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The Planets Comparative Superlative - Workshop1

The document compares the eight planets in our solar system using comparative and superlative adjectives. It states that Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. Venus is the hottest planet. Earth is considered the most beautiful. Mars has the highest mountains and deepest valleys. Jupiter is the largest planet. Saturn is the lightest. Uranus is the coldest. Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun.

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The Planets Comparative Superlative - Workshop1

The document compares the eight planets in our solar system using comparative and superlative adjectives. It states that Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the sun. Venus is the hottest planet. Earth is considered the most beautiful. Mars has the highest mountains and deepest valleys. Jupiter is the largest planet. Saturn is the lightest. Uranus is the coldest. Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun.

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The Planets

- comparatives &
superlatives -
Mercury is a small planet and it is very close to the Sun.
Mercury is smaller and closer to the Sun than Earth.
Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the
Sun.

Venus is very hot; the temperature there is over 400ºC.


Venus is hotter than Earth.
Venus is the hottest planet of our Solar System.

Earth is our planet, and it is very beautiful.


Earth is more beautiful than any other planet.
Earth is the most beautiful planet in the Solar System.

Mars has high mountains and volcanoes and deep valleys.


Mars has higher mountains and deeper valleys than Earth.
Mars has the highest mountain (Olympus Mons volcano) and the deepest
valley (Valles Marineris) in the Solar System.

Jupiter is a very large planet.


Jupiter is larger than all the other planets, and 11 times larger than Earth.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

Saturn is a very light planet.


Saturn is lighter than Earth.
Saturn is the lightest planet of our Solar System.

Uranus is a very cold planet.


Uranus is colder than Earth.
Uranus is the coldest planet of our Solar System.

Neptune is very far from the Sun.


Neptune is farther from the Sun than Earth.
Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun.
Complete the table with the underlined words from the first page:
1. 2. 3.
small smaller smallest
Close Closer The Closest
Hot Hotter The Hottest
Beautiful More beautiful The Most beautiful
High Higher The Higuest
Deep Deeper The Deepest
Large Larger The largest
Light Lighter The Lightest
Cold Colder Coldest
Far Farther Farthest

Words in column 1 are called adjectives: they describe things.

We use the comparative form (column 2) to compare two things (or two groups of things).
 short adjectives: we add “-er” at the end
 long adjectives: we use “more” before it
Remember: We use “THAN” after the comparative!

We use the superlative form (column 3) to say that a thing has a superior quality
compared to others.
 short adjectives: we add “-est” at the end
 long adjectives: we use “most” before it
Remember: We use “THE” before the superlative!

Exceptions: some adjectives have irregular forms:


far  farther (than)  the farthest
good  better (than)  the best
bad  worse (than)  the worst

Now let’s practice!


Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in parenthesis:

Earth is farther (far) from the Sun than Venus.


Saturn has the most beautiful (beautiful) rings.
Uranus is closer (close) to Jupiter than Neptune.
Venus is the brightest (bright) planet., but the Sun is brighter(bright) than Venus.
Mount Everest is the highest(high) mountain on Earth.
Olympus Mons on Mars is higher (high) than Mount Everest.
Saturn is lighter (light) than Jupiter.
Mars is bigger (big) than Mercury, but smaller(small) than Earth.
Earth is more colourful (colourful) than Uranus.

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