Course 7-Unit 10: Superlative adjectives.

Read the following sentence
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

My car is big

My car is big
Is there an adjective in this sentences ?

My car is big
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My car is big
“Big” is the adjective in this sentence. It describes the noun.
It says something about my car.

My car is big
“Big” es el adjetivo de esta oración. Esta palabra describe el sustantivo de esta oración.
Esta palabra dice algo sobre mi carro.

My car is big
“Big” es el adjetivo de esta oración. Esta palabra describe el sustantivo de esta oración.
Esta palabra dice algo sobre mi carro.
Mi carro podría ser pequeño, bonito, costosa, pero en este caso, el adjetivo “big”, dice que es grande.

My cat is

My cat is
BIG

My cat is
BIG
FUNNY

My cat is
BIG
FUNNY
BROWN

My cat is
BIG
FUNNY
BROWN
INTELLIGENT

My cat is
BIG
FUNNY
BROWN
INTELLIGENT
ADJECTIVES

My cat is
BIG
FUNNY
BROWN
INTELLIGENT
ADJECTIVES
Words to describe my cat

We use superlative adjectives when
we want to express the extreme or
highest degree of a quality or
characteristic of people, things,
places, ideas, etc; in a group of
people, things, places, ideas, etc.

- Player number 1 is tall.
1 2 3

- Player number 2 is tall too.
1 2 3

But
1 2 3

But
- Player number 3 is the tallest.
1 2 3

But
- Player number 3 is the tallest.
El jugador numero 3 es el mas alto.
1 2 3

- Italian is an important language.

- Portuguese is an important language too.

But

But
- English is the most important language

But
- English is the most important language
Ingles es el idioma mas importante

Take a look at these two examples again

Player number 3 is the tallest.

English is the most important
language

English is the most important
language
Do you see the difference ?

the tallest.

the tallest.
the most important

the tallest.
the most important
Small adjective. One syllable

the tallest.
the most important
Small adjective. One syllable
Long adjective. More than 2 syllables

1st. CONCLUSION

For one syllable adjectives, add “est” at the end
of the adjective to create the superlative.
1st. CONCLUSION

For one syllable adjectives, add “est” at the end
of the adjective to create the superlative.
Use “the” before the comparative adjective
1st. CONCLUSION

BOGOTA
Example:

BOGOTA CALI
Example:

BOGOTA CALI PEREIRA
Example:

Bogota is the biggest city
BOGOTA CALI PEREIRA
Example:

Bogota is the biggest city
Pereira is the smallest city
BOGOTA CALI PEREIRA
Example:

Examples of superlatives with one syllable adjectives
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Examples

Large
Examples

Large the largest
Examples

Large the largest tall
Examples

Large the largest tall the tallest
Examples

short
Examples

short the shortest
Examples

short the shorter fast
Examples

short the shorter fast the fastest
Examples

If the adjective ends in “e”, only add “st”.

If the adjective ends in “e”, only add “st”.
The blue t-shirt is the largest t-shirt
(large)

If the adjective ends in
consonant – vowel – consonant,
double the final consonant before adding “est”

Orlando
Jairo Carlos

Orlando is the fattest man. (Fat)
Orlando
Jairo Carlos

For most the adjectives that end in “Y”
change the “Y” for “i” and add “est”.
The truck is the heaviest vehicle. (Heavy)
Truck
Car
Scooter

For adjectives of two or more syllables, create the
superlative form using “the most” or “the least”
“The most” and “The least” always go before the
adjective. The adjective doesn´t change.
2nd. CONCLUSION
el mas, la mas,
los mas, las mas.
el menos, la
menos, los
menos, las menos.

For some people,
English is a difficult language to learn
German is also a difficult language to learn
But,
Chinese is the most difficult language to learn
Chinese es el lenguage mas dificil de aprender
Example

Nowdays,
Samsung computers are not expensive,
HP computers are not expensive either
But
Accer computers are the least expensive.
Computadores Accer son los menos costosos
Example

Examples of superlatives with two or more syllables
adjectives
Comfortable the most comfortable
Difficult the least difficult
Important the most important
Examples

You can find more information about
superlative adjectives in your
Top Notch 1 book, page: 112.
Also, visit this link
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-comparative.htm

Course 7-Unit 10: Superlative adjectives.

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