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The superlative is used to say what thing or person has the most of a particular quality within a group or of its kind. Superlative adjectives normally.

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2 The superlative is used to say what thing or person has the most of a particular quality within a group or of its kind. Superlative adjectives normally come before any other adjectives.

3 Forming the superlative FormRuleFor example Words of one syllable ending in 'e'. Add -st to the end of the word. wide - widest Words of one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Double the consonant and add -est to the end of the word. big - biggest Words of one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end. Add - est to the end of the word. high - highest Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'. Change 'y' to 'i', and add - est to the end of the word. happy - happiest Words of two syllables or more, not ending in 'y'. Place 'the most' before the adjective. beautiful - the most beautiful

4 The following adjectives are exceptions good' becomes 'the best' 'bad' becomes 'the worst' 'far' becomes 'the furthest'

5 Examples Jill is the best student in the class. Jack is the worst student in the class. In our solar system the planet Pluto is the furthest planet from the Sun. The Rio de la Plata river, on the southeast coastline of South America, is the widest river in the world. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world

6 Translate into English Byl to nejnudnější film, který jsem kdy viděl. It was the most boring film I have ever seen.

7 Translate into English Ten hotel je nejlevnější v Praze. This hotel is the cheapest in Prague.

8 Translate into English Jaké je nejdůležitější rozhodnutí, které jsi kdy musel udělat? What is the most important decision you have ever had to make?

9 Translate into English Jaký byl tvůj nejšťastnější den v životě? What was the happiest day of your life?

10 Translate into English Je to jeden z nejlepších pokojů v našem hotelu. It is one of the best rooms in our hotel.

11 Použité zdroje NEUVEDEN, Neuveden. www.learnenglish.de [online]. [cit. 28.5.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adjectiveirregul ar.html


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