Miners unearth world’s biggest diamond
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
Put these sentences in the order in which they happened.
a. The Golden Jubilee diamond was found in the same mine as the Cullinan.
b. A security company is protecting the precious stone.
c. Diamond miners have found the world’s biggest diamond.
d. The Koh-i-noor diamond was found in India.
e. They took the diamond to a bank vault in Johannesburg.
f. The Cullinan diamond was found near Pretoria.
Grammar focus: Superlatives
4
Look at this example from the text:
…the largest cut diamond in the world…
Complete the table by adding the superlative forms of the adjectives. Note that some are irregular.
crown jewels. It was found
in India but the British
took it to London in 1849. They say the diamond
brings good luck to
female owners and bad luck
or death to any male who wears or owns it. The
Hope Diamond is a large (45.52 carat), deep
blue diamond. It is famous because it brings bad
luck to anyone who owns it.
Past owners include
Kings Louis XV and XVI and Marie Antoinette.
1. big
the biggest
2. good
3.
expensive
4. important
5. wide
6. bad
7. rare
8.
precious
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