Life

Elementary Unit 7b
Superlatives

Animal quiz
Can you answer these questions about animals?
heav y
1 Which is the heaviest animal in the world?
A Blue Whale B Elephant C Giraffe heav ier

2 Which is the fastest animal on land?

A Snake B Cheetah C Crocodile
3 Which is the slowest animal on land?
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? heaviest
A Elephant B Giraffe C Tortoise
6 Which animal is the most dangerous?
A Crocodile B Blue Whale C Tortoise

heaviest: más pesado Answers: 1A 2B 3B 4A 5C 6A

fastest: rápido
slowest: lento
loudest: ruidoso
Presentation longest life: larga vida
most dangerous: mas peligroso

Use the superlative form to compare three or more Regular adjectives

things.
Add -est to short adjectives: fastest, heaviest …
Adjective Superlative Use most with long adjectives: most dangerous, most
expensive …
fast fastest

heavy heaviest Irregular adjectives

loud loudest Adjective Superlative

dangerous most dangerous good best

bad worst
the
 ou use the before the superlative:
Y
Blue whales are the heaviest animals.

Key vocabulary Animals: blue whale, cheetah, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, snake, tortoise

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 adjetivo a superlativos Elementary Unit 7b
terminado en -est
terminado en "y" -iest Exercises
terminado en "d" -est
palabras que no son monosilabas
Exercises cambiamos a most + adjetivo en su forma normal

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. cuando hay una vocal entre dos
2 The shortest (short) woman in the world is 79 centimetres tall. consonantes se duplica la ultima
consonante y se agrega la
3 The blue whale is the biggest (big) animal in the world. terminacion -est
4 I think snakes are the most dangerous (dangerous) animals.
5 The River Nile in Egypt is the longest (long) river in the world.
6 Damascus in Syria is the oldest (old) city in the world.
7 Luxembourg is the safest (safe) city in Europe. safe: seguro
8 Moscow is the most expensiv (expensive) city in the world.
9 Mount Everest is the highest (high) mountain in the world. high: alto
10 I’m sure elephants are the heaviest (heavy) animals on land. heavy: pesado

2 Write a comparative and superlative sentence with the adjectives. Then listen and check.
1 Animal: tortoise / snake / cheetah (slow) comparaciones: en oraciones donde
A snake is slower than a cheetah. comparamos dos nombres, de la manera
siguiente: Nombre (sujeto) + verbo +
The tortoise is the slowest animal. adjetivo en grado comparativo + than +
nombre (objeto).
2 Country: Ethiopia / Italy / Norway (hot)
Italy is hotter than Norway
Ethiopia is the hottest country
3 Ocean: the Pacific Ocean / the Indian Ocean / the Mediterranean Sea (big)
The Indian Ocean is bigger than the Mediterranean sea
is the biggest ocean
The Pacific Ocean
4 Country: Switzerland / India / Russia (small)
India is smaller than Russia
Switzerland is the smallest
country
5 Transport: aeroplane / car / bicycle (fast)
A car is faster than a bicycle
The aeroplane is the fastest transport

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.
I think Brazil is the best football team in the world
3 Snakes are the more dangerous animals in my country.
Snakes are the most dangerous animals in my country
4 I don’t think he’s a gooder actor than De Niro.
I don't think he´s the best actor than De Niro
5 Your bags are heavy but my bag is the most heavy.
Your bags are heavy but my bag is the heaviest

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