grammar recap

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Grammar Recap

Unit 3

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• Comparisons
• Present continuous
• Present continuous vs present simple

Comparisons

Do you remember?

Vergrotende + overtreffende trap

klein - kleiner - kleinst(e)

small - smaller - smallest

groot - groter - grootst(e)

big - bigger - biggest

aardig - aardiger - aardigst(e)

nice - nicer - nicest

Let op!

goed - beter - best

good - better - best

slecht - slechter - slechtst(e)

bad - worse - worst

Vergrotende trap:

-ER

Vaak wordt het woord gevolgd door THAN

Frank is fatter than Rob.

The boys are faster than us.

Overtreffende trap:

-EST

Vaak komt er voor het woord THE te staan

Rob is the fattest boy I know.

That is the fastest car ever.

Present Continuous

Gebruik: iets is nu bezig of aan de gang op het moment dat jij erover praat/schrijft

Vorm:

To be + ww + -ing

Signaalwoorden:
right now, now, today

Wat is ook al weer de vorm van to be? 

Present continuous: +, - , ?

+

I am teaching the Present continuous right now.

-

I am not teaching the present continuous right now.

?

Am I teaching the present continuous right now?

Present simple vs Present continuous

Present simple

Je gebruikt de Present Simple als iets altijd, vaak, regelmatig, soms of nooit gebeurt:
Bijvoorbeeld: I brush my teeth every day

That boy lives in Reutum

Does that girl also live in Reutum?

Fout in het boek!!page 135--
They visit their friends often

They don't visit their friends a lot 

Signaalwoorden bij Present Simple

always

often

every day

sometimes

never

Present Simple

Always, never, often, sometimes                                         

My brother often plays tennis.

They don't study on weekends.

Do you celebrate Halloween every year?

Present Continuous

Now, right now, at the moment                                                                  

Look, my brother is playing tennis.

They're not studying right now.

Are you celebrating Halloween today?

+

-

?

Let's practise!

Oefeningen Present simple vs present continuous:

• https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1098
• https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/grammar-exercises.html
• https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/present-simple-present-continuous/

Oefeningen comparisons:

• https://engelsklaslokaal.nl/en/english-grammar-exercises/miscellaneous/degrees-of-comparison/