Comparative Adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 1

Date: 14 November 2023

What are we going to do today?

- Listen to a song 

- Review adjectives

- Learn how to make comparative adjectives

- Practice comparing two pictures in pairs and groups.

Type any adjectives that you've learned so far.

The snake is longer than the corocodile.

Short adjectives:

 adjective+er+than

tall 

old

fast

new

young

clean

short

Lili is ............... than her mother.( young)

Sara is ................... than her daughter.

1. oldder
2. older
3. more older
4. more old

Sara is sadder than Anna. 

Short adjectives that end with consonant-vowel-consonant: 

doubble the last consonant and add er

sadd               

fatt                 

hott       + er

bigg              

wett             

An elephant is .............. .......... een mouse.
( big )

happy _ happier

Adjectives of two syllables end in –y, we change the ‘y’ into ‘i’ and add –er:

 pretty - prettier

easy – easier

angry_ angrier

tidy_ tidier

In adjective with two or more syllables, we use “more” before the adjective:

Long adjctives:

beautiful

amazing

expensive

comfortable

enthusiastic

fantastic

exciting

The diamond ring is ........................the other ring.

1. expensiver than
2. more expensive then
3. more expensive than
4. more expensive

Make a comparative sentence.(beautiful)

Some adjectives have an irregular comparatives:

Some adjectives have an irregular comparatives:

Tom feels ............... ...............Nima. (bad)

The flag of the US has..........stars .............Australia.

Work in pairs and fill the blanks with a comparative adjective. 

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