Activity - Comparison Degrees

5 Fun Games To Teach Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
1: Classroom Olympics
Top of our list of games to teach comparative and superlative adjectives is ‘Classroom
Olympics’. In this activity, students will compete against each other in some fun
classroom games and then make comparative and superlative sentences. The
classroom Olympic activities you play will depend on whether you are practicing
comparatives or superlatives, and the adjective you choose. Below are some examples
of how you can play this game:
Comparative Adjective: Faster
Write 10-20 words on the board from the lesson you are currently teaching. Then
invite two students to come to the front of the class and give each student a board
eraser. Ask the two students to stand with their backs to the board and tell them that
when you call out one of the words, they should turn around and try to erase the word
quickly.
The first student to erase the word is the winner. Then, ask the rest of the class ‘Who
is faster?’, and all students should answer using a comparative sentence (e.g. ‘Sarah is
faster than James.’)
Superlative Adjective: Fastest
The above game can also be played to practice superlatives by repeating the above
game with the rest of the students until you find the student who is the fastest in the
whole class. Classroom Olympics can be used with many different adjectives and you
can come up with many fun games to practice comparatives and superlatives. If
you’re stuck for ideas, here are some:
Higher / Highest: Who can jump the highest.

Low / Lowest: Limbo
Strong / Strongest: Arm wrestle
Lucky / Luckiest: Rock, scissor, paper/roll a dice.
Louder / Loudest: Who can shout the loudest.
2: Comparative And Superlative Quizzes

Another great way to teach comparatives and superlatives is with a fun quiz. You can
easily make your own questions, but if you’re stuck for time, here are three ready-
made quizzes for you. Students must use their general knowledge to answer the
questions.
To play, simply play the video in class. Then pause the video when you see the pause
sign to give students time to answer. Then students can write down their answers
using comparative and superlative sentences. To practice speaking, ask students to tell
you their answers one by one after each question. These quizzes can be played in pairs
or in small teams. For more ready-to-use English quizzes, check out all our Easy
English quizzes.
3: Comparatives Chain Game
This simple game to practice comparatives is a great warm-up activity to introduce or

review comparative adjectives. All you need for this game is a timer. To begin,
brainstorm some comparative adjectives and write them on the board. Then choose a
topic that has many nouns, such as ‘animals’. Then write a comparative sentence on
the board comparing two animals. For example, ‘Elephants are bigger than cats.’.
Now the game can begin. The aim of the game is to make as many ‘comparative
chains’ as possible. To make a chain, students must make a comparative sentence
starting with the last noun of the previous sentence.
So, for example, if the first sentence is ‘Elephants are bigger than cats.’, then the next
sentence must start with ‘Cats‘ (e.g. ‘Cat’s are smarter than pigs.’), and the sentence
must start with ‘Pigs‘ (e.g. ‘Pigs are fatter than dogs.’), and so on. Give the first team
1 or 2 minutes to make as many comparative chains as possible, and then change the
topic (e.g. food) for the next team.
4: My Family
This activity is a great way to review family vocabulary while teaching comparatives
and superlatives. This game is especially effective when teaching comparatives and
superlatives to kids. The best way to play this activity is to ask each student to bring
in some pictures of their family members. But, if this is not possible, students can
draw their families instead.
To begin, elicit some adjectives from your students that can describe people. For
example, old, young, tall, short, funny, etc. Then ask your students to think about their
family members and to think about who is the tallest, oldest, youngest, funniest, etc.
Students will then work in pairs or small groups and will try to guess the names of
their partners’ family members based on their friend’s descriptions of them.
To begin, one student will show the pictures (or drawings) of their family members to
the other students in their group. Then, the student will make a superlative sentence
describing one of their family members. For example, ‘John is the shortest person in
my family.’. The other students must then look at the pictures and guess which picture
(or drawing) is of John. Repeat until the students have guessed all the family
members, and then it’s another student’s turn.
5: Comparative And Superlative Flashcard Games
Last on our list of fun classroom games to teach comparative and superlative
adjectives is a flashcard game. Flashcards are a wonderful way to present vocabulary to
students and can be used in a variety of different ways.
A great way to use flashcards when teaching comparatives/superlatives is to play the

sentences game. To play, first, prepare some noun flashcards. These can be on any
topic, for example, food, animals, school subjects, countries, etc. You can download
and print flashcards on many different topics for FREE from our Flashcards Page.
Then, divide the class into two teams and ask one student from each team to come to
the front. After the count of 3, show the two students a flashcard and then they must
make up a comparative sentence and write it on the board as quickly as possible. For
example, if the flashcard is a picture of an elephant, the students could right ‘An
elephant is bigger than a fly.’ / ‘An Elephant is heavier than the teacher.’, etc.
The first student to write a correct sentence is the winner and gets to keep that
flashcard for his/her team. At the end, the team with the most flashcards is the winner.

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5 Fun Games To Teach Comparative and Superlative

Higher / Highest: Who can jump the highest.

2: Comparative And Superlative Quizzes

This simple game to practice comparatives is a great warm-up activity to introduce or

5: Comparative And Superlative Flashcard Games

A great way to use flashcards when teaching comparatives/superlatives is to play the

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