Week 5

November 12th, 2014

Superlatives Adjectives

We use the SUPERLATIVES of adjectives when we

compare ONE person, animal or thing with several of
the same kind.
Examples:

Josue is the shortest of the family.

She is the happiest girl of my class.
This is the most expensive car.
He is the best student of the school.

RULES!
ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE :

BIG = THE BIGGEST

COLD = THE COLDEST
NICE = THE NICEST

ONE SYLLABLE ENDING VOWEL AND ONE CONSONANT

DOUBLE CONSONANT BEFORE EST : HOT = THE HOTTEST
ENDING IN CONSONANT + Y :

PRETTY = THE PRETTIEST

MORE THAN 3 SYLLABLES AND SOME 2:

EXPENSIVE = THE MOST EXPENSIVE

EXCEPTIONS : GOOD = THE BEST

BAD = THE WORST
MANY/MUCH = THE MOST

Write the Superlatives of these words:

ADJECTIVES
1. HIGH
2. LIGHT
3. DARK
4. OLD
5. YOUNG
6. BEAUTIFUL
7. HANDSOME
8. STRONG
9. GOOD
10. LONG
11. LARGE
12. MANY
13. SHORT
14. WIDE
15. THIN
16. BAD

SUPERLATIVE FORM
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EXERCISES
1) __________ (large) cucumber weighed 66lbs.
2) __________ (popular) tourist attraction in the United States is
Disneyworld.
3) __________ (successful) songwriters are Paul Mccartney and
John Lennon.
4) __________ (heavy) baby at birth was a boy of 22 lbs. 8 oz. He
was born in Italy in 1955.
5) __________ (fast) animal in the world is the cheetah.
6) One of __________ (famous) painters was Pablo Picasso.

7) __________ (long) attack of hiccups lasted 67 years.

8) __________ (big) omelet was made of 54,763 eggs.
9) That is _________ (bad) subject Ive taken.

10) Susana is _________ (shy) person of the school.