Ms.

Marisela Iris Mino Iglesias

The Superlative

Adjectives with Adjectives with ex-pen-sive

cold
one syllable, two or more
“This book is
add: “January is syllables, add: Irregular
the most
‘the’ + ‘-est’ often the ‘the’ + ‘most’ Superlative
expensive book Adjectives
coldest winter
in the store.”
month.”
 good: the
best

 bad: the
worst

Adjectives with Adjectives that

 far: the
two syllables end in a single “Brazil isfarthest
hap-py
big the
that end in ‘y’, vowel and
furthest
change ‘-y’ to “John is the consonant:

‘i’ and add: happiest person double the

‘the’ + ‘-est’ I know.” final letter

before adding

‘the’ + ‘-est’

 Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the boxes above.

1. I (tall) person in my family.

2. Jupiter (big) is the biggest planet in our solar system.

3. Elephants (large) are the largest land animals on earth.

4. We bought (expensive) the most expensive TV in the store.

5. Which sports do you think (dangerous) the most dangerous?

6. My cat (lazy) is the laziest animal I know.

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7. This restaurant serves (good) is the better food in town.

8. I think math (difficult) is the most difficult subject.

9. What (long) is the longest word in English that you know?

10. He (strange) is the most strange man in the story.

11. Last week, I had (bad) is the worse time of my life!

12. Which place (hot) is the hottest place on earth?

13. I think it (funny) is the funniest show on television.

14. My friend (interesting) is the most interesting person I know.

15. Who (famous) is the most famous person in your country?