Unit 5 Grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Which rules did we need to know for unit 5?

The rules of unit 5:

Adjectives and adverbs

Place of adverbs

Comparisons

Present perfect vs. past simple

Gerund

Who/which/that/-

What are adjectives(1) and adverbs(2)?

1. 1 bijvoeglijk voornaamwoorden, 2 bijwoorden
2. 1 bijwoorden, 2 bijvoeglijk voornaamwoorden
3. 1 zelfstandig naamwoorden, 2 werkwoorden
4. 1 werkwoorden, 2 zelfstandig naamwoorden

What does an adjective do?

1. Zegt iets over een werkwoord
2. Zegt iets over andere "adjectives"
3. Zegt iets over het zelfstandig naamwoord
4. Zegt iets over "adverbs"

What does an adverb do?

1. Zegt iets over een werkwoord
2. Zegt iets over "adjectives"
3. Zegt iets over het zelfstandig naamwoord
4. Zegt iets over andere "adverbs"

How do we turn an adjective into an adverb?

1. Remove "ly" from the end
2. Add "ly" to the end
3. Put "more" in front of it
4. Nothing

Put "silently" on the right spot in this sentence:
She walked up the stairs.

Put "silently" on the right spot in this sentence:
He is judging you.

So where did we just put the adverbs?

1. Before the verb/adverb/adjective, "to be".
2. After the verb/adverb/adjective, "to be".
3. After the verb/adverb/adjective, before "to be".
4. Before the verb/adverb/adjective, after "to be".

How do we make the comparative? (vergrotende trap)

How do we make the superlative? (overtreffende trap)

Comparisons - rules

Eén lettergreep: -er/-est

Twee lettergrepen op -le, -er, -ow, -y: -er/est

Twee lettergrepen met ander einde: more/most

Drie of meer lettergrepen: more/most

Exceptions:

good - better - best

bad - worse - worst

What can you also use when comparing things?
Als dingen gelijk zijn (of juist niet gelijk)

When do you use the past simple?

When do you use the present perfect?

Which words show you that you have to use the present perfect?

I ... to the cinema yesterday.

1. go
2. went
3. have gone
4. have went

I ... to the cinema 5 times since last week.

1. have gone
2. have went
3. went
4. go

What is the gerund?

What role can the gerund have in a sentence?

What do we use for people?

1. Who
2. Which
3. That
4. -

What do we use for things?

1. who
2. which
3. that
4. -

Remember!

that --> only used when there is NO comma before it!

- --> only used when it is NOT the subject of the subordinate clause (bijzin).

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