Superlatives Quiz

1. What is the coldest place on Earth?

a. the Arctic b. the Antarctic c. Siberia
2. What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
a. Jerusalem b. Athens c. Damascus
3. What is the most crowded country in the world?
a. Monaco b. Singapore c. Bangladesh
4. What is the least densely populated country in the world?
a. Canada b. Australia c. Mongolia
5. What is the largest ocean in the world?
a. the Pacific b. the Atlantic c. the Indian Ocean
6. What is the largest desert in the world?
a. the Sahara b. the Gobi c. the Antarctic
7. What is the heaviest animal on Earth?
a. rhinoceros b. hippopotamus c. elephant
8. The mosquito kills more people than any other animal in Africa. What is the second
most dangerous African animal?
a. lion b. crocodile c. hippopotamus
9. Which animal has the longest life span?
a. giant tortoise b. chimpanzee c. parrot
10. Which country has the most visitors each year?
a. Italy b. France c. China
11. What is the world’s busiest train station (has the most passengers daily)?
a. Shinjuku, Tokyo b. Grand Central, New York c. Gard du Nord, Paris
12. Which American city has the world’s busiest airport?
a. Chicago b. New York c. Atlanta
13. How heavy was the heaviest ever person?
a. 335kg b. 635kg c. 935kg
14. What was the first country to give women the right to vote?
a. Australia b. New Zealand c. Saudi Arabia
15. What is the highest mountain in the world?
a. Mt. Everest b. Chomolungma c. Sagarmatha
 Superlatives Quiz

1. The Nile is the __________________ (long) river in the world.

2. Who is the _________________ (fast) runner?
3. This is the ____________________ (expensive) coat in the shop but also the ____________ (trendy). I
love it!
4. Uncle Tom is the ______________ (old) person in my family.
5. Mum cooks the ___________________ (delicious) spaghetti. She’s the _____________ (good) cook!
6. I prefer this t-shirt. It’s the __________________ (colourful) in the shop.
7. Is this the _________________ (high) mountain?
8. My friend Tanya isn’t the ______________ (nice) person I know. She’s the ______________ (bad)!
9. That snake is the ________________ (poisonous) animal in the pet shop. Be careful!
10. Thank you! This is the _______________ (cool) present!
11. Who has the ____________________ (curly) hair in your class?
12. Which is the ____________________ (wet) month of the year? And the ________________ (windy)?
13. Maths is my __________________ (bad) subject.
14. This insect is the _________________ (strange) and ________________ (ugly) in the exhibition.
15. Those are some of the _____________________ (amazing) birds you can find in this zoo.
16. Which is the _____________________ (cute) dog in the exhibition? For me, that Chihuahua!
17. In your opinion, who is the __________________ (crazy) computer gamer?
18. OMG! Today is the _________________ (hot) day I can remember!

Complete with an appropriate comparative or superlative using an adjective of your choice.

1, I am the________________in my family.
2, I am definitely the most_______________person you will ever meet.
3, My best friend is the least __________________ person I know.
4, I am the least __________________ in my extended family.
5, My brother/sister is the __________________ in the family.
6, When I was younger, I was ____________________.
7, The person I sit next to in school is the __________________ in our class.
8, I will be _________________when I am older.
9, I will be less______________when I get married..
10, When I was a child I was _____________________.
11, I am the___________at karaoke in my house.
12, I am one of the____________in my class.
13, Someday I will be the__________person in Hungary!
14, I am the ______________________in my family.
15, My best friend is the most_____________person I know.
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Answer Key
1. b. the Antarctic

2. c. Damascus

3. a. Monaco

4. c. Mongolia

5. a. the Pacific

6. c. the Antarctic (deserts do not have to be hot!)

7. c. elephant

8. c. hippopotamus

9. a. giant tortoise

10. b. France

11. a. Shinjuku, Tokyo

12. c. Atlanta

13. b. 635kg

14. b. New Zealand

15. a. Mt. Everest b. Chomolungma c. Sagarmatha

(These are, of course, three names for the same mountain,
Chomolungma being the Tibetan name, Sagarmatha the Nepalese.)