Superlative adjectives

 

Superlative adjectives

 

Superlative adjectives are used to highlight that a thing or person is the most of a group and helps us for highlighting that something or someone is at the upper or lower limit of quality.

There are four different types of comparative adjectives.

The first type 

Short adjectives or one syllable adjectives
These adjectives are made by adding the article “the” before the adjective and the letters “est” at the end of the adjective

For example

• My dad is the tallest at home
• This mountain is the highest in the world.

Here the adjectives used are short adjectives also called one syllable superlative adjectives. There are also adjectives that end in consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC) like “big”, with those adjectives is necessary to double the last consonant to make the superlative adjective.

• That one is the biggest ball in this room

As we can see in the example above, “big” ends in CVC that’s why we need to double the las consonant to make the superlative form.

Second type

Superlative adjectives with two or more syllables ending in “y”.

For these adjectives we need to replace the letter “y” with “iest” + and use the article “the” before the adjective.

For example

• This cell phone is the heaviest I’ve ever seen. 
• My uncle is the busiest person I know.

Third type

Long adjectives or superlative adjectives with two, three, four or more syllables.

For these adjectives we need to add the article “the” + the  word “most” before the adjective.
The structure is the next one; “the  + most + adjective” or “the  + least + adjective” (to make negative sentences)

For example

• This test is the most important of the school year. Not: This test is the most importantest of the school year.
• My last cellphone was the most expensive I have bought. Not: My last cellphone was the most expensivest I have bought.
• This videogame is the least expensive I found in the store. Not: This videogame is the least expensivest I found in the store.

Remember that you have to follow the spelling rule because if you don’t do this you could make a lot spelling mistakes, for example you may write “she is the most tallest person here” which is wrong because the first rule written at the beginning tells us that short adjectives or adjectives with just one syllable need only the article “the” before the adjective and the letters “est” at the end of the adjective to become them in superlative adjective, therefore the correct way is; “She the tallest person here” Not “she is the most tallest person here”.

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