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Superlatives
Superlatives are used to say
which is the biggest, the
tallest, the fastest...etc. In a
group. Por ejemplo: “el más
grande””el más alto””la más
rápida”etc.
“Lake Laikal in Russia is the
biggest lake in the world”
Superlatives
Spain is a large country
Brazil is larger than Spain
Russia is the largest
country in the world.
Superlatives
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It always goes “the”
before the superlative:
“He's the tallest”
“she's the shortest”
RULES
RULES:
-One syllable adjectives
add -EST:
“Alonso is the FASTEST”
“Alonso es el más
rápido”
RULES
-If the adjective finishes in a
vowel + consonant,
double final consonant+ EST
“It is the
saddest chick
in the world”
RULES
-One or Two-syllable
adjective,ending in
consonant+“y”
EASY= -IEST: EASIEST
“Ludo is the easiest game in
the world”
RULES
-Two or more syllable
adjectives: “THE MOST”
before the adjective:
“THE MOST EXPENSIVE
CHOCOLATE BAR”
ADJECTIVE
One-syllable
adjectives
One vowel + one
consonant:double final
consonant
Two-syllable
adjectives ending in
consonant+y= ier
CHEAP
(BARATO)
BIG
(GRANDE)
HEALTHY
(SANO)
SUPERLATIVE FORM
THE CHEAP-EST
(el más barato)
THE BIG-GEST
(el más grande)
THE HEALTH-IEST
(El más sano )
Two-syllable
adjectives not ending
in “-y”
BORING
THE MOST BORING
(ABURRIDO) (El más aburrido)
Two or more
syllables: more+
adjective
EXPENSIVE
(CARO)
THE MOST expens.
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”
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
COLD
COLDER
THE COLDEST
HOT
HOTTER
THE HOTTEST
CHEAP
CHEAPER
THE CHEAPEST
BIG
BIGGER
THE BIGGEST
HEALTHY
HEALTHIER
THE HEALTHIEST
BORING
MORE BORING
THE MOST BORING
EXPENSIVE
MORE EXPENSIVE
THE MOST
EXPENSIVE
BEAUTIFUL
MORE BEAUTIFUL
THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL
GOOD
BETTER
THE BEST
BAD
WORSE
THE WORST
FAR
FURTHER
THE FURTHERST
ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
NOISY
NOISIER
THE NOISIEST
FAST
FASTER
THE FASTEST
TALL
TALLER
THE TALLEST
BUSY
BUSIER
THE BUSIEST
HARD
HARDER
THE HARDEST
POLITE
MORE POLITE
THE MOST POLITE
FRIENDLY
FRIENDLIER
FRIENDLIEST
FAT
FATTER
THE FATTEST
FUNNY
FUNNIER
THE FUNNIEST
PRETTY
PRETTIER
THE PRETTIEST
LONG
LONGER
THE LONGEST