Trappen van vergelijking

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Degrees of comparison

Trappen van vergelijking

What do you remember?

-er / -est

Bij woorden van één lettergreep gaan de trappen als volgt:

big - bigger than - the biggest

tall - taller than - the tallest

white - whiter than - the whitest

more / most

Bij woorden van twee of meer lettergrepen gaan de trappen als volgt:

beautiful / more beautiful than / the  most beautiful

interesting / more interesting than / the most interesting

stunning / more stunning than / the most stunning

as ... as

Als je wilt zeggen dat 2 dingen (bijna) hetzelfde zijn dan gebruik je as ... as (net zo ... als)

You're as tall as my brother.

She is as old as her cousin.

Your girlfriend is almost as pretty as mine.

Exception (uitzondering) 1

Woorden van twéé lettergrepen (two syllables) op -y krijgen ook -er / -est

Happy / Happier than / The happiest

Pretty / Prettier than / The prettiest

Exception (uitzondering) 2

learn by heart (uit je hoofd leren)

Good / better than / the best

Bad / worse than / the worst

Little / smaller than / the smallest (size)

Little / less than / the least (quantity)

many - much / more than / the most

far - farther/further than/the fartherst/the furthest

Exception 3: fun!

fun -more fun - the most fun

Exercise 1

Fill in the missing form of the degrees of comparison

tip: don't forget your the and than

2 open spaces? separate them with -

e.g. tall - ___ - ___    --->  taller than - the tallest

big - ____ - the biggest

rude - ruder than - ____

silly - ____ - _____

boring - ____ - ____

amazing - ___ - ___

Exercise 2

Fill in the correct form of the degrees of comparison

Use the sentence to figure out which one it should be.

type only the missing words.

My friend is ____ my brother. (fat)

It's a watermelon inside a watermelon, it's ____ thing I've ever seen! (beautiful)

She is ____ at English than her classmates. (good)

English is _____ French. (interesting)

He is ____ her sister. (scary)

This is ____ film I've seen. (terrifying)

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Exercise 4

Extra practice: Adverbs of Frequency

Put the sentences in the correct order

Type the whole sentence

They go to the movies. (often)

She listens to classical music. (rarely)

He reads the local newspaper. (sometimes)

Sara smiles. (never)

She complains about her husband. (always)

I drink coffee. (sometimes)