1. Superlatives Superlatives are used to say which is the biggest, the tallest, the fastest,the longest...etc. In a group. “Lake Laikal in Russia is the biggest lake in the world”

2. Adjective-Comparative- Superlative Spain is a large country Brazil is larger than Spain Russia is the largest country in the world.

3. Superlatives It always goes “the” before the superlative: “He's the tallest” “she's the shortest”

4. RULES RULE 1. One syllable adjectives add -EST. “Alonso was the FASTEST racing driver in formula 1”

5. RULES RULE 2. If the adjective finishes in a consonant+vowel + consonant, double final consonant+ -EST “It is the SADDEST chick in the world”

6. RULES RULE 3. One or Two-syllable adj. ending in consonant+“y”=i EASY= -IEST: EASIEST “ Ludo is the easiest game in the world ”

7. RULES RULE 4. 2 Syllable adjectives not ending in -y. “ Ludo is the most boring game in the world ”

8. RULES RULE 5. Two or more syllable adjectives use “THE MOST” before the adjective: “ The most expensive chocolate bar ”

9. Rules chart ADJECTIVESUPERLATIVE RULE 1.-ONE SYLLABLE ADJECTIVE CHEAPTHE CHEAP-EST RULE 2.- ONE SYLLABLE ADJ WITH A CONSONANT-VOWEL- CONSONANT PATTERN (CVC) EXCEPT Y/W THIN-HOT-BIG SLOW GREY THE THIN-NEST, THE HOT-TEST, THE BIG-GEST THE SLOW-EST, THE GREY-EST RULE 3.- 2 SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -Y= I+EST HEALTHY EASY HAPPY PRETTY THE HEALTH-IEST, THE EAS-IEST, THE HAPP-IEST, THE PRETT-IEST RULE 4.-2 SYLLABLE ADJ NOT ENDING IN Y- BORINGTHE MOST BORING RULE 5.- TWO OR MORE SYLLABLES ADJ.=MOST EXPENSIVETHE MOST EXPENSIVE

10. ADJECTIVECOMPARATIVESUPERLATIVE RULE 1 FASTFASTERTHE FASTEST TALLTALLERTHE TALLEST COLDCOLDERTHE COLDEST RULE 2 SADSADDERTHE SADDEST HOTHOTTERTHE HOTTEST FATFATTERTHE FATTEST BIGBIGGERTHE BIGGEST RULE 3 NOISYNOISIERTHE NOISIEST BUSYBUSIERTHE BUSIEST FUNNYFUNNIERTHE FUNNIEST FRIENDLYFRIENDLIERFRIENDLIEST

11. ADJECTIVECOMPARATIVESUPERLATIVE PRETTYPRETTIERTHE PRETTIEST HEALTHYHEALTHIERTHE HEALTHIEST RULE 5 BEAUTIFULMORE BEAUTIFULTHE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPENSIVEMORE EXPENSIVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE INTERESTINGMORE INTERESTING THE MOST INTERESTING IRREGULAR GOODBETTERTHE BEST BADWORSETHE WORST FARFURTHERTHE FURTHEST

12. Superlatives After superlatives we use in+names of places or singular words for groups of people. Eg “It's the noisiest city in the world” “It's the dirtiest city in Europe” We often use “the+superlative adj with the present perfect+ever. Eg “It's the best film I've ever seen this year” “It's the most beautiful city I've ever been to”