How English works - making pupils smarter or more intelligent?

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2,3

My house is (big)
...
yours.

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

This is (interesting) ....
book I have ever read.

-er / -est

* short words: 

example: strange - stranger than - the strangest

* longer words ending in  -le, -er, -ow, -y: -er  / -est

example: simple - simpler than - the simplest

more  - most

* longer words NOT ending  in -le, -er, -ow, -y

example: careful - more careful than - the most careful

* 3 or more syllables: more / most

example: popular - more popular than - the most popular

longer words ending in

-le, - er, -ow, - y

longer words NOT ending in -le, - er, -ow, - y

(really) long words

..................

more ............

(the) most .......

............

...........er

(the).........est

short words

remember.....

good - better than - the best 

bad - worse than - the worst

much / many - more than - the most

little - less than - the least

spelling issues

short words

doubling: 

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

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

A holiday by the sea is (good) ...
a holiday in the mountains.

The weather this summer is even (bad)
... last summer.

remember.....

good - better than - the best 

bad - worse than - the worst

much / many - more than - the most

little - less than - the least

The weather is ____ than yesterday.

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

French is ........(easy) German.

Y -> ier/ iest

The man in red shorts is happy.

The man in purple shorts is happier THAN the man in the red shorts.

The man in white shorts is THE happiest.

Joey is as … as Skip.

1. cooler
2. cool
3. funnier
4. coolest

Rob is the … man of them all.

1. weirder
2. most handsome
3. strict
4. greatest

Maegan is … than Romy.

1. more studious
2. happy
3. sweet
4. louder

Nadir's dog is … than Rens' cat.

1. lazyer
2. bigger
3. lazier
4. biger

Winston's panda is the … of them all.

1. lazyiest
2. bigest
3. laziest
4. biggest

Coke is … than water.

1. purer
2. sweetest
3. sweeter
4. purest

Fernando is the … of them all.

1. wisest
2. wissest
3. sweeter
4. oldest

Brian is … at Spanish than Bob.

1. better
2. gooder
3. worse
4. badder

Winston is the … dancer of them all.

1. goodest
2. best
3. worst
4. baddest

Do you understand the comparatives?

1. Yes, I do!
2. I need to practise a bit more!