3A/G - Making Comparisons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Make a sentence comparing two of the animals.

Make a sentence describing what one animal excels at.

Making Comparisons

At the end of this lesson you have learned or remembered:

- The rules for comparisons and superlatives.

- The exceptions to the rule and what to do with them. 

- Words and phrases to use when making comparisons.

Comparatives

Superlatives

Comparative Form

Superlative Forms

cheaper than

more often than

the shortest

the most sociable

the friendliest

more dangerous than

How to Write

Comparative Forms

...-er + than

more + ... + than

Superlative Forms

the + ... -est

the most + ...

What are the comparative & superlative forms for "good" & "bad"?

What are the comparative & superlative forms for "little" and "far"?

Advanced Expressions

One fish is not as big as the other.

The left bowl is as big as the right one. 

One fish seems considerably happier than the other.

This picture is not nearly as funny as the teacher thinks it is.

He became less and less worried once his children grew older

See SB p. 16 

His family has by far ............................house in the street. (expensive)

As we flew closer to the sun, the light became ........................

1. brighter and brighter
2. brightest
3. more brighter
4. more brightest

He cycled quicker .............me.

1. than
2. then

This is the ............salad I have ever eaten. (tasty)

A neighborhood becomes ..................cooler when there are many trees.

1. incredibly
2. considerably

A neighborhood becomes incredibly cooler when there are many trees.

incredibly refers to an adjective -> that words becomes an adverb

Ben has been acting less and less..............since he started seeing his old friends again.

1. strange
2. stranger
3. strangely
4. strangly

Questions?

Work on one of the following:

Grammar Ex. 1, 2, 3 p.19

OWS 46, 62

Start with Vocabulary Ex. 1, 2 p.21