The Comparative Game

The Comparative Game is a simple way to get your class practicing comparatives. It's best used at the end of a lesson where you've been looking at comparatives and adjectives and/or adverbs in general.

Playing the Game

Firstly divide the class into groups of four or so students each and tell them they're playing against each other.

Then have them write a list of 10 adjectives down (ideally related to those they have been studying), e.g.

Then have them write a list of 10 countries, e.g.

They have 10 minutes to come up with a comparative sentence featuring each of the adjectives in their first list and all of the countries in their second list.

Variations on a Theme

The second list the students does not have to be countries. It could be:

• foods
• people
• inventions
• objects

Anything, in fact, which you'd like the students to practice.

You can also have a list of verbs to make comparative sentences with:

** And invite discussion of course; some people in the class might disagree with a statement!