Complete the wildlife documentary script about survival in the jungle by matching each blank with the appropriate word.
The cheetah is the fastest runner on the savanna, while the tiny poison dart frog is easily the most dangerous creature in the rainforest.
The cheetah is the fastest runner on the savanna, while the tiny poison dart frog is easily the most dangerous creature in the rainforest.
For short, one-syllable adjectives like "fast", we add "-est" to form the superlative (fastest).
For longer adjectives with three or more syllables like "dangerous", we use "most" before the adjective (most dangerous) instead of adding an ending.
Adjective
- ✅ a tall building — ❌ a tally building
- ✅ The soup is hot — ❌ The soup is hotly
- ✅ a lovely small old table — ❌ a small lovely old table
- ✅ She seems tired — ❌ She seems tiredly
These bolded words are adjectives — words that describe nouns or pronouns. They sit before a noun (a tall building) or after a linking verb (The soup is hot).
Pattern: if a word can slot between a/the and a noun (a ___ thing) and can take -er/-est, it's almost certainly an adjective.
Comparative and superlative
- ✅ She is taller than me. — ❌ She is more taller than me. (double comparative)
- ✅ This is the most interesting book. — ❌ This is the interestingest book.
- ✅ He did better than expected. — ❌ He did more good than expected. (irregular)
- ✅ That's the worst idea ever. — ❌ That's the baddest idea ever.
Comparatives compare two things (-er or more); superlatives pick the extreme of three+ (-est or most). Short adjectives use -er/-est; longer ones use more/most. Never combine both.
Rule: one or two syllables → -er/-est (with exceptions). Three+ syllables → more/most. Irregulars (good/better/best, bad/worse/worst) must be memorised.
A2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediate
- ✅ I went to the cinema yesterday. — past simple
- ✅ I have visited Paris twice. — present perfect (life experience)
- ✅ If it rains, I'll take an umbrella. — first conditional
- ✅ You should see a doctor. — modal for advice
These patterns are A2 — the second CEFR level. At A2 you move past survival phrases into real grammar: past tenses, the present perfect, basic conditionals, and modals for advice/obligation.
Marker: if you can describe yesterday and give simple advice, but struggle with abstractions or nuance, you're at A2.
Medium
- If I were you, I would apologise. — one rule (second conditional), but distractors like was tempt you
- Answers require active thought, not instant pattern recognition
- Vocabulary and context are realistic, not artificially simplified
- Usually tests one rule, but the wrong answers are plausible
Medium marks middle-difficulty challenges: A2–B1, one rule tested, but with realistic distractors that require genuine understanding.
Use "Medium" when Easy feels too obvious but Hard feels overwhelming. This is where most productive learning happens — the sweet spot of difficulty.