Unit 4: Caring
Summary: Sharing Is Caring
Key points
- Good neighbours share food, help old people and come together to clean up the street.
- We help people who are old, poor or alone.
- The superlative says who or what is number one in a group of three or more.
- With a short adjective: the + adjective + -est (the oldest, the cleanest).
- Sharing is caring!
Rules to remember
The superlative
the + short adjective + -est: old ➡️ the oldest, young ➡️ the youngest.
Spelling
nice ➡️ the nicest; big ➡️ the biggest; hot ➡️ the hottest; happy ➡️ the happiest.
How to do it
- Is it number one in a group? ➡️ superlative.
- Add -est (or -st after -e, double the last letter, y ➡️ iest).
- Put the before the adjective.
Example
Mr Hedi is the oldest man in the street and our garden is the cleanest in the neighbourhood.
Common mistakes
- *Mr Hedi is oldest man.* ➡️ Mr Hedi is the oldest man.
- *the bigest* ➡️ the biggest
- *the most old* ➡️ the oldest
Key words
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