B2b - 2.5 writing - comparisons

• English
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2

Comparisons

A compliment to you all!

Expectations

Books/laptop closed on your desk. Your mobile phone is in your bag.
 

You are calm (and don't disturb your neighbours/teacher)

You are working on the assignment the teacher gave you

Raise your hand if you have a question/answer.

Stay in your seats and keep the volume down

What are we going to learn today?

At the end of this lesson I...

...can write a sentence where I compare myself to the teacher

But first!

What do you remember from yesterday?

Who, which, whose, that

What was the name again of these kind of words?

1. Relative clauses
2. Personal pronouns
3. Relative pronouns
4. Personal clauses

My brother, ........................phone you just heard, is 17 years old.

The car..........................hit me was blue.

Ms Pratt,.........................is my Maths teacher, is very kind.
 

This is the boy..............................played rugby.

who

which

who

whose

In which sentence can the "who" be replaced by "that"?
 

1.   Ms Pratt, who is my Maths teacher, is very kind.

2.   This is the boy who played rugby.

1. Sentence 1
2. Sentence 2

Om mensen, dieren en dingen met elkaar te kunnen vergelijken.

Je hebt hierin vier onderdelen:
 

1. -er / -est

2. more en most

3. Onregelmatige vormen

4. (not) as ... as

Comparisons

• Bij één lettergreep
  
• Bij twee lettergrepen die eindigen in een medeklinker +-y (easy - easier)

• Je voegt -er toe aan een woord om te zeggen dat iets <....groter....> is dan iets anders.
  (let hierbij op het woordje "than").
• Je voegt -est toe aan een woord om te zeggen dat het het <....grootst....> is. 

 (the) -er/-est (than)

Eindigt op een -e?

--> dan alleen nog maar -r/-st erachter

          nice - nicer - nicest

Eindigt op een klinker + medeklinker?

--> verdubbel de medeklinker

          Big - bigger - biggest

Eindigt op -y?

--> verandert -ier/-iest

         Pretty - prettier - prettiest

Mind the spelling!

He is much ..... than his brother

1. taller
2. tallest

That's the ........ apple I've ever seen!

1. bigger
2. biggest

This is much ....... than I expected.

1. easyer
2. easyr
3. easier
4. eassier

Bij woorden van twee of meer lettergrepen gebruik je:

• more (than) 
• (the) most 

This engine is more powerful than the last one

That is the most interesting film ever. 

Don't forget "the" and "than"!!!!

More and most

Your bike is ........than mine

1. beautifuller
2. beautifuler
3. more beautiful
4. most beautiful

This is the ..... kitchen I've ever seen.

1. nicest
2. nicestes
3. more nice
4. most nice

Deze moet je leren zodat je ze uit je hoofd kent:

Good - better - best 

bad - worse - worst 

Onregelmatige vormen

If you thought this case was bad, it's about to get much........

1. badder
2. baddest
3. worser
4. worse

He had ...... mark in his class.

1. the best
2. best
3. good
4. the goodest

Ricardo's big brother is ___ (tall) him.

That girl is ______(smart) her sister.

My rabbit is _______ (fast) rabbit in the world!

Katy is _________ (short) her friend.

That tail is __________ (long).

The teacher is going to give you a worksheet.

Do exercise 1.

You have 5 minutes.

Done?

Start on the puzzle on the back. 

Exercise

We are going to do exercise 2 on the worksheet.

You are going to compare yourself to your teacher.

Write 2 sentences.

- 1x vergrotende trap (-er/more)

- 1x overtreffende trap (-est/most)

Be nice please :)

Exercise