Exercise: Superlatives in English

Practice your superlatives with the exercises below. You will test your knowledge of short and long adjectives, but be careful of tricky cases!

Exercises

Exercise 1

Complete with the superlative form of the short adjective in parentheses: 

1. It was ________ (cold) winter since 1980.
2. ________ (slow) runner didn’t complete the race.
3. Russia is ________ (large) country in the world.
4. I’m ________ (young) in my family.
5. This is one of ________ (pretty) streets in town.

Exercise 2

Complete with the superlative form of the long adjective in parentheses: 

1. Pizza is probably ________ (popular) Italian food.
2. What is ________ (polite) way to say no?
3. I’m looking for ________ (comfortable) couch on the market.
4. This is ________ (peaceful) place on earth.
5. He is ________ (experienced) person to do the job.

Exercise 3

Complete with the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses:

1. What is ________ (hot) planet?
2. This is ________ (funny) movie I’ve ever seen.
3. Blue whales are ________ (big) animals in the world.
4. She had ________ (bad) excuse.
5. My car is ________ (far) one.

Exercise 4

Complete with the superlative form of the adjective in parentheses: 

1. ________ (heavy) potato weighs 4.98 kilograms.
2. Leaving work was ________ (hard) decision I’ve ever made.
3. Recycling is ________ (good) way to manage waste.
4. It is ________ (boring) conference I’ve seen in years.
5. Capillaries are ________ (thin) blood vessels in the human body.