Comparatives and superlatives personalised speaking games

New Cutting Edge Elementary Module 9

A: Bigger/ Smaller personalised comparatives guessing game

Try to guess one of the things below about your teacher. They will give you hints about how different the real number is from what you said until you get the right answer. The first person to say exactly the right number gets a point.

Age

Height

Number of children

Distance from here to home

Number of brothers and sisters

Number of days until birthday

Number of books

Number of CDs

Time with present job (= years teaching)

Time in this city

Cost of travelling here from home

What expressions did your teacher use to give you hints? “(The real number is)…”

Play the same game in groups.

B: Comparing personalised guessing game

Choose an adjective and take turns using that adjective to compare yourself to your teacher (or to people or things connected to your teacher) until one of you says something that isn’t true. The last person to say something true before that mistake gets a point, then you can continue the game with a different adjective.

Big/ Large – Small                                                       Cheap – Expensive

Far – Close/ Near                                                        Fast – Slow

Healthy – Unhealthy                                        Heavy – Light

Long – Short                                                               Old – New

Old – Young                                                                Tall – Short

High – Low                                                                 Hot – Cold

Early – Late                                                                Interesting – Boring

Possible things to compare

Family                                     Diet                             Home town

Home                                      Weekend                     Hobby

Play the same game in groups.

Do the same about just hometowns.

What do you know about the following cities? Can you compare them to each other or this city?

Istanbul, Turkey                       Bangkok, Thailand                               Rome, Italy

Nurnberg, Germany                 Mexico City, Mexico

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