Getting started chapter 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome! 

Today

After today you can describe your favourite artist and compare this artist to other artists you know (A1/A2). 

• Reading your book. 
• What do you know about the showbizz? 
• Practising with vocabulary. 
• Grammar instruction: comparatives and superlatives. 
• Practising with the grammar & writing. 

Read your book

1. Read your book. 
2. Work on your book assignment. 

• Choose one of the 3 options. 
• Make sure you read the instructions before 

working on your assignment.  

Showbizz

Do it yourself

• Complete exercises 1 and 2 on page 132. 

Voice level: whispering. 

Finished early? Colouring! 

Answers

Answers

1. actor 
2. uniform 
3.  talent 
4. costume 
5. audition 
6. actress 
7. famous 
8. role 

Comparing 

• Taylor swift is better than Ed sheeran. 
• This actor is kinder than the other actor. 
• Musical tickets are more expensive than tickets for the movies. 

Comparatives 

• Comparative= vergrotende trap.  

Taylor swift is good. 

Taylor swift is better than.....

• Kun je het woord één keer klappen? + er - small/ smaller
•            Eindigt het op een -e? Dan alleen +r  - brave / braver 
•            Korte klinker (a, e, i, o of u) en een medeklinker? Verdubbel de medeklinker + er  - big / bigger 
•            Eindigt op een medeklinker + y? + ier - happy / happier 

• Kun je het woord twee of meer keer klappen? + more (word) / most (word) intelligent - more intelligent 
• Onregelmatig: good/ better / best 

1. He is very lazy - He is ..............  than his brother. 
2. This blue dress is expensive! - This blue dress is ............................... than the pink one. 

Superlatives 

• Taylor swift is the best singer ever! 
• This actor is the kindest! 
• Musical tickets are the most expensive ones. 

1. Superlatives = het meest/het beste etc. 

Superlatives 

• Kun je het woord één keer klappen? + est - small/ smaller /smallest
  
•           Eindigt het op een -e? Dan alleen +st - brave / braver / bravest
  
•           Korte klinker (a, e, i, o of u) en een medeklinker? Verdubbel de medeklinker + est. - big /  bigger / biggest
  
•           Eindigt op een medeklinker + y? + iest - happy / happier/ happiest
  

 

• Kun je het woord twee of meer keer klappen? + most (word)   -  intelligent - more intelligent - most intelligent
  
• Onregelmatig: good/ better / best 

1. This dress is expensive! - This dress is the ................................ one. 
2. He is lazy. - He is the ..............................

Do it yourself 

• Complete exercise 3 and 4 on page 133. 

Time: 5 minutes. 

Voice level: low. 

Finished early? Colouring. 

Answers

1. more expensive 
2. more dangerous 
3.  most futuristic  
4. funniest 
5. worst 
6. older 

Rounding off 

Can you describe your favourite artist and use the comparative and superlative?