Superlatives

Superlatives

by Lorene Vilela

​Superlatives

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We use the superlative when we compare one person, object, or event to more than one other.

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​Ex.: Karen is the nicest person in our office.

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​  Frank is the tallest person in the family.

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​Superlatives

​We add est to adjectives which have one syllable and put the word the before the adjective:

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Ex.: cheap – the cheapest

Superlatives​

​When the adjective ends in e, we just add st:

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Ex.: nice – the nicest

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​When the adjective ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant, we double the last letter and add est:

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Ex.: big – the biggest

​Superlatives

​When the adjective ends in y, we change the y to i and add est:

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pretty - the prettiest                                      happy - the happiest

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​Superlatives

​Irregular Forms

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Good - the best                                                       bad: the worst

​Superlatives

​When we compare one person, object, or event to more than one other, we use the most + adjective with adjectives of three or more syllables, or adjectives with two syllables that don’t end in y.

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​Examples​

​ expensive: That dress is the most expensive dress I’ve ever seen.

        exciting: Karen is the most exciting person I know.

        famous: Oxford Street is the most famous street in London.

 

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Multiple Choice

January is _________________ month of the year.

• more cold

• coldest

• the most coldest

• the coldest

Multiple Choice

Elizabeth is ___________ girl I have ever met.

• beautifulest

• the most beautiful

• most beautiful

• the beautiful

Multiple Choice

What is ______________ monument in Rome?

• the most famous

• most famous

• famousest

• the more famous

Multiple Choice

That restaurant is ___________ in Ottumwa.

• goodest

• the goodest

• best

• the best

Multiple Choice

Patricia is ____________ in the class.

• the most smart

• most smart

• smartest

• the smartest

Multiple Choice

Who is ____________ person in your family?

• the most tall

• the tallest

• the most tallest

• the most tall

Multiple Choice

The blue whale is ________________ animal in the world.

• the most big

• the bigest

• the most bigest

• the biggest

Multiple Choice

The cheetah is __________ land animal of all.

• the most fast

• the most fastest

• the fastest

• fastest

Multiple Choice

This restaurant is _____________ in Ottumwa. 

• the badest

• the baddest

• the worse

• the worst

Multiple Choice

Atacama desert is ____________ in the world. 

• the dryest 

• the most dry

• the driest

• the most dryest