Superlative adjectives

450 fill-in-the-gap exercises, 45 tests of ten

For the top or bottom of a group. Almost always with the in front.

It was the sentence

the coldest superlative

winter in fifty years the group compared

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Short words take -est, long words take the most, and the irregulars are the same four:

good → the best, bad → the worst, far → the furthest, little → the least

A superlative points at one specific thing, so it needs the definite article:

the fastest route, the most expensive option

A possessive can replace it: my best friend, his worst mistake.

The group being compared usually follows:

That last pattern always takes the present perfect: the best meal I have ever had.

Followed by a plural noun, which surprises people:

It is one of the oldest buildings in Europe. — not one of the oldest building.

Further and farther both work for distance. Only further works for anything abstract:

ten miles further / farther — both fine further information — only this one

Taken from the 450 sentences in this drill. The answer is highlighted.

Wrong: She is best student in the class. correct: She is the best student in the class.

A superlative normally takes the.

Wrong: It is the most easiest. correct: It is the easiest.

Never combine the most with an -est form.

Wrong: the most tall building correct: the tallest building

Tall is one syllable, so it takes -est.

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