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TEACHER’S NOTES

Comparative and Superlative Board Game

ESL / EFL RESOURCES

Activity Type

Introduction

Reading, listening and speaking activity, group work

This intriguing board game helps students practice making comparative and superlative sentences by giving opinions and stating facts.

Language Focus Comparatives and superlatives

Procedure Divide the students into groups of three or four. Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.

Giving opinions and stating facts

Students place their counters on the start square.

Aim

The students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.

To practice making comparative and superlative sentences by giving opinions and stating facts.

Preparation Make one copy of the game board for each group of three or four. Enlarge the game board to A3 if possible. You will also need to prepare a dice and counters for each group.

When a student lands on a shaded square, they make a comparative sentence using the adjective and two things shown on the square, e.g. 'Wine is stronger than beer'. When a student lands on a white square, they make a comparative and superlative sentence using the adjective and three things shown on the square, e.g. 'In my opinion, cars are safer than motorbikes. I think that bicycles are the safest way to travel'. Some squares require students to state a fact and others give an opinion. The other group members listen to the student's sentence and decide if it is grammatically correct or not. If it is, the student stays on the square. If not, the student goes back to their previous square. If the group is unsure, they ask you to adjudicate.

Level

The first student to reach the finish wins the game.

Pre-intermediate

Afterwards, have a class feedback session to review the students' sentences. Any interesting answers can then be discussed in more detail.

Time 30 minutes

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Comparative and Superlative Board Game

ESL / EFL RESOURCES

exciting

tasty

cheap

smell

bungee

mangos,

renting,

durian, old

jumping, sky

strawberries,

buying a

socks, a

diving

watermelons

house

skunk

pleasurable watching TV,

Finish

films

long three female students' hair

expensive platinum, gold

deadly snakes, crocodiles, mosquitoes

hard Chinese, English

intelligent

boring

dolphins,

smooth

football,

chimpanzees,

silk, satin

basketball,

elephants

baseball classy Mercedes Benz, BMW

comfortable

enjoyable

difficult

headphones,

sci-fi, action,

reading,

earphones

horror films

listening

useful Spanish, English, Chinese

easy texting, calling

fun board, card, computer games

good spring, summer, autumn delicious chocolate, ice cream

beautiful

dangerous

beaches,

friendly

tigers,

mountains,

dogs, cats

snakes,

countryside

hippos

far North Pole, South Pole

active morning, afternoon, evening popular tea, coffee

safe

Start

bicycles, motorbikes, cars

strong beer, wine

tall three male students

bad iOS, Android

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