Grammar music - degrees of comparison

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• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Degrees of comparison

trappen van vergelijking

This woman  is young.                                      This woman is old.

young                                           old
younger                                       older
youngest                                     oldest

short words:

+ er
+ est

doubling

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

Y -> ier/ iest

The man in red shorts is UGLY.

The man in purple shorts is UGLIER.

The man in white shorts is UGLIEST.

long words:

more ...
most ...
An I-phone is expensive.
A Ferrari is more expensive.
A villa is the most expensive.

ex-pen-sive

Let op!

goed - beter - best

good - better - best

slecht - slechter - slechtst(e)

bad - worse - worst

.... than hell.

1. BETTER
2. HOTTER
3. HOTTEST
4. WORSE

I know I can treat you ...

than he can.

1. nicer
2. best
3. better
4. well

Baby get ...

1. HIGHER
2. BETTER
3. STRONGER
4. SMARTER

He has .......... car in our family.

1. faster than
2. the faster
3. fastest than
4. the fastest

He is ................. man in our village.

1. strongest than
2. stronger than
3. the strongest
4. the stronger

This joke was ....................
joke I've ever heard.

1. the funnyest
2. funnyer than
3. the funniest
4. funnier than

This is .............
exercise on the worksheet.

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

Geef de vergrotende en overtreffende trap van: small

Geef de vergrotende en overtreffende trap van: lucky

Geef de vergrotende en overtreffende trap van: beautiful

Finished!

Get to work!

Lesson 2