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Learning English Grammar

2025-12-23

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What's the most unusual food you've ever eaten? Or the furthest you've travelled in one day? Beth and Phil answer questions like this and our grammar guru explains how to form and use superlatives. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251223 THE READING ROOM: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the_reading_room FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app.
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  • It was the chewiest and probably most unusual food I've ever eaten.

  • So far, I reckon the best day of my life has probably been when my kids were born.

  • Hello and welcome to Learning English Grammar.

  • I'm Pippa.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • We've just heard Beth and Phil using superlatives.

  • We heard Chewiest, Most Unusual and the Best.

  • And these types of words are what we're looking at today.

  • Yes, superlatives can be adjectives or adverbs and we use them to compare actions,

  • things or people with a group of other things.

  • We'll learn how to make regular superlatives and irregular ones too.

  • You can read along with this podcast using the transcript on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So, Pippa, what's the most amazing place you've ever visited?

  • I think the most amazing place I've ever visited is South Africa.

  • It was absolutely incredible and just very surprising.

  • Lots of different things within one country, which I enjoyed.