Comparatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k
• Leerjaar 1-3

Let's start comparing

als we dingen vergelijken en iets of iemand is groter / sneller/ leuker / mooier/ lekkerder enz. dan noemen we dat de : vergrotende trap

           groot                 groter

in het Engels zet je dan -er achter het woord 

small - smaller

fast - faster

high - higher

       small           smaller

Achter het woord + er zet je dan than

this dog is smaller than that one

smaller than

3 Uitzonderingen:

woorden die eindigen op een griekse y

bijv : ugly, lazy, early, heavy

Bij de vergrotende trap verdwijnt de -y

en komt er -ier achter

1

woorden die eindigen op een griekse y

Bij de vergrotende trap verdwijnt 

de -y en komt er -ier achter

1

an ugly dog 

an uglier dog

the ugliest dog

This dog is as ugly as that dog

this dog is hairier than that dog

2

woorden die eindigen op -e

bijv : safe, nice, large

Bij de vergrotende trap komt er een -r achter het woord

Woorden van 1 lettergreep met 1 klinker die eindigen op 1 medeklinker

3

bijv : big , fat, hot

Bij de vergrotende trap verdubbelt de medeklinker + er

bigger/ fatter/ hotter

er zijn ook lange bijvoeglijke naamwoorden. Deze hebben 3 of meer lettergrepen

• beautiful
• intelligent
• wonderful
• exciting
• difficult

Bij deze lange woorden maak je de vergrotende trap door more voor het woord te zetten

• more beautiful
• more intelligent
• more wonderful
• more exciting

This dog is more beautiful

than that dog

Er zijn een aantal uitzonderingen die je uit je hoofd moet leren

Good or well / better / best

Bad or ill / worse / worst

Little / less / least

Much or many / more / most

Overtreffende trap =

word + est

add 'the'

This is the sweetest dog I've ever had.

She has the nicest dad.

Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is...........

1. old
2. older
3. olden
4. oldest

This magazine is cheap, but that
one is...........

1. cheaper
2. cheaping
3. cheap
4. cheapest

I drive ___ than my husband. He is incredibly reckless

1. safe
2. safer
3. safest
4. most safe

My dad was a lot ... (nice) to me when I told him he was the best.

This joke was ....................
the joke my friend made.

1. the funnyest
2. funnyer than
3. the funniest
4. funnier than

My friends are really funny, but everyone knows that I am ... (funny) for sure.

You look a whole lot ........... yesterday.
I really thought you were depressed.

1. the happyest
2. the happiest
3. happier than
4. happyer than

This is the (interesting) ....
book I have ever read.

This is hilarious! My dog is even ............. than your pony

1. the bigest
2. the biggest
3. biger than
4. bigger than

This exercise is .............
than the last one.

1. the complicatest
2. more complicated
3. the most complicatest
4. the more complicating

The biology teacher is ... (serious) than the English teacher.

My cousin is ................his classmates

1. the most intelligent
2. the most intelligentest
3. more intelligent than
4. more intelligenter than

Messi is a ___ player than I am.

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

The weather this summer is even (bad)
... than last summer.

It is _____ than ever to find good football players.

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

A holiday by the sea is (good) ...
than a holiday in the mountains.