Comparative - Superlative

Today's goals
  • Degrees of comparison 
  • I can compare two objects/ people. 
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Today's goals
  • Degrees of comparison 
  • I can compare two objects/ people. 

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Base rule
    COMPARATIVE
    SUPERLATIVE
     adj + ER + than

  eg. smarter than
     the adj + EST

   eg. the smartest

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Exception 1
Short words with CVC (= Consonant Vowel Consonant) 
double the consonant + ER/EST
eg. wet - wetter - wettest

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Exception 2
Consonant+ y   
=> y becomes i + ER/EST
eg. easy - easier - easiest

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Exception 3
Words with 3 or more syllables
=> more / most
eg. beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful

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comparative (compare = vergelijken) 
superlative (overtreffende trap)
< dan 3 lettergrepen           long
     big
     wide
     pretty
     angry
COMPARATIVE                  longer than
    bigger than
    wider than
    prettier than
    angrier than
SUPERLATIVE
     the longest
     the biggest
     the widest
     the prettiest
     the angriest

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comparative (compare = vergelijken) 
superlative (overtreffende trap)
< dan 3 lettergrepen           long
     big
     wide
     pretty
     angry
COMPARATIVE                  longer than
    bigger than
    wider than
    prettier than
    angrier than
SUPERLATIVE
     the longest
     the biggest
     the widest
     the prettiest
     the angriest
3 of meer lettergrepen
     beautiful

    more beautiful than

     the most beautiful

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comparative (compare = vergelijken) 
superlative (overtreffende trap)
< dan 3 lettergrepen           long
     big
     wide
     pretty
     angry
COMPARATIVE                  longer than
    bigger than
    wider than
    prettier than
    angrier than
SUPERLATIVE
     the longest
     the biggest
     the widest
     the prettiest
     the angriest
3 of meer lettergrepen
     beautiful

    more beautiful than

     the most beautiful
onregelmatig 
     good / well
     bad 
     little
     many / much
     far

    better than
    worse than
    less than
    more than
    further /farther than

    the best 
    the worst 
    the least 
    the most 
    the furthest / farthest 

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A
noisiest
B
noisyest
C
noisier
D
noisyer

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A
higher
B
highier
C
highest
D
highiest

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A
bader
B
badder
C
wurse
D
worse

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A
lazier
B
most lazy
C
laziest
D
lazyest

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A
importantest
B
most important
C
importander
D
more important

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A
importanter
B
importantest
C
more important
D
most important

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What are the comparative and superlative forms of 'hot'?
A
hoter - hotest
B
hotter - hottest
C
more hotter- most hotest
D
more hot - most hot

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What are the comparative and superlative forms of 'expensive'?
A
expensiver/expensivest
B
more expensive/most expensive

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What are the comparative and superlative forms of 'happy'?
A
happier - happiest
B
happyer - happyest
C
happyr - happiest
D
more happy - most happy

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What are the comparative and superlative forms of 'narrow'?
A
narrower/narrowest
B
more narrow/most narrow
C
more narrower/most narrowest
D
narower/narowest

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What are the comparative and superlative forms of 'good'
A
gooder / goodest
B
weller / best
C
more good / most good
D
better / best

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Make the comparative and the superlative for the word 'careful'.
A
more careful - carefullest
B
more carefuller - most carefullest
C
more careful - most careful
D
carefuller - carefullest

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Make the comparative and the superlative for the word 'silly'.
A
silly- sillyer
B
more silly - most sillyer
C
more sillie - most sillier
D
sillier - silliest

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Make the comparative and the superlative for the word 'silly'.
A
silly- sillyer
B
more silly - most sillyer
C
more sillie - most sillier
D
sillier - silliest

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Make the comparative and the superlative for the word 'careful'.
A
more careful - carefullest
B
more carefuller - most carefullest
C
more careful - most careful
D
carefuller - carefullest

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