Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Lesson Goal

• The English degrees of comparison (vergeleijkende trap)

You can write sentences where you compare the  characteristics/qualities of different things.

Comparison (vergelijking)

comparative

The apple is heavier than the orange.

The orange is lighter than the apple.

Vergrotende trap

klein - kleiner 

small - smaller

groot - groter 

big - bigger 

aardig - aardiger 

nice - nicer 

Comparative 

superlative

The blue whale is the biggest animal on earth

 Overtreffende trap

klein - kleinst(e)

small -  smallest

groot -  grootst(e)

big - biggest

aardig - aardigst(e)

nice - nicest

Superlative

Comparative:

+ER

Vaak wordt het woord gevolgd door THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.

Superlative:

+EST

Altijd komt er voor het woord THE te staan

Rob is the tallest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

'She is the funniest girl I know.'
Funniest is one of the following:

1. noun
2. adjective
3. verb

My sister has a ___ room than I have.

1. big
2. bigger
3. biggest
4. more bigger

Freddie Mercury was the ___ singer ever .

1. great
2. greater
3. greatest
4. most great

Vergrotende + overtreffende trap

klein - kleiner - kleinst(e)

small - smaller - smallest

groot - groter - grootst(e)

big - bigger - biggest

aardig - aardiger - aardigst(e)

nice - nicer - nicest

Comparative +

Superlative

Find the mistake!

Words with more than 2 syllables

MORE  or  MOST 

I am smaller than Frank, but he is more intelligent than I am.

Jason is the sweetest baby I know, Jasmin is 

the most beautiful baby though.

How many syllables does the word
'yellow' have?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

How many syllables does the word
beautiful have?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

She is the .................... girl I know.
(beautiful)

1. most beautiful
2. beautifulest

It is _____ than ever to find good football players.

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

Attention

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

far- further - furthest

little - less - least

The weather today is even ___
than yesterday.

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

The English test was _________ than the French test.

1. more easy
2. more easyer
3. easyer
4. easier

My dad is the ___ dad ever!

1. good
2. goodest
3. better
4. best

How well do you think you understand the grammar of lesson 5?

1. I understand it completely.
2. I understand it a little bit.
3. I do not understand it at all.

exercise 

8 minutes

2 students

• Find points of comparisons between the three objects.
  
• Write 6 sentences with comparisons on your mini whiteboard
  
• The comparisons have to be written out as sentences. Is not enough just to write an adjective.
  
• Finished: Choose your best sentence and write it on the back of the whiteboard.
  
• The teacher  is going to choose two sentences and discuss them with the students.

Comparing

Comparing

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:

recognise 

understand

apply 

• adjectives in a sentence
• the English degrees of comparison (verheleijkende trap)

You can write sentences where you compare the characteristics/qualities of different objects.

Y at the end then be aware of changes

This car is ___ than my brother's car.

1. safe
2. safer
3. safest
4. more safe

slogans

Do you know any advertising slogans that use comparatives or superlatives?