Comparatives TBL Lesson 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Rozemarijn - Quinten

Karlijn - Mila

Puk - Eric

Evi - Ike

Lois - Myrthe

Yannick - Thomas H

Niels - Thomas de H

Guido - Hugo

Mylou - Jay

Cas - Andreas

Thomas van S - Maarten

Max - Vegas

Britte - Nick

Today's lesson

By the end of the lesson

you can explain at least five differences of two cities in spoken English

you can use feedback to correctly apply comparatives and superlatives in written tasks

Order of the lesson

Presentations

Theory

Exercises

Presentations

Comparatives

For adjectives that are just one syllable, add -er to the end

BIG-GER / FAST-ER / SMART-ER
For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, change the -y to -i and add -er.

HAPP-IER / FUNN-IER

For two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y and for all three-or-more-syllable adjectives, use the form “more + adjective.”

MORE BORING / MORE EXCITING

Superlatives

For adjectives that are just one syllable, add -est to the end.

OLD-EST / FAST-EST
For two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, change the -y to -i and add -est.

HAPP-IEST / FUNN-IEST

For two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y and for all three-or-more-syllable adjectives, use the form “more + adjective.”

MOST BORING / LEAST EXCITING

Exercise

Student's book P.47
Ex. 1 + 3

Aims of today

you can explain at least five differences of two cities in spoken English

you can use feedback to correctly apply comparatives and superlatives in written tasks

Comparative of the word
Big

1. Biger
2. More Big
3. Biggest
4. Bigger

Superlative of the word
Easy

1. Easiest
2. Easyer
3. Easier
4. More Easy

Comparative of the word
Expensive

1. Expensiver
2. More Expensive
3. Most Expensive
4. Expensivest

How did it go?