SUPERLATIVES

SUPERLATIVES

Poll

Spending money is fun.

• 5 - I agree completely

• 4 - I mostly agree

• 3 - I’m not sure

• 2 - I mostly disagree

• 1 - I disagree completely

Poll

Window shopping is boring.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Poll

Everyone should have a credit card.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Poll

You should wait for things to go on sale before you buy them.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Poll

Stores should be open 24 hours a day.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Poll

In the future, people will stay home and shop on-line.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

REVISION: Comparatives

We use comparative + than to compare two people or things:

Your house is nicer than mine.

Markets are more interesting than shops.

The food is better here than in the other cafe.

Irregular comparison

• good - better - the best

• far - further - the furthest

• bad - worse - the worst

Multiple Choice

Australia is big, but Canada is ... Australia.

• big

• the biggest

• bigger

• bigger than

Multiple Choice

David is 185 cm tall. He is ... Andrew

• taller than

• tallest

• the taller

• tall

Multiple Choice

I think summer is ... than winter

• good

• better

• the best

• well

Multiple Choice

Saturdays ... Mondays because I don't have to go to school.

• are nicer than

• nicer

• the nice

• nicer than

Multiple Choice

Taking a taxi to work is ... than taking a bus to work.

• more expensive

• more expensive than

• expensive than

• is more expensive than

SUPERLATIVES

• We use superlatives to compare three or more things.

• I'm the youngest cousin.

SUPERLATIVES

• When we use a superlative adjective ('the tallest student') before the noun, we generally use it with 'the'. This is because there's only one (or one group) of the thing we are talking about.

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SUPERLATIVES

In general, the superlative form of an adjective or adverb can be formed by:

Adding the suffix -est if the word has one syllable, e.g., the tallest. Preceding with most (or least) if the word has more than one syllable. the most beautiful

Multiple Choice

Russia is … country in the world.

• the biggest

• big

• biggest

• bigger

Multiple Choice

David … person in our English class.

• taller

• tallet than

• is the tallest

• the tallest

Multiple Choice

Noel and David … people that I know.

• is the most interesting

• is interested

• are the most interesting

Multiple Choice

That restaurant … restaurant in our town.

• is the worst

• is bad

• worst

Multiple Choice

I think that shopping mall … mall in our city.

• best

• the best

• is the best