About 31 PDFs and other teaching ideas for teaching both superlatives and comparatives together, plus pages for teaching just comparative adjectives and just superlative adjectives. If you find anything useful here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.
Updated 10 August 2021
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Comparative adjectives games/ worksheets page (ideas and materials for teaching comparative on its own)
Superlative adjectives games/ worksheets page (ideas and materials for teaching superlative on its own)
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Business comparatives and superlatives page
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Photocopiable comparative and superlative classroom activities
Comparative and superlative miming games
Comparative and superlative discuss and agree
Comparative and superlative stories (All for Julie, the Prettiest Girl and The Sharpest Chin in the World)
Describing products with comparative and superlative selling game
Comparatives and superlatives recommendations challenge
Comparative and superlative personalised speaking games
Your city recommendations Comparative and superlative (for Cutting Edge Int, but useable without the book)
Food vocabulary comparatives and superlatives
Comparatives and superlatives last weekend
Comparatives and superlatives table
Comparative and superlative stories/ Comparative and superlative picture books
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean (only bigger and biggest, but funny story with very simple language – link to animated version and link to read through with nice sound effects) – NEW LINK
I’m the Scariest Thing in this Castle (scarier, scariest and cutest, similar to the one above but with y changes to i and good theme for Halloween – link to read through) – NEW LINK
Comparative and superlative stories (All for Julie, the Prettiest Girl and The Sharpest Chin in the World, by me)
Small Smaller Smallest by Corina Fletcher and Natalie Marchall (only a few adjectives and superlative doesn’t really have context as it’s one thing that’s changing, but pulling the flaps at least makes drilling more fun – link to Amazon.com listing)
Big, bigger, biggest adventure by Kate Banks (rather expensive on Amazon – see link – but worth it if you happen to see a cheaper copy)
Pig, pigger, piggest by Rick Walton (long retelling of Three Little Pigs with complex language but could simplify by using the pictures – link to read through on YouTube)
Comparative and superlative online games
Comparatives and superlatives basketball (basic graphics and gameplay, but some nice tricky questions for three points – from Mark’s English School)
Great activities!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a lot for these links :)
thank you
Useful activities, thanks.