Grade 5 Superlative Adjectives — Dinosaurs

Students will correctly form and use superlative adjectives by adding -est or using most before longer adjectives.

Before Q5, pause and ask students to sort the adjectives from the passage (tall, massive, ancient, sharp, deep) into two columns: '-est words' and 'most words.' This quick sort reinforces exactly the rule tested in Q5–Q7 and surfaces common errors before the hardest questions arrive.

• Leo found three dinosaur footprints. The third one went down the most. Fill in the blank: The third footprint was the ______ of all three. (deep)
• Leo looked at three ancient ferns near the crater. Which sentence uses the correct superlative form of 'tall'?
• Leo spotted three dino eggs in the meteor crater. Fix this sentence so it uses the correct superlative: 'The largest egg was the most biggest of all three.'

...plus 5 more questions in the full worksheet

Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose or write the correct superlative adjective. Remember: add -est to short adjectives and use most before long adjectives.

Standard: L.5.1

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