INSPIRA TION 1

Worksheet 12

Superlative adjectives
1 Complete the table with the superlative form of the adjectives.

Adjective Superlative form Remember

bad the worst – Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest
beautifu the most – Short adjectives ending in one consonant
l big beautiful double last letter + est: hot – hottest
dangero the biggest – Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) =
us the most most + adjective: most amazing
difficult dangerous – Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.
fast the most difficult
friendly the fastest
good the friendliest
intellige the best
nt loud the most
popular intelligent
slow the loudest
small the most popular
stran
the slowest
ge
the smallest

2 Complete using the correct form of the adjective in brackets.

ROSIE Wow! This is a really difficult
quiz. SARA Yes,
but I really want to win.
ROSIE Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the (1) The biggest (big) animal in the
world?
SARA The elephant.

ROSIE No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.

SARA Yes, you’re right. And the (2) fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
ROSIE Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the (3) most dangerous (dangerous) animal in the world?
SARA No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are because their bite can give you malaria.
ROSIE What about this question? What is the (4) tallest (tall) animal?
SARA Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
ROSIE Of course.
SARA Okay, here’s the last question. What is the (5) loudest (loud) animal?
ROSIE Wow! That’s the (6) most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.

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3 Write sentences about the animals from the box using the prompts.

tortoise blue whale cheetah mosquito

cat hippo dolphin

e.g.tortoise / small
The tortoise is the smallest.
1 blue whale / big
the blue whale is the animal the more big
2 cheetah / fast
the cheetah is very fast
3 mosquito / dangerous
the mosquito is dangerous
4 cat / friendly
the cat is a friendly pet
5 hippo / ugly
hippos are very ugly
6 dolphin / intelligent
the dolphin is an intelligent animal
7 parrot / loud
the parrot sing very loud

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