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Worksheet 12
Superlative adjectives
1 Complete the table with the superlative form of the adjectives. Adjective bad beautiful big dangerous difficult fast friendlygood intelligent loud popular slow small strange ugly 2 Superlative form Remember – Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest – Short adjectives ending in one consonant double last letter + est: hot –hottest – Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most + adjective: most amazing – Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.

Complete using the correct form of the adjective in brackets.ROSIE SARA ROSIE SARA ROSIE SARA ROSIE SARA ROSIE SARA ROSIE SARA ROSIE Wow! This is a really difficult quiz. Yes, but I really want to win. Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the (1)________________________ (big) animal in the world? The elephant. No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale. Yes, you’re right. And the (2) ________________________ (fast) animal is the cheetah.Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the (3) ________________________ (dangerous) animal in the world? No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are because their bite can give you malaria. What about this question? Whatis the (4) ________________________ (tall) animal? Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe. Of course. Okay, here’s the last question. What is the (5) ________________________ (loud) animal? Wow! That’s the(6) ________________________ (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.

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Worksheet 12
3 Write sentences about the animals from the box using the prompts.tortoise blue whale cheetah mosquito cat hippo dolphin

e.g.

tortoise / small The tortoise is the smallest.
blue whale / big
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