SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVES

SUPERLATIVES ADJECTIVES

1. USE

   • To say a thing or person is the most of a group
   • Use it when talking about three or more things (not two things)

2. GRAMMAR

   • noun (person)+verb+the+superlative adjective+noun (object)
     • Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world
     • Bob is the tallest student in the class
     • Archie's Pizzeria has the best pizza in Bogota
     • Helen in the most beautiful woman I know

3. TIPS

   • With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-est" OR "most"
     • quiet = the quietest/most quiet simple = the simplest/most simple
   • When we compare one thing with itself, we do not use "the"
     • Alaska is coldest in winter (not the coldest)
   • Exception
     • these adjectives have irregular forms
       • good = the best bad = the worst far = the farthest/furthest

4. FORMATION

   • SHORT ADJECTIVES
     • add "-est"
       • 1-syllable adjectives
         • old = the oldest small = the smallest
       • 2-syllable adjectives ending in -y
         • change the y to i
           • happy = the happiest easy = the easiest
       • If the adjective ends in e
         • just add -st
           • late = the latest large = the largest
       • If the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant
         • double the last consonant
           • big = the biggest fat = the fattest
   • LONG ADJECTIVES
     • use "most"
       • 2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y
         • modern = the most modern pleasant = the most pleasant
       • all adjectives of 3 or more syllables
         • expensive = the most expensive intellectual = the most intellectual