Student A
Ask your partner to guess one of numbers on your page then give them hints until they get exactly the right number, using phrases like those in the box below. Then take turns doing the same.
| Useful phrases for doing the task The first question to ask “How (adjective) is/ was the most (the same adjective)/ the (the same adjective)est _____________?” (For example, “How heavy is the heaviest man in the world?”) Helping your partner reach the right answer “That’s not quite right. It’s a little/ quite a bit/ much/ much much ______________ er/ more ______________ than that” (For example “That’s not quite right. It’s much taller than that”) |
The highest recorded temperature in Tokyo was 40.8 degrees C (in July 2018).
The lowest recorded temperature in Tokyo was minus 9.2 degrees centigrade (= minus 9.2 degrees C, in January 1901).
The highest life expectancy in the world is 86.5 years (in Monaco).
The furthest point from the centre of Tokyo that is still in Tokyo (Okinotori Island) is 1,740 km from Shinjuku.
———————————fold, cover or cut——————————
Superlatives presentation
Without looking above, write the superlative of each of these adjectives:
- high
- low
- far
- popular
- long
- common
Check with the worksheets, and use that to make a rule about superlative formation.
Check the rule as a class, then use it to make the superlative of other adjectives that your teacher gives you.
Student B
Ask your partner to guess one of numbers on your page then give them hints until they get exactly the right number, using phrases like those in the box below. Then take turns doing the same.
| Useful phrases for doing the task The first question to ask “How (adjective) is/ was the most (the same adjective)/ the (the same adjective)est _____________?” (For example, “How heavy is the heaviest man in the world?”) Helping your partner reach the right answer “That’s not quite right. It’s a little/ quite a bit/ much/ much much ______________ er/ more ______________ than that” (For example “That’s not quite right. It’s much taller than that”) |
The most popular theme park in the world (Disney World) has 17,800,000 visitors a year.
The longest court case in the world was 32 years long (in Japan, about changes to a history textbook).
The most common village name in Britain (Newton) occurs 150 times
The longest tapeworm in Meguro Parasite Museum in Tokyo is 8.8 meters long.
———————————fold, cover or cut——————————
Superlatives presentation
Without looking above, write the superlative of each of these adjectives:
- high
- low
- far
- popular
- long
- common
Check with the worksheets, and use that to make a rule about superlative formation.
Check the rule as a class, then use it to make the superlative of other adjectives that your teacher gives you.
———————————————————————–
PDF for easy saving and printing:
Related pages
Numbers pairwork guessing game (TEFLtastic classics Part 9)
46 trivia quizzes for EFL students (TEFLtastic Classics Part 44)
