[CT2] Unit 7 - Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

New Headway - Unit 7

Simply the best

The goals of this lesson

• You know the difference between comparatives & superlatives
• You can make comparatives & superlatives
• You can use the phrases: 'as .... as' and '.... than'

Let's try first

• SB p.71 (right side)
• Exercise 1
• Listen & fill the gaps

What do you think is a comparative?

What do you think is a superlative?

Comparatives

older

newer

busyer

busier

dryer

drier

biger

bigger

more modern

moderner

old

new

busy

dry

big

modern

Superlatives

wettest

smallest

noisyest

noisiest

hottest

hotest

excitingest

most exciting

most important

importantest

wetest

small

noisy

wet

hot

important

exciting

Now

• Read through the following 3 slides



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Make the sentence:
Tokyo / more modern / Rome

Make the sentence:
Janet / young / in our class

Make the sentence:
He / not / nice / his brother

Make the sentence:
This year the weather / bad / last year

Let's practise some comparisons!

This is the _____________ (bad) song I have ever heard!

1. badder
2. worst
3. worse

Matt is ____________ (clever) than Nellie.

1. more clever
2. cleverer
3. cleverest

This book is ______ (big) than my book.

1. bigger
2. biger
3. bigst
4. biggest

I am happy now, but yesterday I was much ________ (happy)

1. happyer
2. happy
3. more happy
4. happier

Sophie is taller _______ Rick.

1. then
2. than

This is the _____________ (beautiful) picture I have ever seen.

1. beatifullst
2. beautifuller
3. most beautiful
4. more beautiful

Jessie is James' ________ friend.

1. wellst
2. goodst
3. goodest
4. best

pretty - ________ - _________

1. prettyer - prettyest
2. more pretty - most pretty
3. prettier - prettiest
4. more prettie - most prettie

SB p.72

Exercises 1-6

Remembering the poem

Good, better, best

Never, never, rest

Till your good is better,

And your better best!

Remembering the poem

Good,_____, best

_____, never, rest

Till your ____ is better,

And your better ____!

Remembering the poem

_____,_____, best

_____, never, _____

_____ your ____ is better,

And ____ better ____!

Remembering the poem

_____,_____, _____

_____, never, _____

_____ your ____ is _____,

And ____ better ____!

Remembering the poem

_____,_____, _____

_____, _____, _____

_____ _____ ____ _____ _____,

_____ ____ _____ ____!