Comparisons

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Comparisons

'She is the funniest girl I know.'
Bij comparisons, vergelijk je altijd dit soort woorden:

1. zelfstandige naamwoorden (nouns)
2. bijvoeglijke naamwoorden (adjectives)
3. werkwoorden

Comparisons 

In Dutch: trappen van vergelijking.

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 

Words that consist of 1 syllable:

- Comparative: -er

- Superlative: -est

old

older

the oldest

SPELLING CHANGES

-e? → -r or -st

 close-closer-closest

short vowel? → double consonant 

 big-bigger-biggest

consonant + -y? → -ier of -iest

 dry-drier-driest

Comparisons 

Words that consist of 2 or more syllables*:

- Comparative: more 

- Superlative: most

expensive

more expensive

the most expensive

* Exceptions

If a two-syllable adjective ends in consonant + y

Friendly - friendlier - friendliest

Sunny - sunnier - sunniest

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft het woord:
'yellow'

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft het woord:
'blue'

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft het woord:
'nice'

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft het woord:
'boring'

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft het woord:
'intelligent'

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft het woord:
'popular'

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

Irregular forms

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

far- further - furthest

much/many - more - most

little - less - least

few - fewer - fewest

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

my sister has ...................
hobby in the world.

1. the most interesting
2. the more interestinger
3. the interestingest
4. the most interstingest

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

Find the mistake!

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

Let op woorden die eindigen op een medeklinker + Y! 

Vergrotende trap:

+ER

Vaak wordt het woord gevolgd door THAN

Frank is taller than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.

Overtreffende trap:

+EST

Altijd komt er voor het woord THE te staan

Rob is the tallest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

Woorden van 2 of meer lettergrepen

krijgen GEEN -er of -est erna,

maar MORE of MOST ervoor!

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.

My sister has a ___ room than I have.

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

This car is ___ than my brother's car.

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

It is _____ than ever to find good football players.

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

Freddie Mercury was the ___ singer ever .

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

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

Done!