VERGROTENDE EN OVERTREFFENDE TRAP
Vergelijkingen
bij bijvoeglijke naamwoorden
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ER in de vergrotende trap en EST in de overtreffende
trap als:
1 Bijvoeglijk naamwoord (in
de uitspraak) uit 1 lettergreep
bestaat.
cheap - cheaper - cheapest
thin - thinner - thinnest
(medeklinker verdubbelt)
2 Bijvoeglijke naamwoord (in de
uitspraak) uit 2 lettergrepen bestaat die eindigt op LE ER OW Y
clever -cleverer - cleverest
simple -simpler - simplest (alleen r, st toevoegen)
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MORE in de vergrotende trap en MOST in de overtreffende
trap bij:
1 alle andere bijvoeglijke naamwoorden
van 2 of meer lettergrepen
famous - more
famous -most famous
interesting - more
interesting -most interesting
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LET
OP:
Onregelmatige
trappen van vergelijking
good - better - best
well - better - best
bad - worse - worst
ill - worse - worst (ziek)
little - less - least
much - more - most
many - more - most
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Vergelijkingen kun je maken met:
A. as ................ as = even/
net zo lang als Nigel is as tall
as Bruce.
Nu is alles gelijkwaardig, dus GEEN vergrotende of overtreffende trap è dus GEEN ER, EST, MORE, MOST
B. The ……………….. = de (het) beste She is the best student in class.
Nu vraag je
naar de OVERTREFFENDE TRAP dus EST of MOST
C. .................... than = langer
dan James is taller than Bruce.
Nu vraag je
naar een VERGROTENDE trap dus ER of MORE
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EXERCISES
EXERCISE
1: WRITE DOWN: BIG-BIGGER-BIGGEST
- Tall
- Happy
- large
- Complicated
- Old
- Cool
- Musical
- Little
- Bad
- Funny
- Clever
- Good
- Interesting
- Wet
- Great
- Unpleasant
- Noble
- Intelligent
- Simple
- Comfortable
EXERCISE
2: FILL IN THE RIGHT FORM
- A diamond is the ______________(beautiful) stone I have ever seen.
- The queen of
- Is a dog _____________________(intelligent) than a horse?
- Are rich people ___________________(happy) than poor people?
- Poor people are the _________________(happy) people.
- Last week the weather was _______________than this week.
- The beds in the hotel were bad but the food was even
_____________(bad).
- The Tower is the _________________(famous) building in
- It will be a lot _________________(dry) next week than this week.
- Last week was _________________(sunny) than today.
- Sophie is ____________________(intelligent) than Joan.
- Bas is the ___________________(intelligent) student I have ever
seen.
- This is the ______________________(silly) joke I have ever heard.
- Jan is ______________________(musical) than Joan.
- A pen without ink is
________________ (useless) than a car without petrol.
- We do
_______________________ (little) business than last year.
- Ann's handwriting is
bad, but her brother's is even ________________ (bad).
- This is the ________________(boring) film I have ever seen.
- Let’s go to my room it’s __________________(quiet) there.
EXERCISE
3: FILL IN THE RIGHT FORM
- This is the ________________(bad) book I have read in years.
- What was the __________________(happy) day in your life?
- They are the ___________________(nasty) children I’ve ever met.
- Now, she is the _____ (famous) actor in the world.
- This CD player is a
lot __________________(expensive) than that one.
- The
______________________ (near) post office is two miles away.
- A dishwasher is one of the ____________(useful) machines in the house.
- Your health is ____________________(important) than anything else.
- Our new house is _______________________(beautiful) than our old house.
- The noise at night is the _________________________(bad) of all.
- The cheetah is the _____ (fast) land animal in the world.
- My brother was
________________(surprised) than anyone else.
- The woman had three
sons. The __________ (young) one used to be a major.
- This story is
________________ (interesting) than last week's.
- Her wedding was one of
the _____________ (happy) moments in her life.
- Ken ran the
________________ (fast) in the marathon and won a nice medal.
- Nero was one of the
_________________ (cruel) tyrants in the world.
- My brother is _________________ (tall) than me.
- Your father is ______________(experienced) than I at answering
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