Superlatives Online version Reading comprehension activity by Diana Ivette Tapia Fernández 1 The coldest continent on Earth has a recorded temperature of-89 °C. Brrrrr, that's freezing cold! Where is it? a Asia b Antarctica c America 2 In the driest place in the world it rains 1 mm every year. Where is it? a The Sahara Desert in Africa b The Gobi Desert in Asia c The Atacama Desert in Chile 3 The highest inhabited place in the world is 4;900 m above sea level. Where is it? a Tibet b India c Holland 4 In the warmest sea in the world the average temperature is 22 °C. Perfect for swimming! Which sea is it? a The Mediterranean Sea b The Red Sea c The Black Sea 5 The largest ocean in the world is 165 million square km. Which ocean is it? a The Pacific b The Atlantic c The Indian 6 The highest mountain on Earth is 8,850 m high. That's a long way to climb to the top! Which mountain is it? a Mont Blanc in the Alps b Mount Everest in the Himalayas c Mount Kenya in Kenya 7 The longest river in the world is 6,650 km long. That's more than the distance between London and New York. Which river is it? a The Amazon b The Loire c The Nile 8 The largest volcano in the world is called Mauna Loa. Where is it? a Hawaii b Japan c Iceland 9 The highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls, is 979 m high. That's a big drop. Where is it? a Brazil b USA c Venezuela 10 The hottest recorded temperature on Earth is 57.8 °C. That's boiling hot! Where is it? a Libya b Nicaragua c Australia 11 The wettest place on Earth has 13.3 m of rain a year. Get your umbrella ready! Where is it? a Britain b Spain c Colombia 12 In the world's windiest place, Commonwealth Bay, winds blow at 240 km an hour. It's always a bad hair day! Where is it? a Autralia b Canada c Antartica Feedback 1 one ayllable words add -est 2 superlative form replace -y- with -iest 3 one ayllable words add -est 4 one ayllable words add -est 5 one ayllable words add -est 6 one ayllable words add -est 7 one ayllable words add -est 8 one ayllable words add -est 9 one ayllable words add -est 10 Short word (Consonant-vowel-consonant pattern) DOUBLE the last consonant. 11 Short word (Consonant-vowel-consonant pattern) DOUBLE the last consonant. 12 replace -y- for -iest
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