3TLA 04/10/2023 comperatives & superlatives

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

04/10/2023

TL3A

Worksheet of last week.

Rodger Federer is a better tennis player than 

Cristiano Ronaldo is. 

LeBron James is taller than Lionel Messi is. 

Muhammed Ali is arguably the best boxer there ever was.

 

American Football is more exciting to watch than chess. 

Rodger Federer is a better tennis player than Cristiano Ronaldo is. 

LeBron James is taller than Lionel Messi is. 

Muhammed Ali is arguably the best boxer there ever was.

 

American Football is more exciting to watch than chess. 

Comparatives & Superlatives

When to use? Comparative

Show change

• Joan was beginning to feel better.
• The tree grew bigger every day.

Compare (One person/thing with another)

• The original was more interesting than the sequal. 
• Kate was faster than Jasmine.
• This was the least boring day of my life!

How to use? Comparative

We add -er, more or less to adjectives. (bijv. naamw.) + Than

• Big > Bigger
• Fast > Faster
• Interesting > More interesting
• Difficult > More difficult 
• Intelligent > Less intelligent
• Modern > Less modern

When to use? Superlative

Compare (When someone is the most of something)

• Mike is the fastest player of his team.
• That tree is the tallest one in the forest. 
• He is the most decorated soldier of the platoon. 
• They are the most fashionable players of the team.
• She is the least interesting teacher of our school.

How to use? Superlative

We add -est, most or least to adjectives. (bijv. naamwoorden)

• Big > Bigger > Biggest 
• Fast > Faster > Fastest
• Interesting > More interesting > Most interesting
• Difficult > More difficult > Most difficult
• Intelligent > Less intelligent > Least intelligent
• Modern > Less modern > Least modern

How to use? Superlative

We add -est, most or least to adjectives. (bijv. naamwoorden)

• Big >  Biggest 
• Fast >  Fastest
• Interesting >  Most interesting
• Difficult >  Most difficult
• Intelligent >  Least intelligent
• Modern > Least modern

Exceptions

Good - Better - Best

Bad - Worse - Worst

Far - Further - Furthest

Happy - Happier - Happiest

Hungry - Hungrier - Hungriest

Silly - Sillier - Silliest

Worksheet

• 20 minutes. 
• Overleggen mag, met degene naast je.
• Muziek luisteren mag, zonder last te geven.
• Klaar? Leren voor tentamens, stoor anderen niet.
• Na 20 minuten kijken we gezamenlijk na.
• Vragen? Raise your hand please.

Opdracht 1.

1.  Bigger

2.  Smaller

3. The biggest

4. More/The most

5. More

6. The best

7. Most important

Opdracht 2.

1. More 

2. Worse 

3. More intelligent 

4. More dangerous

5. Further

6. Tallest

Opdracht 4.

 

Opdracht 5.

1. More intelligent

2. Colder  

3. The best 

4. Least busy

5. The taller/est

6. Tallest

7. Tallest

8. More

9. More useful

10. Most annoying

Opdracht 6.

1. We twee personen of dingen met elkaar vergelijken.

2. We meer personen of dingen met elkaar vergelijken en er één het meeste is. 

3. Wanneer een woord twee of meer lettergrepen heeft.