Comparisons


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In deze les zitten 37 slides, met interactieve quizzen en tekstslides.

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Welcome

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

What's the difference between these sentences?

1) John is taller than Mark.

2) John is the tallest in the class.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Comparisons
vergrotende trap = comparative
(twee dingen/mensen met elkaar vergelijken)

overtreffende trap = superlative
(1 ding/mens vergelijken met een grote aantal)

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Comparisons
bijvoegelijke naamwoorden (adjectives)

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Comparative:
+ER




Superlative:
+EST


Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Comparative:
+ER

John is taller than Timmy.

Patty runs faster than anyone else.

Poppy jumps higher than Mark.


Superlative:
+EST

John is the tallest.

Patty runs the fastest.


Poppy jumps the highest.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Comparative + superlative

small - smaller - smallest


big - bigger - biggest


nice - nicer - nicest

Vergrotende + overtreffende trap

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Pay attention to words ending with a 

consonant + Y! 

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Comparative:
+ER

Often followed by: THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.


Superlative:
+EST


Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Comparative:
+ER

Often followed by: THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.


Superlative:
+EST

 THE is often placed before a superlative.

Rob is the tallest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Fill in:
1) This house is .... (cheap) house I have ever seen!

Slide 11 - Open vraag

2) My house is ... (big) yours.

Slide 12 - Open vraag

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

Slide 13 - Open vraag

4) Non-smokers usually live ... (long) smokers.

Slide 14 - Open vraag

5) Keys are .... (heavy) than feathers.

Slide 15 - Open vraag

6) Roses are .... (pretty) flowers!

Slide 16 - Open vraag

7) Roses are .... (pretty) flowers!

Slide 17 - Open vraag

Syllables (lettergrepen)
Syllables are important when talking about comparisons.

Tree | tree = 1 syllable
Funny | fun-ny = 2 syllables
Beautiful | beau-ti-ful = 3 syllables
Intelligent | in-tel-li-gent = 4 syllables



Slide 18 - Tekstslide

How many syllables:
'nice'
A
1
B
2
C
3

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

How many syllables:
'complicated'
A
2
B
3
C
4
D
5

Slide 20 - Quizvraag

How many syllables:
'popular'
A
2
B
3
C
4
D
5

Slide 21 - Quizvraag

How many syllables:
'small'
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4

Slide 22 - Quizvraag

Words with 2 syllables (= lettergrepen)
Adjective ends in: -y, -le, -er, -ow:
Comparative = -er
Superlative = -est

slow - slower than - the slowest
funny - funnier than - the most funniest
clever - cleverer than - the cleverest


Slide 23 - Tekstslide

Words with 2 syllables or more
more + (the) most

careful - more careful  - (the) most careful 
famous - more famous - (the) most famous

Slide 24 - Tekstslide

Pay attention!
goed - beter - best
good - better - best

slecht - slechter - slechtst(e)
bad - worse - worst






Slide 25 - Tekstslide

Fill in:
This exercise is .... (difficult) the other exercise.

Slide 26 - Open vraag

Fill in:
This house is ...... (expensive) house in the street.

Slide 27 - Open vraag

Fill in:
You won the lottery? You must be … (lucky) person in the world!

Slide 28 - Open vraag

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

Slide 29 - Open vraag

Roses are _____ (lovely) than sunflowers.

Slide 30 - Open vraag

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

Slide 31 - Open vraag

The orange cat is ______ (nice) than the white one.

Slide 32 - Open vraag

Pizza is the ______ (good) food ever made!

Slide 33 - Open vraag

The dog found the _____ (big) bone ever!

Slide 34 - Open vraag

Susan is ______ (tall) than James.

Slide 35 - Open vraag

Comparative:
+ ER
  • 1 syllable
  • 2 syllable ending in:                             -y, -le,    -er, -ow

MORE
  • 2 or more syllables

Often followed by: THAN



Superlative:
+EST
1 syllable
2 syllable ending in: -y, -le, -er, -ow


MOST
2 or more syllables

 THE is often placed before a superlative.

Slide 36 - Tekstslide

What to do?
What:

4 on page 97.
5 and 6 on pages 97-98.
10 on page 99.







Slide 37 - Tekstslide