The document provides instruction on using comparative and superlative adjectives in Dutch. It explains that one-syllable adjectives take -er and -est endings, while multi-syllable adjectives use "more" and "most." It also covers irregular forms like "good, better, best" and rules for doubling consonants or dropping final e's before "-ing." Examples are then given to practice these concepts.

1. Unit 9 and 10

2. Form:
 Woorden van 1 lettergreep:
◦ adjective + -er / –est
 Fast – faster (than) – (the) fastest
 Woorden van 2 of meer lettergrepen:
◦ more / most + adjective
 Beautiful – more beautiful (than) – (the) most beautiful
 Gebruik: vergrotende / overtreffende trap

3.  Adjectives ending in y:
 angry – angrier (than) – (the) angriest
 Irregular adjectives:
 Bad – worse (than) – (the) worst
 Good – better (than) – (the) best
 Far – further (than) – (the) furthest
 Many – more (than) – (the) most
 You sometimes have to doubble the
consonant:
 big – bigger (than) – (the) biggest

4. 1. Who do you think is ... (boring) teacher in
the school?
2. What is ... (slow) animal on earth?
3. A Coke in a pub is ... (expensive) a bottle
of Coke from the supermarket.
4. Jacob‟s room is ... (big) mine.
5. Maria is ... at English ... (bad) I am. She
wishes she was ... (good) of all.

5. 1. Who do you think is the most boring
teacher in the school?
2. What is the slowest animal on earth?
3. A Coke in a pub is more expensive than a
bottle of Coke from the supermarket.
4. Jacob‟s room isbigger than mine.
5. Maria is worse at English than I am. She
wishes she was the best of all.

6.  Vorm:
◦ vorm van “to be” (am / is / are) + hele werkwoord +
-ING
Wanneer gebruik je het?
Rule: We often use the present continuous to talk
about plans and arrangements for the future.
 Waaraan herken je het? (signaalwoorden)
◦ Tomorrow, next week/month, in … days‟ time, the
day after tomorrow, the week after next
I am playing tennis tomorrow afternoon

7.  Het onderwerp komt tussen de twee
werkwoorden in:
◦ Am I doing Home Economics this year?
◦ Are you watching … ?
◦ Is he/she/it talking … ?
◦ Are we rolling … ?
◦ Are you singing … ?
◦ Are they baking … ? (let op: Géén bakeing) ?
Let op uitzonderingen:

8.  Have --> having NOT haveing!!
 Make --> making
 Put --> putting (de „t‟ verdubbeld)
 Get --> getting
 Als een werkwoord op een -e eindigt, dan
vervalt de -e als ING wordt toegevoegd.

9. 1. I ... (watch) TV all night during next
week‟s film marathon.
2. … my little brother ... (sleep) this
afternoon?
3. They ... (play) a basketball game tomorrow.
4. Mrs Jones ... (drive) home from Spain in
two days‟ time.
5. My brother ... (not spend) a week on a
canal boat.

10. 1. I am watching TV all night during next
week‟s film marathon.
2. Is my little brother sleeping this afternoon?
3. They are playing a basketball game
tomorrow.
4. Mrs Jones is driving home from Spain in
two days‟ time.
5. My brother isn‟t spending a week on a
canal boat.