SUPERLATIVO DE SUPERIORIDADE

PARA DESTACAR QUE UMA COISA, PESSOA, ANIMAL OU GRUPO TÊM CERTA

CARACTERÍSTICA EM GRAU MAIS ELEVADO DO QUE TODOS OS OUTROS, USA-SE O SUPERLATIVO DE SUPERIORIDADE, QUE

PODE SER FORMADO DER DUAS MANEIRAS

1. ACRESCENTANDO-SE EST/STQUANDO O ADJETIVO É CURTO

LONG – LONGESTLARGE- LARGESTGREAT- GREATEST

2.USANDO-SE MOST ANTES DE ALGUNS ADJETIVOS LONGOS

IMPRESSIVE – MOST IMPRESSIVEPOWERFUL – MOST POWERFULIMPORTANT – MOST IMPORTANT

SE TERMIDADO EM Y SUBSTITUI-SE POR IEST

DRY – DRIESTHAPPY – HAPPIESTFUNNY- FUNNIEST

EASY- EASIEST

ADJETIVOS TERMINADOS EM ow, er, le, PODEM FORMAR SUPERLATIVO DAS DUAS FORMAS

NARROW – MOST NARROW, NARROWEST

CLEVER – MOST CLEVER, CLEVEREST

A MAIORIA DOS SUPERLATIVOS COM ADJETIVOS DISSÍLABOS SÃO FORMADOS COM MOST

MODERN – MOST MODERNFAMOUS – MOST FAMOUSRECENT – MOST RECENT

ADJETIVOS CURTOS FORMADOS PELA SEQUÊNCIA CVC, DOBRA-SE A CONSOANTE FINAL ANTES DE ACRESCENTAR EST

BIG – BIGGESTHOT – HOTTEST

THIN – THINNESTWET - WETTTEST

FORMAS IRREGULARES

GOOD – BESTBAD – WORST

FAR – FARTHEST/FURTHEST

OLD – OLDEST/ ELDEST

OS ADJETIVOS NO GRAU SUPERLATIVO SÃO GERALMENTE

PRECEDIDOS DO ARTIGO DEFINIDO THE

SHE IS THE MOST CLEVEREST STUDENT

THE AMAZON HAS THE LARGEST RIVER BASIN IN THE WORLD

I. Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative)

1.My house is (big)________ than yours. 2.This flower is (beautiful)________ than that

one. 3.This is the (interesting)_________ book I

have ever read. 4.Non-smokers usually live (long)_______

than smokers

5.Which is the (dangerous)_______ animal in the world?

6.A holiday by the sea is (good)______ than a holiday in the mountains.

7.It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) ___________than a beer.

8.Who is the (rich) ____________woman on earth?

9.The weather this summer is even (bad)___________ than last summer.

10He was the (clever)___________ thief of all.

II. Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).  1. Jeremy is 10 years old.  Julie is 8 years old. 

Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie      2.   The Alps are very high.  They are (high) ____________________ mountains in Europe.      3.   An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea.      4.   A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money.   A Twingo costs less money.          A Rolls Royce is (expensive) ________________________ a Twingo. 

5.   John's results were bad.  Fred's results were very poor.  Fred's results were (bad) _______________ John's.      6.   This exercise is not difficult.  It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.      7.   The weather is not good today - it's raining.   I hope the weather will be (good) _______________ next week.      8.   People are not friendly in big cities.  They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in small towns.

9.   In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____________________ person.    10.  People say that Chinese is (difficult) ____________________to learn than English.