A selection of English ESL superlative printables

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This worksheet focuses on the use of comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Students will first fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives provided, reinforcing their understanding of how to compare two or more things. In the second part, they will practise rewriting sentences to explore different ways of expressing comparisons. This worksheet is designed for intermediate ESL learners to enhance their sentence variety and descriptive skills. An example is provided for guidance, and students will encounter both direct comparisons and reverse structures (e.g., "The orange is sweeter than the apple"). By the end of this activity, learners will have a stronger grasp of how to use adjectives to compare and describe objects, people, and places.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

A simple explanation of how to work with superlative using small adjectives. Including CVC pattern rule and "y" substitution rule as well. You can use to explain how to use adjective rule.

Superlative - two syllables adjectives

Правило утворення ступенів порівняння
1.	We add –er and –est to one-syllable words
2.	If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant
3.	If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st
4.	If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est
5.	We use more and
the most to make comparatives and superlatives for most two syllable adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables
6.	These common two-syllable adjectives, you can either add –er/–r and –est/–st or use more and the most
Виключення
Exceptions
Some adjectives  have irregular comparatives and superlatives forms


Adjectives Comparatives and Superlatives

A little bit challenging for kids or elementary students. 
1. Look at the pictures and think of the superlative of their adjectives,
2. Uncramble the sperlative form of the adjectives.

SUPERLATIVE form of adjectives.

This worksheet contains 18 conversation (or quiz) cards, an interview box and a matching exercise. The cards can be cut out if desired and be used as conversation questions. Can be used with both young learners and adults (elementary to intermediate). This sheet can be used as a classroom quiz. Answer key provided on page 2. 

Let´s talk about SUPERLATIVES

Rephrase the sentences using.... comparatives and superlatives

Rephrasing 1 COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES

It's a simple gap-fill exercise where students have to use the right comparative/superlative form of the adjective in brackets. Key included. Bless up, Kisdobos

Comparisons (Comparative/Superlative) with Key

A chart of common comparative and superlative adjectives including a few irregular ones. The chart should make the formation of comparatives and superlatives clearer. Can be used as a classroom poster or for individual student use. 



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Classroom Poster :  Comparative/Superlative Adjectives

This worksheet was made for revising comparative and superlative adjectives. It contains five different exercises. Answer key is provided. Hope you'll find it helpful.

Revision: Comparative and Superlative adjectives

Here is a worksheet in which students have to choose between two forms , superlative or comparative, the key is included and you can change whatever you want as it is fully editable

comparatives or superlatives :choice withKEY

This is a card game to review comparative and superlative adjectives. Ss play in small groups (4-6). Before starting the game, print 1 copy of all the pages per group, laminate them and cut them out.



Shuffle the picture cards and deal five cards out to each player. The object of this game is to get rid of all of your cards by collecting opposite pairs. The first player starts by either:

- placing down an opposite pair saying, for example, “I have got tall, taller, the tallest and short, shorter, the shortest”.

- or asking another player for a matching card. For example, if they have “tall, taller, the tallest”, they should ask to any player they choose:   Have you got “short, shorter, the shortest”? If the student asked has the card, he/she gives it to the first player who places the pair cards down on the table. If the student asked hasn’t got the card, he/she should say: “No, I haven’t. Go fish.” And the first player picks up a card from the draw pile (the sea). 



Players continue asking others for cards and drawing from the pile. The first player to make opposite pairs out of all their cards is the winner.



Another option would be that play continues until all the cards have been collected in pairs. The player with the most pairs is the winner.



Comparatives and superlatives go fish

Students fill in the missing adjectives. Editable. Companion piece to Comparative and Superlative Chart. http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/comparative__superlative_adjectives_chart/comparison-comparatives-and/64429

Comparative/Superlative Adjectives Classroom Poster

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

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A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

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A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

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Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

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The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

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Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

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