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Pelé: The Legend Beyond Compare

Texto sobre o Pelé, o maior jogador da história do futebol, feito para o nível B1 com ênfase em superlativo.

Preparation

What do you know about Pelé?

Listening


Reading

Pelé is the best football player in the world.


He is the most famous football player ever.


Pelé scored the most goals in football history.


He won the World Cup three times, more than any other player.


Pelé is from Brazil, the country with the most World Cup wins.


Everyone says Pelé is the greatest.


Pelé, the football player, is the best in the world.


No one is better than Pelé.


Pelé is the best, the most famous, and the greatest soccer player in the history of football.


Facts on Pelé

  • Born: October 23, 1940, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  • World Cup Wins: 1958, 1962, 1970 (3 times)

  • Goals: Over 1,000 in his career

  • Awards: FIFA World Cup Best Young Player (1958), FIFA Player of the Century (shared with Diego Maradona, 2000)

  • Retirement: 1977


Video

Watch the most beautiful Pelé goal created by artificial intelligence.


What some recorded Pelé Goals


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Exercises

Exercise 1. Match the adjective to its correct superlative form.

Adjective

Answer

Superlative Form

1. Far


a. the best

2. Good


b. the farthest/furthest

3. Bad


c. the most quickly

4. Quick


d. the worst

5. Slow


e. the most slowly

6. Easy


f. the hardest

7. Hard


g. the easiest

8. High


h. the highest

9. Low


i. the lowest

10. Close


j. the closest

Exercise 2. Choose the correct superlative form.

Smart - (the smartest / the most smart)

Good - (the goodest / the most good / the best)

Clever - (the cleverest / the most clever)

Simple - (the simplest / the most simple)

Complex - (the complexest / the most complex)

Warm - (the warmest / the most warm)

Friendly - (the friendliest / the most friendly)

Challenging - (the challengingest / the most challenging)

Expensive - (the expensivest / the most expensive)

Cheap - (the cheapest / the most cheap)

Far - (The furthest / The most far / The farthest)

Interesting - (the interestingest / the most interesting)

Boring - (the boringest / the most boring)

Bad - (the baddest / the worst / the most bad)

Dangerous - (the dangerouser / the most dangerous)

Safe - (the safest / the most safe)

Quiet - (the quietest / the most quiet)

Loud - (the loudest / the most loud)

Strong - (the strongest / the most strong)

Weak - (the weakest / the most weak)

Happy - (the happiest / the most happy)

Sad - (the saddest / the most sad)

Fast - (the fastest / the most fast)


World Records?


In which things are you a superlative?

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