Superlative phrases

• Foreign language
• Primary Education
• Age 12

Superlative phrases

Intermediate 1: Unit 3

Remember what we said last week about adjectives. Some are one syllable, some are two syllables ending in -y, some are 2+ syllables.

fast

funny

amazing

one syllable

two syllables

with -y

2+ syllables

Superlatives with one syllable

When making superlatives using an adjective with one syllable, what must you add to the adjective?

the -iest

the most ___

the -est

You add the + -est to one syllable adjectives.

The room is the biggest in the house.

This month is the warmest this year.

Superlatives with 2 syllables ending in -y

When making superlatives using an adjective with 2 syllables ending in -y, what must you add to the adjective?

the -iest

the most ___

the -est

You add the + -iest to 2 syllable adjectives ending in -y.

This dish is the spiciest I've ever eaten.

The food was the tastiest I had ever tried.

Superlatives with 2+ syllables

When making superlatives using an adjective with 2+ syllables, what must you add to the adjective?

the -iest

the most ___

the -est

You add the + most before 2+ syllable adjectives.

The scenery was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

The football was the most exciting I had ever watched.

Some adjectives are irregular

Irregular adjectives (e.g. - good, bad) don't follow any rules.

Chelsea are the best team in England.

That was the worst movie I have ever seen.

Now let's practice

Read the sentences and use the correct form of the adjective to compare.

It's the ____ (clean) part of the city.

1. clean
2. cleaner
3. cleaniest
4. cleanest

It's the ____ (interesting) museum I know.

1. more interesting
2. interestingiest
3. most interesting
4. interestingest

It's the ____ (enormous) beach I've ever seen.

1. enormousest
2. most enormous
3. more enormous
4. enormouser

It's the ____ (bad) restaurant I know.

1. badder
2. worst
3. baddest
4. good

My house is the ____ (far) one on the right.

1. further
2. most far
3. furthest
4. more further

Now let's talk about some common superlative phrases

Superlative phrases

the _____ in the world.

"Mt. Everest is the biggest mountain in the world."

Superlative phrases

the second ______.

"Foho Matebian is the second highest mountain in Timor-Leste"

Superlative phrases

the third ______.

"Foho Kablaki is the third highest mountain in Timor-Leste"

Superlative phrases

some of the ______ .

"Russia, Australia and Brazil are some of the largest countries in the world."

Superlative phrases

one of the ______ .

"Australia is one of the largest countries in the world."

Superlative phrases

by far the ______ . 

(big difference with the second)

"The Burj Khalifa is by far the tallest building in the UAE."

________ earthquake of all time happened in Chile in 1960.

1. The baddest
2. By far worst
3. By far the worst

The World Financial Centre in Shanghai is ________ buildings in the world.

1. one of the tallest
2. tallest
3. one of tallest

Mount Wycheproof is ________ in the world.

1. smaller
2. by far smaller
3. by far the smallest

India is ________ country in the world.

1. the second more populated
2. second most populates
3. the second most populated

Thanks for your work.

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