East or west, home is best.

CONSOLIDATION.

Write the questions using the cues and then try to find out the answers.

a. high mountain? What is the highest mountain in the world?

Mount Everest.

b. country/big population? ___________________________

c. dangerous / see animal? ___________________________

d. large/land animal? _______________________________

e. tall/animal? _____________________________________

f. fast/animal? _____________________________________

SUPERLATIVES [1, p. 132]

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
cold	colder	the coldest	one-syllable: + er (Comparative) the and + est (Superlative)
hot big	hotter bigger	the hottest the biggest	one vowel + one consonant: double final consonant
pretty busy	prettier busier	the prettiest the busiest	consonant + y: y + ier
beautiful relaxed	more beautiful more relaxed	themost beautiful the most relaxed	two or more syllables: more(Comparative) or the most (Superlative) + adjective
good	better	the best	Irregular
bad	worse	the worst
far	further	the furthest

You use superlative adjectives to compare people / things with all the other people / things in their group. We often use a superlative with the present perfect.

Mohamed Ali was the greatest sportsman of all time. Football is the most popular sport in the world. Russia is the coldest place we’ve ever been to. It’s the most beautiful church I’ve ever seen.

Exercise 1 Complete the sentences with a superlative.

Is this the noisiest city in the world? (noisy)

a. Yesterday was ______ day of the year. (hot)

b. This is ____________ time to drive through the city centre. (bad)

c. She’s _____________ person in the class. (friendly)

d. This is ____________ part of the exam. (important)

e. It’s _____________ city in the world. (polluted)

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