F2: unit 3 grammar practice

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• Leerjaar 2

F2 Unit 3

comparatives & superlatives

present perfect

Comparatives and superlatives

Trappen van vergelijking

- Comparative: vergrotende trap

- Superlative: overtreffende trap

Box A is small.

Box B is smaller than box A.

Box C is the smallest of all.

A

B

C

Comparatives and superlatives

1 syllable words / woorden van 1 lettergreep:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

1.  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord eindigt op een -e,

gebruik dan -r en -st.

large

larger

largest

Spellingsregels:

2.  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord eindigt op medeklinker + y,

gebruik dan -ier en -iest.

happy

happier

happiest

Comparatives and superlatives

hot

hotter

hottest

Spellingsregels:

3.  Bijvoeglijk naamwoord eindigt op 1 klinker (a, e, i, o, u)

+ 1 medeklinker, medeklinker verdubbelen

big

bigger

biggest

Comparatives and superlatives

2 or more syllable words / woorden van 2 lettergrepen of meer:

- Comparative: more

- Superlative: most

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Comparatives and superlatives

When a word ends on -le / -ow / -er / medeklinker + y

use the 1-syllable words RULE!

gentle

narrow

sandy

gentler

narrower

sandier

gentlest

narrowest

sandiest

Comparatives and superlatives

good

better

best

Irregular adjectives (uit je hoofd leren!)

bad

worse

worst

much/many

more

most

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

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

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

Who is the (good) .... football player in the world?

1. better
2. gooder
3. goodest
4. best

What is your ... (bad) subject at school?

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

The ... (easy) you can do is study for the tests.

1. easyest
2. easiest
3. most easy
4. easier

Barry's car is ....... (expensive) than Sam's car.

1. expensiver
2. expensivest
3. most expensive
4. more expensive

Make the present perfect:
(I / go / to the library today)

Make the present perfect:
(you / keep a pet for three years)

Make the present perfect:
(you / eat Thai food before?)

Make the present perfect:
(we / not / hear that song yet)

When do you use a present perfect? 

- You use the present perfect if something has started in the past but is still going on in the present..

I have lived in Rotterdam since 2007 (so you still live there)

-To talk about experiences or events of which the result is still noticeable.

I can't find my keys. I have lost them. 

Look! She has broken her leg.

So far, I haven’t heard from him.

I have never been to London.

KEYWORDS PRESENT PERFECT - FIJNE JAS!

If these words are in a sentence you have to use the present perfect

• F   for  (+ time reference)
• Y   yet
• N   never 
• E   ever 

• J   just 
• A   already
• S   since 

Difference present perfect and past simple

• The past simple is used when the action ended in the past and there is no connection to the present.
  
• The present perfect is used when there is a link to the past and the action is still going on in the present

When do you use the simple past?

Activities/events which happened is the past and have ended in the past. Often a time reference is mentioned.

Examples:

I broke my leg in 2014 (6 years ago, and you are better now)

I met my boyfriend last winter (last winter, the day you saw him for the first time has ended)

When do you use a Present Perfect?

* events which started in the past but the effect is still noticeable in the present

* experiences in the past (date is not important

Examples:

I can't run, I have broken my leg. (your leg is still broken today)

I have known my boyfriend for 5 days. (you still know him)

I have been to London six times. (Date is not important, you might go again)

Keywords:

Present perfect: for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since,

Past simple: last year, yesterday, in 2010, an hour ago etc.

Fill in past simple or present perfect.
Jack .........(finish) work an hour ago.

I ..................(be) a teacher since 2010.

We sang that song yesterday.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

We have known each other for three years now.

1. Past Simple
2. Present Perfect

I ...... that film yet.

1. didn't see
2. haven't seen

........ to Paris yet?

1. Did they go
2. Have they been

He ..... there yesterday morning.

1. went
2. has gone

....... her for three years.

1. I didn't see
2. I haven't seen

He ..... there since 2015

1. lived
2. has lived

I .... him an hour ago.

1. saw
2. have seen
3. have been seeing
4. didn't saw

Do you feel you know the grammar for unit 3?

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Practice!

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