INTRODUCTION TO SUPERLATIVE

540px Everest Kalapatthar (image/jpeg)

600px Mona Lisa, By Leonardo Da Vinci, From C2 Rmf Retouched (binary/octet-stream)

Do you know what these two pictures are of?

540px Everest Kalapatthar (image/jpeg)

Caption: : Mt. Everest

Mt. Everest

Why is Mt. Everest famous? It is because it is the tallest mountain in the world.   It is unique for this reason. 

600px Mona Lisa, By Leonardo Da Vinci, From C2 Rmf Retouched (binary/octet-stream)

Mona Lisa

Caption: : Mona Lisa

Why do you recognize this painting?   It is because the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. 

540px Everest Kalapatthar (image/jpeg)

The way we described Mt. Everest is important. We used the adjective the tallest.   This is called the superlative and it has two important parts. 1. THE 2. TALLEST (adjective + est)   TALL is a short adjective so we add -est to the end.

600px Mona Lisa, By Leonardo Da Vinci, From C2 Rmf Retouched (binary/octet-stream)

The way we described the Mona Lisa is different.    We used the adjective the most famous This is also the superlative, but it has 3 parts. 1. THE 2. MOST 3. FAMOUS   With longer adjectives we use MOST + ADJECTIVE

Practice the superlative

• Superlatives flashcards

Try these flash cards. Think about the examples we saw with Mt. Everest and the Mona Lisa.  short adjectives = the + adjective(est) long adjectives = the + most + adjective   Pay special attention to the adjectives with a star(*). They have special spelling rules because they end in 'Y' or they are irregular.