Superlative adjectives quiz	

Group A

1	Which is the (high) mountain in the world?              
o	Mount Kilimanjaro
o	Mount Everest
o	K2
o	Fujiyama

2	Which is the (long) river in the world?          
o	The Mississippi
o	The Amazon
o	The Nile
o	The Saint Lawrence
 
3	Which is the (far) planet from the sun?                
o	Mercury
o	Mars
o	Venus
o	Pluto
 
4	Which human invention was the first object to travel (fast) than the speed of sound?           
o	a whip
o	a rocket
o	a cannonball
o	a bullet

5	In which country did the world's (bad) nuclear disaster take place in 1986?          
o	Sweden
o	Finland
o	Ukraine (Soviet Union)
o	Russia (Soviet Union)
 
6	What is the (hot) part of a candle's flame?           
o	the center
o	the edge 
o	the bottom, next to the wax
 
7	What is the (fast) thing we know?           
o	sound
o	light
o	a bullet
o	a whip

Superlative adjectives quiz	

Group B

1	Of which creature are there (many) species on this earth?         
o	flies
o	beetles
o	frogs
o	snakes
 
2	Which planet is the (close) to the sun?          
o	Venus
o	Mercury
o	Mars
o	Jupiter
 
3	Which of the following countries is (large) than Canada?          
o	Brazil
o	China
o	Russia
o	Australia
 
4	What is the (famous) six-word phrase from the first Star Wars movie?          
o	The force is always with you.
o	May the force be with you.
o	Place your faith in the force.
o	May the force be always with you.
 
5	Which sense suffers the (great) damage when someone is struck by lightning? 
	(It is the last to recover from the shock.)          
o	sight
o	smell
o	touch
o	hearing

6	What are the (common) plants on earth?           
o	trees
o	grasses
o	dandelions
o	tulips

7	What is the (easy) planet to see in the night sky? (It is the brightest one.)          
o	Jupiter
o	Mars
o	Mercury
o	Venus

Answers and instructions	

Answers

Group A

1 	Mt Everest 
2	The Nile 
3	Pluto
4 	a whip
5 	Ukraine
6 	the edge
7 	light
	Group B
 
1	Beetles
2	Mercury
3	Russia
4	May the force be with you
5	hearing
6	grasses
7	Venus	

Instructions

Divide the class into groups of four and sub-divide each group of four into two pairs. 
Give one pair quiz A and the other quiz B. 
Each pair has to answer the quiz and complete the questions using the prompt in brackets to make a superlative or comparative question. 
When they have finished, give them the answers on a slip of paper or orally. 
The two pairs in each group then quiz each other.

Group A

1	Which is the highest mountain in the world?              
2	Which is the longest river in the world?          
3	Which is the furthest / farthest* planet from the sun?                
4	Which human invention was the first object to travel faster than the speed of sound?           
5	In which country did the world's worst nuclear disaster take place in 1986?          
6	What is the hottest part of a candle's flame?           
7	What is the fastest thing we know?           

* No difference between further/ farther or furthest / farthest when referring to distance

Group B

1	Of which creature are there the most species on this earth?         
2	Which planet is (the) closest to the sun?          
3	Which of the following countries is larger than Canada?          
4	What is the most famous six-word phrase from the first Star Wars movie?          
5	Which sense suffers the greatest damage when someone is struck by lightning? 
	(It is the last to recover from the shock.)          
6	What are the most common plants on earth?           
7	What is the easiest planet to see in the night sky? (It is the brightest one.)