Comparative Adjectives This is an effective lesson, ending with a very fun comparatives game that has never failed to be a massive hit with our students. The game requires the class to be divided into three teams, so you may want to separate the students into the teams at the start of the lesson so you can award points throughout for good/correct answers. I find this useful for behavior management and motivation. LESSON:

o Play a warmer game- you might want to choose one from our list of games. o Ask students to help you make a list of adjectives on the board. o Use the first five slides of the powerpoint to explain the rules of how to change

a regular/irregular adjective to a comparative adjective and how to use them. o Practise using the rules by changing the adjectives on the rest of the slides with

the students. I usually give extra points to students who can come up with a correct example sentence using the comparative adjective.

o When you get to the ‘Comparative Adjectives Game’ slide explain the rules of the game (it’s basically a game of top trumps). This is how we play it: 1. Students need to be in 3 teams (red, blue and green). Give them the cards

face down in a pile on their desk. 2. Students take it in turns (one from each team) to battle by choosing one

card from the TOP of the pile (don’t let them look at the cards in the pile until they choose one, it’s more random and fun). Then the three students (one from each team) play rock-paper-scissors and the winner chooses which question to ask (without knowing what information is on the other team’s cards) based on which piece of information they think will score highest compared to the other two: Age: Which (one) is older? Height: Which (one) is taller? IQ: Which (one) is smarter? Speed: Which (one) is faster? Strength: Which (one) is stronger? (We only use the first five, ‘Which one has more stamina?’ ‘Which one has more agility?’ and ‘Which one has more power?’ are too difficult for this level.)

3. Higher number wins and the winner says something like "Mine is stronger (than yours.)" and takes all three cards.

4. The team with the most sets of cards at the end of the game is the winner. o Show the students the final slide of questions and drill for pronunciation. Use

these questions to prompt the students when comparing their cards to decide who is the winner of each round.

Enjoy!

Preparation/Resources: Timing: • Comparatives powerpoint • Print and cut out the game cards from: http://www.mes-english.com/games/eigomon.php

Warmer: 5 minutes Presentation: 20 minutes Game: 15 minutes Total: 40 minutes