Comparisons and Superlatives

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

Today's goals

• To understand how to make comparative and superlatives
• When do you use a comparative
• When do you use a superlative

Comparatives and superlatives 

(De vergrotende en overtreffende trap)

today

Recap previous lesson                           20 min

Talking about habits                               15 min

‘’I used to’’

‘’Would’’

‘’Past simple’’

Ex 32                                                                5 min

Ex 33 & 34                                                     5 min

Ex 35 & 36                                                     5 min

Break                                                              15 min

Ex 37                                                               15 minutes

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

How to make them:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

oldest

Uitzonderingen: geen +er or +est

Bad - worse - worst

 Good - better - best

Badder, baddest

Gooder, goodest

Fill in the missing word:
Tom is .....................(short) than David.

1. short
2. shorter
3. shortest
4. shorty

Fill in the missing word
This is the ...............(good) chocolate I have ever tasted.

1. goodest
2. good
3. best
4. better

Fill in the missing word:
My phone is ....................(big) than yours.

1. biger
2. bigger
3. bigest
4. biggest

Fill in the missing word:
This book is the ................. interesting think I have ever read.

1. most
2. more
3. mostly
4. mainly

Missing word only
My house is ______(tiny) than yours.

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

My dad is ................ (tall) than my mum.

Missing words only
Who is the................(beautiful) woman on earth?

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

Past simpleYou can use the past simple:

For past states and habits. This tells the other person that you no longer do a certain thing, go to a certain place, etc.

We went to the same beach every summer.

if something happened only once, so you don’t describe a habit or a state:

I went to Pakistan in 2019.

‘Used to’ + infinitive 'You use ‘used to’ + infinitive (hele werkwoord):

for past states (toestanden) that are not true anymore:

-->We used to live in New York when I was a kid.

-->We woonden in New York toen ik een kind was (maar we wonen daar niet meer).

for past habits (gewoontes) that don’t happen anymore:

-->I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school.

-->Ik ging vroeger elke donderdag zwemmen (maar dat doe ik nu niet meer).

Would

You use ‘would’ for past habits (gewoontes) that you don’t have any more:

--> Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.Elke zaterdag

Write a habit from the past with the word ''used to''

Write a habit from the past with the word ''would''

Exercise 32

a.... what did you usually have for dinner?

b. ... did you go to restaurants?

c. ... where did you go to eat?

Use used to, would and the past simple

Exercise 33 & 34

5 minutes

EX 35 & 36

10 MINUTES

write the sentences of the conversation

BREAK 15 MINUTES

ex 37

record the conversation

15 minutes

What did we do/learn today?

Ik heb het lesdoel bereikt. Ik begrijp hoe ik ''used to, would en de past simple kan gebruiken"

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