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The superlative is used to say what thing or person has the most of a particular quality within a group or of its kind. Superlative adjectives normallycome before any other adjectives.
Forming the superlative
Form | Rule | For example |
Words of one syllable ending in 'e'. | Add -st to the end of the word. | wide -widest |
Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. | Double the consonant and add -est to the end of the word. | big - biggest |
Words of onesyllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. | Add - est to the end of the word. | high - highest |
Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'. | Change'y' to 'i', and add -est to the end of the word. | happy - happiest |
Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'. | Place 'the most' before the adjective. |beautiful - the most beautiful |
The following adjectives are exceptions:
The following adjectives are exceptions:
'good' becomes 'the best'
'bad' becomes 'the worst'
'far'becomes 'the furthest'
For example:
"Jill is the best student in the class ."
"Jack is the worst student in the class."
"In our solar system the planet Pluto is thefurthest planet from the Sun."
!Note - superlatives are usually preceded by 'the'.
For example:"The Rio de la Plata river, on the southeast coastline of South America, is thewidest river in the world."
According to the List of World records Carol Yager (1960-1994), from Michigan, is the fattest person ever to live, weighing 725 kg (1,600 lb).
"MountEverest is the highest mountain in the world."
"I think that Castle Combe is the prettiest village in England."
"Arguably, Rome is the most beautiful city in the world."
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