Monday October 31 Unit 2 Lesson 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

THIS WEEK:

• Halloween
• Unit 2 Lesson 3: comparisons
• HW for MONDAY: Study words unit 2 Lesson 1 + 2+3 pages 92/93/94/93/94 + unit 1 Lesson 1 page 

NOVEMBER 1 BOOK TEST 

WOOTS

TODAY:

• Halloween
• Unit 2 Lesson 3: comparisons

• HW for MONDAY November 7: Study for testweek

Which words do you associate with Halloween?

Where does Halloween originally come from? 

1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. England
4. United States

Which population (=bevolkingsgroep) started Halloween?

1. The Romans
2. The Greek
3. The Celts
4. The Persians

What is the origin of the word Halloween?

1. All Hallow's Eve
2. All Hail's Eve
3. All Havens Eve
4. All Holy Eve

Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve. 

What do you think 'Hallow' means?

1. Scary
2. Strange
3. Hollow (= empty)
4. Holy (= sacred/heilig)

Halloween is a Christian celebration.

1. True
2. False

When did people start to celebrate Halloween? 

1. about 100 years ago
2. about 200 years ago
3. about 1000 years ago
4. about 2000 years ago

What is not a tradition at Halloween?

1. Trick or treat!
2. Decorating a tree
3. Wearing costumes
4. Carving a pumpkin

People used to believe that the dead would come back at Halloween. 

1. True
2. False

What does 'Trick or treat'mean?

1. 'Give me a treat or I will prank you!'
2. 'Give me a treat or I will shoot you!'
3. 'Give me a treat or I will leave!'
4. 'Give me a treat or you are mean!'

On which day are the most sweets sold in America?

1. 23rd December
2. 30th December
3. 31st of October
4. 28th of October

What is the most popular Halloween candy?

1. Snickers
2. Mars
3. Milky Way
4. Oreo

What do you call a carved Halloween pumpkin?

1. Jack-O'-Lantern
2. Jill-O'-Lantern
3. John-O'-Lantern
4. Jane-O'-Lantern

Halloween

• + 2000 years ago

• 31st of October

• All Hallows' Eve (31 Oct)

• All Hallows (1 Nov)

• Started in Ireland > Samhain

Samhain 

• Celebrated in Ireland, the UK & Northern France

• To mark* the end of the summer months & harvest time*

• Darker colder months were associated* with death

• They thought the ghosts would return to earth

* To mark = markeren, harvest time = oogsttijd, associated = associëren/verbonden

Grammar: Comparisons

Do you know the answers?

This flower is .................. (beautiful)
than that one.

1. beautifuller
2. more beautiful

Halloween is .... day of the year.

1. scary
2. scarier
3. the scaryest
4. the scariest

It is strange but often a coke is .........(expensive) than a beer.

1. expensiver
2. more expensive

Who is the ............. (rich)
woman on earth?

1. richest
2. most rich

Spot

Brownie

Degrees of comparison

De trappen van vergelijking:

1. Brownie is smaller than Spot.

2. Brownie is the smallest dog.

Zin 1 is de vergrotende trap. Daar heb je  'than' bij nodig.
Zin 2 is de overtreffende trap. Daar heb je 'the' bij nodig.

Degrees of comparison

There are three degrees of comparison: 

• adjective (adverb): tall
• comparative (vergrotende trap) : taller
• superlative (overtreffende trap) : tallest
  

1 lettergreep: LET OP SPELLING

Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden die op een -e eindigen krijgen alleen +r of + st

large > larger > largest

Bijvoeglijk naamwoorden die eindigen op een klinker + medeklinker > medeklinker verdubbelt.

hot > hotter > hottest

Adjectives of one syllable (1 lettergreep):

                                                                                                    Tall – Taller – Tallest 

mind the spelling of:

sad-sadder-saddest

big-bigger-biggest

thin-thinner-thinnest

fat-fatter-fattest

hot-hotter-hottest

wet-wetter-wettest

Does it sound short? Double consonant!

-er & -est

Trappen van vergelijking

Woorden van 3 lettergrepen of meer:

- Vergrotende trap: more 

- Overtreffende trap: most 

expensive

 more expensive

most expensive

intelligent

more intelligent

most intelligent

Trappen van vergelijking

Je weet hoe je trappen van vergelijking gebruikt bij woorden met één en met drie of meer lettergrepen, maar wat moet je doen bij woorden met twee lettergrepen?

Trappen van vergelijking

Je weet hoe je trappen van vergelijking gebruikt bij woorden met één en met drie of meer lettergrepen, maar wat moet je doen bij woorden met twee lettergrepen?

Bij woorden met twee lettergrepen moet je kijken naar waar het woord op eindigt!

 2 lettergrepen -er / erst

Eindigt het bijvoeglijk naamwoord met twee lettergrepen op 

-le, -er, - ow of medeklinker + y

vergrotende trap >    +er
overtreffende trap >   + est

simple - simpler - simplest

clever - cleverer - cleverest

narrow  - narrower  - narrowest

simple 

Twee lettergrepen -Y: 

SPELLING

medeklinker + y      > y verandert in ie

happy - happier - happiest

2 lettergrepen: more / most

boring - more boring - most boring

famous - more famous - most famous

cheerful - more cheerful - most cheerful

Onregelmatige vormen

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

few - fewer - fewest

little -  less - least

many - more - most

much - more - most

LET OP:

last = de laatste

latest = de nieuwste

older /elder

elder alleen bij vergelijking gezinsleden; my elder brother

My house is (big)
...
than yours.

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

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

Miss Steinbusch is (old) .... than the pupils in her class.

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

Who is the (good) ..... footballplayer in the world?

Comparing

This house is bigger than that one.

Our house is not as expensive as our neighbours'.

Our house is not so expensive as our neighbours'.

She is as intelligent as her brother.

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TODAY:

• Unit 2 Lesson 3: comparisons: do ex 12 + 13 + check
  

• HW for MONDAY November 7: Study for testweek + ex 12 + 13 lesson 3 page 74

TOMORROW: BOOK TEST (bring your novel)