Life Elementary Unit 7c
Superlatives
Can you answer these questions about animals?
1 Which is the heaviest animal in the world?
A Blue Whale B Elephant C Giraffe
2 Which is the fastest animal on land? heav y
A Snake B Cheetah C Crocodile
3 Which is the slowest animal on land?
heav ier
A Elephant B Tortoise C Crocodile
4 Which is the loudest animal in the world?
A Blue Whale B Elephant C Crocodile
5 Which animal has the longest life?
A Elephant B Giraffe C Tortoise
6 Which animal is the most dangerous?
heaviest
A Crocodile B Blue Whale C Tortoise
Answers: 1A 2B 3B 4A 5C 6A
Presentation
Use the superlative form to compare three or more Regular adjectives
things. Add -est to short adjectives: fastest, heaviest …
Adjective Superlative Use most/least with long adjectives: most
dangerous, least expensive …
fast fastest
Irregular adjectives
heavy heaviest
loud loudest Adjective Superlative
dangerous most dangerous good best
bad worst
the
You use the before the superlative:
Blue whales are the heaviest animals.
Key vocabulary Animals: blue whale, cheetah, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, snake, tortoise
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Elementary Unit 7c
Exercises
1 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1 Mr Bao from Mongolia is the tallest (tall) man in the world.
2 The (short) woman in the world is 79 centimetres tall.
3 The blue whale is the (big) animal in the world.
4 I think snakes are the (dangerous) animals.
5 The River Nile in Egypt is the (long) river in the world.
6 Damascus in Syria is the (old) city in the world.
7 Luxembourg is the (safe) city in Europe.
8 Moscow is the (expensive) city in the world.
9 Mount Everest is the (high) mountain in the world.
10 I’m sure elephants are the (heavy) animals on land.
2 Write a comparative and superlative sentence with the adjectives. Then listen and check.
1 Animal: tortoise / snake / cheetah (slow)
A snake is slower than a cheetah.
The tortoise is the slowest animal.
2 Country: Ethiopia / Italy / Norway (hot)
Italy
Ethiopia
3 Ocean: the Pacific Ocean / the Indian Ocean / the Mediterranean Sea (big)
The Indian Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
4 Country: Switzerland / India / Russia (small)
India
Switzerland
5 Transport: aeroplane / car / bicycle (fast)
A car
The aeroplane
3 Correct the sentences.
1 I’m the worsest at English in my class.
I’m the worst at English in my class.
2 I think Brazil is best football team in the world.
3 Snakes are the more dangerous animals in my country.
4 I don’t think he’s a gooder actor than De Niro.
5 Your bags are heavy but my bag is the most heavy.
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