Write meaningful sentences using the superlative with long adjectives.
Playing sports/ common/ activity/ in/ my city.
Playing sports/ common/ activity/ in/ my city.
- common tính từ dài nên sử dụng cấu trúc so sánh tính từ dài
Cấu trúc: S + be + the most + adj
=> Playing sports is the most common activity in my city.
Tạm dịch: Chơi thể thao là hoạt động phổ biến nhất ở thành phố của tôi.
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Exercise 1. Write the superlative form of the adjectives in the table.
(Viết dạng so sánh nhất của tính từ trong bảng.)
Short adjectives |
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Regular End in –e End in consonant + y End in consonant + vowel + consonant |
Adjective dull, weird, slow rare, safe ugly, pretty big, hot |
Superlative the dullest …………… , .…………… …………… , .…………… …………… , .…………… …………… , .…………… |
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Long adjectives |
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Adjective colourful common expensive |
Superlative the most colourful …………… …………… |
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Irregular |
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Adjective bad good far |
Superlative the worst …………… the furthest/ the farthest |
Exercise 2. Complete the text using the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
(Hoàn thành văn bản sử dụng dạng so sánh nhất của tính từ trong ngoặc.)
CÚC PHƯƠNG NATIONAL PARK
When is the best time to visit?
The (1. hot) …………….. season is from May to September. The (2. warm) …………….. month is July with an average maximum temperature of 33°C. The (3. cold) …………….. month is January with an average maximum temperature of 19°C. The (4. good) …………….. time to explore Cúc Phương National Park is the dry season, from December to April.
Are there any mountains?
Yes. There are many limestone mountains. The (5. high) …………….. peak is Mây Bạc with 648 metres above sea level.
What animals can I see?
There are more than 300 species of birds and 135 mammal species. The (6. interesting) ……………..animal is the Delacour's Langur, one of the rarest primates on earth.
Exercise 3. Read the Study Strategy. Then write five sentences with your ideas. Use the adjectives and the topics in the boxes. Compare with a partner.
(Đọc Chiến thuật học tập. Sau đó viết 5 câu với ý tưởng của em. Sử dụng các tính từ và các chủ đề trong khung. So sánh với bạn của em.)
STUDY STRATEGY |
Improving your grammar Inventing sentences is a good way to remember grammar rules and improve your grammar. |
good bad boring pretty nice horrible |
film star animal team friend place food |
- I think the best football team is Arsenal.
(Tôi nghĩ đội bóng giỏi nhất là Arsenal.)
- In my opinion, the most horrible animals are spiders.
(Theo tôi, loài vật đáng sợ nhất là nhện.)
Exercise 4. USE IT! Work in pairs. Read the text in exercise 2 again. Ask and answer questions with superlative adjectives for clues 1-6.
(Thực hành! Làm việc theo cặp. Đọc lại văn bản ở bài 2. Hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi với tính từ so sánh nhất theo gợi ý 1-6.)
1. May to September
2. July
3. January
4. December to April
5. Mây Bạc
6. Delacour's Langur
LANGUAGE FOCUS Superlative adjectives
(NGỮ PHÁP: So sánh nhất của tính từ)
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with a superlative adjective.
(Hoàn thành câu với so sánh nhất của tính từ.)
1. This village isn't noisy. It's one of................(quiet) places in our country.
2. I like that Italian restaurant - they have...................... (big) pizzas in town!
3. The museum in our capital city is fantastic. It's one of.................. (interesting) museums in the world.
4. They never go to that swimming pool. It's............... (bad) swimming pool in the area.
5. This office building is horrible. It's ................ (ugly) building in the city.
6. Do you like this park? - Yes, it's one of.......................(beautiful) parks in the country.
7. There are a lot of rats in the world - they are one of........................ (common) animals.
8. We like that American actor. He is..................... (good) actor in Hollywood.
4. Read the theory box. How do we form the superlative degree of short/long adjectives? Which words do we use with an adjective in the superlative form?
(Đọc bảng lý thuyết. Chúng ta hình thành dạng so sánh nhất của tính từ ngắn/ dài như thế nào? Chúng ta sử dụng từ nào với dạng tính từ so sánh nhất?)
Superlative (so sánh nhất)
|
adjective (tính từ) |
comparative (so sánh hơn) |
superlative (so sánh nhất) |
short adjectives (tính từ ngắn) |
small large big tasty |
smaller (than) larger (than) bigger (than) tastier (than) |
the smallest (of/in) the largest (of/in) the biggest (of/in) the tastiest (of/in) |
long adjectives (tính từ dài) |
expensive |
more expensive (than) |
the most expensive (of/ in) |
Note: clever, common, friendly, narrow, form their superlative with –est or the most (Chú ý: clever, common, friendly, narrow có hình thức so sánh nhất với -est hoặc the most) friendly – the most friendly/ the most friendly Irregular adjectives: (Tính từ bất quy tắc) good – the best bad – the worst (a) little – the least many / much – the most Special case: a lot of – the most (Trường hợp đặc biệt) |
- This is the friendliest restaurant in town.
(Đây là nhà hàng thân thiện nhất trong thị trấn.)
- It is the most expensive as well.
(Nó cũng là nhà hàng đắt nhất nữa.)
5. Write the superlative form.
(Viết dạng so sánh nhất.)
1. cheap – the cheapest 2. clever - _________ 3. good - _________ 4. crowded - _________ |
5. difficult - _________ 6. spicy - _________ 7. a lot of - _________ 8. a little - _________ |
6. Put the adjectives in brackets into the superlative form.
(Chia tính từ trong ngoặc ở dạng so sánh nhất.)
1. Marco's is _____________ (popular) restaurant in town.
2. This is _____________ (easy) dish ever!
3. This café is _____________ (old) in the area.
4. This is _____________ (good) place to eat Thai fish pie.
5. This is _____________ (delicious) dish on the menu.
2. Study the Grammar box. Find examples of superlatives in the dialogue.
(Nghiên cứu khung Ngữ pháp. Tìm các ví dụ so sánh nhất trong bài hội thoại.)
Grammar |
Superlatives (So sánh nhất) |
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Adjective (Tính từ) |
Comparative (So sánh hơn) |
Superlative (So sánh nhất) |
cool (tuyệt vời) |
cooler |
the coolest |
beautiful (xinh đẹp) |
more beautiful |
the most beautiful |
fit (cân đối) |
fitter |
the fittest |
lazy (lười biếng) |
lazier |
the laziest |
original (độc đáo) |
more original |
the most original |
good (tốt) |
better |
the best |
bad (tệ) |
worse |
the worst |
5. Complete the questions with the superlative forms of the adjectives in brackets. In pairs, ask and answer the questions.
(Hoàn thành nhưng câu hỏi sau bằng những tính từ so sánh nhất trong khung. Theo cặp, các em hãy hỏi và trả lời nhau các câu sau.)
1. Write the superlative forms of the given adjectives.
(Viết các dạng so sánh nhất của các tính từ đã cho.)
bad beautiful cold common exciting famous far good hot noisy strange |
Short adjectives Regular the coldest End in –e .................... End in consonant + -y .................... End in consonant + vowel + consonant .................... |
Long adjectives ................................ ................................. ................................ ................................. |
Irregular ................................ ................................. |
2. Complete the questions with a superlative adjective. Then do the Animal Quiz.
(Hoàn thành các câu hỏi với một tính từ so sánh nhất. Sau đó thực hiện Câu đố về động vật.)
The tallest (tall) animal in the world is the _____ .
a. elephant b. ostrich c. giraffe
(Con vật cao nhất trên thế giới là hươu cao cổ.)
1. The ____(big) animal in the world is the ____
a. African elephant b. blue whale c. brown bear
2. The ____ (old) zoo in the world is in Vienna, Austria. It is more than ____ years old.
a. 100 b. 150 c. 250
3. One of the ____(common) wild animals in the UK is the ____
a. rabbit b. bear c. snake
4. The ____ (long) snakes in the world live in ____
a. Africa b. India c. Southeast Asia
5. The ____ (busy) zoo in Europe is in ____. There are about three million visitors every year.
a. Prague b. Berlin c. Paris
3. Complete the sentences with a superlative adjective.
(Hoàn thành các câu với một tính từ so sánh nhất.)
That mountain is very high. It's the highest mountain in the country.
(Ngọn núi đó rất cao. Đó là ngọn núi cao nhất trong cả nước.)
1. Look at this colourful butterfly! It's _____ butterfly in the park.
2. Olga is a good student. She's _____ student in the school.
3. That is an expensive phone. It's _____ phone in the shop.
4. It's a very hot day today. It's _____day of the year.
5. This monument is really old. It's _____ monument in our city.
6. My brother Ivan is a friendly boy. He's _____boy in our village.
7 This lesson is very interesting. It's _____ lesson of the morning.
8. That café is really bad. It's _____ café in the area.
4. Write superlative sentences to give information about your town to a new student in your class. Use the given words to help you.
(Viết các câu so sánh nhất để cung cấp thông tin về thị trấn của bạn cho một học sinh mới trong lớp của bạn. Sử dụng những từ đã cho để giúp bạn.)
beautiful big cool exciting expensive famous good interesting modern nice old pretty quiet |
actor area beach castle celebrity cinema city football team street parade shopping centre sports star |
The best shopping centre is in the next town.
(Trung tâm mua sắm ở thị trấn bên cạnh.)
The quietest beach is ........................
3. Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng so sánh nhất của các tính từ trong ngoặc.)
1. Gang is the tallest (tall) girl in our class. (Giang là cô gái cao nhất trong lớp chúng tôi.)
2. Tu is ____ (young) person in our family.
3. Minh is ____ (intelligent) student in my class.
4. My dad's Mercedes is ____ (expensive) car in our road.
5. Mrs Nguyen is ____ (good) teacher I know.
6. My room is ____ (small) room in our house.
7. The English dictionary is ____ (big) book on the shelf.
8. This is ____ (busy) café in our town.
9. This is ____ (bad) show on TV!
5. Complete the email with the superlative forms of the adjectives below.
(Hoàn thành email với các dạng so sánh nhất của các tính từ bên dưới.)
bad beautiful big cheap expensive near new quiet small |
Hi Rosie,
I want to tell you a few things about my town. It’s the (1) smallest town in the area - only 10,000 people - but I love it. The (2) _____ part of the town is Green Park. It's lovely. It's the (3) _____place too and I go there to read my book or do homework.
There are also some great shops. The (4) _____ shops, only six months old, are in a shopping centre called Wenton's Shopping Centre. The (5) _____ shop there is called Benny's (nothing under £20!). The (6) _____ shop is called Pound Store. There you can buy everything for under a pound!
There are lots of places to go in the evening. My friends and I go to a great café called Marco's or the leisure centre. That's got the (7) _____ swimming pool in the area - it's Olympic size!
The (8) _____ thing about my town is that it hasn't got a theatre or place for concerts, and I love music. The (9) _____ concerts are an hour away!
Tell me something about your town!
Evie
Write meaningful sentences using the superlative with long adjectives.
Choose the best answer.
This is ____________ mountain I have ever seen in my life.
Choose the best answer.
to/ Mary/ likes/ visit/ the/ best/ pagoda.
Choose the best answer.
Is/ Nile/ longest/ river/ world?
Rewrite the following sentences in a way that their original meanings do not change.
No one in our class is taller than Vinh.
=> Vinh is_________________________________________.
Điền vào chỗ trống dạng so sánh đúng của từ trong ngoặc
Fill in the blank with suitable adjective form.
1. Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the given adjectives.
(Hoàn thành các câu bằng cách sử dụng dạng so sánh nhất của các tính từ đã cho.)
beautiful boring friendly good heavy modern noisy old strange |
My mum always says 'hello' to people. She's the friendliest person in our street.
1. That book is fantastic! It's really interesting. It's one of ______books in the library.
2. My grandfather is 102. He's______man in our town.
3. Look! This animal is really weird and different! It's one of______creatures in the zoo.
4. Our village is very pretty. It's______village in the area.
5. Those mobile phones are new. They're______phones in the shop.
6. Tom is never quiet. He's one of______students in our class.
7. 'Is that new film interesting?' 'No, it isn't. It's______film at the cinema!'
8. 'What is______animal in the zoo?' 'It's that elephant. It's about 3,000 kg'
2. Look at the information about three school bags. Write superlative sentences.
(Nhìn vào thông tin về ba chiếc cặp học sinh. Viết câu so sánh nhất.)
How expensive? How big? How good? |
Bag A $9 40 cm x 50 cm * |
Bag B $15 30 cm x 35 cm ** |
Bag C $18 30cm x 40 cm *** |
Bag A is the cheapest (cheap)
1. ...............................................(expensive)
2. ...............................................( (small)
3. ...............................................( (big)
4. ...............................................( (good)
5. ...............................................( (bad)