SUPERLATIVES
ex-pen-sive
cold Adjectives with
Adjectives with one syllable, “This book is the most
“January is often the two or more syllables,
add: ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’) expensive book in the
coldest winter month.” add: ‘the’ + ‘most’
store.”
Adjectives that end in a
Adjectives with two syllables hap-py big
single vowel and consonant:
that end in ‘-y’, change ‘-y’ to ‘i’ “John is the happiest “Brazil is the biggest
double the final letter before
and add: ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’) person I know.” country in South America.”
adding ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’)
Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the boxes above.
1. I (tall)______________person in my family. 9. What (long)____________ word in English that you know?
2. Jupiter (big)______________planet in our solar system. 10. He (strange)______________man in the story.
3. Elephants (large)______________land animals on earth. 11. Last week, I had (bad)______________time of my life!
4. We bought (expensive)______________TV in the store. 12. Which place (hot)______________place on earth?
5. Which sports do you think (dangerous)______________? 13. I think it (funny)______________show on television.
6. My cat (lazy)______________animal I know. 14. My friend (interesting)______________person I know.
7. This restaurant serves (good)_____________food in town. 15. Who (famous)______________person in your country?
8. I think math (difficult)______________subject.
SUPERLATIVES
ex-pen-sive
cold Adjectives with
Adjectives with one syllable, “This book is the most
“January is often the two or more syllables,
add: ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’) expensive book in the
coldest winter month.” add: ‘the’ + ‘most’
store.”
Adjectives that end in a
Adjectives with two syllables hap-py big
single vowel and consonant:
that end in ‘-y’, change ‘-y’ to ‘i’ “John is the happiest “Brazil is the biggest
double the final letter before
and add: ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’) person I know.” country in South America.”
adding ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’)
Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the boxes above.
1. I (tall)______________person in my family. 9. What (long)____________ word in English that you know?
2. Jupiter (big)______________planet in our solar system. 10. He (strange)______________man in the story.
3. Elephants (large)______________land animals on earth. 11. Last week, I had (bad)______________time of my life!
4. We bought (expensive)______________TV in the store. 12. Which place (hot)______________place on earth?
5. Which sports do you think (dangerous)______________? 13. I think it (funny)______________show on television.
6. My cat (lazy)______________animal I know. 14. My friend (interesting)______________person I know.
7. This restaurant serves (good)_____________food in town. 15. Who (famous)______________person in your country?
8. I think math (difficult)______________subject.
SUPERLATIVES
ex-pen-sive
cold Adjectives with
Adjectives with one syllable, “This book is the most
“January is often the two or more syllables,
add: ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’) expensive book in the
coldest winter month.” add: ‘the’ + ‘most’
store.”
Adjectives that end in a
Adjectives with two syllables hap-py big
single vowel and consonant:
that end in ‘-y’, change ‘-y’ to ‘i’ “John is the happiest “Brazil is the biggest
double the final letter before
and add: ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’) person I know.” country in South America.”
adding ‘the’ + ‘-est’ (or ‘-st’)
Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the boxes above.
1. I (tall)______________person in my family. 6. My cat (lazy)______________animal I know.
2. Jupiter (big)______________planet in our solar system. 7. This restaurant serves (good)_____________food in town.
3. Elephants (large)______________land animals on earth. 8. I think math (difficult)______________subject.
4. We bought (expensive)______________TV in the store. 9. What (long)____________ word in English that you know?
5. Which sports do you think (dangerous)______________? 10. He (strange)______________man in the story.
11. Last week, I had (bad)______________time of my life! 14. My friend (interesting)______________person I know.
12. Which place (hot)______________place on earth? 15. Who (famous)______________person in your country?
13. I think it (funny)______________show on television.
