Comparitive forms, adjectives and adverbs. A3A/G3A

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

Adjectives and Adverb Comparison

Recap: Adjectives and Adverbs

New: Adverb comparisons

Goals

• You know what an adjective is 
• You know what an adverb is.
• You know how to use adverbs for comparisons

Adjectives

1. Wat betekent adjectives in het Nederlands?

2. Hoe werken de adjectives?

bijvoegelijk naamwoord 

ze omschrijven zelfstandig naamwoorden

Adverbs

• an adjective (bijvoegelijk naamwoord) defines a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord) 
  

- An awful song.

- The song was awful. (na koppelwerkwoord 'be')

- That looked awful. (na koppelwerkwoord 'look')

Adverbs

1. Wat betekent adverbs in het Nederlands?

2. Hoe werken de adverbs?

bijwoord 

Je gebruikt xe om extra informatie toe te voegen over hoe, wat of wanneer. 

Adverbs

• an adverb (bijwoord) defines a verb, adjective or adverb.
  
  
• Adverbs usually end in -ly: Beautifully, Happily, Angrily

Comparison: adverbs

To make a comparative form with an adverb we use more or less

more quickly (than) / less quickly (than)

more often (than) / less often (than)

Some forms are irregular, these are the same as the adjectives:

fast -> faster (than) / early -> earlier (than)

Exercise 1 more quickly

• The next 5 slides contain gap-fill sentences.
• Copy the sentence in the answer box.
• Fill the gap with the comparative forms of the adjectives.
• Use more/less + adjective or irregular forms

Life, p.169, ex.4

Jack always wins when they race. Jack runs _____ (quickly) than John.

Your motorbike is really noisy. Your motorbike runs _____ (quietly) than mine.

The last flight is the Fastair flight. The Fastair flight arrives _____ (late) than all the others.

Mike exercises once a week, but Martin exercises every day. Mike exercises _____ (often) than Martin.

Julie's exam result was better than the other students' results. Julie did _____ (well) in the exam than the others.

Comparison: adverbs

To make comparisons we can also use:

(not) as + adverb + as

the not usually goes with the verb

Martina can run as fast as Silvia.

Thom can't sing as well as Cal.

I do not go out as often as I did in the past.

Exercise 2 as fast as

• The next 4 slides contain gap-fill sentences.
• Copy the sentence in the answer box.
• Fill the gap with the comparative forms of the adjectives.
• Use as + adverb + as.

Life, p.169, ex.5

John _____ (run quickly) Jack.

Ruth ______ (not work hard) her brothers.

The other flights _____ (not arrive late) the Fastair flight.

Your motorbike _____ (run quietly) mine.

Exercise 3 mix

• The next 4 slides contain gap-fill sentences.
• Copy the sentence in the answer box.
• Fill the gap with the comparative forms of the adjectives using either more/less or as ... as.

Life, p.85, ex.8

Last year, terraced houses sold __________ (quickly) than flats, but one-bedroom flats did __________ (well) with younger buyers.

The number of large houses for rent rose _____ (fast) than other types of home.

Sales of large flats did __________ (badly) than in previous years. So what does this mean for you?

You can now rent a large house __________ (cheaply) than ever before, but if you're trying to sell yours, you probably won't find a buyer _________ (easily) as in previous years.