4. Small - More small - Most small

Adele is famous. Lady Gaga is _____,
Michael Jackson is _____!

1. more famous, the most famous
2. famouser, the most famous
3. famouser, the famousest
4. more famouser, most famous

Welk rijtje klopt niet?

1. nice - nicer - nicest
2. happy - happier - happiest
3. bad - badder - baddest
4. beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

It is _____ to find good football players.

1. more difficult
2. difficulter
3. most difficult
4. difficultest

Do you think my hair looks ______ (pretty) this way?

1. prettier
2. prettyer
3. more pretty
4. more prettyer

He's the ______ (good) football player on our team.

1. goodest
2. more good
3. best
4. most good

I'm bad in math, but even ... in English

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

Use the right comparison:
> My friend is ______ of our class.

1. younger
2. younger than
3. more young
4. the youngest

Use the right comparison:
> The dog is _________ I am.

1. quicker than
2. the quickest
3. quicker
4. quickest

Gebruik de juiste trap van vergelijking:

Ron is a small dog, but the cat is .............

1. Small
2. Smaller
3. Smallest

Vul de juiste vorm van de trap van vergelijking in:


You can see James Bond doing the ................. (exciting) stunts.

1. Excitinger
2. Excitingest
3. More exciting
4. most exciting

Vul de juiste vorm van de trap van vergelijking in:



I think the scripts are the .............. (bad) in the world.

1. Badest
2. Baddest
3. Worst
4. More bad

My little brother is _________(small) than I am.

1. more small
2. most small
3. smaller
4. smallest