M3 - 15/01/2019

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Tuesday 15 January

- Announcements

- Check homework

- Read

- Grammar: Degrees of comparison

- Let's practise

Tomorrow

Reading Test:

Bring your dictionary 

(English - Dutch)

Check homework

Text 'I swear not to swear': Translate all the words

Read: Chapter 11 - Halloween

Grammar: Degrees of comparison

Trappen van vergelijking

Player 3 is tall.

Player 2 is taller than player 1.

Player 3 is taller than player 1 and 2.

Player 3 is the tallest.

Woorden met één lettergreep

Krijgen - er in de vergrotende en - est in de overtreffende trap:

tall - taller (than)- (the) tallest

Bestaat een woord uit één lettergreep en eindigt

het op één klinker en één medeklinker, dan 

verdubbelt de medeklinker.:

big – bigger (than) – (the) biggest

Woorden met 2 lettergrepen

Eindigt het woord op - le, -er, -ow, -some of -y:                         -er & -est

simple - simpler - simplest

easy - easier - easiest

Eindigt het woord niet op - le, -er, -ow, -some of -y- :             more & most 

careful - more careful - most careful

active - more active - most active

Woorden met 3 of meer lettergrepen

Krijgen more in de vergrotende en most in de overtreffende trap:

beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

expensive - more expensive - most expensive

Uitzonderingen

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

far - further - furthest

little - less - least

many/much - more - most

Degrees of comparison

1) It is the ___________________ (wonderful) time of the year. 

2) Please be ________________ (careful) in the future.

3) My brother is _____________ (funny) than my sister. 

4) She is the _____________ (happy) girl in the world. 

Degrees of comparison

1) It is the most wonderful time of the year. 

2) Please be ________________ (careful) in the future.

3) My brother is _____________ (funny) than my sister. 

4) She is the _____________ (happy) girl in the world. 

Degrees of comparison

1) It is the most wonderful time of the year. 

2) Please be more careful (careful) in the future.

3) My brother is _____________ (funny) than my sister. 

4) She is the _____________ (happy) girl in the world. 

Degrees of comparison

1) It is the most wonderful time of the year. 

2) Please be more careful (careful) in the future.

3) My brother is funnier (funny) than my sister. 

4) She is the _____________ (happy) girl in the world. 

Degrees of comparison

1) It is the most wonderful time of the year. 

2) Please be more careful (careful) in the future.

3) My brother is funnier (funny) than my sister. 

4) She is the happiest (happy) girl in the world. 

Let's practise

Do exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.