P3: Possesive form, adjective, adverb (Ch23/24/25/26/27)

Question 1

possession (2)

Answer 1

1. ’s = possesive form (Barbara’s bank card)

2. of = of phrase (Parks of London/keyboard of the computer)

Question 2

possesive form proper nouns (eigen namen)

Answer 2

’s

Question 3

possesive form towns/countries

Answer 3

of

Question 4

possesive form persons & animals

Answer 4

’s or of

Question 5

possesive form irregular plurals

Answer 5

’s

Question 6

possesive form proper nouns + plural nouns ending on ‘-s’

Answer 6

just ‘

Question 7

possesive form things

Answer 7

of

Question 8

possesive form collective nouns

Answer 8

’s or of

Question 9

possesive form refering to places

Answer 9

’s or of

Question 10

possesive form means of transport

Answer 10

’s or of

Question 11

possesive form nouns referring to time

Answer 11

’s

Question 12

possesive form double possesive

Answer 12

of + ‘s (a friend of my brother’s)

Question 13

possesive form without following noun

Answer 13

’s = repetition (Whose bike is this? It’s Kate’s)

= reference to houses, shops and firms (butcher’s, Harrods)

Question 14

classifying possesive form

Answer 14

to express the kind or class of persons or things to which the following noun belongs. (a summer’s day, a children’s book)

Question 15

what is an adjective?

Answer 15

a word that is used to give information about a person or a thing (a small child)

Question 16

General rule degrees of comparison

Answer 16

(trappen van vergelijking)
comparative = vergrotende trap
superlative = overtreffende trap
+-er / +-est
Example: cold - colder - coldest (one syllable)
famous - more famous - most famous (more syllables)

Question 17

rule (comparison) two-syllables ending in -le, -er, -ow, -y

Answer 17

take -er/-est or more/most

Exception: with stress on last syllable = er/est

Question 18

spelling exceptions degrees of comparison

Answer 18

1. -y => ier / iest

2. final consonant doubled if one stressed vowel letter: fat - fatter - fatest

Question 19

irregular degrees of comparison (6)

Answer 19

1. good - better - best
2. bad - worse - worst
3. ill - worse/more ill
4. old - older/elder - odest/eldest
5. far - farther/further - farthest/furthest
6. well-known - better-known - best-known/more well-known - most well-known

Question 20

degrees of comparison much/many/more/most

Answer 20

• much = singular nouns
• many = plural nouns
• questions + negative sentences

Question 21

degrees of comparison much/many/more/most in affirmative sentences (bevestigende zinnen)

Answer 21

a lot of

Question 22

the most =

Answer 22

more than anyone/anything else

Question 23

degrees of comparison little/less/least/few/fewer/fewest

Answer 23

1. singular nouns = little/less/least
2. plural nouns = few/fewer/fewest
   Ex: no less than / less and less

Question 24

laatste - last/latest/the last few

Answer 24

laatste = the last in a series' = last
laatste = period of time up to now = the last few
laatste = most recent = latest

Question 25

groter dan

Answer 25

- than after comparative; taller than his brother

Question 26

even groot

Answer 26

as+adjective+as= people/things are equal; | as tall as his brother

Question 27

steeds of hoe langer hoe + vergrotende trap=

Answer 27

1. -er/-est adjectives= adjective +er and adjective +er (colder and colder) - increasingly + adjective (increasingly cold) 2. more/most adjectives= more and more + adjective (more and more difficult)

Question 28

hoe + vergrotende trap ... hoe vergrotende trap

Answer 28

the + comparative... the comparative (the longer you wait, the harder it gets)

Question 29

adjectives without following noun (5)

Answer 29

ill, afraid, asleep, content | + unemployed if preceeded by a number (on million unemployed)

Question 30

refering to a whole group

Answer 30

the + adjective (the rich, the poor, the blind)

Question 31

refering to individual

Answer 31

adjective + man, woman, people, person (a blind woman)

Question 32

the before adjective of nationality

Answer 32

if ending in -sh/-ch (the English, the French) => not if adjective is followed by 'people' (French people drink lots of wine) => not if a or number is preceeded (a Dutch woman, twenty English men) => limited group of inhabitants is mentioned (Frenchmen, many Dutch people)

Question 33

inhabitants of Britain (3)

Answer 33

1. British womam/man/person 2. a Briton 3. Brits (informal)

Question 34

refer to whole nation or individuals

Answer 34

Swiss + -ese (Chinese, Japanese etc) | or adjective + people (Canadian people)

Question 35

het + overtreffende trap (het beste)

Answer 35

adjective + thing (the best thing) except: - worst (the worst is yet to come) - al het mogelijke = everything possible

Question 36

weglaten zelfstandignaamwoord (bij herhaling) (2)

Answer 36

= adjective + one (singular countable)/ones (plural countable) a big car is less than a small one = adjective (uncountable nouns) Would you like red wine or white?

Question 37

little + singular noun=

Answer 37

negative meaning = weinig

Question 38

a little + singular noun

Answer 38

positive meaning= een beetje/wat | also instead posible

Question 39

few + plural noun

Answer 39

negative meaning = weinig

Question 40

a few + plural noun

Answer 40

positive meaning = een paar/enkele | also some possible

Question 41

weinig (formal)

Answer 41

little + few without 'a'

Question 42

weinig (informal)

Answer 42

not much/not many

Question 43

adjective wood=

Answer 43

wooden

Question 44

adjective wool=

Answer 44

woolen

Question 45

adjective gold=

Answer 45

``` Literally= made of gold (ring made of gold) figuratively = golden (a golden wedding) ```

Question 46

difference adverb - adjective

Answer 46

Adverb tells something about a verb or an adverb | Adjective tells something about a noun

Question 47

how to make an adverb

Answer 47

adjective + -ly or -ally

Question 48

Exceptions (8)

Answer 48

``` often never ever sometimes Always only perhaps good => well ```

Question 49

spelling changes adverb

Answer 49

1. -y => -i (happy - happily) 2. -ble => -bly (terrible - terribly) 3. true => truly 4. whole => wholly

Question 50

adverb = adjective (10)

Answer 50

1. hard 2. fast 3. daily/weekly 4. early 5. late (let op: lately = recently) 6. long 7. free 8. straight 9. high 10. low

Question 51

adverbs with 2 forms (6)

Answer 51

1. cheap / cheaply 2. loud / loudly 3. quick / quickly 4. direct / directly (let op: directly = immediately) 5. slow / slowly 6. fair / fairly

Question 52

adjectives with no adverb (6)

Answer 52

1. difficult 2. friendly 3. lively 4. lovely 5. silly 6. likely

Question 53

vertaling onmogelijk (2x)

Answer 53

(refering to verb) = not possible | (refering to adjective) = impossibly

Question 54

no adverb after (6) but an adjective

Answer 54

1. feel = happy 2. look = good 3. seem = easy 4. taste = delicious 5. smell = good 6. sound = good = senses

Question 55

adverbs and degrees of comparison (4x)

Answer 55

General= 1. -er / -est = one syllable or early 2. more / most = more syllables 3. ending -ly= more / most 4. often= more / most

Question 56

irregular adverbs degrees of comparison (3)

Answer 56

badly - worse - worst well - better - best little - less - least

Question 57

no 'the' before superlative (4)

Answer 57

1. rapidly 2. hardest 3. best 4. worst

Question 58

positions of adverbs

Answer 58

front end mid position; immediately before or after the first verb

Question 59

position adverbs of manner (3)

Answer 59

(hoedanigheid; hardly, fully, badly) 1. end position = after predicator (gezegde) or direct object = emphasis 2. mid position= less emphasis 3. well + badly + to take seriously = end position

Question 60

position adverbs of degree (3)

Answer 60

= to what extent 1. usually before the word they refer to 2. end position= completely, entirey, totally 3. after the verb = considerably

Question 61

position adverbs of frequency

Answer 61

= how often 1. usually mid position 2. after subject = interrogative sentences (vragende) 3. after not = negative sentences (ontkennende)

Question 62

position adverbs of indefinite time

Answer 62

= when 1. usually mid position 2. after subject = interrogative sentences (vragende) 3. after not = negative sentences (ontkennende) Exceptions; immediately, still (=neg.), Always + never (imperative sentence= gebiedende wijs)

Question 63

imperative sentence

Answer 63

gebiedende wijs

Question 64

position adverbs of probability

Answer 64

= indicate how certain st is 1. mid position; 2. front position= maybe + perhaps

Question 65

negative contractions

Answer 65

samentrekkingen = don't, cannot, wouldn't

Question 66

position adverbs of comment

Answer 66

= speaker's opinion = apply to whole sentence 1. front position 2. mid position

Question 67

translations of 'al' (AN)

Answer 67

1. already = positive surprise = end position emphasis 2. Yet = was expected has happened? = end position 3. how long = not translated in RP