Support lessons unit 9 & 10

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Name three reasons the writer gives for why people buy T-shirts. 

Name three reasons the writer gives for why people buy T-shirts.

go 

take 

wear 

give 

a present 

a shirt 

photos 

to New York 

17th June 2020

Grammar points for test week 

Unit 8 

Comparative and superlative 

Unit 9 

Present perfect - affirmative, negative, question, short answer 

FYNE JAS 

Unit 10 

Passive and active 

Zero conditional & 1st conditional 

Vocabulary 

Unit 8, 9 & 10 

pg 150 - 151 

Irregular verbs - all columns 

pg 157 

Comparatives and superlatives

                                         Comparative                  Superlative

He/she is tall.             He/she is taller.             He/she is the tallest.

If the word has one syllable: 

Comparative =>             + er  older

Superlative =>                                                              + est   oldest 

Comparatives and superlatives

Watch out!

• When a word ends in  -e  put -r of -st achter.
  
  
• nice                                          nicer                                           nicest

Comparatives and superlatives

Watch out!

• When a word ends in a vowl (a, e, i, o, u) + a consonant (b, d, g, s, v, etc), then dubble the consonant.
  
  
• big                                          bigger                                           biggest

Comparatives and superlatives

Watch out !

• When a word ends in a consonant  + y change the -y in -i and add -er/-est 
  
  
• dry                                          drier                                           driest

Comparatives and superlatives

If a word has three or more syllables 

- comparative   ->     more ...     more beautiful

- superlative  ->    most ...     most beautiful

Comparatives and superlatives

• Some words have irregular comparative and superlative forms 
• far - further/farther - furthest/ farthest 
• good - better - best
  
• bad - worse - worst

It's hot in here, but outside it is even ....

This is an interesting book, but that one is ....

3. "That's the ______ (beautiful) dress I've ever seen!"

1. beautifullest
2. beautifuller
3. more beautiful
4. most beautiful

I'm bad in math, but even ...... in English

1. badder
2. more bad
3. worse
4. worst

5. "He's the ______ (good) football player on our team."

1. goodest
2. more good
3. best
4. most good

6. "Do you think my hair looks ______ (pretty) this way?"

1. prettier
2. prettyer
3. more pretty
4. more prettyer

9. "This is the ______ (difficult) level of all."

1. difficultest
2. most difficult
3. difficulter
4. more difficult

Joanna was the ........ girl in school.

1. happier
2. happiest
3. most happy
4. more happy

My hair became ...... after I decided to curl it.

1. More tangled
2. Most tangled
3. Tanglier
4. Tanglest

Michael's car is ..... than Ryan's car.

1. Most expensive
2. More expensive
3. Expensiver
4. Expensivest

Tom worked the .......... out of all the employees in the store.

1. harder
2. hardest
3. most hard
4. more harder

The bus started to drive .......... as the traffic cleared

1. fastly
2. faster
3. more faster
4. most fast

Miley was ............... than the tall boy in her class.

1. most ambitious
2. Ambitiouser
3. Ambitious
4. more ambitious

Adjectives

• Comparative adjectives: compares something or someone to someone or something else.

For instance: Kendes is smarter than Jenne. 

• Superlative adjectives: compares something or someone to the whole of something else. 

For instance: Kendes is the smartest between them. 

ADVERBS

• Comparative adverbs: They tell you how, when or how often actions are done.

For instance: They always say that Jessica is more beautiful than Lindsey

• Superlative adverbs: they describe the action of a person or a thing compared to the actions of other persons or things. They tell you how, when or how often an action is done.

For instance: Jessica is the most beautiful girl in the room

Maxine is taller than her brother.
Taller is an ..........., says something about the word ...........

1. adverb, is
2. adjective, is
3. adjective, Maxine
4. adverbs, Maxine

Jimmy sings better than Carter.
Better is an ........., says something about the word .........

1. adverb, Jimmy
2. adverb, Sings
3. adjective, Jimmy
4. adjective, Sings