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Superlative Adjectives

THE + SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE + NOUN

++One and two syllables++

General rule: add -est

Adjective	Superlative
tall	the tallest
long	the longest

Examples:

Sarah is the tallest girl in our classroom.
Titanic is the longest movie I have ever seen.

If the adjective ends in e, add -st

Adjective	Superlative
nice	the nicest
large	the largest

Examples:

Martha is the nicest person I know.
Brazil is the largest country in South America.

If the adjective ends in CVC (consonant + single vowel + consonant), we double the final consonant and add -est

Adjective	Superlative
big	the biggest
sad	the saddest

Examples:

What is the biggest animal in the world?
“Tears in heaven” is the saddest song I can remember.

If the adjective ends in consonant + y, change the y to an i and add -est

Adjective	Superlative
happy	the happiest
busy	the busiest

Examples:

My wedding day was the happiest day of my life!
Johnny is the busiest person at the office.

++Two and three or more syllables++

Put most in front of the adjective

Adjective	Superlative
beautiful	the most beautiful
perfect	the most perfect
expensive	the most expensive

Examples:

My daughter is the most beautiful baby ever.
That’s the most perfect artwork I have seen.
We can’t fly first class. Those are the most expensive tickets.

List of two-syllable adjectives you can either add -est or put most in front

common
narrow
cruel
pleasant
gentle
polite
handsome
simple
likely
stupid

Examples:

This is the most simple way to explain the exercise.
This is the simplest way to explain the exercise.
Let’s ask Martin to speak to the principal. He is the most polite person here.
Let’s ask Martin to speak to the principal. He is the politest person here.

Irregular superlatives

Adjective	Superlative
bad	the worst
far	the farthest / the furthest
good	the best
little	the least
much	the most

Examples:

My grandma bakes the best cookies.
Nothing works! This is the worst system I’ve ever worked with!

Formación de Adjetivos Superlativos en Inglés

Comentarios

Javier Ramos

student•

Titanic isn't the longest movie i have a ever seen, Dances with wolves that's the longest movie i have a ever seen

Isabel Yepes

student•

😄 The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is the longest movie I have ever seen. It's running time is 3h 21min!

Actually, there are a lot of movies with long running time 👇

source: Wikipedia

Nestor Jesus Rodriguez Rodriguez

student•

The longest film I have ever seen is The Avengers: Infinity War

Carolina Huseby

student•

my sentences:

Domi is the smallest dog i have.
The library of my university is the most quiet room.
La Pedrera is the biggest stadium in the city.
On my forties i will do the biggest party of my life.
Cloudy days are the saddest.
My sister is the smartest girl in the class.
The cheetah is the fastest feline in the world.
That baby is the cutest i´ve ever know.
This nurse is the nicest of the entire hospital.
Einstein had one of the brightest mind of the world.

Santiago Bernabé Escalante Jiménez

student•

Excellent

Vanessa De la Hoz

student•

Great contribution!

Cristobal Nyram

student•

Help for you

Narrow !estrecho

Gentle !suave-tierno

Polite

!amable o gentil

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Dani Landa

student•

Hello Cristobal! This is a great aporte! Thank you so much! Personally, I think this is a great help. But the most important is you, what do you think is better for your learning process? :D

Ulises Rodríguez

student•

Qué mal hábito te colocar aportes en las preguntas para buscar resaltar. Te daría dislike pero no se puede.

DANIEL OCHOA

student•

Carlos is the tallest player in the soccer team.
Liz is the most beautiful girl in the collegue.
Pedro is the thinnest model in the agency.
Coconut milk is the most expensive beverage I bought.
luis is the most polite gentleman I met.
This carrot cake is the most delicious I eat.
Sofia Loren was the most gorgeous actress in the 70s
This coffee is the most bitter I have ever drank.
Manhattan is the fanciest restaurant in Lima.
Completing Matematic course is the simplest way to explain data science

Santiago Bernabé Escalante Jiménez

student•

Perfect answer

Jefferson Edgardo Zelaya Rodríguez

student•

excelent :o

Santiago Bernabé Escalante Jiménez

student•

Yes

Erick Antonio Portillo Ramírez

student•

good

Santiago Bernabé Escalante Jiménez

student•

Yesh

Delmy Melendez

student•

Good nainth

Santiago Bernabé Escalante Jiménez

student•

Thanks

John Arley Murillo Vergara

student•

I’m the most important person that you never seen - maybe ?

Delgado Yepez, Carol Andrea

student•

Esta clase de superlativos es muy importante porque su uso es cotidiano. Quisiera saber , si los colores al ser adjetivos, siguen las mismas reglas para formar el surperlativos.

Joaquin Ignacio Pinto Reynolds

student•

Gramaticalmente, los colores son adjetivos, así que podrías formar superlativos:

dark → the darkest
light → the lightest
bright → the brightes.

Carlos Rafael Córdova Flores

student•

What is the difference between ...

I have ever seen
I have seen or
I have ever read
I have read

I saw both ways to write those sentences

Cesar Eduardo Cordero Caicedo

Team Platzi•

Hi Carlos! Both of them are correct. . "ever" is used to emphasize the message you are giving. . Interstellar is the best movies I have (ever) seen.

Ana Gabriela

student•

List of two-syllable adjectives you can either add -est or put most in front:

COMMON: commonest
NARROW: narrowest
CRUEL: cruelest
PLEASANT: pleasantest
GENTLE: gentlest
POLITE: politest
HANDSOME: the most handsome
SIMPLE: simplest/ the most simple
LIKELY: the most likely
STUPID: stupidiest

César Augusto López González

student•

My house is the biggest. This car is the fastest. She is the happiest. Today is the coldest day. This book is the most interesting. That mountain is the most beautiful.

Mariana Cruz Hernández

student•

Valeria is the tallest in the classroom.
My lover is the best player in Call Of Duty (Warzone)
he is the most expresive with the parients

Karla Merlos

student•

How is the superlave for awful? awfulest or most awful

Oscar Andrey Martinez Calderon

student•

Awfullest and most awful are correct because it has two syllables

Jackelinne Lissette Vargas Gómez

student•

++List of two-syllable adjectives you can either add -est or put most in front:++

COMMON: commonest
NARROW: narrowest
CRUEL: cruelest
PLEASANT: pleasantest
GENTLE: gentlest
POLITE: politest
HANDSOME: the most handsome
SIMPLE: simplest/ the most simple
LIKELY: the most likely
STUPID: stupidiest

Jeimi Beatriz López

student•

Titanic isn’t the longest movie i have a ever seen, Dances with wolves that’s the longest movie i have a ever seen

Marcela Alejandra Madrid López

student•

my sentences:

Seidy Merary Martinez Pacheco

student•

my sentences:

Domi is the smallest dog i have. The library of my university is the most quiet room. La Pedrera is the biggest stadium in the city. On my forties i will do the biggest party of my life. Cloudy days are the saddest. My sister is the smartest girl in the class. The cheetah is the fastest feline in the world. That baby is the cutest i´ve ever know. This nurse is the nicest of the entire hospital. Einstein had one of the brightest mind of the world.

Luis Ángel Jiménez Vásquez

student•

Carlos is the tallest player in the soccer team. Liz is the most beautiful girl in the collegue. Pedro is the thinnest model in the agency. Coconut milk is the most expensive beverage I bought. luis is the most polite gentleman I met. This carrot cake is the most delicious I eat. Sofia Loren was the most gorgeous actress in the 70s This coffee is the most bitter I have ever drank. Manhattan is the fanciest restaurant in Lima. Completing Matematic course is the simplest way to explain data science

Luis Ángel Jiménez Vásquez

student•

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Adjective

Superlative

tall

the tallest

long

the longest

Adjective

Superlative

nice

the nicest

large

the largest

Adjective

Superlative

big

the biggest

sad

the saddest

Adjective

Superlative

happy

the happiest

busy

the busiest

Adjective

Superlative

beautiful

the most beautiful

perfect

the most perfect

expensive

the most expensive

Adjective

Superlative

bad

the worst

far

the farthest / the furthest

good

the best

little

the least

much

the most

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