Degrees of comparison

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Degrees of comparison

Trappen van vergelijking H4

What do you remember?

-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

Woorden van twéé lettergrepen op -le, -er, ow krijgen ook -er / -est

gentle / gentler than / the gentlest

clever / cleverer than / the cleverest

narrow / narrower than / the narrowest

Uitzondering 3

Onregelmatige vormen

Good / better / best

Bad / worse / worst

Little / smaller / smallest (size)

Little / less / least (quantity)

few / fewer / fewest (countable)

many - much / more / most

far / farther - further / farthest - furthest

as ... as

Als je wilt zeggen dat 2 dingen (bijna) hetzelfde zijn dan gebruik je as ... as (net zo ... als)

You're as tall as my brother.

She is as old as her cousin.

Your girlfriend is almost as pretty as mine.

Exercise 1

Fill in the missing form of the degrees of comparison

Protip: don't forget your the and than

2 open spaces? separate them with -

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

big - ____ - the biggest

rude - ruder than - ____

silly - ____ - _____

boring - ____ - ____

amazing - ___ - ___

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. (fat)

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)

This side of the lake is ____ (shallow)

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