“Borobudur is the biggest

Buddhist temple in
Indonesia.”

City & Countryside 5 (Part 2)

Language Focus: Superlative
Do you know this
place?

• This is Mount Everest.

• Mount Everest is the highest
mountain in the world.
 • This is Caspian Sea.
• Caspian Sea is the
largest lake in the
world.

Do you know this place?

Do you know
this place?
• This is Tokyo.
• Tokyo has been the most
populated city in the world since
2016.
 Let’s learn how Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at
the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the
to make fastest, the highest). They are used in sentences where a subject is
superlative compared to a group of objects.
To form the superlative, we have to follow these rules:
sentence! • One syllable adjective  We add -est to the adjective
Ex: Jeddah tower is the highest building in the world.
• Two syllables adjectives
IRREGULAR FORMS
We also add -est when the adjective has two syllables and ends
in:
Positive Degree Superlative Degree
er – clever  cleverest -le – gentle  gentlest
Good Best
-y – happy  happiest -ow – narrow  narrowest
Bad Worst
• For the rest of two syllable adjectives and adjectives of more
Far Farthest/furthest
than two syllables, we use both most before the adjective:
Little Least
Ex: They are the most intelligent pupils at school.
Many/Much Most
She’s the most beautiful girl that I’ve ever met.
 Exercise:

Complete the following sentences by changing the adjectives provided

into the right form.
1. Raja Ampat is the ____________ (beautiful) island I’ve ever visited.
Most beautiful

2. My hometown is the _____________

Most quiet (quiet) place I’ve ever known.

3. Aleppo in Suriah is the ____________

Oldest (old) city in the world.
Highest (high) building in South Korea.
4. Namsan Tower is the ___________
Biggest (big) river in central Java.
5. Serayu is the ___________
Thank You