The document explains what a superlative is, giving the example "Francesco is the tallest boy in the classroom" in English and Spanish. It notes that to form a superlative in English, "-est" is added to short adjectives, while for long adjectives the construction is different, such as "the most beautiful."

1. What is a superlative?
Example in Spanish: Francesco es el chico más alto en el aula.
In English: Francesco is the tallest boy in the classroom.
How do you express a superlative in English?
To create a superlative you add -est at the end of the adjective. For example
bajo/a = low ---> el/la más bajo/a = the lowest
Warning: this works only with short (1 or 2 syllables) adjectives.
With long adjectives you must use a different construction
Example:
bonito/a = beautiful → el/la más bonito/a = the most beautiful

2. Interpreting a graph
Activity 1
The following graph represents the number of breadsticks that a bakery sells during the
first six months of a year.
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Examples of questions and answers:
1) In which month does the bakery sell the lowest number of breadsticks?
Answer. The bakery sells the lowest quantity of breadsticks in April.
2) How many breadsticks does the bakery sell in February?
Answer. The bakery sells 3,500 breadsticks in February.
Questions:
3) In which month does the bakery sell the highest number of breadsticks?
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4) When does the bakery sell the same number of breadsticks as in May?
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5) What happens from the month of April on, do the breadsticks sales increase or
decrease?
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6) When does the bakery sell more breadsticks, in January or in May?
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7) How many breadsticks does the bakery sell in November?
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Sarah is sick: her sister measures her 38,5
temperature every hour and a half, and 38
Temperature (°C)
writes down the results. This graph 37,5
represents Sarah's temperatures during 37
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Look at the graphic on the right, and 34,5
answer the following questions. 10:15 11:45 13:15 14:45 16:15 17:45
Time
1) At what time does Sarah reach the highest temperature?
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2) At what time does Sarah's temperature start to decrease?
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3) When does Sarah reach the lowest temperature?
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4) What's the difference (in degrees °C) between Sarah's temperature at a quarter past ten
and her temperature at quarter to six ?
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5)What's the difference (in degrees °C) between Sarah's highest and lowest temperature?
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Activity 3
Draw in your notebook a graph describing the following situation.
A cinema is open all days of the week except for Monday and Tuesday. Every day they
count the number of tickets they sell. These are the number of ticket sold (=vendidos) last
week:
Day Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
No. of tickets 150 280 140 420 750