Comparatives & Superlatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Today's plan

• Recap grammar
  
  
• Comparatives and superlatives
  
  
• Next lesson?

When do we use 'much'? and when do we use 'many'?

When do we use 'A little' and when do we use 'a few'?

Make 2 example sentences:
1 using a comparative
1 using a superlative

<Superlatives 

Comparitives>

Comparatives and superlatives

- Comparative: vergrotende trap

- Superlative: overtreffende trap

Box A is small.

Box B is smaller than box A.

Box C is the smallest of all.

A

B

C

Comparatives and superlatives

1.  Adjective ends in  -e,

use  -r and -st.

large

larger

largest

Rules 

2.  Adjective end with a vowel + y,

use -ier and -iest.

happy

happier

happiest

Comparatives and superlatives

hot

hotter

hottest

Rules

3.  Adjective ends with a consonant? (a, e, i, o, u)

+ 1 vowel, dubble it!

big

bigger

biggest

Comparatives and superlatives

1 syllable words:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

More than three syllables?

- Comparative: more

- Superlative: most

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Comparatives and superlatives

famous

more famous

most famous

Same rule applies: famous en boring

boring

more boring

most boring

Comparatives and superlatives

good/well

better

best

Exemptions. REMEMBER THESE!

bad/ill

worse

worst

much/many

little

more

less

most

least

The next few slides are practice exercises.

For each question, choose if 

1) it's a comparative or a superlative 

2) what the missing word should  be.

 Think about what you learned from the last few slides. 

Check the answer after each question.

My house is (big) ...
than yours.

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

This flower is (beautiful)
... than that one.

Who is the (good) .... football player in the world?

1. better
2. gooder
3. goodest
4. best

What is your ... (bad) subject at school?

1. badder
2. worse
3. worst
4. baddest

The ... (little) you can do is study for the tests.

1. leasest
2. least
3. littlest
4. less

We stayed at the _____________
hotel in the town. (cheap)

He looked a bit sad yesterday but now he looks ____________(happy)
today. (happy)

I prefer this bed to the other one. It's _____________________(comfortable)
. (comfortable)

What's the _____________________
canal in the world? (long)

We had a great holiday. It was one of the ________________________
holidays we've ever had. (enjoyable)

What's the ___________________-
way of getting from here to the station? (quick)

The United States of America is large but Canada is _________________
. (large)

What are you going to do?

- Study vocabulary Unit 5, 6 & 7. (test each other)!

Extra challenge: Writre a story including as many words from the list if you can!