Comparisons and Superlatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's lesson 

Comparisons and superlatives

 De vergrotende en overtreffende trap

Goal: To understand how you can compare things in English and to use this grammar correctly.

But first .....

What can you remember about relative pronouns?

Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns verwijzen naar:

Who                Persoon

Which              Dier, ding

That*               ipv who/which; zonder komma

Whose             Persoon, ding, dier; bezit

Whom              ipv who, direct na voorzetsel

* Na een komma gebruik je nooit "that"!

Used for people

Used for things and animals

Shows possession (bezit) 

who

Which

Whose

That - only if there are no commas  before "that" in the sentence 

That - only if there are no commas before "that" in the sentence

The dog .... walks over there, isn't mine.

1. who
2. which
3. that

Yesterday I saw the car ____ was used for the fast and the furious.

1. who
2. which
3. whose

This is the boy _____ had an accident.

1. who
2. which
3. whose

The book ______ you gave me is great.

1. who
2. whose
3. that

I understand relative pronouns and can use them.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy; Yes!

I think I can do this, but I am not sure.

No, I need help

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

Woorden van 1 lettergreep:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

oldest

Woorden van 2 lettergrepen

Woorden van 2 lettergrepen die eindigen op le/er/ow/y  krijgen ook

 +er  / + est

Yellow - yellower than - the yellowest

Gentle - gentler than - the gentlest

Let op! Woorden die eindigen op een medeklinker + y krijgen IER/IEST

Happy - happier than - the happiest 

Comparatives and superlatives

Woorden van 2 lettergrepen of meer:

- Comparative: more.....than

- Superlative: the most.....

expensive

more expensive than

the most expensive

Een aantal woorden van 2 lettergrepen mogen alleen met more en most

bijvoorbeeld:

famous - more famous than - the most famous

boring - more boring than - the most boring

careful - more careful than - the most careful

Comparatives and superlatives

Uitzonderingen!

1. good - better - best 
2. bad - worse - worst 
3. little - less - least 
4. much/many - more - most 

Comparative - in another way

as ...............as 

John is as tall as David. 

not as ..................as

Thomas is not as tall as Jim.

That group is _____ the other group.

1. the more serious
2. the most serious
3. more serious than
4. most serious than

Welk rijtje is juist?

1. Good - Better - Best
2. Good - Gooder - Goodest
3. Beautiful - Beautifuler - Beautifulest
4. Small - More small - Most small

My house is (big) _________ yours.

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

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

Who is __________(rich)
woman on earth?

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

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

This flower is .................. (not beautiful)......
that one.

You need to be ..................... (forceful) than that to get the door open.

Continue with...

U2: L5 Ex. 1 -6 

Then the worksheet you have been given. 

U2:L5 Ex. 8

Extra oefenen met 

de trappen van vergelijking?

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I have achieved the goal for today's lesson:
To understand how you can compare things in English and to use this grammar correctly.

Not totally

More yes than no. I am on the way

Totally

Hi! My name’s Jeremy, __________ is also my father’s name! 

I’m a student at Portsmouth University , __________ is right in the centre of the city. I live in a big student apartment block with around 200 students. I was sorting out the shelves in my room __________ have all my books on them and I found a book which belonged to another student __________ studies with me.

 So, I went to give him back the book ___________ I had found, but he wasn’t in his room. Then as I was looking at the book, I found a photo  __________ was hidden between the pages. It was from the previous year at it made me smile. 

which

that

who

which

which

which