Superlatives
Comparing more than two nouns
Use superlatives to say something is the most or the least interesting/exciting, the biggest/smallest or the best/worst, and so on.
In French, use the Means 'the'. Definite articles change depending on whether the noun it goes with is masculine, feminine, singular or plural., (le/la/les) then plus or moins. The Used to describe nouns and must agree with the nouns they are describing. must still agree with the The name of a thing such as an object, a place or a person. Nouns are often described as naming words..
For example, the superlatives of intéressant are:
| Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Masculine plural | Feminine plural |
| le plus intéressant | la plus intéressante | les plus intéressants | les plus intéressantes |
| le moins intéressant | la moins intéressante | les moins intéressants | les moins intéressantes |
| Masculine singular | le plus intéressant |
|---|---|
| Feminine singular | la plus intéressante |
| Masculine plural | les plus intéressants |
| Feminine plural | les plus intéressantes |
| Masculine singular | le moins intéressant |
|---|---|
| Feminine singular | la moins intéressante |
| Masculine plural | les moins intéressants |
| Feminine plural | les moins intéressantes |
‘Best’ and ‘worst’ are Something that does not follow regular patterns and may have a different form. superlatives in French:
bon (good) → le meilleur - the best
mauvais (bad) → le pire - the worst
They go before the noun. For example:
- Elle est la meilleure joueuse de foot dans notre collège. – She’s the best football player in our school.
- C’était le pire moment de l’année. – It was the worst time of the year.
If the noun is All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine., add an -e, if the noun is All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine.More than one of an item., add an -s and for feminine plural nouns, add -es.
Arrange these words in the right order to form sentences.
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classe / le / est/ garçon / le / intelligent / plus / Il/ de / la
Il est le garçon le plus intelligent de la classe. - He is the most intelligent boy in the class.
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moins / chère / jupe / J’ai / la / acheté / la
J’ai acheté la jupe la moins chère. - I bought the cheapest skirt.
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pire / jour / C’était / de / le / ma / vie
C’était le pire jour de ma vie. - It was the worst day of my life.
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C’est / meilleure / au / monde / ville / la
C’est la meilleure ville au monde. - It’s the best town in the world.
