Comparatives & Superlatives

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Comparatives and superlatives

Trappen van vergelijking

- 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

Woorden van 1 lettergreep:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

1.  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord eindigt op een -e,

gebruik dan -r en -st.

large

larger

largest

Spellingsregels:

2.  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord eindigt op medeklinker + y,

gebruik dan -ier en -iest.

happy

happier

happiest

Comparatives and superlatives

hot

hotter

hottest

Spellingsregels:

3.  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord eindigt op 1 klinker (a, e, i, o, u)

+ 1 medeklinker, medeklinker verdubbelen

big

bigger

biggest

Comparatives and superlatives

Woorden van 3 lettergrepen of meer:

- Comparative: more

- Superlative: most

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Comparatives and superlatives

famous

more famous

most famous

Zelfde regel geldt voor bijvoorbeeld: famous en boring

boring

more boring

most boring

Comparatives and superlatives

good/well

better

best

Uitzonderingen (uit je hoofd leren!)

bad/ill

worse

worst

much/many

little

more

less

most

least

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

Hammy thinks the carrot cake is
_________ than the strawberry cake.

1. good
2. better
3. best

Carrots are the ________ food in the world.

1. good
2. better
3. best

The strawberry cake is ____________
than the carrot cake.

1. expensive
2. more expensive
3. most expensive

The strawberry cake is the
____________ cake in the shop.

1. expensive
2. more expensive
3. most expensive

The lemon cake is __________ than
the carrot cake.

1. big
2. bigger
3. biggest

Het is:
He is the biggest than me.

1. Nee, is fout.
2. Ja, is goed.

Het is:
He is the biggest person I know.

1. Nee, is fout.
2. Ja, is goed.

Het is:
He is bigger than me.

1. Nee, is fout.
2. Ja, is goed.

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

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

She is so beautiful. She is the ... (beautiful) woman I have ever seen!

I've heard some rumors, but do you know who the ... (tall) man alive is?

This is the _____________ (bad) song I have ever heard!

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

Matt is ____________ (clever) than Nellie.

1. more clever
2. cleverer
3. cleverest

This book is ______ (big) than my book.

1. bigger
2. biger
3. bigst
4. biggest

I am happy now, but yesterday I was much ________ (happy)

1. happyer
2. happy
3. more happy
4. happier

Sophie is taller _______ Rick.

1. then
2. than

This is the _____________ (beautiful) picture I have ever seen.

1. beatifullest
2. beautifuller
3. most beautiful
4. more beautiful

Jessie is James' ________ friend.

1. wellest
2. goodst
3. goodest
4. best

pretty - ________ - _________

1. prettyer - prettyest
2. more pretty - most pretty
3. prettier - prettiest
4. more prettie - most prettie

Make the sentence:
Tokyo / more modern / Rome

Make the sentence:
Isis / young / in our class