Valentine’s Day superlative drawing game

Valentine’s Day Superlative Drawing Game

 

The Best Valentine’s Day Pictures Challenge

Work in groups of three or four. Choose one of the lines below, compete with other people in your group to draw a picture that matches that description, then discuss and/or vote on which one is the best match in the group.

• The Biggest Box of Chocolates
• The Most Broken Heart
• The Cutest Cupid/ The Cutest Angel
• The Most Elaborate Wedding Proposal/ The Most Complicated Marriage Proposal
• The Furthest Long-Distance Relationship
• The Fluffiest Soft Toy/ The Fluffiest Teddy Bear
• The Freshest-Looking Flowers
• The Best-Looking Boyfriend
• A Diamond Ring with the Best Size of Diamond
• The Happiest Girlfriend
• The Most Instagrammable Valentine’s Day Photo
• The Longest Earrings (Without Being Too Long)
• The Loudest Champagne
• The Most Memorable Valentine’s Day Date
• Chocolates with the Most Original Shapes
• The Prettiest Bouquet of Flowers
• The Prickliest Rose/ The Rose with Scariest Thorns
• The Quietest Violin Player/ A Musician with the Smallest Violin
• The Most Romantic Dinner Table
• The Most Special Valentine’s Card
• The Smelliest Perfume
• The Thinnest Heart
• The Most Three-Dimensional Heart
• The Most Unexpected Valentine’s Day Present/ The Most Surprising Valentine’s Day Present

 

Forming Superlative Adjectives Grammar Presentation

Try to work out what the five different patterns are for forming the superlative adjectives above. (They are not arranged into groups there, so think about which ones are similar and why).

Which kinds of adjectives take each of those five forms?

Check as a class or with the suggested answers.

 

Suggested Answers

+est

• The Cutest Cupid/ The Cutest Angel
• The Freshest-Looking Flowers
• The Longest Earrings (Without Being Too Long)
• The Loudest Champagne
• The Quietest Violin Player/ A Musician with the Smallest Violin

 

most +

• The Most Broken Heart
• The Most Elaborate Wedding Proposal/ The Most Complicated Marriage Proposal
• The Most Instagrammable Valentine’s Day Photo
• The Most Memorable Valentine’s Day Date
• Chocolates with the Most Original Shapes
• The Most Romantic Dinner Table
• The Most Special Valentine’s Card
• The Most Three-Dimensional Heart
• The Most Unexpected Valentine’s Day Present/ The Most Surprising Valentine’s Day Present

 

-y changes to -iest

• The Fluffiest Soft Toy/ The Fluffiest Teddy Bear
• The Happiest Girlfriend
• The Prettiest Bouquet of Flowers
• The Prickliest Rose/ The Rose with Scariest Thorns
• The Smelliest Perfume

 

doubled consonant+est

• The Biggest Box of Chocolates
• The Thinnest Heart

 

irregular

• A Diamond Ring with the Best Size of Diamond
• The Best-Looking Boyfriend
• The Furthest Long-Distance Relationship

 

Error Correction

Correct the sentences below by writing the adjectives in their correct superlative forms.

• The Biggest Box of Chocolates
• The Most Broken Heart
• The Cutest Cupid/ The Cutest Angel
• The Most Elaborate Wedding Proposal/ The Most Complicated Marriage Proposal
• The Furthest Long-Distance Relationship
• The Fluffiest Soft Toy/ The Fluffiest Teddy Bear
• The Freshest-Looking Flowers
• The Best-Looking Boyfriend
• A Diamond Ring with the Best Size of Diamond
• The Happiest Girlfriend
• The Most Instagrammable Valentine’s Day Photo
• The Longest Earrings (Without Being Too Long)
• The Loudest Champagne
• The Most Memorable Valentine’s Day Date
• Chocolates with the Most Original Shapes
• The Prettiest Bouquet of Flowers
• The Prickliest Rose/ The Rose with Scariest Thorns
• The Quietest Violin Player/ A Musician with the Smallest Violin
• The Most Romantic Dinner Table
• The Most Special Valentine’s Card
• The Smelliest Perfume
• The Thinnest Heart
• The Most Three-Dimensional Heart
• The Most Unexpected Valentine’s Day Present/ The Most Surprising Valentine’s Day Present

Check above.