The superlative in English with all the rules and exceptionsTranslate this text using Google Translate.
The superlative in English with all the rules and exceptionsTranslate this text using Google Translate.
the superlative is used to express something at its peak, for example "the tallest tower in the world"
in English, it's pretty simple, almost every time we put "is" at the end of the word, for the example above, the translation is "the tallest tower in the world". We will see the rules of superlatives and irregular words.
If the word has 1 syllable (called a short adjective), we will add "the" + "is" or "st" if the word ends with "e".
ex: cold: "it's the coldest country"
If the word has 2 or more syllables (called a long adjective), we will add "the" + "most" but the word does not change
ex: adorable: "he is the most adorable child i've ever seen"
Then, if a word with 1 syllable ends with "y" we will replace it with an "i"
ex: easy: "this exercise is the easiest"
If we have a short adjective that ends with a vowel followed by a consonant, we will double that consonant followed by "is"
ex: big: "it's the biggest town"
if it's a long adjective, that word doesn't change.
Finally, let's see the irregular words, there are 3: good, bad, and far
The superlative of good is "the best"
The superlative of bad is "the worst"
The superlative of far is "the furthest" or "the farthest".
