This document discusses the use of superlatives in French. It explains that superlatives are used to indicate the most, least, best, or worst of something. It provides examples of how to form superlatives with adjectives that come before or after nouns. The document also includes practice questions asking how to say "the smallest classroom", "the tallest student", "the strangest car", and "She speaks the fastest" in French using superlatives. Finally, it notes how the words for good, well, and bad change when using their superlative forms.

1. Le superlatif
Like “Superlatives” in your yearbook, the superlative in French is
used to point out the most/least/best/worst of something.
This classroom is bigger than the one we used last semester. =
comparative
This is the biggest classroom. = superlative
She speaks the best. = superlative
Don’t forget that French adjectives agree in gender and number with
the nouns they modify!

2. Le superlatif...
(1) ADJECTIVES THAT COME AFTER THE NOUN: C’est
la salle de classe la plus populaire. = definite article (la) +
noun (salle de classe) + definite article (la) + comparative
word (plus) + adjective (populaire).
(2) ADJECTIVES THAT COME BEFORE THE NOUN:
C’est la plus grande salle de classe. = definite article (la) +
comparative word (plus) + adjective (grande) noun (salle
de classe) .
(3) NOUN ALREADY MENTIONED: Ce livre est le plus
difficile. = definite article (le) + comparative word (plus) +
adjective (difficile)

3. Le superlatif
PRACTICE: How would we say: “the smallest
classroom”?
PRACTICE: How would we say: “the tallest
student”?
PRACTICE: How would we say “the strangest
car”? (Hint: bizarre)
PRACTICE: How would we say “She speaks the
fastest”?

4. Le superlatif...
Don’t forget that:
bon (good) --> meilleur (better)
bien (well) --> mieux (best)
mauvais (bad) --> pire (worse)
C’est la meilleure classe de français. Ce sont
les étudiants qui parlent le mieux. C’est la pire