Adjectives, Comparatives and Superlatives
Adjectives
Describing words
Nouns - person, place or thing
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Adjectives
Describing words
Nouns - person, place or thing
Doel van de les
Ik weet wat adjectives zijn
Ik kan voorbeelden van adjectives geven
Ik weet wat een comparative en superlative
Ik kan een invuloefening maken
Examples of Adjectives
Colors: red, blue, green
→ She has a red car.
Size: big, small, tall, short
→ It is a big house.
Shape: round, square, flat
→ The table is round.
Feelings: happy, sad, angry
→ He is happy today.
Other qualities: fast, slow, old, young, cold, hot
→ This soup is hot.
She has a ______ dress.
Beautiful
Beauty
Beautifuller
Beautify
The baby is very ______.
like
Cute
Cuts
Cutting
The weather is sunny today. Which word in the sentence is the adjective?
This is an _________ book.
carry
found
interesting
interest
The Car is very dirty. Which word in the sentence is the adjective?
Can you think of some adjectives?
Comparatives and Superlatives
Examples:
tall → taller than
big → bigger than
beautiful → more beautiful than
kind -> she is the kindest girl in class
Comparatives (for 2 things) Form:
Short adjectives: adjective + -er + than
Example: My car is faster than your car.
Long adjectives: more + adjective + than
Example: This book is more interesting than that one.
Superlatives (for 3 or more things) Form:
Short adjectives: the + adjective + -est
Example: He is the fastest runner.
Long adjectives: the most + adjective
Example: This is the most beautiful dress.
Examples:
tall → the tallest
big → the biggest
happy → the happiest
beautiful → the most beautiful
My house is ______ than yours.
Big
More big
Bigger
Biggest
This is the ______ movie I’ve ever seen!
More exciting
The most exciting
Exciting
Most excited
John is ______ than Peter.
Tall
The tallest
Taller
Most tall
She is the ______ in the class.
Smart
Smarter
The smarter
Smartest
An elephant is______ than a dog (big)
A train is ______ than a car. (fast)