Superlative adjectives quiz

Group A

1 Which is the (high) mountain in the world?                           

o Mount Kilimanjaro
o Mount Everest
o K2
o Fujiyama

2 Which is the (long) river in the world?                   

o The Mississippi
o The Amazon
o The Nile
o The Saint Lawrence

3 Which is the (far) planet from the sun?                               

o Mercury
o Mars
o Venus
o Pluto

4 Which human invention was the first object to travel (fast) than the speed of sound?                     
o a whip
o a rocket
o a cannonball
o a bullet

5 In which country did the world's (bad) nuclear disaster take place in 1986?                   
o Sweden
o Finland
o Ukraine (Soviet Union)
o Russia (Soviet Union)

6 What is the (hot) part of a candle's flame?                     

o the center
o the edge
o the bottom, next to the wax

7 What is the (fast) thing we know?                     

o sound
o light
o a bullet
o a whip
Superlative adjectives quiz

Group B

1 Of which creature are there (many) species on this earth?                 

o flies
o beetles
o frogs
o snakes

2 Which planet is the (close) to the sun?                   

o Venus
o Mercury
o Mars
o Jupiter

3 Which of the following countries is (large) than Canada?                   

o Brazil
o China
o Russia
o Australia

4 What is the (famous) six-word phrase from the first Star Wars movie?                   
o The force is always with you.
o May the force be with you.
o Place your faith in the force.
o May the force be always with you.

5 Which sense suffers the (great) damage when someone is struck by lightning?
(It is the last to recover from the shock.)                   
o sight
o smell
o touch
o hearing

6 What are the (common) plants on earth?                     

o trees
o grasses
o dandelions
o tulips

7 What is the (easy) planet to see in the night sky? (It is the brightest one.)                   
o Jupiter
o Mars
o Mercury
o Venus
Answers and instructions

Answers

Group A Group B

1 Mt Everest 1 Beetles
2 The Nile 2 Mercury
3 Pluto 3 Russia
4 a whip 4 May the force be with you
5 Ukraine 5 hearing
6 the edge 6 grasses
7 light 7 Venus

Instructions

Divide the class into groups of four and sub-divide each group of four into two pairs.
Give one pair quiz A and the other quiz B.
Each pair has to answer the quiz and complete the questions using the prompt in brackets to make a superlative
or comparative question.
When they have finished, give them the answers on a slip of paper or orally.
The two pairs in each group then quiz each other.

Group A

1 Which is the highest mountain in the world?                           

2 Which is the longest river in the world?                   
3 Which is the furthest / farthest* planet from the sun?                               
4 Which human invention was the first object to travel faster than the speed of sound?                     
5 In which country did the world's worst nuclear disaster take place in 1986?                   
6 What is the hottest part of a candle's flame?                     
7 What is the fastest thing we know?                     

* No difference between further/ farther or furthest / farthest when referring to distance

Group B

1 Of which creature are there the most species on this earth?                 

2 Which planet is (the) closest to the sun?                   
3 Which of the following countries is larger than Canada?                   
4 What is the most famous six-word phrase from the first Star Wars movie?                   
5 Which sense suffers the greatest damage when someone is struck by lightning?
(It is the last to recover from the shock.)                   
6 What are the most common plants on earth?                     
7 What is the easiest planet to see in the night sky? (It is the brightest one.)