Xmas and New Year recommendations superlatives discussion

Ask your partner about their recommendations for things from the list below. 

Ask about anything below which you couldn’t understand or couldn’t answer, each time discussing your recommendations as a class.

From memory or from your grammar knowledge, write the superlatives of the adjectives you talked about on the following page, starting with “the…” each time.

Check above and then make rules for making superlative adjectives.

Using those rules, make the superlative of these adjectives:

busy

dangerous

expensive

fast

large

long

new

tall

thin

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What’s
the most authentic

the most beautiful

the most British

the cheapest

the closest/ nearest

the most colourful

the most common

the most convenient

the most cosmopolitan

the easiest

the most exciting

the most delicious

the most famous

the most fashionable

the most filling

the friendliest

the most fun

the best

the best quality

the best value

the greenest

the healthiest

the most historic

the most impressive

the most interesting

the luckiest

the most luxurious

the most memorable

the most original

the most peaceful

the most popular

the prettiest

the quietest

the most reasonable

the most relaxing

the most romantic

the most suitable

the most traditional

the trendiest

the most typical

the most unusual

the yummiest

activity

breakfast

cake

cards

church service

clothes

condiments

costume

decorations

dessert

dinner

dish

entertainment

food

game

lunch

(German) market

meal

music

night out

outdoor activity

party

place to pray

present(s)

religious place

resolutions

roasted meat

roasted vegetable(s)

sales

schedule

shop for food

shop for presents

snack

snow

song(s)

table decorations

toast

tree

use for leftover food

weather

winter sun holiday

Xmas lights

for Xmas?

for New Year?

for Xmas Day?

for Boxing Day?

for New Year’s Eve?

for Xmas Eve?

for New Year’s Day?

in December?

in January?

for kids?

for babies?

for families?

for couples?

for toddlers?

for teenagers?

for dogs?

in this area?

in this ward?

in this borough?

in this city?

in this prefecture?

in this county?

in this state?

in this region?

in this country?

in your country?

in (East) Asia?

in the world?

in …. state?

in the … region?

in … prefecture?

in … ward?

in … county?

in …. borough?

in East(ern)…?

in West(ern)…?

in Northeast(ern)…?

in Central…?

on …. peninsula?

on … island?

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Superlative adjective formation presentation

From memory or from your grammar knowledge, write the superlatives of the adjectives you talked about above, starting with “the…” each time.

authentic

beautiful

British

cheap

close/ near

colourful

common

convenient

cosmopolitan

easy

exciting

delicious

famous

fashionable

filling

friendly

fun

good

good quality

good value

green

healthy

historic

impressive

interesting

lucky

luxurious

memorable

original

peaceful

popular

pretty

quiet

reasonable

relaxing

romantic

suitable

traditional

trendy

typical

unusual

yummy

Check above and then make rules for making superlative adjectives.

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Related pages

Superlative page

Xmas page