08-04-21 Comparisons, Adjectives & Adverbs

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- Today: Explanation + Of Course
- Lesson goals: You will be able to explain the difference between adjectives and adverbs
- You will know how to compare things in English.

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Welcome
Please Login to the LessonUp
- Today: Explanation + Of Course
- Lesson goals: You will be able to explain the difference between adjectives and adverbs
- You will know how to compare things in English.

Slide 1 - Slide

Adjectives and Adverbs

Slide 2 - Slide

What is an adjective and what is an adverb?
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Slide 3 - Open question

Adjectives
- Bijvoegelijk naamwoord zegt iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord (noun)
- Stel de vraag: Wat voor...?
- Example: The view was wonderful/They are good musicians
Wat valt je op aan de woordvolgorde?
- Tijd? Gebruik streepjes: An eight-year-old boy
A 30-minute walk

Slide 4 - Slide

Adverbs
- Bijwoorden zeggen iets over een werkwoord/bijvoegelijk naamwoord/bijwoord/hele zin
- Stel de vraag Hoe..?
- Example: They played badly (Hoe speelden ze?)
- He was terribly disappointed (Hoe teleurgesteld?)
- She sings extremely beautifully (Hoe mooi?)
- Surely, that was a mistake (?)

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Let's give it a try: Which word does the adjective or adverb refer to? Pick the right form.
1. I (sure/surely) wouldn't have wanted to be a women 30 years ago.
2. (Succesful/Succesfully) female comedians were denied equal opportunities
3. The BBC has made some (serious/seriously) attempts to adress the problem by (slow/slowly) banning all-male line-ups.

Slide 6 - Slide

Comparisons
- Zet -er/-est achter een bijvoegelijk naamwoord
- Cheap, cheaper (than), cheapest
- Als het bijvoegelijk naamwoord eindigt op -y wordt het -i
- Easy, easier, easiest
- Bijvoegelijk naamwoord met meer dan 3 lettergrepen? Of een bijwoord?
- Beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
- Quietly, more quietly, most quietly

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Comparisons
- Soms mag je of more/most of -er/-est gebruiken:
1. Common, cruel, handsome, likely, pleasant, polite, quiet, simple, stupid.
2. Bij tweelettergrepige woorden die eindigen op -le, -er, -ow
- Simple -> simpler/more simple simplest/most simple
- Clever -> cleverer/more clever cleverest/most clever

Slide 8 - Slide

Irregular Comparisons
- Good/better/best
-Bad/worse/worst
- Much (time)/more/most
- Many (cars)/more/most

Slide 9 - Slide

Other ways to compare
- He's as old as I am
- She's not as old as I am
- The sooner the better
- It was getting more and more difficult
- It's cheaper than you think
- Than or then?

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Let's practice:
- Do you think Chris Rock is (good) Ricky Gervais?
- You should drive (carefully) if you want to see that show in one piece.
- Comparisons are (easy) said than done.

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Rest of the class
- Unit 2, Lesson 1 exercises:  11-13
- Unit 2, Lesson 2 exercises:  2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
- Done? Study the vocab, or work on your credits dossier
- Were the instructions too difficult/too fast?
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Slide 12 - Slide

Homework
- Finish the exercises for week 1 and 2
- Vocab: Studybox 1, 2, 3
- Hand in your credits dossier tomorrow!

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