English for the beginner elementary course (42)

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Superlative adjectives Why are these things famous? Read and check. The King of Thailand  owns the biggest diamond in the world. It is called The Golden Jubilee and it weighs 2.6Kg. The most expensive car in the world is the Ferrari Enzo Couple. It cost about $ 650,000 and it is also one of the fastest cars: it can go from 0-100 khm in 3.65 seconds. Macy’s in Manhattam, New York, is the busiest (and some people say the best department store in the world. It has ten shopping floors and half a million items for sale. Superlative forms of adjectives We form superlatives with the + est: Kate is the oldest in the family. Or: the+ most + adjective: This is the most expensive restaurant in town. 1. The rules are the same as with comparative forms Adjective Comparative Superlative Spelling rule for adjectives Cheap Kind Cheaper ----------- The cheapest ----------- Most one syllable adjectives: + er/est Nice Large Nicer ----------- The nicest ----------- Ending in e: + r/ st Big Red Bigger ----------- The biggest ----------- Ending in consonant+ vowel + consonant: double the final consonant + er/ est Easy Happy Easier ----------- The easiest ----------- Ending in y: change to ier/iest Famous Beautiful More famous ----------- Most famous ----------- Most two syllable and all three(+) syllable adjectives: most/more+ adjective Good bad Better worse The best The worst Irregular adjectives 2. Add the superlative Adjectives. Then try and answers the questions. a) Who is ------------ (tall) person in our class? b) Who writes ------------ ( fast ) person in our class? c) who is ---------(old) person in our class? d) Who is ------------ (young) person in our class? e) Who is ------------ (attractive) person in our class? f) Who is ------------ (untidy ) person in our class? g) Who is ------------ (intelligent) person in our class? h) Who is ------------ (lazy) person in our class? i) Who is ------------ (funny) person in our class? j) who has got ------( long) hair in our class? The world’s most famous markets Do you want to buy a new pair of sunglasses? The last CD? Or something for your dinner this evening?  Nowadays you can shop by telephone, by post or by internet; but for many people, the most exciting way to shop is also the most traditional- at a street market. You can find market anywhere in the world, Here are five of them ------ 1) The grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, is more than 500 years old and it has more than four thousand shops under one roof! You can buy almost anything, but the most popular items for tourists are the beautiful rugs and carpet. 2) There are many ‘ the floating markets’ in Asia, Perhaps the most famous is in Thiland, at a place called Damnoen Saduak, 100km from the capital city, Bangkok. From six in the morning to midday, every day, people sell fresh tropical fruit and vegetables from their boats. 3) Many Italians say that the Campo de’ Fiori, in the oldest part of Rome, is the most beautiful square ( or ‘piazza’) in the world, It’s the home of a colourful flower, fruit and vegetable market, open from seven o’ clock in the morning to midday everyday expect Sunday. In the evening the piazza become a lively place to meet friends to have a meal. 4). Every year, thousands of people from all over the world travel to Germany to visit the famous Christmas markets. The old town of Nurnberg has the biggest market, open from the end of November until Christmas. Here people can buy toys, hand-mde gifts, Christmas decorations, and food and drink, or they can just enjoy the wonderful atmosphere! 5). One of the world’s strangest markets is in Mexico city: at the Sonora Market. As well as toys and birds, you can buy herbs and natural medicines which ( they say) can help anything – from problems at work to problems with your marriage! It’s open every day from early in the morning till late at night. 3. Read the text and answer the following questions. a) (1) What is the name of the Turkish market in Istanbul?      (2) What can you buy there? b) (1) What time is the Damnoen Saduak market open?    (2)  What do they sell? c) (1) When is the Campo de’ Fiori open?    (2) Where is the market? d) What can you buy at the Sonora Market? e) which market is       (1) the most beautiful?                                     (2) the most famous floating market?                                     (3) one of the most unusual?                                     (4) the most famous Christmas market?

Superlative adjectives

Why are these things famous? Read and check.

The King of Thailand  owns the biggest diamond in the world. It is called The Golden Jubilee and it weighs 2.6Kg. The most expensive car in the world is the Ferrari Enzo Couple. It cost about $ 650,000 and it is also one of the fastest cars: it can go from 0-100 khm in 3.65 seconds. Macy’s in Manhattam, New York, is the busiest (and some people say the best department store in the world. It has ten shopping floors and half a million items for sale.

Superlative forms of adjectives

We form superlatives with the + est: Kate is the oldest in the family.

Or: the+ most + adjective: This is the most expensive restaurant in town.

1. The rules are the same as with comparative forms

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative	Spelling rule for adjectives
Cheap Kind	Cheaper -----------	The cheapest -----------	Most one syllable adjectives: + er/est
Nice Large	Nicer -----------	The nicest -----------	Ending in e: + r/ st
Big Red	Bigger -----------	The biggest -----------	Ending in consonant+ vowel + consonant: double the final consonant + er/ est
Easy Happy	Easier -----------	The easiest -----------	Ending in y: change to ier/iest
Famous Beautiful	More famous -----------	Most famous -----------	Most two syllable and all three(+) syllable adjectives: most/more+ adjective
Good bad	Better worse	The best The worst	Irregular adjectives

2. Add the superlative Adjectives. Then try and answers the questions.

a) Who is ------------ (tall) person in our class?

b) Who writes ------------ ( fast ) person in our class?

c) who is ---------(old) person in our class?

d) Who is ------------ (young) person in our class?

e) Who is ------------ (attractive) person in our class?

f) Who is ------------ (untidy ) person in our class?

g) Who is ------------ (intelligent) person in our class?

h) Who is ------------ (lazy) person in our class?

i) Who is ------------ (funny) person in our class?

j) who has got ------( long) hair in our class?

The world’s most famous markets

Do you want to buy a new pair of sunglasses? The last CD? Or something for your dinner this evening?  Nowadays you can shop by telephone, by post or by internet; but for many people, the most exciting way to shop is also the most traditional- at a street market. You can find market anywhere in the world, Here are five of them ------ 1) The grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, is more than 500 years old and it has more than four thousand shops under one roof! You can buy almost anything, but the most popular items for tourists are the beautiful rugs and carpet. 2) There are many ‘ the floating markets’ in Asia, Perhaps the most famous is in Thiland, at a place called Damnoen Saduak, 100km from the capital city, Bangkok. From six in the morning to midday, every day, people sell fresh tropical fruit and vegetables from their boats. 3) Many Italians say that the Campo de’ Fiori, in the oldest part of Rome, is the most beautiful square ( or ‘piazza’) in the world, It’s the home of a colourful flower, fruit and vegetable market, open from seven o’ clock in the morning to midday everyday expect Sunday. In the evening the piazza become a lively place to meet friends to have a meal. 4). Every year, thousands of people from all over the world travel to Germany to visit the famous Christmas markets. The old town of Nurnberg has the biggest market, open from the end of November until Christmas. Here people can buy toys, hand-mde gifts, Christmas decorations, and food and drink, or they can just enjoy the wonderful atmosphere! 5). One of the world’s strangest markets is in Mexico city: at the Sonora Market. As well as toys and birds, you can buy herbs and natural medicines which ( they say) can help anything – from problems at work to problems with your marriage! It’s open every day from early in the morning till late at night.

3. Read the text and answer the following questions.

a) (1) What is the name of the Turkish market in Istanbul?

     (2) What can you buy there?

b) (1) What time is the Damnoen Saduak market open?

   (2)  What do they sell?

c) (1) When is the Campo de’ Fiori open?

   (2) Where is the market?

d) What can you buy at the Sonora Market?

e) which market is       (1) the most beautiful?

                                    (2) the most famous floating market?

                                    (3) one of the most unusual?

                                    (4) the most famous Christmas market?

                                   

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