MH1 Comparative en Superlative

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Comparative en Superlative

Open met herkenbare voorbeelden zoals tall/taller/tallest of expensive/more expensive/most expensive om voorkennis te activeren zonder er een opdracht van te maken.

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson you can:

• tell when certain things are compared

• write sentences using correct English terms

• compare subjects with each other

• know how to use the comparative and superlative

Write down a word that ends with: -est or -er

Gebruik de reacties om voorkennis te activeren. Laat leerlingen voorbeelden noemen zoals taller, biggest, more interesting of best.

What is the comparative?

This elephant is big, but the other one is even bigger

What do you see?

• A comparison (vergelijking) between two subjects

• adding -er or 'more than'

For example:

• An elephant is heavier than a mouse

Benadruk dat comparative niet automatisch 'meer' betekent; het kan ook 'kleiner', 'langzamer' of 'minder interessant' zijn.

How to use the superlative

This elephant is big, but the other one is even bigger however, the one across the river is the biggest.

What happens with the superlative? (overtreffing)

• The highest or lowest degree of an adjective.

• They add -est or 'the most'

For example:

• He is the most handsome dog ever!

How to compare or use the superlative

Common uses

• Amsterdam is busier than my town.

• This street is the quietest in the village.

• Math is easier than physics for me.

• Friday is the best day of the week.

Welke zin gebruikt een superlative goed?

A

Sara is taller than Mia.

B

This is the heaviest bag.

C

My bag is heavy than yours.

D

Pizza is better pasta.

Toetst verschil tussen comparative en superlative na de uitleg over twee dingen vs. een groep en signaalwoorden.

Comparative of superlative?

Sara is taller than Mia. In her class, Sara is the tallest girl. Pizza is better than pasta in this café.

taller

the tallest

better

tallest

more tall

best

gooder

Antwoorden volgen direct uit de voorbeelden op de vorige slides: comparative met than, superlative met the.

Onregelmatige vormen

Some words have no clear rules

Such as:

• good → better → best

• bad → worse → worst

• much → more → most

• little → less → least

Know them by heart

Leg uit dat leerlingen deze woorden vaak in dagelijkse taal tegenkomen, dus herkennen is net zo belangrijk als vormen.

Kies de juiste vorm

1. My room is (small / smaller / smallest) than yours.

2. This book is (more interesting / interestinger / most interesting) than that one.

3. Sam is the (funniest / more funny / funnier) boy in the group.

4. Today is (hotter / more hot / hottest) than yesterday.

5. That was the (best / goodest / most good) meal of the week.

6. We have (less / littler / least) homework than last Friday.

Antwoorden: 1 smaller, 2 more interesting, 3 funniest, 4 hotter, 5 best, 6 less.

Welke zin is helemaal correct?

A

London is expensiver than Leeds.

B

Ella is tallest in her family.

C

This is the most relaxing place here.

D

My ruler is more longer than yours.

Laat leerlingen meerdere regels tegelijk toepassen: lange woorden met more/most, superlative met the, en geen dubbele vorm.

Wat heb je vandaag het best geleerd?

Wat vond je het moeilijkst aan deze les?

Lets practise

What?

Walk around in or outside the school

Compare 10 things

How?

Use objects such as

This table is ugly, but this one over here is even uglier

Write it down in pairs

Time?

10 minutes