{"id":3293,"date":"2025-07-15T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:15:01","slug":"english-superlative-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/english-superlative-2\/","title":{"rendered":"English Superlative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Summary<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superlatives are used to describe the highest or lowest degree of a quality among three or more things or people. We use superlatives to show that something is the &#8220;most&#8221; or &#8220;least&#8221; of all.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: 400;\" name=\"toc-3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 500;\">In-depth Explanation<\/h2>\n<p>We can create superlatives with adjectives and adverbs. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b><strong>Adjective:<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Ryan is the\u00a0<b><strong>tallest<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of all his siblings.\u00a0(None of Ryan\u2019s siblings are taller than he is.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b><strong>Adverb:<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0Catherine always arrives\u00a0<b><strong>earliest<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0to the office.\u00a0(No one arrives to the office before Catherine.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a name=\"toc-4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 500;\"><b><strong>How to Use Superlatives in Sentences<\/strong><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Superlatives are often (but not always) preceded by &#8220;<b><strong>the<\/strong><\/b>.&#8221; Here are some examples of sentences with superlative adjectives:<\/p>\n<p>She is the<b><strong>\u00a0best<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0soccer player on the team.<\/p>\n<p>Henry is the<b><strong>\u00a0most generous<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0person I know.<\/p>\n<p>The weather is\u00a0<b><strong>coldest<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0here in January.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of sentences with superlative adverbs:<\/p>\n<p>Liam talks the<b><strong>\u00a0loudest<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0of everyone in the office.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah worked the<b><strong>\u00a0hardest<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0on the project.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the students, Tom answers questions the<b><strong>\u00a0most quickly<\/strong><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a name=\"toc-5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 500;\">How to Form Superlatives<\/h3>\n<p><b><strong>Words with One Syllable<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Generally, you can make the superlative form of one-syllable adjectives or adverbs by adding<b><strong>\u00a0-est\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>to the end of the word:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">cold\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>coldest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">near\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>nearest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">quick\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>quickest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When adjectives or adverbs\u00a0<b><strong>end with -e<\/strong><\/b>, simply add\u00a0<b><strong>-st<\/strong><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">brave\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>bravest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">safe\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>safest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">wide\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>widest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the word\u00a0<b><strong>ends with a single vowel and a consonant\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>that is not -w or -y, double the final consonant before adding\u00a0<b><strong>-est<\/strong><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">mad\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>maddest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">big\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>biggest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">wet\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>wettest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Words with Two or More Syllables<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The superlative form of some two-syllable adjectives also requires adding\u00a0<b><strong>-est<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b><strong>-st<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0to the end of the word:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">clever\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>cleverest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">narrow\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>narrowest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">simple\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>simplest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the two-syllable adjective\u00a0<b><strong>ends in -y<\/strong><\/b>, change the\u00a0<b><strong>-y<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<b><strong>-i\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>and then add\u00a0<b><strong>-est<\/strong><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">funny\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>funniest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">noisy\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>noisiest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">pretty\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>prettiest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beyond those, the superlative form of many two-syllable adjectives requires putting &#8220;<b><strong>most<\/strong><\/b>&#8221; in front of the word and leaving it as is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">honest\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most honest<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">patient\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most patient<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">thoughtful\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most thoughtful<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><strong>Hint:<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0If you are not sure whether to use -est or &#8220;most&#8221; to form the superlative, use &#8220;most.&#8221; Even if it is not the most common form, it will be grammatically correct.<\/p>\n<p>Many\u00a0<b><strong>two-syllable adverbs<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0end with\u00a0<b><strong>-ly<\/strong><\/b>. For these, add &#8220;<b><strong>most<\/strong><\/b>&#8221; in front and leave the word unchanged:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">bravely\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most bravely<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">slowly\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most slowly<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">quickly\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most quickly<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For adjectives and adverbs with\u00a0<b><strong>three or more syllables<\/strong><\/b>, again use &#8220;<b><strong>most<\/strong><\/b>&#8221; and leave the word as is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">comfortable\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most comfortable<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">dangerous\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most dangerous<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">seriously\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<b><strong>most seriously<\/strong><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a name=\"toc-6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Irregular Superlatives<\/h3>\n<p>There are a few adjectives and adverbs that have irregular superlative forms that must be memorized:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 333px;\" width=\"659\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><strong>Adjective<\/strong><\/b><\/td>\n<td><b><strong>Adverb<\/strong><\/b><\/td>\n<td><b><strong>Superlative<\/strong><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bad<\/td>\n<td>badly<\/td>\n<td>worst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>good<\/td>\n<td>well<\/td>\n<td>best<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>far<\/td>\n<td>far<\/td>\n<td>farthest\u00a0\/\u00a0furthest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>little\u00a0(quantity)<\/td>\n<td>little<\/td>\n<td>least<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>much<\/td>\n<td>much<\/td>\n<td>most<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>That was the\u00a0<b><strong>worst<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0movie I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s the\u00a0<b><strong>best<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0player on the team.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0<b><strong>farthest<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0I\u2019ve ever traveled from home.<\/p>\n<p>I had the\u00a0<b><strong>least\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>amount of homework this week.<\/p>\n<p>Julia practices the\u00a0<b><strong>most<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0out of her whole team.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Superlatives are used to describe the highest or lowest degree of a quality among three or more things or people. We use superlatives to show that something is the &#8220;most&#8221; or &#8220;least&#8221; of all. In-depth Explanation We can create superlatives with adjectives and adverbs. For example: Adjective:\u00a0Ryan is the\u00a0tallest\u00a0of all his siblings.\u00a0(None of Ryan\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[305,297,293,295,273,287,296,407,294,302,406,300,306,298,308,304,301,405,303,299],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adverb","tag-bai-tap-so-sanh-nhat","tag-cong-thuc-so-sanh-nhat","tag-english-superlative","tag-hoc-so-sanh-nhat","tag-hoc-tieng-anh-cung-eduma","tag-learn-english-with-eduma","tag-learn-superlatives","tag-ngu-phap-so-sanh-nhat","tag-so-sanh-nhat-tieng-anh","tag-superlative-adjectives","tag-superlative-adverbs","tag-superlative-examples","tag-superlative-exercises","tag-superlative-formula","tag-superlative-grammar","tag-superlative-vocabulary","tag-tinh-tu-so-sanh-nhat","tag-trang-tu-so-sanh-nhat","tag-tu-vung-so-sanh-nhat","tag-vi-du-so-sanh-nhat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3293\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edumaenglish.edu.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}