HV2: Unit 2, lesson 5: 'comparatives & superlatives'

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HV2: Comparatives and superlatives

Today's Programme

2E: Morning Devotions 

* Show what you know! 

*Explanation comparatives:  My sister is smaller than I am. My car is more expensive than Mr. Boswijk's car ^^.  

*do exercises

Tests

*Test Week:  ( Starting from the 12th of December) 

-Lr. Words lesson 2,3,4,5

-Lr. Expressions A,B,C,D,E

-st. grammar: past simple 

-Quantifiers: 'much, many, a lot of (a) few, (a) little'

-Lr. or ww'en. 'to be' t/m 'to write' (1e,2e, 4e rijtje)

-Vergelijkingen maken 

1. A cube has a ___________ shape.

1. triangular
2. rectangular
3. circular
4. octangular (achthoekig)

A pyramid, however, has a ___________shape.

1. triangular
2. rectangular
3. circular
4. octangular

Finish the story by filling in the missing words in the blanks; Choose from: passer-by , pedestrian, landmark, feature, responsible for, recognise
Last year, we were in London and we visited many 1. ___________s such as Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. At one point my brother and I were wandering off and were reading a sign in front of the structure itself. It said one of 2. ___________ of the tower was that it used to be a prison. Suddenly, we heard a 3. __________ who was angry with another person. Seemingly, the other person was accidentally blocking his way. We thought it was 4. __________ he was making such a fuss about it.

1. Which film ___you ___(watch) when you were in the cinema last week?
2. "Well, we ____(not watch) a horror film,
3. but we ______(watch) a feel-good comedy."

1. 1. watched 2. did watch 3. didn't watch
2. 1. watched 2. didn't watch 3. did watch
3. 1. didn't watch 2. did watch 3. watched
4. 1. did watch 2. didn't watch 3. watched

Last weekend, we attended a concert and there were so 1. _____ people present! We could see very 2. __________ because it was so crowded!
Luckily, I could ask the two people in front of me to move aside for
3. ___________ minutes so I could watch the artist sing my favourite song.

1. 1. much 2. few 3. little
2. 1. many 2. little 3. a few
3. 1. much 2. little 3. a few
4. 1. many 2. a few 3. little

You are on the bus in London; You are on your way to Buckingham Palace. You forgot where your bus stop is. You decide to ask the driver: "Waar moet ik uitstappen?"

Waar heb jij nog behoefte aan in je voorbereiding voor de toets van Unit 2 (what do you need for your preparation for the test of Unit 2?)

You also learned to form the comparative form (vergelijkende vorm) and superlative form (overtreffende trap) last year. If you don't want to listen to the recap: you can leave the lessonup and 

do: exercises 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 (page 73)

Comparing things...

I am taller than my sister.

My brother is the tallest of us three. 

My father's car is more expensive than my brother's car. 

But our uncle's car is the most expensive of the three. 

*Als een woord één lettergreep heeft; 

Krijg je bij een vergelijking - er than 

1. He is shorter than I am.  (short)

2. My father is taller than he is (tall)

3. Our new school building will be bigger than the old one. (big)

Bij de overtreffende trap (de grootste, kleinste, domste)

Gebruik je: 'the' + het bijv. naamw. + est 

1. That tiny actor is the shortest person I've ever seen! 

2. My uncle, who's 1.93 meter is the tallest in our family. 

3.  The biggest school building I've seen so far is located in NY. 

Let op woorden die op een 'y' eindigen en die je in twee lettergrepen kunt opdelen (stukken kunt ophakken)

1.  Tiny - tinier than - the tiniest 

2. crazy- crazier than - the craziest 

3. easy  - easier than - the easiest. 

Woorden die uit twee lettergrepen (of meer bestaan)

Bijvoorbeeld bij: *crowded (crow - ded),  expensive (ex-pen-sive)

1. The city of Amsterdam is more crowded than the city of Kampen. 

2. My watch is more expensive than yours. 

3. My sister's chair is more comfortable than mine. 

The most (overtreffende trap)

1. The city of Mumbai is the most crowded in the world. 

2. Donald Trump's diamond watch is the most expensive watch. 

3. Mr. Uitslag's chair is the most comfortable chair in room TB02. 

My sister is 1. _________ (tall) than I am. I am actually smaller than her. My father is the 2. __________(tall) of the family.

1. 1. tall, 2. tall
2. 1. taller 2. tallest
3. 1. tallest, 2. tallest
4. 1. tallest, 2. taller

Yesterday I bought 1. __________(expensive) pair of shoes I had ever bought in my life. It was the
2. ___________(crazy) thing I had ever done. They were actually 4. ________(expensive) than the shoes I bought last year. My sister said it was 5. ___________(bad) decision I had ever made because she thinks spending too much money on shoes is a waste of money. (I disagreed :D).

do: exercises 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 (page 70)

time: till _____________

outcome: