Learn to use superlatives in English
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| Do you know how to use superlatives in English? |
| Hi, my name is Alisha, and this is Three Step English by EnglishClass101.com. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn "how to use superlatives" through a quick conversation. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| What a great meal! I’m stuffed. |
| You’re welcome, we always love having you over. How’s the new business coming along? |
| It’s going alright, but I have to admit that starting over at my age is daunting. |
| It was hard for me in the beginning, too. I was always late and made a ton of mistakes. One manager even told me that I was the most disorganized person they’d ever hired! |
| I find that hard to believe! So what did you do to become so successful? |
| I started observing my colleagues more closely. Making note of everything was the smartest thing I ever did. I worked hard, and when I finally got that promotion, it was one of the best days of my life. |
| What an inspiring story! |
| Hey, at least you’re the boss. You won’t have to work your way up to a promotion like I did. |
| Try telling that to my partner... |
| Let's go over the dialogue again, more slowly this time. |
| What a great meal! I’m stuffed. |
| You’re welcome, we always love having you over. How’s the new business coming along? |
| It’s going alright, but I have to admit that starting over at my age is daunting. |
| It was hard for me in the beginning, too. I was always late and made a ton of mistakes. One manager even told me that I was the most disorganized person they’d ever hired! |
| I find that hard to believe! So what did you do to become so successful? |
| I started observing my colleagues more closely. Making note of everything was the smartest thing I ever did. I worked hard, and when I finally got that promotion, it was one of the best days of my life. |
| What an inspiring story! |
| Hey, at least you’re the boss. You won’t have to work your way up to a promotion like I did. |
| Try telling that to my partner... |
| Let's focus on the key part of the conversation. |
| I started observing my colleagues more closely. Making note of everything was the smartest thing I ever did. I worked hard, and when I finally got that promotion, it was one of the best days of my life. |
| In this dialogue, this character |
| Says "Making note of everything was the smartest thing I ever did." "Smartest" is a superlative adjective, formed by appending "-est" to the end of "smart." |
| He is using the superlative adjective to communicate how smart it was to make a note of everything, even if that might not be literally the smartest thing he has ever done. |
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