superlative adjectives

Superlative Adjectives
Grammar 5.4
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Superlative Adjectives
Grammar 5.4

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Recap: Adjectives
Adjectives say something about nouns and pronouns.



The red car.
The successful musician.




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Recap: Comparative Adjectives
We use comparative adjectives to compare people, things, or places.


We add the word ‘than’ to show it is a comparison:
____ is [adjective] than _____.








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Recap: Comparative Adjectives
The cat is cuter than the dog.

Stacy is friendlier than Peter.

I am more intelligent than my brother.


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Superlative Adjectives
We use superlative adjectives to say that something is at the minimum or maximum of an adjective.


We add the word 'the' before a superlative:
The [adjective] ____.


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Adjective
Comparative
Superlative

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Making Superlative Adjectives
Short adjectives:
Adjective + -est


strong -> strongest
I am the strongest person in the class.

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Making Superlative Adjectives
Short adjectives ending in -e:
Adjective + -st


cute -> cutest
My sister is the cutest baby ever.

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Making Superlative Adjectives
Short adjectives ending in a vowel (klinker) + consonant (medeklinker):
Double final consonant + -est

big -> biggest
That is the biggest hamburger I have ever seen.

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Making Superlative Adjectives
Adjectives ending in -y:
Remove -y, add -iest


Friendly -> friendliest
He is the friendliest person I know.

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Making Superlative Adjectives
Long adjectives:
Most + adjective


intelligent -> most intelligent
She is the most intelligent person I've met.

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Making Superlative Adjectives
Irregular adjectives:

good-> best
This is the best song ever!

bad -> worst
This is the worst day of my life.

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Pick the correct superlative form of:

cool
A
the coolest
B
the cooliest
C
the most cool
D
the coollest

Slide 13 - Quiz

Pick the correct superlative form of:

talented
A
the talentest
B
the talenttest
C
the most talented
D
more talented

Slide 14 - Quiz

Pick the correct superlative form of:

good
A
the goodest
B
the best
C
the most good
D
the bestest

Slide 15 - Quiz

Pick the correct superlative form of:

lazy
A
the lazyest
B
the lazyst
C
the most lazy
D
the laziest

Slide 16 - Quiz

Pick the correct superlative form of:

brave
A
the bravest
B
the braveest
C
the braviest
D
braver

Slide 17 - Quiz

Make sentences with the following words.

- Change the adjective to be the superlative form
- Use all the other words given 
- Use your own words too

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bad / artist / world

Slide 19 - Open question


happy / person I know

Slide 20 - Open question


interesting / film this year

Slide 21 - Open question