Unit 5: Comparisons and Place of Adverbs

Comparisons & Place of Adverbs
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Comparisons & Place of Adverbs

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Contents
- Comparisons
- Place of adverbs
- Homework

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Learning Objectives
Pupils will be able to apply the rules of the comparatives correctly to words 
Pupils will be able to place the adverb in the correct position in a sentence.

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Comparisons

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Comparisons
Comparative: -er + ´than´ behind the adjective (bijv. nw)

Short adjectives with the comparative: use -er
Ex. He is shorter than his brother

Long adjectives with the comparative: use ´more´
Ex. She is more beautiful than her friend

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Fill in the correct answer
Her skin is much ... after two weeks in the Caribbean (dark)

Slide 6 - Open question

Fill in the correct answer
The traffic is ... today because of an accident on the highway (slow)

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Comparisons
Superlative: add ´the´ + -est at the end of the word

Short adjectives with the superlative: use -est
Ex. That car is the fastest of all six

Long adjectives with the superlative: use (the) ´most´
Ex. That is the most ridiculous answer I´ve ever heard

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Fill in the correct answer
That is the ... mountain I have ever seen (high)

Slide 9 - Open question

Fill in the correct answer
The cheetah is the ... animal in the world (fast)

Slide 10 - Open question

Comparisons
Words that already end with an ´e´, only get -r or -st at the end

Example:
Nice - nicer (than) - (the) nicest
Brave - braver (than) - (the) bravest
Late - later (than) - (the) latest

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Fill in the correct answer
This is the ... art collection in Europe (fine)

Slide 12 - Open question

Fill in the correct answer
Today you look ... than yesterday (nice)

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Comparisons
Als er een woord eindigt op een medeklinker, en er staat een klinker voor, dan wordt de medeklinker verdubbeld
Voorbeeld:
Big - bigger (than) - (the) biggest
Thin - thinner (than) - (the) thinnest

Comparison
Eindigt het woord op een ´y´, dan verandert de ´y´ in ´ie´

Voorbeeld:
Silly - sillier (than) - (the) silliest
Easy - easier (than) -(the) easiest

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Fill in the correct answer
My brother is ... than me (tall)

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Fill in the correct answer
She always has a smile on her face, she is the ... person I know (happy)

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Fill in the correct answer
She is ... in maths than I am (good)

Slide 17 - Open question

Fill in the correct answer
My brother is the ... person that I know (lazy)

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Adverb

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Place of the Adverbs
An adverb indicates how something happens 
(how quickly, how often, how beautifully, and so on). 

So an adverb gives some more information about an other word in the sentence, or the whole sentence.



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Place of Adverbs
Examples: never, always, ever, only, also, already.

These adverbs usually come before the main verb
She has never been here before.
Have you ever seen an elephant up a tree?
I have only heard the song once.

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Place the adverb in the correct position
Our friends must write a test. (also)

Slide 22 - Open question

Place the adverb in the correct position
I was joking. (only)

Slide 23 - Open question

Place the adverb in the correct position
Mary watches TV. (Hardly, ever)

Slide 24 - Open question

Place the adverb in the correct position
He drives his car. (carefully)

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Learning Objectives reached?
Pupils will be able to apply the rules of the comparatives correctly to words
Pupils will be able to place the adverb in the correct position in a sentence.

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Homework
In de les: Self-test Unit 5

  • Make catch Up 5.7A & 5.7B
  • Study: Vocabulary & Grammar

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