Grammar: Comparative and superlative

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Comparatives and superlatives

                                      Revision of the comparative and superlative.

Fill in the correct answer:
This film is............ than that film (interesting)

Give the correct answer:
My brother has a ....room than me (tidy)

Fill in the correct answer:
She has....money than I have, but she doesn't care. (little)

Give the correct answer:
Tom is ...at French than Jane (bad)

Fill in the correct answer:
Tom is the ...... student I have ever met. (lazy)

Give the correct answer.
I think the atom bomb was the....invention ever.(bad)

Give the correct answer:
I think Leonardo da Vinci was a........inventor than an artist (successful)

Give the correct answer:
The wheel is one of the........ inventions in the history of mankind. ( early)

Give the correct answer:
August was....than September. (hot)

Give the correct answer:
Tom is as......at English as Jane is (good)

In this + the next slides you'll find....

The rules for the comparative and the superlative.

one syllable (lettergreep)             three or more syllables

- I am tall                                    - I am intelligent

- I am as tall as Jane              - I am as intelligent as Jane

- You are taller than I am.       - You are more intelligent than I am

- Tom is the tallest                    - Tom is the most intelligent .

      +ER...than..   the... +EST             more....than..       the most........                                  

words with 2 (two) syllables

Two syllables and ending in:  watch the spelling, see next slide

-OW (narrow)

-ER   (clever)

-Y      (holy)                                                    +ER    +EST  

-LE   (noble)

All other two syllable words get....

 more ...........

most............

This is the most useful lesson.

This film is more boring  than the last one we saw.

!!!!!!!Note: the word itself doesn't change!!!!!!!!!!

Irregular forms:

good- better- best

bad -worse-worst

little- less -least

many- more- most

much- more- most

LET OP SPELLING!!!!

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• hot- hotter- hottest/ wet-wetter- wettest/ big- bigger- biggest
• lazy- lazier-laziest/ happy- happier- happiest

The next slide will give...

information on the spelling of the comparatives and superlatives and the rules.

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Online exercise on the grammar

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Online exercise on the grammar

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