Adjectives and Adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Comparative and Superlative adjectives.

• new       newer than       the newest
• big           bigger than        the biggest
• nice         nicer than        the nicest
• tidy       tidier than         the tidiest
• active       more active than      the most active
• expensive       more expensive than     the most expensive
• popular      more popular than    the most popular

Comparatives and superlatives

• Wanneer het woord één lettergreep heeft:

- Vergrotende trap  (comparative)       ->        -er                     older

- Overtreffende trap  (superlative)      ->         -est                  oldest

Comparatives and superlatives

• Wanneer het woord drie of meer lettergrepen heeft:

- Vergrotende trap  (comparative)   ->     more ...     more beautiful

- Overtreffende trap  (superlative)  ->    most ...     most beautiful

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Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

Beautiful

Beautifully

Crisp

Adorable

Well

Good

Happy

Happily

Adorably

Automatic

Automatically

Very

Wanneer gebruik je Adjectives en Adverbs?

Adjectives

At the party, they were playing loud music

Adjective = Bijvoeglijk Naamwoord

Verwijst naar een Zelfstandig Naamwoord

Adverbs

1. She laughs loudly

2. He has a remarkably loud voice

3. She laughs very loudly

Adverb = Bijwoord

Verwijst naar een Werkwoord, Bijvoeglijk Naamwoord of ander Bijwoord. 

Spelling

Strong / Strongly 

Adorable / Adorably

Heavy / Heavily 

Automatic / Automatically

He appears normal                            Verbs of perception

That band sounds fantastic          Verbs of sense

Spelling

deep	deep (of deeply)
fast	fast
fair (eerlijk)	fair (of fairly)
low	low
hard	hard
high	high (of highly)

late	late
long	long
loud	loud (of loudly)
right	right (of rightly)
straight	straight
wrong	wrong (of wrongly)

1. She sings ______ (beautiful)

2. The children are playing ______ (happy)

3. My dad always drives too _____ (fast) in his car.

4. You play the piano ______ (good)

5. He was shouting _____ (terrible)

6. She can play the drums ______ (wonderful)