Vwo 3 10-1-23

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

•  Introduction to the Chapter. 
• repetition of "degrees of comparison". 
• Time to work on your own. 

Science and technology

How does technology affect our lives? And science?

solar panel

chemistry

construction

to design

To develop

To predict

device that converts light from the sun into electricity

subject that deals with chemical compositions

The process of building something.

make a sketch or a drawing of something

Improve something further. 

say beforehand what is going to happen

unreliable

equipment

virtual

to customise

maintenance 

to measure

When you can' t trust something. 

objects you need to be able to do something

something that mainly exists online.

modify a product. 

taking care of a machine or a device

find out the size, length or amount of something

Discuss the statement

• Chemistry should be a compulsory subject in all grades. 
•  In the future all houses will have solar panels. 
  
• Virtual schools would be a good thing. 
• Full automatic cars would be unpredictable. 

Degrees of comparison 

• big- bigger- biggest  
• expensive- more expensive- most expensive

Degrees of comparison

Een lettergreep?	+er +est	small-smaller- smallest
Een lettergreep & eindigt op a/e/i/o/u + medeklinker?	Laatste letter dubbel +er en est	big- bigger- biggest
Een lettergreep & eindigt op stomme e?	+ r + st	strange- stranger- strangest
Twee lettergrepen & eindigt op -y?	+ ier + iest	happy- happier - happiest
Twee of meer lettergrepen?	+ more + most	polite- more polite- most polite
onregelmatig	Overal anders	good- better- best

Degrees of comparison

• Vergelijk aangeven? 

This necklace is prettier than the one I saw online 

This necklace is the prettiest! 

Over to you...

• Do exercise 3 on p.137 

• Finished early? Have a look in google classroom. 

Over to you....

• Write a few sentences in which you compare your new smartphone with a previous version. Try to use the theme words and comparatives and superlatives. 

virtual 

to customise 

maintenance 

to measure 

to predict 

unreliable 

solar panel 

chemistry 

construction 

to design 

to develop 

equipment 

Compare your new smartphone with an old one. Use theme words and comparatives and superlatives.

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