Grammar 2 - Comparative & Superlative

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Grammar 2:

Comparative & Superlative

Periode A

Comparative 

- Vergrotende trap: bigger, smaller, taller, smarter

- Algemene regel: +er (short words) + more (long words)
   faster, clearer, cheaper           more expensive, more beautiful

- Words ending on -y get +ier: lucky > luckier, easy > easier

- Adverbs ending on -ly get +more: easily > more easily 

- Meestal in combinatie met "than": cooler than, warmer than 

Superlative

- Overtreffende trap: biggest, smallest, tallest, smartest
- Algemene regel: +est (short words) + most (long words)
   fastest, clearest, cheapest    most expensive, most beautiful

- Words ending on -y get +iest: lucky > luckiest, easy > easiest

- Adverbs ending on -ly get +most: easily > most easily 

- Meestal in combinatie met "the ...": the coolest, the warmest 

Uitzonderingen

- good/well > better > best       

- bad/badly > worse > worst    

- far > further/farther > furthest / farthest 

1. I think English is a lot _____ (easy) than German.

1. easier
2. easyer
3. more easy
4. more easier

2. This has got to be the ______ (beautiful) dress I have ever worn.

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

3. Do you know if Mount Everest is the _____ (high) mountain?

1. higher
2. highest
3. more high
4. most highest

4. I think Liam is the ____ (crazy) person I know.

1. crazier
2. craziest
3. most crazy
4. crazyest

5. This has got to be the ____ (unusual) thing that has happened in this town.

1. unusualest
2. unusualer
3. most unusual
4. most unusualest

6. My brother is a lot _____ (serious) than I am about school.

1. seriouser
2. more serious
3. seriousest
4. most serious

6. Is this really the _____ (important) thing to worry about now?

1. importanter
2. importantest
3. more important
4. most important

7. Dirk is so much _____ (handsome) than John.

1. handsomer
2. handsomest
3. more handsome
4. more handsomer

8. My uncle eats way too much food and is getting ____ (fat) every year.

1. fater
2. fatter
3. more fat
4. more fatter

9. This is the ____ (angry) I have ever felt in my entire life.

1. angriest
2. angryest
3. most angry
4. most angriest

10. I think this blue dress is ____ (pretty) than that green one.

1. prettyer
2. prettier
3. more pretty
4. more prettier

Today:

- Work on Grammar 2

- Finish Grammar 1 and Text 2 from last week

- Work on the bonus assignments