Degrees of comparison

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Degrees of comparison

trappen van vergelijking

This woman  is young.                                      This woman is old.

young                                           old
younger                                       older
youngest                                     oldest

1. Postive vorm 2. Vergrotende trap 3. Overtreffende trap

1. Adjective (Postive vorm): Normal adjective without comparisson. Voorbeld: (groot) big, (mooi) beaitiful, (snel) fast. 

2. Comparative (Vergrotende Trap): Used to compare two things. You can add er 

groter - bigger

mooier- more beautiful 

sneller- faster

You can also use 'meer' (more)  of 'minder' (less) with longer adjectives. 

3. Superlative (Overtreffende trap): Describe the most of something in comparsion to many things. In Dutch you add -st to the adjective or using 'meest' (most) for longer adjectives. 

- grootst- biggest

mooiest - most beautiful 

snelst- fastest 

meest interessant - most intresting 

meest duur - most expensive 

short words:

+ er
+ est

1. Her dress is shorter than mine (Haar jurk is korter dan die van mij) 

2. Which way is the shortest?

(Welke weg is de kortste?)

doubling

a cheetah is  a BIG cat.
a leopard is  BIGGER.
a lion is the BIGGEST.

 

1. That is the tall building in town (Dat is het hoogeste gebouw van de stad) 

1.a. That bulding is  _______ than the first one. 

2.a. That building is ______

in the city.  

Y -> ier/ iest

The man in red shorts is UGLY.

The man in brown shorts is UGLIER.

The man in white shorts is UGLIEST.

The film was scarier than yesterdays film. 

(Deze film was enger dan da film van gisteren. )

long words:

more ...
most ...
An i-phone is expensive.
A Ferrari is more expensive.
A villa is most expensive.

ex-pen-sive

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

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

That is the _______(intresting) film I have ever seen.

What degrees of comparison do you hear?
Work it Make it Do it Make us ... ... ... ...

Geef de vergrotende en overtreffende trap van: small-...-...

Geef de vergrotende en overtreffende trap van: lucky-...-...

Geef de vergrotende en overtreffende trap van: serious-...-...

Who is the (rich) ...
woman on earth?

This is the ... (bad) pancake on earth! Bleh!

Aan de slag: 

Wat: Alright Unit two Wales: 2.5 Writing opdracht 5,6. 7

Doen: Voltooi de activiteiten

Hoelang: Je krijgt 10 minuten 

Hulp: Als je een vraag hebt, steek dan je hand op.

Klaar: Verstrek Jezelf: Past simple gebruiken. Zorg ervoor dat u opdracht 1,2,3  in 2.5 writing heeft uitgevooerd.

Resultaat: Je kunt in het Engels de woordenschaat en je bent klaar et activiteiten 1 -2. GEEN thuiswerk.