Unit 3 lesson 2: Listening 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Hi everyone!

Planning of today: 

• Homework check
• Goals of today
• Grammar
• Work on your own
• Check
• Homework.

Homework check: 

Unit 3.2: Exercise  2, 3 and 4.

Goals of today:

• At the end of the lesson, I am able to compare two things.

What do you notice? Can you make a rule?

1. This is a nice cat. It's much nicer than my friend's cat.
2. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is older.
3. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the funniest joke I've ever heard.
4. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is more dangerous than skateboarding.
5. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the most interesting one in the world.

What do these words mean in dutch?

1. nice - nicer - nicest
2. old - older - oldest
3. funny - funnier - funniest 
4. dangerous - more dangerous - most dangerous
5. interesting - more interesting - most interesting 

Compare it with a staircase

Rule short words: 

Short words (1 syllable) + er/est

Word ending with an e + r/st

Word ending with an y (and before y = consonant) - (y=i) + er/est

Doubled letters (sound) - (doubled letter) + er/est (big - biggest)

Syllable - lettergreep

Consonant - medeklinker

Rule long words: 

Long words (2 or more syllables) + more/most

For example - beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

For words of two or more syllables, use more (than) and (the) most. 

For example - powerful - more powerful than - the most powerful

Syllable - lettergreep

Consonant - medeklinker

Overview:

1 syllable = short	2 syllables = short	2 syllables = long	3+ syllables = long
Fast	cle-ver	a-fraid	dif-fi-cult
Faster	cleverer	more afraid	more difficult
Fastest	cleverest	most afraid	most difficult

Exceptions:

Good - better - best.

Bad - worse - worst.

Little - less - least. 

WORK ON YOUR OWN!

Page 100, Unit 3.2: exercise 5, 6, 7 and 8. 

Done? 

Practise 3.3 - study go (link in teams)

The goals of today?

What?

How?

Why?

Homework: 

Page 100, Unit 3.2: exercise 5, 6, 7 and 8.