The + superlative
Superlative degree always followed by article “the”
Superlative degree always followed by article “the”
- He is the best.
- She is the best dancer.
- He is the best in all of us.
But if we use possessive adjective before the
superlative, (possessive adjective case
is never followed by article "the" like
- .He is my best student.
- She is my best friend
- I am their dearest one.
Superlatives always come for compare a three or more than
tree person or things.
- he is the best of the three friends.
- This was the best performance.
- This is the cheapest in all.
Superlative with
Of/in
- we use of/in to compare tree or more then tree in superlative .
- They are the richest of all people here
- this is the cheapest of all books
- this is the best scenery in this zone.
Superlative with one of / among
superlative one /among are always used with plural number like
- He is one of the best employees in the office.
- this is one of the cheapest books available in this shop.
- she is the best among these girls.
- he is the dance among these fore man.
Double Superlative
Superlative degree never be repeated double superlative are
always considered wrong – like
- He is my best and bravest friend.
- She is d most richest woman.
Empathetic Superlative
To make emphatic superlative degree we can use the words far
the /much the/the very/out and out the
like -
- Shimla is by far the most beautiful city.
- this is out and out the best school of the town.
- This is very best hotel.
If a noun is qualifying by two or more than two adjectives
then there degrees are should be same . shouldn’t be miss match of degrees
like
- He is the best and most brilliant student of the class.
- I saw the deepest and the longest velly.
- She choose the best and cheapest pair of foot were.
Non gradable adjective
Some adjective are considered itself a superlative they
don’t need any other expression(very, extremely, highly, much) before them
- these adjectives are – unique, perfect, matchless,excellent,ideal, absolute,entire , extreme, eternal,
- whole , full. Impossible,chief.
Exercise
Correct the following Sentence
- He is bravest man I have ever met.
- I have e finished longest chapter of my book.
- This is my most favorite dish.
- This is john’s the highest ambitions.
- This the most charming place of the town.
- She is the ablest of any other candidates.
- I will live in the bigger of all houses.
- She reached the earliest of both.
- He is the most noblest man.
- Bangalore is by far most beautiful city.
- She is the better and most talented dancer of this institute.
Solved Exercise
- He is the bravest man I have ever met.
- I have finished the longest chapter of my book.
- This is my most favorite dish.
- This is john’s highest ambitions.
- This the most charming place in the town.
- She is the ablest of all other candidates.
- I will live in the biggest of all houses.
- She reached the earliest of all.
- He is the noblest man.
- Bangalore is by far the most beautiful city.
- She is the best and most talented dancer of this institute.
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