FOCUS 1 - 4.2 comparisons (lesson)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Comparatives + Superlatives

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Comparative

vergrotende trap

comparative of
thin

1. thiner
2. thinner
3. more thin
4. thinnest

comparative of
fast

1. faster
2. fastter
3. more fast
4. fastest

comparative of
amazing

1. amazinger
2. amazingger
3. more amazing
4. most amazing

comparative of
good

1. gooder
2. better
3. more good
4. best

comparative of
important

1. importanter
2. importantter
3. more important
4. most important

Superlative

overtreffende trap

superlative of
serious

1. seriouser
2. seriousser
3. more serious
4. most serious

superlative of
high

1. highest
2. more high
3. most high
4. higher

superlative of
lucky

1. luckyer
2. luckier
3. luckiest
4. most lucky

superlative of
cheap

1. cheaper
2. cheapest
3. more cheap
4. most cheap

superlative of
bad

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

short words:

+ er
+ est

This woman  is young.                                      This woman is old.

young                                           old
younger                                       older
youngest                                     oldest

long words:

more ...
most ...
An iPhone is expensive.
A Ferrari is more expensive.
A villa is most expensive.

ex-pen-sive

The rules

* 1 syllable: -er than / the -est

example: strange - stranger than - the strangest

* 2 syllables ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y, -some: -er than / the -est

example: 

simple - simpler than - the simplest

* 2 syllables  not ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y: more /most

example: careful - more careful than - the most careful

3 or more syllables: more ... than / the most

example: popular - more popular than - the most popular

 irregular!

goed - beter - best

good - better - best

slecht - slechter - slechtst(e)

bad - worse - worst

ver - verder - verst(e)

far - further - furthest

doubling

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

Y -> ier/ iest

The boy is HAPPY.

The girl over there is HAPPIER.

That baby is the HAPPIEST.

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

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

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

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

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

This is my little brother. He is _______ than I am. (young)

I think my girlfriend is much _______ than she thinks she is. (pretty)

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

Wow! This is by far the ________ house I have ever seen! (large)

That was wrong. You should be ________ in the future. (careful)

My room is the _____ room in this house

1. cleanest
2. more clean
3. cleaner
4. most clean

He is ______ than my dad.

1. oldest
2. most old
3. older
4. more old

It is the ______ show I have ever seen.

1. most fantastic
2. fantasticer
3. more fantastic
4. fanasticest

This is the ______ dress I have ever bought.

1. cheaper
2. cheapest
3. most cheap
4. more cheap

Mona seems ______ than Liz

1. happyer
2. happier
3. hapyest
4. happiest

She is the ______ girl in our group.

1. more creative
2. creativer
3. creativest
4. most creative

Tim is _______ than his brother.

1. more helpful
2. helpfullest
3. helpfuller
4. most helpful

My hair is __________ than hers.

1. longer
2. more long
3. longest
4. most long

Well done!