Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to today's English lesson!

With Ms Frijns

Take out your books and start reading, please 

By the end of this lesson, you...

...know what comparisons are. 

...you know how to compare things in English using 1, 2 or 3 syllables (lettergrepen). 

...know how to say that something is the same as something else. 

Comparisons

Parts of the explanation

• hetzelfde als 
• trappen van vergelijking: 1 lettergreep
  
• trappen van vergelijking: 2 lettergrepen
  
• trappen van vergelijking: 3 of meer lettergrepen
  
• trappen van vergelijking: Uitzonderingen
  

Hetzelfde als...

That building is as high as the bridge. 

That girl is as old as my sister. 

hetzelfde als = as .... as

Noem een bijvoeglijk naamwoord in het Engels met 1 lettergreep (voorbeeld: small)

Bij 1 lettergreep

	vergrotende	overtreffende
	+er	+est
Kind	kind er	kind est
tall	tall er	tall est

Vergrotende + overtreffende trap

klein - kleiner - kleinst(e)

small - smaller - smallest

groot - groter - grootst(e)

big - bigger - biggest

aardig - aardiger - aardigst(e)

nice - nicer - nicest

Comparative +

Superlative

Let op woorden die eindigen op een medeklinker + Y! 

Noem een bijvoeglijk naamwoord in het Engels met 3 lettergrepen (voorbeeld: intelligent)

Woorden van 3 of meer lettergrepen

I am smaller than Frank, but he is more intelligent than I am.

Ty is the cutest horse, but Jasmin is the most beautiful horse.

Krijgen GEEN -er of -est erna, maar MORE of MOST ervoor!

Woorden met 2 lettergrepen

Verschilt per woord

+ er / + est:

happy - happier - happiest

yellow - yellower - yellowest

more / most:

boring - more boring - most boring

jealous - more jealous - most jealous

+er / +est

more / most

Nice

kind

pretty

beautiful

cool

spectacular

boring

strong

ugly

impressed

tired

Vergrotende trap:

+ER

Vaak wordt het woord gevolgd door THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.

Overtreffende trap:

+EST

Altijd komt er voor het woord THE te staan

Rob is the tallest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

Let op!

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

far- further - furthest

little - less - least

It is _____ than ever to find good football players.

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

Freddie Mercury was the ___ singer ever .

1. great
2. greater
3. greatest
4. most great

The weather today is even ___
than yesterday.

1. badder
2. baddest
3. worse
4. worst

The English test was _________ than the French test.

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

My dad is the ___ dad ever!

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

Over to you...

Do the exercise on Classroom (week 9):

Come up with three sentences using 'comparisons'. 

Hand these in in Classroom. 

Done? -> Do the weektask.