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Delta Modern Language School

Grade 3
st
1 term 2024- 2025

The superlative adjectives
We use the superlative form to compare one person or one

thing to the rest of group in which it belongs.

Short adjectives:

We form the superlative by adding (the + adj + est) to the
adjective.

e.g. short → the shortest

Ayman is the shortest boy in our class.

Spelling rules:

1- If the adjectives end in (-e), we form their superlatives

by adding (-st) to the adjective.

e.g. large → largest

The River Nile is the largest river in the world.

2- If the adjectives end in (consonant + y), cancel (-y)

and add (-iest)

e.g. heavy → heaviest

The elephant is the heaviest animal in the world.

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