superlative + present pefect simple – English Grammar Profiler

B1 Point 41 in the category of PAST is defined as:

present perfect simple WITH SUPERLATIVE to talk about a unique experience.

This point will clash with superlatives followed by clauses at B2.

And it overlaps

Point 33 B1 clauses with a present perfect or past perfect as a superlative noun phrase complement, to talk about uniqueness. 

TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST:

The best language I’ve learned is English.

male Argentina B1

An iWeb search for:

_JJT * _VH _VVN

1 BEST WE ‘VE SEEN 450

It’s the best we’ve seen.

2 WORST I ‘VE SEEN 323 3 BEST WE HAVE SEEN 313 4 WORST I HAVE SEEN 189 5 CHEAPEST I HAVE FOUND 122 6 BEST WE ‘VE GOT 118 7 CHEAPEST I ‘VE FOUND 111 8 CLOSEST WE ‘VE COME 105 9 CHEAPEST I ‘VE SEEN 105 10 BEST YOU ‘VE GOT 82 11 HIGHEST I ‘VE SEEN 82 12 BEST WE HAVE FOUND 81 13 BEST I HAVE SEEN 76 14 BEST WE ‘VE FOUND 70 15 CLOSEST WE HAVE COME 67 16 LOWEST WE ‘VE SEEN 65 17 BEST I ‘VE SEEN 63

18 BEST WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 56

20 BEST WE ‘VE PLAYED 54 21 CHEAPEST WE ‘VE SEEN 53 22 HIGHEST COURT HAS RULED 51 23 WORST WE ‘VE SEEN 51 24 HIGHEST WE ‘VE SEEN 50 25 BEST IDEAS HAVE COME 49 26 BEST HE HAS SEEN 49 27 HIGHEST I HAVE SEEN 48 28 CHEAPEST I HAVE SEEN 47 29 CLOSEST ANYONE HAS COME 47

30 BEST RESULTS HAVE COME 47

32 WORST HE HAS SEEN 45 33 BEST I HAVE FOUND 43 34 BEST WE ‘VE TESTED 43 35 BEST WE HAVE STAYED 42 36 LOWEST WE HAVE SEEN 41 37 BIGGEST I ‘VE SEEN 40 38 BEST WE ‘VE HEARD 39 39 LARGEST I ‘VE SEEN 39 40 WORST FEARS HAVE COME 39 41 NICEST I ‘VE SEEN 37 42 WORST WE HAVE SEEN 37 43 BEST WE ‘VE USED 36 44 NICEST I HAVE SEEN 36 45 BEST PRACTICES HAVE EMERGED 34 46 BEST I HAVE USED 34 47 WORST I HAVE EXPERIENCED 32 48 WORST THAT HAS HAPPENED 32 49 BEST I ‘VE FOUND 31 50 BEST WE HAVE COME 31 51 CLOSEST HE ‘S COME 30 52 LATEST RESEARCH HAS SHOWN 30 53 WORST NIGHTMARE HAS COME 30 54 LARGEST WE ‘VE SEEN 29 55 BIGGEST WE ‘VE SEEN 27 56 WORST I ‘VE ENCOUNTERED 27 57 WORST THEY ‘VE SEEN 27 58 BEST WE ‘VE EXPERIENCED 26 59 BEST WE ‘VE COME 26 60 BEST WE HAVE USED 26 61 BIGGEST I HAVE SEEN 26 62 CLOSEST WE ‘VE GOT 26 63 HIGHEST WE HAVE SEEN 26 64 GREATEST SUCCESSES HAVE COME 25 65 EASIEST I HAVE FOUND 25 66 CLOSEST HE HAS COME 25 67 BEST WE ‘VE TRIED 25 68 WORST I ‘VE EXPERIENCED 25 69 BEST I ‘VE TRIED 24 70 GREATEST I HAVE DISCOVERED 24 71 HIGHEST COURT HAS UPHELD 24 72 LATEST RESEARCH HAS FOUND 24 73 CLOSEST WE ‘VE GOTTEN 23 74 GREATEST I HAVE FOUND 23 75 BEST WE HAVE PLAYED 22 76 WORST I ‘VE HEARD 22 77 BEST PERFORMANCES HAVE COME 21

78 SMALLEST I ‘VE SEEN 21

80 CLOSEST WE HAVE SEEN 20 81 LARGEST I HAVE SEEN 20 82 CLOSEST WE ‘VE SEEN 19 83 GREATEST I HAVE CAME 19 84 CLEANEST I ‘VE SEEN 19 85 BEST WE HAVE TASTED 19

86 BEST PRACTICES HAVE EVOLVED 19

88 LONGEST YOU HAVE LASTED 19 89 BEST I HAVE TRIED 18 90 BEST WE HAVE TRIED 18 91 BEST WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED 18 92 LARGEST WE HAVE SEEN 18 93 LATEST RESEARCH HAS REVEALED 18 94 HAPPIEST I ‘VE SEEN 17 95 FINEST I HAVE SEEN 17 96 STRONGEST I ‘VE SEEN 17

97 EASIEST I ‘VE FOUND 16

99 BEST WE ‘VE TASTED 16
100 BEST FRIEND HAS BECOME 16

(removed past perfect)

A2: anyone, become, happened, highest, ideas, largest, latest, lowest, practices, strongest, tried, worst B1: court, discovered, experienced, fears, lasted, nightmare, performances, research, results, successes, tasted, tested B2: emerged, encountered, revealed, ruled C1: evolved C2:

upheld