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  • We scuba dive inside our largest tank, the oceanarium, with 8 grey nurse sharks.

  • They dive in theirlargesttank.

  • Largestis a superlative adjective.

  • It compares more than 2 things.

  • Usually it followsthe’.

  • the largest tank

  • But it also follows possessive forms such astheir’ –

  • their largest tank

  • Sydney’s’ -

  • Sydney’s largest tank.

  • Orour’ -

  • our largest tank.

  • Listen again.

  • We scuba dive inside our largest tank, the oceanarium, with 8 grey nurse sharks.

  • Next, listen for some more superlative adjectives.

  • Theyve been alive on the planet for about 500 million years.

  • Theyre the earliest fossilized records of sharks.

  • My personal feeling about sharks is that theyre the most misunderstood animal on the planet.

  • The superlative adjectives were

  • earliest

  • the earliest fossilized records.

  • Andmost misunderstood

  • the most misunderstood animal.

  • When an adjective is 3 syllables or more:

  • misunder-stood

  • you don’t add ‘-estto the end.

  • Instead, you saymostbefore it:

  • most misunderstood.

  • My personal feeling about sharks is that theyre the most misunderstood animal on the planet.

We scuba dive inside our largest tank, the oceanarium, with 8 grey nurse sharks.

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