TBL example: use of comparatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Comparing cities

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Video

Write down at least 1 answer the interviewee gives in the video

What answers were given?

The assignment

Work in pairs

The assignment

 Step 1: Choose two of these cities;

New York, Paris, London or Oudewater
Step 2: With your partner find 2 differences between your two cities.

Step 3: Both share 1 difference with the class as if you are the city. (speak in first person!)

Example; "I am New York and I am bigger than Oudewater."

Comparatives

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

FAST-ER / SMART-ER / LONG-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

Comparative of the word Big

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

Comparative of the word
Expensive

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

Which comparative is incorrect?

1. Faster
2. More happy
3. More boring
4. Funnier