Comparisons and superlatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 2

Time to make notes

grab your notebook and a pen! 

Comparisons / superlatives 

vergelijkende / overtreffende trap

Fast

Faster

(than)

Fastest

beautiful

more beautiful 

(than)

most beautiful

Exception 1:

meer dan 2 lettergrepen 

more of most voor het woord

GEEN +ER of +EST

Exceptions 

2. medeklinker + y = heavy - heavier - heaviest 

3. een lettergreep, klinker - medeklinker = verdubbeling = 

big - bigger - biggest 

4. sterke woorden = good - better - best 

                                           bad - worse - worst 

Who is the (rich) ... woman on earth?

My house is (big) ...
than yours.

This flower is (beautiful)
... than that one.

This is the (interesting) ....
book I have ever read.

A holiday by the sea is (good) ...
than a holiday in the mountains.

The weather this summer is even (bad)
... than last summer.