Lesson 2:

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

WELCOME BACK

Today’s lesson 

• Grammar; making comparisons.
  
• How do you make a comparison? 
  
• Do the exercises on your worksheet. 
• Go to ‘my English lab’ and finish all the exercises of unit 3.
  
• Finished? Start with the other exercises in MEL (unit 4).
  

Making comparisons 

Adjectives 

• Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden (adjectives)
  
• Om iets te beschrijven + zeggen iets over het zelfstandige naamwoord
• The big lady in the painting.
  
• They live in a beautiful house in New York 
• He was an adorable baby
•  This is a fast car!

Comparative adjectives 

• Between two persons or -things
  
• Add -er -> woorden van 1 lettergreep (cheap, big, small) 
  
• Puck is louder than Lotte.
  
• Add 'more' or 'less' -> woorden van 2/3 of meer lettergrepen
  
• He is more interesting than her
  
• This ring is more expensive than the other one. 
  

Superlative adjectives 

• Between three or more people or things
  
• Add -est -> most one- and two- syllable adjectives  
  
• Matt is the greatest man of them all.
  
• Add 'most' or 'least' -> adjectives three or more syllables  
  
• Rowan is the most handsome man of them all.
  
• This car is the most luxurious car ever built. 

Vergrotende trap (comparative) 

+ER

Vaak wordt het woord gevolgd door THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.

Overtreffende trap:

(Superlative)

+EST

Vaak komt er voor het woord THE te staan

Rob is the tallest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

• I am tall 
  
• Stan is taller than me (comparative) 
  
• Tessa is the tallest 

       ( superlative) 

 

• She is pretty 
• Elian is prettier than her
• Ecrin is the prettiest  
• Word ends with -y? 
• -ier of -iest 
• Dry - drier- driest 

Exceptions (uitzonderingen)  

• good - better - best
• bad - worse - worst
• little - less - least
• far - further - furthest

What now? 

• Do the exercises on your worksheet 
  
• 10 minutes 
  
• Check the answers together 
  
• Continue with exercises in ‘My English Lab’