Solutions intermediate unit 4B | Comparisons & Superlatives

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• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome, M3D!

The plan for today:

1. Discuss unit 4B together
2. Do unit 4C Solo
3. Time left = homework

Goal for today: 

* You understand how to use comparatives & superlatives in English 

What do you know about comparatives & superlatives?

.... than hell.

1. BETTER
2. HOTTER
3. HOTTEST
4. WORSE

I've got one ... problem without you.

1. MORE
2. BIGGER
3. FEWER
4. LESS

Baby get ...

1. HIGHER
2. BETTER
3. STRONGER
4. SMARTER

This woman  is young.               This woman is old.

young                                                            old

This woman  is young.               This woman is old.

young                                                            old
younger                                                    older

This woman  is young.               This woman is old.

young                                                            old
younger                                                    older
youngest                                               oldest

short words:

+ er
+ est

long words:

more ... / most ...

An Iphone is expensive.
A Ferrari is more expensive.
A villa is most expensive.

ex-pen-sive

Put it to the test

On your own: 

Unit 4B: exercise 3, 5 & 6

The rules

* 1 syllable: -er than / the -est

example: strange - stranger than - the strangest

* 2 syllables ending in  -le, -er, -ow, -y: -er than / the -est

example: simple - simpler than - the simplest

* 2 syllables  not ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y: more /most

example: careful - more careful than - the most careful

Some more rules 

3 or more syllables: more ... than / the most

example: popular - more popular than - the most popular

Exceptions:

good - better than - the best

bad - worse than - the worst

Superlatives

wettest

smallest

noisyest

noisiest

hottest

hotest

excitingest

most exciting

most important

importantest

wetest

small

noisy

wet

hot

important

exciting

Doubling

a cheetah is  a BIG cat.
a leopard is  BIGGER.
a lion is the BIGGEST.

What are the superlatives of the word ''Ugly''?

Y -> ier/ iest

The man in red shorts is UGLY.

The man in purple shorts is UGLIER.

The man in white shorts is UGLIEST.

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

Who is the (rich) ...
woman on earth?

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

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

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

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

FRENCH IS ........(EASY) THAN GERMAN

Joey is as … as Skip.

1. cooler
2. cool
3. funnier
4. coolest

Maegan is … than Romy.

1. more studious
2. happy
3. sweet
4. louder

Rob is the … man of them all.

1. weirder
2. most handsome
3. strict
4. greatest

Nadir's dog is … than Rens's cat

1. lazyer
2. bigger
3. lazier
4. biger

Winston's panda is the … of them all.

1. lazyiest
2. bigest
3. laziest
4. biggest

Milk is … than Coke.

1. purer
2. sweetest
3. sweeter
4. purest

Fernando is the … of them all.

1. wisest
2. wissest
3. sweetest
4. sweettest

Brian is … in Spanish than Bob.

1. better
2. gooder
3. worse
4. badder

Winston is the … dancer of them all

1. goodest
2. best
3. worst
4. baddest

Warning

irregular form:

Good: good, better, best
Tom is better in English than Sinan, but Ronald is the best.

Bad: bad, worse, worst

Tom is worse in English than Sinan, but Ronald is the worst of them all.

Make a sentence with the adjective "good" in the comparative form

Make a sentence with the adjective "good" in the superlative form

What do you know about comparatives & superlatives?

Homework

Students book:
4C exercise 3 & 6

Workbook:
4B exercise all exercises

4C exercise 2, 4, 5