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Superlatives
Superlatives are used to say
which is the biggest, the
tallest,
the
fastest,the
longest...etc. In a group.
“Lake Laikal in Russia is the
biggest lake in the world”
Adjective-ComparativeSuperlative
Spain is a large country
Brazil is larger than Spain
Russia is the largest
country in the world.
Superlatives

It always goes “the”
before the superlative:
“He's the tallest”
“she's the shortest”
RULES
RULE 1. One syllable
adjectives add -EST.
“Alonso was the FASTEST racing
driver in formula 1”
RULES
RULE 2.
If the adjective finishes in a
consonant+vowel +
consonant, double final
consonant+ -EST
“It is the SADDEST chick in
the world”
RULES
RULE 3.
One or Two-syllable adj.
ending in consonant+“y”=i
EASY= -IEST: EASIEST
“Ludo is the easiest game in
the world”
RULES
RULE 4.
2 Syllable adjectives not ending
in -y.
“Ludo is the most boring
game in the world”
RULES
RULE 5.
Two or more syllable adjectives
use “THE MOST” before the
adjective:
“The most expensive
chocolate bar”
Rules chart
ADJECTIVE
SUPERLATIVE
RULE 1.-ONE SYLLABLE
ADJECTIVE
CHEAP
THE CHEAP-EST
RULE 2.-
THIN-HOT-BIG
ONE SYLLABLE ADJ WITH A
CONSONANT-VOWELCONSONANT PATTERN
(CVC)
SLOW
GREY
THE THIN-NEST, THE HOT-TEST, THE
BIG-GEST
THE SLOW-EST, THE GREY-EST
EXCEPT Y/W
RULE 3.- 2 SYLLABLE
HEALTHY
ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -Y= EASY
I+EST
HAPPY
PRETTY
THE HEALTH-IEST, THE EAS-IEST,
THE HAPP-IEST, THE PRETT-IEST
RULE 4.-2 SYLLABLE ADJ
NOT ENDING IN Y-
BORING
THE MOST BORING
RULE 5.- TWO OR MORE
SYLLABLES ADJ.=MOST
EXPENSIVE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
FAST
FASTER
THE FASTEST
TALL
TALLER
THE TALLEST
COLD
COLDER
THE COLDEST
SAD
SADDER
THE SADDEST
HOT
HOTTER
THE HOTTEST
FAT
FATTER
THE FATTEST
BIG
BIGGER
THE BIGGEST
NOISY
NOISIER
THE NOISIEST
BUSY
BUSIER
THE BUSIEST
FUNNY
FUNNIER
THE FUNNIEST
RULE 1
RULE 2
RULE 3
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
PRETTY
PRETTIER
THE PRETTIEST
HEALTHY
HEALTHIER
THE HEALTHIEST
BEAUTIFUL
MORE BEAUTIFUL
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
EXPENSIVE
MORE EXPENSIVE
THE MOST
EXPENSIVE
INTERESTING
MORE INTERESTING
THE MOST
INTERESTING
GOOD
BETTER
THE BEST
BAD
WORSE
THE WORST
FAR
FURTHER
THE FURTHEST
RULE 5
IRREGULAR
Superlatives
After
superlatives
we
use
in+names of places or singular
words for groups of people.
Eg “It's the noisiest city in the world”
“It's the dirtiest city in Europe”
We often use “the+superlative adj
with the present perfect+ever.
Eg “It's the best film I've ever seen this
year” “It's the most beautiful city I've
ever been to”