Comparisons + speaking task

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

COMPARISONS

& Superlatives

Put your homework on your desk

-Exercise 3&4 page 107

-Exercise 8 page 108

Check your homework

If you have finished:

Look at page 122

and complete both exercises

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

hard

harder

hardest

fastest

strong

faster

stronger

fast

strongest

Grammar Survey 21

Page 211/212

Comparatives and superlatives

• Read the explanation.
  
• What is the difference?

What are comparatives
& superlatives?

Comparatives

My sister and me...
young
My sister is younger than me
smart
My sister is smarter than me
intelligent
She is more intelligent than me

Superlatives

My sister...

young

My sister is the youngest

smart

My sister is the smartest

intelligent

She is the most intelligent

Describe this picture with:

• 2 comparatives
  
• 1 superlative

2 comparatives
1 superlative

Describe this picture with:

• 2 comparatives
  
• 1 superlative

2 comparatives
1 superlative

Speaking task

Compare 2 heroes

2 minutes

• Describe the heroes
  
• What makes them special / why they are admired
• What they have in common
  
• What makes them different
  

What's next?

Exercise 31 on page 122

Exercise 32 on page 123

Exercise 33 on page 124

Remember you also need to read a book in English