Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Practice #18 - Using Superlatives - Exercises
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Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? It was one of the days of my life. It was one of the days of my life. Worst. Worst. It was one of the worst days of my life. It was one of the worst days of my life.

The superlative for the word bad is irregular. It does not follow the pattern of appending est to bad. Instead of saying baddest, we use worst. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? That home run was the I've ever seen. That home run was the I've ever seen. Coolest. Coolest. That home run was the coolest I've ever seen.

That home run was the coolest I've ever seen. Cool is a one syllable adjective. So to make the superlative form, we add est to the end. This forms coolest, our answer. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? Traveling to Hawaii was the trip I've ever taken. Traveling to Hawaii was the trip I've ever taken. Most exciting.

Most exciting. Traveling to Hawaii was the most exciting trip I've ever taken. Traveling to Hawaii was the most exciting trip I've ever taken. Exciting is more than one syllable, so instead of adding -est, we put the word most in front of it, forming the superlative most exciting. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready?

Deciding to open the coffee shop was one of the things I've ever done. Scariest. Deciding to open the coffee shop was one of the scariest things I've ever done.

Scary is a two syllable adjective, but it ends in the letter Y. So first we change the Y to an I and then we add est to the end to form scariest. Unscramble the words to make a sentence. That. That turtle. That turtle is...

That turtle is the... That turtle is the oldest... That turtle is the oldest pet... That turtle is the oldest pet I... That turtle is the oldest pet I have. That turtle is the oldest pet I have. Unscramble the words to make a sentence. Smith

Smith is... Smith is the... Smith is the most... Smith is the most common... Smith is the most common English... Smith is the most common English family... Smith is the most common English family name.

Smith is the most common English family name. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? Coming back to New York was the best or goodest decision I've ever made. Coming back to New York was the best or goodest decision I've ever made. Best.

Best. Coming back to New York was the best decision I've ever made. The superlative for the word good is irregular. It does not follow the pattern of appending est to good. So instead of goodest, we say best. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The fireworks show was the impressivest or most impressive one I've seen.

The fireworks show was the impressivest or most impressive one I've seen. Most impressive. Most impressive. The fireworks show was the most impressive one I've seen. Most impressive is used here because impressive has multiple syllables. So to form the superlative form, we add the word most before the word impressive.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The redwood is one of the hardiest, or hardiest, trees there is. The redwood is one of the hardiest, or hardiest, trees there is. Hardiest, hardiest. The redwood is one of the hardiest trees there is.

Hardiest is used here because hardy ends with the letter Y. So the letter Y is turned into an I and then est is added at the end of the word. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? This was one of the most easy or easiest tests I've ever taken. This was one of the most easy or easiest tests I've ever taken. Easiest, easiest.

This was one of the easiest tests I've ever taken. Easiest is used here because easy is a two-syllable adjective which ends in Y. If it didn't end in Y like common, we could add most before the word to form the superlative. Instead, we change the Y to an I and then add est. Listen to what I say and try to match it with the correct answer.

I will say a sentence using the superlative form of an adjective. Can you match it to the base form of the adjective? Coming back to New York was the best decision I've made. Listen one more time. Coming back to New York was the best decision I've made. Did you hear the best? The best is the superlative form of good. How about deciding to open the coffee shop was the scariest thing I've done. Let's listen one more time.

Deciding to open the coffee shop was the scariest thing I've done. Did you hear the scariest? The scariest is the superlative form of scary. Next. The fireworks show was the most impressive one I've seen. One more time. The fireworks show was the most impressive one I've seen. Did you hear the most impressive? The most impressive is the superlative form of impressive. Next.

That home run was the coolest I've seen. One more time. That home run was the coolest I've seen. Did you hear the coolest? The coolest is the superlative form of cool. And traveling to Hawaii was the most exciting trip I've ever taken. One more time. Traveling to Hawaii was the most exciting trip I've ever taken. Did you hear the most exciting?

The most exciting is the superlative form of exciting. Thank you for watching. Now you know how to use superlatives in English. And now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on EnglishClass101.com.