Recap Comparisons much and many M2B vrijdag 9 december

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, mavo
• Leerjaar 2

What are we going to do today?

• What do you remember?
  
•  Let's look at the grammar.
•  Quiz
• Homework

Grammar: comparisons

• een lettergreep:
  -er / -est

small - smaller - smallest

• drie (of meer) lettergrepen:
  more / most                              

popular - more popular - most popular

3. Grammar: comparisons

tall - taller - tallest

3. Grammar: comparisons

beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

Comparisons (uitzonderingen)

Woorden eindigend op -le, -er, -ow, -y krijgen ondanks dat ze meer dan 1 lettergreep hebben +er / + est

• EZELSBRUGGETJE: LEEROWY
• -le = simple                           simpler                          simplest
• -er = clever                            cleverer                         cleverest
• -ow = narrow                        narrower                       narrowest
• -y = happy                             happier                           happiest

Comparisons: hoe maak je een comparison?

1. er - est
2. er - est or more - most
3. more - most
4. er - more - most

Comparisons

1. expensive
2. expensiver
3. more expensive
4. the most expensiver

Comparisons

1. simpler
2. more simple
3. much simple

Put the comparisons in the correct place.

My little brother is __________.

He is even __________ than our cousin.

But my sister is the ___________. She's only 2 months old!

youngest

younger

young

Put these three words in the correct order of comparison.

old

oldest

older

Put the comparisons in the correct place.

My little brother is __________.

He is even __________ than our cousin.

But my sister is the ___________. She's only 2 months old!

youngest

younger

young

Do you remember the rules about making comparisons?

short words like 'big' 

words on -y like happy

longer words

good / bad

when things are equal

+er / +est

as ... as

y = +ier / y = +iest

exceptions, these you need to learn

more / most + word

Much or many?

Veel

• much
• many

Which one should you use?

Many --> voor telbare woorden

Much --> voor ontelbare woorden

Een woord is telbaar wanneer:

1. je het kunt tellen 
2. je er a of an voor kunt zetten,
3. het een meervoud heeft.

Telbaar

Ontelbaar

Euros

A loaf of bread

Money

Bread

People

a cup of coffee

book

sand

Telephone

information

hour

egg

milk

Time

food

dog

air

coffee

Much or many?
coffee

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
children

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
food

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
tomatoes

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
secrets

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
sugar

1. much
2. many

Much or many?
fun

1. much
2. many

much/many?
............... love

1. much
2. many

much/many?

.................. people

1. much
2. many

much/many?

electricity

1. much
2. many

much/many work?

1. much
2. many

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Quizlet vocab.

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Homework

Finish: Ex. 19 & 20 (p. 62-63)

Study: Phrases writing (p. 142)

Practise more : 

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or phrases )