My name is Tom | Junior | Workbook

Fun at the park The tallest slide in the world

lesson 7.6 I’m going t o learn … ✓ how to use words like tall, taller than and the tallest.

Let’s do this together! 1 Read the questions. Look at the pictures. Then tick the box.

A Which one is the tallest?

B Which one is the longest?

C Which kite flies the highest?

D What animal is the fastest?

GRAMMAR ZONE Look what happens with these words: +er

+est

tall er than long er than fast er than

the tall est the long est the fast est

tall

long fast

In a sentence it looks like this: I am tall.

I’m tall er than my friend. The yellow slide is long er than the blue slide.

He is the tallest.

The red slide is the long est .

The blue slide is long.

Tom is fast er than his sister. I am the fast est .

He is fast.

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