Comparisons

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Comparisons

Comparisons 

In het Nederlands noemen we ze trappen van vergelijkingen.

Gebruik: Om mensen of dingen te beschrijven

Je vergelijkt ze met elkaar. 

Comparative: Vergrotende trap

  Superlative: Overtreffende trap. 

C

B

A

Box A is small.

Box B is smaller than box A.

Box C is the smallest of all.

Comparisons 

Woorden van 1 lettergreep/syllable:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

the oldest

Comparisons 

Woorden van 3 lettergrepen of meer:

- Comparative: more 

- Superlative: most

expensive

more expensive

the most expensive

Uitzonderingen 

Wanneer het woord eindigt op:

-e? → alleen -r of -st

 close-closer-closest

korte klinker? → verdubbelt medeklinker

 big-bigger-biggest

medeklinker + -y? → -ier of -iest

 dry-drier-driest

Onregelmatige vormen 

good-better-best

bad - worse - worst 

much/many - more - most 

Quiz

Vul alleen het woord/ de woorden in die op de lijntjes moeten komen te staan. 

Let even op de woorden 'the' of 'than' die je een hint geven of het een vergrotende of overtreffende trap moet worden. 

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

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

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

This is ... exercise on the worksheet.

1. the difficultest
2. the most difficult
3. the most difficultest
4. the more difficulter

He is ... teacher in the country.

1. the goodest
2. gooder than
3. the best
4. better than

Oh no, this is my ... nightmare!

1. badder
2. baddest
3. worse
4. worst

My cousin is ... his classmates.

1. the most intelligent
2. the most intelligentest
3. more intelligent than
4. more intelligenter than

Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ... .

1. old
2. older
3. olden
4. oldest

This magazine is cheap, but that
one is ... .

1. cheaper
2. cheaping
3. cheap
4. cheapest

He is ... man in our village.

1. strongest than
2. stronger than
3. the strongest
4. the stronger

He has ... car in our family.

1. faster than
2. the faster
3. fastest than
4. the fastest

Denk je dit onderwerp nu onder de knie te hebben?

1. Ja!
2. Jawel, maar ik ga er nog even mee oefenen.
3. Ik snap er niks van.