Superlative adjectives quiz

Group A

Which is the (high) mountain in the world?

o Mount Kilimanjaro
o Mount Everest
o K2
o Fujiyama

Which is the (long) river in the world?

o The Mississippi
o The Amazon
o The Nile
o The Saint Lawrence

Which is the (far) planet from the sun?

o Mercury
o Mars
o Venus
o Pluto

Which human invention was the first object to travel (fast) than the speed of sound?
o a whip
o a rocket
o a cannonball
o a bullet

In which country did the world's (bad) nuclear disaster take place in 1986?
o Sweden
o Finland
o Ukraine (Soviet Union)
o Russia (Soviet Union)

What is the (hot) part of a candle's flame?

o the center
o the edge
o the bottom, next to the wax

What is the (fast) thing we know?

o sound
o light
o a bullet
o a whip

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Group B

Of which creature are there (many) species on this earth?

o flies
o beetles
o frogs
o snakes

Which planet is the (close) to the sun?

o Venus
o Mercury
o Mars
o Jupiter

Which of the following countries is (large) than Canada?

o Brazil
o China
o Russia
o Australia

What is the (famous) six-word phrase from the first Star Wars movie?
o The force is always with you.
o May the force be with you.
o Place your faith in the force.
o May the force be always with you.

Which sense suffers the (great) damage when someone is struck by lightning?
(It is the last to recover from the shock.)
o sight
o smell
o touch
o hearing

What are the (common) plants on earth?

o trees
o grasses
o dandelions
o tulips

What is the (easy) planet to see in the night sky? (It is the brightest one.)
o Jupiter
o Mars
o Mercury

o Venus

Answers and instructions

Answers
Group A

Group B

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Mt Everest
The Nile
Pluto
a whip
Ukraine
the edge
light

Beetles
Mercury
Russia
May the force be with you
hearing
grasses
Venus

Instructions
Divide the class into groups of four and sub-divide each group of four into two pairs.
Give one pair quiz A and the other quiz B.
Each pair has to answer the quiz and complete the questions using the prompt in brackets to make a superlative
or comparative question.
When they have finished, give them the answers on a slip of paper or orally.
The two pairs in each group then quiz each other.
Group A

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Which is the highest mountain in the world?

Which is the longest river in the world?
Which is the furthest / farthest* planet from the sun?
Which human invention was the first object to travel faster than the speed of sound?
In which country did the world's worst nuclear disaster take place in 1986?
What is the hottest part of a candle's flame?
What is the fastest thing we know?

* No difference between further/ farther or furthest / farthest when referring to distance

Group B

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Of which creature are there the most species on this earth?

Which planet is (the) closest to the sun?
Which of the following countries is larger than Canada?
What is the most famous six-word phrase from the first Star Wars movie?
Which sense suffers the greatest damage when someone is struck by lightning?

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(It is the last to recover from the shock.)

What are the most common plants on earth?
What is the easiest planet to see in the night sky? (It is the brightest one.)