Topic 3.3. At the restaurant

A. Objectives

• Use superlatives to discuss options.
• Use expressions with go to indicate destination and activities.
• Use vocabulary related to eating at ordering food at a restaurant

B. Short Reading about the topic

In this topic of unit 3 "at the restaurant" you can see the interaction between Daniel and Marisol. Daniel invites Marisol to celebrate his new employment. They going to the Venezuelan restaurant "Los primos". In that restaurant they will have a conversation about the decoration of the place and the Venezuelan food. Dialogue with the waiter is also shown. The vocabulary used at this topic of Unit Three is about the restaurant and how to order to the waiter.

C. Definition and short description

Superlative Adjectives

A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.

We can use superlative adjectives when talking about three or more things (not two things).

In the example below, "biggest" is the superlative form of the adjective "big":

As with comparative adjectives, there are two ways to form a superlative adjective:

• short adjectives: add "-est"
• long adjectives: use "most"

We use a superlative adjective to describe one thing in a group of three or more things.

D. Practice with at least 5 exercises

• John is 1m75. David is 1m80. Chris is 1m85. Chris is the tallest.
• Canada, China and Russia are big countries. But Russia is the biggest.
• Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
• Peter is the best teacher in the school.
• You are the funniest girl in the class.