SUPERLATIVES

Structure SUBJECT + VERB + THE + ADJECTIVE+-est + COMPLEMENTeg She is the tallest girl in the class (TALL + EST) SUBJECT + VERB + THE + MOST + LONG ADJECTIVE + COMPLEMENTeg She is the most intelligent girl in class Match the word and the pictures The bear is the strongest one of them. The elephant is the biggest animal. Cinderella is the most beautiful girl in the world. Grandpa and grandma are the oldest ones in the family. The man with brown shorts is the shortest one of all. SUPERLATIVES Complete the chart. ADJECTIVE SUPERLATIVE big the biggest small the smallest long the longest large the largest cheap the cheapest expensive the most expensive good the best Reading comprehension 1. According to the reading, Mount Everest is very ... clean dirty 2. Climbing Mount Everest is very ... difficult easy 3. Mount Everest is ... mountain for serious climbers. an unusual a popular 4. Climbers ... leave trash on Mount Everest. rarely often 5. People create ... from the trash on Mount Everest art charities Look at the bold phrases in the reading from the text. Can you think of three more examples for each column of the chart? Adjectives with -est high dirty cold windy big tough Adjectives with most exciting expensive interesting attractive Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjective or adverb in parentheses. 1. The biggest(big) piles of trash on Mount Everest are on the lower areas.2. Trash is one of the worst(bad) problems on Mount Everest now.3. Many climbers consider K2, a mountain between Pakistan and China, to be the most difficult (difficult) mountain to climb, not Mount Everest.4. Ted was the most experienced(experienced) climber on the expedition.5. Which climber is the farthest(far) from the top?6. That was the easiest(easy) mountain I’ve ever climbed.7. Climbing Mount Everest in a snowstorm is one of the stupidest(stupid) thing you can do. It’s extremely dangerous!8. Mount Everest is the highest(high) mountain on Earth.9. That company has the best(good) guides. General Knowledge Quiz b c a a c b a c the closest planet coldest place the largest animal the smallest continent the widest ocean the fastest animal the longest river Writing Write 6 sentences about people, places, and things you know about. Use the superlative form of the adjectives and adverbs below or your own ideas.carefully - fast - hard - large - popular - crowded - good - interesting - oldeg. Formula 1 races are the fastest on Earth. Superlatives quiz Test your knowledge.