A Family Tree

• Family tree and degrees of comparison
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Recap

LOOK AT YOUR NOTES FROM YESTERDAY. 

ANY QUESTIONS?

Choose one verb and put it in a sentence in the PRESENT SIMPLE. Use he/she/it or a name/animal.

laugh/shower/sneeze

Choose one verb and put it in a sentence in the PAST SIMPLE.

look/start/use

English Today 

Today's topic is:

,j

Goals 

You can compare relatives by creating a family tree. 

You can use the degrees of comparison correctly. 

Warm-up activity 

Goal: You understand the family connections by getting the information from a text. 

Who's related to whom? 

Degrees of comparison

Rank the three: big 

🦖 - 🕷 - 🐴

Rank the three: happy 

🥳 - 🤬 - 🙂

Rank the thee: delicious 

🍕 - 🧁 - 🍟

Degrees of comparison - take notes

1 lettergreep - Sweet 

-er of -est achter bijvoeglijk naamwoord. 

Let op! Eindigt het met c-v-c (bijv. fat), dan dubbele c (faTTer).

2 lettergrepen -

-er, -le, -ow en -y krijgen -er of -est (net zoals hierboven). Let op dat je de -y weer vervangt met -i.  Alle andere krijgen more/most of less/least

3 lettergrepen -

krijgen more .... than /the most ... of less .... than /the least...

Degrees of comparison - take notes

woordjes die eindigen met 'y'

Let op dat je de -y  vervangt met -i. happy = happier/happiest

uitzonderingen:

good = better = best

bad = worse = worst

far = farther = farthest

Check? 

I’m going to the []__________ party in town. (cool)

My mum is _______ of spiders than my father. (afraid)

He can do the []__________ exercise in the book. (difficult). 

This is the ______ grammar ever. (simple) 

Make your own family tree 

Have a look at the warm-up activity. Make your own family tree that starts with you. Work up to your grandparents. 

Finished? Use the words below to write sentences in which you compare your relatives. One sentence for each word. 

young - tall - lazy - active - popular - generous 

Which emoji are you?

You can compare relatives by creating a family tree. 

You can use the degrees of comparison correctly.