Degrees of Comparison

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• Secundair onderwijs

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Where do the subjects go according to you?

After this lesson you are able to

- Compare two things with each other

- use the structure 'as ... as' in a sentence

- use the comparative in a sentence

- use the superlative in a sentence

Comparative

Superlative

Worse

Worst

fastest

faster

Bigger

Biggest

bad

fast

big

cute

cuter

cutest

Find as many comparatives and superlatives as possible in the room!
You get 3 minutes

Comparing things

=

Comparing things

as ... as

< or >

... than ...

Comparing things

=

Comparing things

She is as strong as he is.

< or >

She is stronger than he is.

1. This movie is as good as the previous one.

2. He is as old as his nephew, they're the same age.

3. Dubai feels as hot as the sun.

4. It's as cold as ice outside.

5. She's as busy as a bee.

1. This movie is better than the previous one.

2. He is older than his nephew, they're the same age.

3. Dubai is more beautiful than Antwerp.

4. That is even more interesting than the other fact.

5. She's busier than a bee.

The Burj Khalifa is ... the Eiffel Tower.

1. bigger than
2. as big as
3. smaller than
4. as small as

Grandfather is ... mother

1. younger than
2. the oldest
3. older than
4. as old as

This cake is ... rotten eggs

1. as delicious as
2. deliciouser than
3. delicioust
4. more delicious than

Practice

Individual/pair work: Exercise 30 in the coursebook page 163

Practice

Do the exercises on the worksheet

individual or in pairs, it's up to you!

answer key

1. easier

2. useful

3. drier

4. the most difficult

5. better

6. stronger

7. the most clever

the cleverest

8. the oldest

9. more important

10. narrower

more narrow

11. the most famous

12. good, the best

13. more expensive

14. older (elder)

15. the ... largest

16. more

17. /

18. more boring

19. thinner

20. wider

answer key

1. warmer

2. easier

3. larger

4. faster

5. as sweet as

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