08-04-21 Comparisons, Adjectives & Adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

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- Today: Explanation + Of Course

- Lesson goals: You will be able to explain the difference between adjectives and adverbs

- You will know how to compare things in English.

Adjectives and Adverbs

What is an adjective and what is an adverb?

Adjectives

- Bijvoegelijk naamwoord zegt iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord (noun)
- Stel de vraag: Wat voor...?
- Example: The view was wonderful/They are good musicians
Wat valt je op aan de woordvolgorde?
- Tijd? Gebruik streepjes: An eight-year-old boy
A 30-minute walk

Adverbs

- Bijwoorden zeggen iets over een werkwoord/bijvoegelijk naamwoord/bijwoord/hele zin
- Stel de vraag Hoe..?
- Example: They played badly (Hoe speelden ze?)
- He was terribly disappointed (Hoe teleurgesteld?)
- She sings extremely beautifully (Hoe mooi?)
- Surely, that was a mistake (?)

Let's give it a try: Which word does the adjective or adverb refer to? Pick the right form.

1. I (sure/surely) wouldn't have wanted to be a women 30 years ago.
2. (Succesful/Succesfully) female comedians were denied equal opportunities
3. The BBC has made some (serious/seriously) attempts to adress the problem by (slow/slowly) banning all-male line-ups.

Comparisons

- Zet -er/-est achter een bijvoegelijk naamwoord

- Cheap, cheaper (than), cheapest

- Als het bijvoegelijk naamwoord eindigt op -y wordt het -i

- Easy, easier, easiest

- Bijvoegelijk naamwoord met meer dan 3 lettergrepen? Of een bijwoord?

- Beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful

- Quietly, more quietly, most quietly

Comparisons

- Soms mag je of more/most of -er/-est gebruiken:

1. Common, cruel, handsome, likely, pleasant, polite, quiet, simple, stupid.

2. Bij tweelettergrepige woorden die eindigen op -le, -er, -ow

- Simple -> simpler/more simple simplest/most simple

- Clever -> cleverer/more clever cleverest/most clever

Irregular Comparisons

- Good/better/best

-Bad/worse/worst

- Much (time)/more/most

- Many (cars)/more/most

Other ways to compare

- He's as old as I am

- She's not as old as I am

- The sooner the better

- It was getting more and more difficult

- It's cheaper than you think

- Than or then?

Let's practice:

- Do you think Chris Rock is (good) Ricky Gervais?

- You should drive (carefully) if you want to see that show in one piece.

- Comparisons are (easy) said than done.

Rest of the class

- Unit 2, Lesson 1 exercises:  11-13

- Unit 2, Lesson 2 exercises:  2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

- Done? Study the vocab, or work on your credits dossier

- Were the instructions too difficult/too fast?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6KzAj7CZXQ

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Homework

- Finish the exercises for week 1 and 2

- Vocab: Studybox 1, 2, 3

- Hand in your credits dossier tomorrow!