Adjectives & Adverbs, Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Adjectives

-  Bijvoegelijke naamwoorden

- Zeggen iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord: 
   the careful driver, the angry teacher, a beautiful dress

Adverbs

- Bijwoorden
- Zeggen iets over werkwoorden, bijvoegelijke naamwoorden, 
   en andere woorden (alles behalve zelfstandige naamwoorden)

    she drove carefully, it rained heavily,
    incredibly quickly, surprisingly easy

- Adverbs maak je MEESTAL door -ly achter het bijvoeglijk naamwoord te  zetten  (quick > quickly, careful > carefully)

Uitzonderingen

- Je gebruikt ook adjectives i.p.v. adverbs bij werkwoorden zoals
   be / feel / look / taste / sound / smell / seem
   I am tired, she is hungry, you look tired, you smell nice

- Een aantal adverbs maak je niet met -ly: 
   good > well          the good dog, you did well
   fast > fast             the fast car, he ran fast                 ('hardly' =
   hard > hard          the hard test, he tried hard          nauwelijks)

1. Mike stays in shape by playing tennis ...

1. regular
2. regularly

2. You shouldn't go up that ladder. It doesn't seem ...

1. safe
2. safely

3. Everything was really quiet. There was ... silence.

1. complete
2. completely

4. Jason speaks English very ...

1. good
2. well

6. I tried really ... to remember his name, but I couldn't.

1. hard
2. hardly

8. The bus driver was ... injured.

1. serious
2. seriously

10. This hamburger tastes ... ! What's in it?

1. awful
2. awfully

11. You shouldn't speak so ... I can't understand you.

1. fast
2. fastly

Adverbs

Adjectives

Adverb or Adjective?
      (20 points)

Magnificent

Never

Heroic

Always

Sadly

Bad

Amazingly

Horrible

Terribly

Drag the adverb to the right place

She 

had

lost

her notebook

nearly

Drag the adverb to the right place:  (slowly) 

Mother

closed

the door

slowly

A word that tells you something about an object or a person. For example what it looks like. 

A word that usually describes an action, it is something you can do.

A word that identifies people, objects, ideas, places etc.

A word that is used to change the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb

ADJECTIVE

VERB

ADVERB

NOUN

A word that tells you something about an object or a person. For example what it looks like. 

A word that usually describes an action, it is something you can do.

A word that identifies people, objects, ideas, places etc.

A word that is used to change the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb

ADJECTIVE

VERB

ADVERB

NOUN

Degrees of Comparison

Listen and choose the correct word.

.... than hell.

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

I know I can treat you ...

than he can.

1. nicer
2. best
3. better
4. well

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
younger                                       older
youngest                                     oldest

Degrees of comparison 

De trappen van vergelijking

Today´s goal is to learn and practise with this grammar item

1.´I know about the different rules and exceptions´ 

2. ´I can apply the different rules and exceptions´

Comparatives and superlatives

Trappen van vergelijking

- Comparative: vergrotende trap

- Superlative: overtreffende trap

Box A is small.

Box B is smaller than box A.

Box C is the smallest of all.

A

B

C

Comparatives and superlatives

Woorden van 1 lettergreep/syllable:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

Woorden van 2 of meer lettergrepen of meer:

- Comparative: more more

- Superlative: most

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Comparatives and superlatives

Woorden van 2 lettergrepen die eindigen op le/er/ow/y/some krijgen ook +er  / + est

Yellow - yellower than - the yellowest

Gentle - gentler than - the gentlest

Let op! Woorden die eindigen op een medeklinker + y krijgen IER/IEST

Happy - happier than - the happiest 

lucky - luckier than - the luckiest 

Irregular comparisons

Good        better        best             goed
Bad           worse        worst           slecht, erg
Much       more          most            veel
Many        more          most           veel
Little         less            least            weinig
Little        smaller      smallest    klein
Few          fewer          fewest        weinig

Other ways to compare

Even … als = as … as

• He’s as old as I am

Niet zo … als = not … as / not so … as

• She’s not as old as I am
• They were not as good as we thought
  

Other ways to compare

Hoe … hoe = the … the    /    steeds = more and more

• The sooner, the better
• It was getting more and more difficult

Dan = than / then (than na vergrotende trap, then in alle andere gevallen)

• It’s cheaper than you think

• First we’re going to London and then to Oxford

Quiz

Let's try!

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

Who is the (good) ..... football player in the world?

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

The..... (old), the ..... (wise).

Is Mrs Hughes the (rich) ...
woman on earth?

This lesson was not ..... (difficult) ..... we expected.

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

What is your (bad) ...... subject at school?

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

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

The .... (intelligent) students are doing this quiz right now!

I use little sugar in my tea, but my sister uses even .... (little) in hers.