Grammar recap: degrees of comparison

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Grammar recap: degrees of comparison

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Degrees of comparison

What do these words mean in dutch?

1. nice - nicer - nicest
2. old - older - oldest
3. funny - funnier - funniest 
4. dangerous - more dangerous - most dangerous
5. interesting - more interesting - most interesting 

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Rule short words: 

Short words (1 syllable) + er/est

Word ending with an e + r/st

Word ending with an y (and before y = consonant) - (y=i) + er/est

Doubled letters (sound) - (doubled letter) + er/est (big - biggest)

Syllable - lettergreep

Consonant - medeklinker

Rule long words: 

Long words (2 or more syllables) + more/most

For example - beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

For words of two or more syllables, use more (than) and (the) most. 

For example - powerful - more powerful than - the most powerful

Syllable - lettergreep

Consonant - medeklinker

Overview:

1 syllable = short	2 syllables = short	2 syllables = long	3+ syllables = long
Fast	cle-ver	a-fraid	dif-fi-cult
Faster	cleverer	more afraid	more difficult
Fastest	cleverest	most afraid	most difficult

Exceptions:

Good - better - best.

Bad - worse - worst.

Little - less - least. 

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
.... - Smaller - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
popular - .... - ....

Degrees of comparison
Katy is ..... (happy) than her friend.

Degrees of Comparison
My little sister is the .... (young).

The degrees of comparisons is the ... (difficult) grammar item.

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
High - .... - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
Heavy - .... - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
.... - .... - most expensive

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
little - .... - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
.... - shorter - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
bad - .... - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
.... - worse - ....

Fill in the missing forms of the degrees of comparison:
.... - better - ....

Degrees of comparison

My mum is the ... (nice) woman in the world.

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