HEY 2.3 Adjectives and Adverbs

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• Leerjaar 4

2.3 

Adjectives, adverbs and comparisons

Learning objective

You are going to practise applying the adjectives and the adverbs

You know how to make comparisons

Adjectives

What are they?

What is their function?

Adjectives

What are they?

Bijvoegelijk naamwoord

What is their function?

Decribes a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)

ADJECTIVES

Bijvoeglijk naamwoord

ADJECTIVES VOORBEELD

ADJECTIVES:

• An awful song.
• The song was awful. (na koppelwerkwoord 'be')
• That looked awful. (na koppelwerkwoord 'look')
  

Adjectives

Adverbs

What are they?

What are their function?

Adverb

= bijwoord

An adverb tells you something about:

• verb
• another adverb
• adjective

Adverbs

Adverb - verb

He drives quickly.

She sang beautifully.

They worked nicely.

How to form an adverb:

adjective + -ly

Adjectives

Comparisons

big

bigger

the biggest

COMPARISONS

Trap van vergelijking

Comparisons

Vergrotende trap

....-er than

voorbeeld:

old --> older

tall --> taller 

Comparisons

Overtreffende trap

the ....- est

Voorbeeld:

old --> oldest

tall --> tallest 

Comparisons

vergrotende trap

more ....

Voorbeeld:

More expensive

More famous

Comparisons

Overtreffende trap

most.....

Voorbeeld:

Most expensive

Most famous

Comparisons

1 lettergreep	- er -est	fast, faster, fastest
2 lettergrepen eindigen op -le, -er, -ow & -y	-er -est	prett y , prett ie r, prett ie st
3 lettergrepen	more most	more interesting, most interesting

Adverbs are?

1. people/animals/things
2. words that indicate a place
3. irregular verbs
4. words that indicate how often something happens

Wat is de adverb van GOOD?

1. goodly
2. goodily
3. well

Adverbial or adverb
We do not use an adverb in combination with....

1. Is, seem, sing
2. taste, sound, feel
3. are, work, play
4. is, feel, well

Adverb or adverbial
An adjective gives more info about...

1. An adverbial
2. An action
3. A person
4. an adjective

Adverbial or adverb
They seem ...

1. happily
2. happy
3. happyly

Adverbial or adverb
They work very .......

1. hard
2. hardly
3. hardily

Comparisons
She is wearing _____ dress.

1. more beautiful than
2. beautifuller than
3. the most beautiful
4. the beautifullest

Comparisons: welke is onjuist?

1. far - further - furthest
2. little - less - least
3. bad - badder - baddest
4. good - better - best

Comparisons, which is correct?

1. Bad -> worse -> worst
2. Bad -> badder -> baddest
3. Bad -> worst -> baddest
4. Bad -> worse -> baddest

Which comparison is correct?

1. I'm quicker then him.
2. They walk more fast than me.
3. Please be carefuller next time!
4. I like playing football better than playing hockey.

Comparisons:

The king is the ___________

1. more powerful
2. powerfuller
3. powerfullst
4. most powerful

Get to work

2.3 10 t/m 13

Leren lesson 3 & grammaticaboek p. 73 + 76