H4 and V4 grammar - past perfect; past continuous; past simple; present perf.; used to; adv/adj/comp

Unit 2 grammar - Study SB + slides

Past tenses + adjectives/adverbs/comparisons  (SB = kleine study booklet Of Course)
  • Irregular verbs!!!! (know by heart - all forms and Dutch meaning) - SB p. 88-91
  • Past Simple (2nd form/ verb + ed)  - SB p. 56
  • Present Perfect (has/have + 3rd form; has/have + verb +ed) - SB p. 57
  • Past Continuous (was/were + verb + ing) - SB p. 56/57
  •  Past Perfect (had + 3rd form; had + verb + ed) - SB p. 58
  • Used to + Didn't use to - SB p. 
  • Adverbs and Adjectives + comparisons


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Unit 2 grammar - Study SB + slides

Past tenses + adjectives/adverbs/comparisons  (SB = kleine study booklet Of Course)
  • Irregular verbs!!!! (know by heart - all forms and Dutch meaning) - SB p. 88-91
  • Past Simple (2nd form/ verb + ed)  - SB p. 56
  • Present Perfect (has/have + 3rd form; has/have + verb +ed) - SB p. 57
  • Past Continuous (was/were + verb + ing) - SB p. 56/57
  •  Past Perfect (had + 3rd form; had + verb + ed) - SB p. 58
  • Used to + Didn't use to - SB p. 
  • Adverbs and Adjectives + comparisons


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Irregular verbs - small test
  1. Zich terug trekken (army)
  2. Opkomen (zon)
  3. Huilen (w...)
  4. Zoeken
  5. Staan
  6. Zweren/vloeken
  7. Ontstaan
  8. Liggen
  9. Leggen
  10. Bellen (r...)

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Used to + verb/Didn't use to + verb
I used to skate a lot when I was young.

He didn't use to smoke during his teens.

I used to live on Park Avenue, Toronto.

  • Used to/didn't use to + verb duidt gewoonte (handeling)/situatie/toestand in het verleden aan te duiden
  • Let op: didn't use to -> didn't + hele ww
  • Let op:  would + verb -> duidt alleen gewoonte (handeling) in verleden aan (geen situatie/toestand) 

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Adverb
Form: adjective + -LY (+ exceptions -> study SB p. 65)

Says something about:

  1. The entire sentence (Finally, they met.)
  2. An adjective (The really great event)
  3. Another adverb (He drove extremely fast)
  4. A verb (The dog listens well)

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Adverb
Spelling of adverbs

adjective + LY

adjectives ending in 
  • LE -> LY (terrible -> terribly)
  • IC -> ICALLY (basic -> basically)
  • FUL -> FULLY (careful -> carefully; beautiful -> beautifully)
  • Y -> ILY (easy -> easily; happy -> happily)

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Adjective


Says something about a noun:

The green door; the hard work; the fast car

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Adjectives vs Adverbs - SB p. 65-69
  • The red car -> the adjective modifies the noun (bnw. zegt iets over het zelfst. nmw.)

  • The completely red car -> the adverb modifies the adjective (bw. zegt iets over het bnw.)

  • Fortunately, she drives the completely red car really well. (bw zegt iets over de hele zin; zegt iets over hoe je iets doet/over het werkwoord)

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Comparisons - SB p. 68-69
  • Adjective 1-syllable word - er/est (bigger than; the tallest)

  • Adjective (> or =) 3-syllable words - more/most (more beautiful than; the most beautiful)

  • Adjective 2-syllable words - er/est or more/most (SB p. 68)

  • Adverbs (ending in -LY) - more/most (She danced more beautifully than he did.)

  • Irregular adverbs (good/better/best; bad/worse/worst; few/fewer/fewest; little/less/least etc.)

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Comparative + Superlative forms of  adjectives
  • Adjective 1-syllable word - er/est (bigger than; the tallest)

  • Adjective (> or =) 3-syllable words - more/most (more beautiful than; the most beautiful)

  • Adjective 2-syllable words - er/est or more/most (SB p. 68)

  • Adjectives with 2 syllables ending with:  -er/ -ow/ -le AND the adjectives common, cruel, handsome, pleasant, quiet, stupid, sure -> TWO comparative forms: with er/est and with more/most


Forms of comparisons:
  • better THAN; more powerful THAN
  • AS good AS; not as good as
  • THE best; THE MOST wonderful gift


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Using comparative + superlative forms of adjectives

  • He is BETTER at mathematics THAN she is. -> THAN + comparative form

  • He is AS GOOD at mathematics AS his brother is -> AS ...AS + adjective form

  • He is NOT AS GOOD at mathematics AS his friend is -> NOT AS ... AS + adjective form

  • She is THE BEST -> THE + superlative form

  • THE HARDER she works, THE BETTER her grades become -> THE + comparative form, THE + comparative form

  • The child started crying HARDER AND HARDER -> comparative form + AND + comparative form

  • It is becoming MORE AND MORE difficult -> more and more + adjective form


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Comparative & Superlative forms of adverbs 


  • Adverbs (ending in -LY) 
     -> comparative(vergelijkende trap) =  more; 
     -> superlative (overtreffende trap) = most  
        
        for example:
         She dances more beautifully than he does, but her sister dances the most beautifully. 
          She talks more loudly than they do, however he talks the most loudly
         

  • Irregular adverbs (good/better/best; bad/worse/worst; few/fewer/fewest; little/less/least; fast/faster/fastest;  etc.)



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Study/important
little/less/least (non-countable - milk/gold/love/hate - material/abstract)
few/fewer/fewest (countable - chair/spoon/people -> all nouns that have a  plural form)

much/more/most (non-countable) -> non-countable = abstract nouns (love/hate/attention etc.) + materials (wood, water, milk)
many/more/most (countable) -> countable = nouns that can be put into a plural form

late/later/last (de laatste qua binnenkomst)
late/later/latest (de nieuwste)
the late Mr. Steve Jobs = wijlen

old/older/oldest
old/elder/eldest (familierelaties)

far/farther-further/farthest-furthest
far/further -> aanvullende (further details; further inquiry)

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Study/important
These verbs usually take an adjective

  1. Taste - The soup tastes great/good.
  2. Sound - That sounds fabulous/good.
  3. Smell - It smells delicious
  4. Feel - It feels soft/this feels awful
  5. Look - It looks wonderful
  6. Seem - It seems right to me


Note:
  • To feel well = relates to your health (She is not feeling too well = Ze is niet zo fit; He has recovered and is feel well again = Hij is weer beter en voelt zich weer fit/gezond.)
  • To feel good = relates to your happiness (This drink makes me feel good)

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Adjectives with number
  • The 50-pound note/fifty-pound note
  • I have a note of fifty pounds.


  • The 80-year-old grandmother/The eighty-year-old grandmother.
  • The grandmother who is 80 years old


  • The 13-year-old girl/The thirteen-year-old girl
  • The girl who is thirteen years old

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