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Superlative adjectives

The Pacific Ocean is the

largest ocean in the world.

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In this lesson, you will learn to use adjectives to
describe natural features.

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Describing natural features
Here are the world’s oceans from smallest to largest.

1 Artic Ocean
2 Southern Ocean
3 Indian Ocean
4 Atlantic Ocean
5 Pacific Ocean the largest!

The Pacific Ocean is the largest.

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Describing natural features
Let’s look at the sentence again.

ocean
largest ocean.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest.

It’s the largest …?

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Describing natural features
Let’s look at the sentence again.

in the world
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean
ocean.
in the world.

It’s the largest ocean in …?

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Describing natural features
We can use this structure to talk about different amazing
world records.

adjective feature
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean
in the world.
location

Let’s form sentences about

other amazing records.

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Describing natural features
What does this table tell us?
Top 5 highest mountains in the world
Mountain Height (metres)
1 Mount Everest 8,848 the highest!
2 Mount K2 8,611
3 Mount Kanchenjunga 8,586
4 Mount Lhotse 8,511
5 Mount Makalu 8,462

Mount Everest is the highest mountain

in the world.

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Describing natural features
What does this table tell us?
Top 5 tallest buildings in Hong Kong
Building Height (metres)
1 International Commerce Centre (ICC) 484 the tallest!
2 Two International Finance Centre 416
3 Central Plaza 374
4 Bank of China Tower 367
5 The Centre 346

ICC is the tallest building in Hong Kong.

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Quick Check

1. Fill in the blank.

No desert is
larger than this!

The Sahara Desert isthe largest desert

_____________________ in
the world.

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Quick Check

2. Fill in the blank.

Crater Lake
No lake is deeper
than this in the
United States!

the deepest lake in the

Crater lake is _____________________
United States.

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Quick Check

3. Fill in the blank.

No waterfall is higher than
Angel Falls
this in the world!

the highest
Angel Falls is ______________
waterfall in the world .
_________________________

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Quick Check

4. Fill in the blank.

the Nile
No river is
longer than this
in the world!

The Nile is the longest river in the world .

___________________________________

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 Well done!

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Answer Key

1. 4.

the largest desert is the longest river in

2. the world
the deepest lake
3.
the highest waterfall
in the world
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