Who/which, comparisons, irregular verbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's grammar

• Comparisons
• Relative pronouns
  
• Irregular verbs

Comparisons

•  Lettergrepen tellen
  

1 lettergreep vs 3 lettergrepen

•  Kijken of het vergrotend of overtreffend is

met hoeveel 'compare' je?

•  Uitgang bepalen

Uitgang -er/ more ... than

'I am happier than you are.'

'She is more beautiful than her sister.'

Uitgang -est / the most ...

'He is the greatest of them all.'

'They are the most talented in this competition.'

Use the right comparison:
> The dog is ______ I am.

1. the quickest
2. quicker than
3. quicker
4. quicklier than

Use the right comparison:
> My friend is ______ of our class.

1. younger
2. younger than
3. more young
4. the youngest

Katy is ..... (happy) her friend.

Relative pronouns

Betrekkelijk voornaamwoord

Who

Who heeft betrekking op personen:

This is the girl who helped me

There were some people who made a complaint.

Which

Which heeft betrekking op dieren, dingen of een zinsdeel:

This is the house, which he built himself.

I gave him a letter, which he quickly put in his pocket.

The match, which was cancelled, was on Saturday.

This is the boy _____ had an accident.

1. who
2. which
3. whose

Yesterday I saw the car ____ was used for the fast and the furious.

1. who
2. which
3. whose

I need someone _____ can fix my washing machine.

This man, .............. is very impolite, never says hello

This is the woman... has twelve cats

This is the homework .... I have to finish today.

Here is the postcard .... uncle Frederick sent us.

Irregular verbs

Write down the correct forms of the past simple and the present perfect of the irregular verbs.

Example: build --> built  built

buy

know

drink

ring