Grammar: Comparative and superlative

Comparatives and superlatives
                                      Revision of the comparative and superlative.


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Comparatives and superlatives
                                      Revision of the comparative and superlative.


Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Fill in the correct answer:
This film is............ than that film (interesting)

Slide 2 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer:
My brother has a ....room than me (tidy)

Slide 3 - Open vraag

Fill in the correct answer:
She has....money than I have, but she doesn't care. (little)

Slide 4 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer:
Tom is ...at French than Jane (bad)

Slide 5 - Open vraag

Fill in the correct answer:
Tom is the ...... student I have ever met. (lazy)

Slide 6 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer.
I think the atom bomb was the....invention ever.(bad)

Slide 7 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer:
I think Leonardo da Vinci was a........inventor than an artist (successful)

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer:
The wheel is one of the........ inventions in the history of mankind. ( early)

Slide 9 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer:
August was....than September. (hot)

Slide 10 - Open vraag

Give the correct answer:
Tom is as......at English as Jane is (good)

Slide 11 - Open vraag

Slide 12 - Video

Slide 13 - Video

In this + the next slides you'll find....
The rules for the comparative and the superlative.
one syllable (lettergreep)             three or more syllables
- I am tall                                    - I am intelligent
- I am as tall as Jane              - I am as intelligent as Jane
- You are taller than I am.       - You are more intelligent than I am
- Tom is the tallest                    - Tom is the most intelligent .
      +ER...than..   the... +EST             more....than..       the most........                                  

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

words with 2 (two) syllables
Two syllables and ending in:  watch the spelling, see next slide
-OW (narrow)
-ER   (clever)
-Y      (holy)                                                    +ER    +EST  
-LE   (noble)

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

All other two syllable words get....
 more ...........
most............
This is the most useful lesson.
This film is more boring  than the last one we saw.

!!!!!!!Note: the word itself doesn't change!!!!!!!!!!

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Irregular forms:
good- better- best
bad -worse-worst
little- less -least
many- more- most
much- more- most

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

LET OP SPELLING!!!!


  • hot- hotter- hottest/ wet-wetter- wettest/ big- bigger- biggest
  • lazy- lazier-laziest/ happy- happier- happiest

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

The next slide will give...
information on the spelling of the comparatives and superlatives and the rules.

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

Slide 20 - Link

Next slide =
Online exercise on the grammar

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

Slide 22 - Link

Next slide =
Online exercise on the grammar

Slide 23 - Tekstslide

Slide 24 - Link

Slide 25 - Tekstslide