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A1 Grammar • 12 Minutes Topic: The Sun, Moon and Stars

Superlative adjectives

Learn how to talk about the highest or top thing in a group using the sun, moon, and stars.

📌 How to use this lesson

Teacher's Guide

Use this 12-minute lesson to introduce short and long superlative words with space examples.
Check the answers together after each part. Use the right and wrong boxes to explain mistakes.

Learner's Steps

Read the 4 easy rules and check the right and wrong example boxes first.
Then answer the 12 practice questions below from easy to hard to test your knowledge.

Grammar Rules: Superlative Adjectives

Study how we make the top form of words before starting practice.

Short words (1 beat)

For a short word of one beat, put the before it and add -est to the end. If the word ends in -e, add only -st. Never use most with short words.

Right Form

old → the oldest | large → the largest

That is the oldest tree in our street.
That is the largest galaxy in the picture.

Wrong Form

the most old | the most large

That is the most old tree in our street.
That is the most large galaxy in the picture.

Short words: big, hot and happy

For a short word with one vowel + one consonant at the end, double the last letter. If a word ends in -y, change y to i and add -est.

Right Form

hot → the hottest | happy → the happiest

Mai is the happiest girl in our class.
Today is the hottest day of the week.

Wrong Form

the hotest | the happyest

Mai is the happyest girl in our class.
Today is the hotest day of the week.

Long words (2 or more beats)

For a long word (two beats or more) that does not end in -y, put the most before the word. Do not add -est to long words.

Right Form

beautiful → the most beautiful

This is the most beautiful view in the town.
The spaceship is the most expensive toy in the shop.

Wrong Form

the beautifulest | the most expensivest

This is the beautifulest view in the town.
The spaceship is the most expensivest toy in the shop.

Using "in" and "of"

Always put the before a superlative word. Use in for a place or group. Use of for a number or all.

Right Form

in the sky / galaxy | of all / of the three

She is the youngest of the three sisters.
This comet is the fastest object in the galaxy.

Wrong Form

youngest in the three | fastest of the galaxy

She is the youngest in the three sisters.
This comet is the fastest object of the galaxy.

Sentence Pattern

"The sunshine is the brightest light in the sky."

Practice Exercises

Complete all 12 items below to test your understanding.

Part 1: Choose the correct sentence

1. Choose the correct sentence about sunshine: [rank]

____ a. The sun gives the most bright sunshine. ____ b. The sun gives the brightest sunshine. ____ c. The sun gives the brighted sunshine.

2. Choose the correct sentence about a spaceship: [rank]

____ a. It flies the farthest distance in kilometres. ____ b. It flies the farrest distance in kilometres. ____ c. It flies the most far distance in kilometres.

3. Choose the correct sentence about the galaxy: [rank]

____ a. The galaxy is the most interesting picture in the book. ____ b. The galaxy is the interestingest picture in the book. ____ c. The galaxy is most interesting picture in the book.

Part 2: Rewrite the idea as one sentence

4. Rewrite: "This comet, fast, the sky" [rewrite]

Type a full sentence using the superlative word and 'in'.

____

5. Rewrite: "The sunrise, clear view, of the day" [rewrite]

Type a full sentence using the superlative word and 'of'.

____

6. Rewrite: "Earth, safe home, of all planets" [rewrite]

Type a full sentence using the superlative word and 'of'.

____

Part 3: Fill the gaps with the correct superlative form

7. The sun's light makes today the ____ (hot) day of the year. [spelling]

8. This shiny spaceship travels the ____ (long) distance in kilometres. [form]

9. Looking at the stars at night is the ____ (peaceful) moment on Earth. [form]

Part 4: Correct the error in a short message

💬 Message from Alex:

"Hi Sam! Look up! That comet is the most bright thing in the sky tonight!"

10. Fix the mistake in the message: [mistake]

____

💬 Message from Kim:

"Hey! The galaxy view from our hill is the beautifulest of all!"

11. Fix the mistake in the message: [mistake]

____

💬 Message from Ben:

"Hello! Sunrise is the best time of day, and today has the bigest sunshine ever!"

12. Fix the spelling mistake in the message: [mistake]

____

Superlative adjectives

Superlative adjectives

📌 How to use this lesson

Teacher's Guide

Learner's Steps

Grammar Rules: Superlative Adjectives

Short words (1 beat)

Short words: big, hot and happy

Long words (2 or more beats)

Using "in" and "of"

Sentence Pattern

Practice Exercises

Part 1: Choose the correct sentence

Part 2: Rewrite the idea as one sentence

Part 3: Fill the gaps with the correct superlative form

Part 4: Correct the error in a short message

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