Week 24 - ITEMD - comparatives,superlatives, prepositions

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English class

ITEMD

week 24 

Today's schedule

• Comparatives/superlatives
  
• Prepositions
• Writing assignment

Can you give examples of comparatives and superlatives?

Comparatives - superlatives

Comparatives - vergelijkende trap

Hij is groter dan ik / Het huis is kleiner dan mijn huis

Superlatives - overtreffende trap

Hij is het grootst / Dit huis is het kleinst

Comparison

Comparative (vergrotende trap)

Short words:

smaller, older, taller

+ER

Note!

big - bigger 

easy - easier

Long words:

more interesting, more beautiful

Superlative (overtreffende trap)

Short words:

the smallest, the oldest, the tallest

+EST

Note!

the biggest

the easiest

Long words:

The most interesting, the most beautiful

Irregular (onregelmatig):

good - better - the best

bad - worse - the worst

far - further - the furthest

much/many - more - the most

little - less - the least

(= weinig bij dingen die je niet kunt tellen bv. homework)

Comparatives - superlatives

Comparatives - vergelijkende trap

Hij is groter dan ik 

He is taller than me

Even/net zo ... als:

John is as cool as Jenna 

My sister thinks she is .... (intelligent) than me.

1. intelligenter
2. more intelligent
3. the most intelligent
4. more intelligenter

Avatar is probably .... (bad) film I have ever seen

1. the baddest
2. badder
3. worse
4. the worst

Do you think Harry Potter books are ... (good) than the films?

1. gooder
2. goodest
3. better
4. best

John is .... (nice) person I know.

1. nice
2. nicer
3. the most nice
4. the nicest

To do

Practice online with comparisons

Start on paper (check answers yourself with key)

Finished?

Use slide 13 and 14 to practice some more

Time: 20 minutes

https:

test-english.com

Prepositions

Practice with Prepositions

Check slide 18 for different online exercises

Time: 15 minutes

www.englisch-hilfen.de

Writing assignment

An informal email to a colleague (lease car)

Using comparison and prepositions

Time: 20 minutes