Week 7, 2021

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Goodmorning!

What are we going to do today?

- Recap comparatives

- Superlatives

Lesdoelen

- Aan het einde van de les kunnen jullie de vergrotende trap correct toepassen binnen de Engelse taal.

- Aan het einde van de les weten jullie het verschil tussen de vergrotende trap en de overtreffende trap.

- Aan het einde van de les kunnen jullie de overtreffende trap correct toepassen binnen de Engelse taal.

What do you remember about comparatives?

1 lettergreep

Adjective	Comparitive	Rule
Long	Longer	-er
Big	Bigger	dubbele medeklinker + -er
Wide	Wider	-r

2 of meer lettergrepen

Adjective	Comparative	Rule
Comfortable	More comfortable	More + adjective
Sunny	Sunnier	-y > -ier
Narrow	Narrower	-ow + -er
Clever	Cleverer	-er + -er
Simple	Simpler	-le + -r

Compare the two people.

Comparatives

older

newer

busyer

busier

dryer

drier

biger

bigger

more modern

moderner

old

new

busy

dry

big

modern

Lesdoel

Aan het einde van de les kunnen jullie de vergrotende trap correct toepassen binnen de Engelse taal.

I can compare two things correctly.

Yes

No

Comparatives and Superlatives

Do you know something already?

Comparatives and superlatives

old

older

oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

expensive

more expensive

most expensive

Uitzonderingen

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Good	Better	Best
Bad	Worse	Worst
Far	Further	Furthest

Let op!

Comparatives: 

She is smarter than him.

Superlatives: 

They are the smartest.

Lesdoel

Aan het einde van de les weten jullie het verschil tussen de vergrotende trap en de overtreffende trap.

I know the difference between the comparative and the superlative.

Yes

No

Tall

Most beautiful

Happier

Tallest

Taller

Beautiful

More beautiful

Happy

Happiest

Which is correct?

1. Funny - Funnier - Funnyest
2. Funny - Funnier - Funniest
3. Funnie - Funnier - Funniest
4. Funny - Funnyer - Funnyest

Which is correct?

1. Good - Better - Bestest
2. Good - Gooder - Goodest
3. Good - Gooder - Most good
4. Good - Better - Best

Which is correct?

1. Terrible - More terrible - Most terrible
2. Terrible - Terribler - Terriblerst

Fill in comparatives and superlatives of the word 'beautiful'

Fill in comparatives and superlatives of the word 'fantastic'

Fill in comparatives and superlatives of the word 'bad'

Make a sentence using the superlative form of 'nice'.

1

2

3

Compare the height of the three buildings in the picture.

Schiphol Airport

Rotterdam The Hague Airport

Compare the size of the two airports.
Use: 'small'

Lesdoelen

- Aan het einde van de les kunnen jullie de vergrotende trap correct toepassen binnen de Engelse taal.

- Aan het einde van de les weten jullie het verschil tussen de vergrotende trap en de overtreffende trap.

- Aan het einde van de les kunnen jullie de overtreffende trap correct toepassen binnen de Engelse taal.

Make a sentence using the superlative.

Make a sentence using the comparative and superlative.

The Hague

514,861 inhabitants

Rotterdam

623,652 inhabitants

Compare the two cities.
Use: 'big'

Homework

Do:

Workbook, page 55

Exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Study:

Vocab Unit 5

Comparatives and superlatives