8/17/2019 Superlatives ESL Lesson

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THE BEST OPTION

1. Look at the pictures of these big shopping centres / department stores. What country is

each of them located? What things can you buy at a shopping centre?

Shinsegae

2. A) Read about Shinsegae, the biggest shopping centre in the wor ld and complete the table.

B) Read the text again and complete this table

Location Busan, South Korea

It opened in… 

Shinsegae means… 

Size

There are expensivebrands like… 

 Adjective Comparative Superlative

big   bigger    biggest

good better

busy busier

new newer

impressive more impressive

expensive more expensive

beautiful more beautiful

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3. Read the fol lowing sentences and answer the questions.

The biggest shopping centre in the world is Shinsegae.

Cancun is Mexico’s most popular  beach.

José is my best friend.

a) We use superlatives to ______________ ______________ or more things, people or places.

b) What words can go before superlatives? ___________ ___________ ___________

c) Complete the table

Short adjectives Superlative Rule

small   smallest +est 

nice  +

big biggest +pretty  +Long adjectives

expensive +

Irregular adjectives

good

bad

far farthest

d) Listen to the pronunciation of the following sentence. Imitate the stress  and mark the sentencestress in the other two sentences.

       

It’s the most beautiful place in the world. 

He’s John’s best friend. 

Dave is her oldest child.

4. Write the superlative for the following adjectives.a) rich richest f) busyb) difficult g) oldc) easy h) large

d) fast j) beautifule) tall k) good

5. Write sentences using the superlative.

a) I am the smartest student in the class._________________________________ ( I/ smart)

b) _________________________________________________ ________  ______ ( Tokyo / populated)

c) _____________________________________________ ________  __________ ( Everest / tall)

d) _______________________________________________ ________  ________ ( Cheetah / fast)

6. Work in small groups and write 5 questions using superlatives. Use the words from the box.

subject classmate family membersong actor/actress sport

movie food teacher

beautiful tall intelligentgood bad exciting

nice difficult interesting

Student A: Who is the most beautiful actress? 

Student B: Mmm… I think Scarlett Johanson is the most beautiful actress.

1._______________________________________________? ____________ ____________ ____________

2.._______________________________________________? ____________ ____________ ____________

3.._______________________________________________? ____________ ____________ ____________

4.________________________________________________? ____________ ____________ ____________

5.________________________________________________? ____________ ____________ ____________

7. Ask three different classmates the questions and write their answers.