Students compare themselves to another person using comparative adjectives
GENERAL AIMS
- To introduce/review low level students to comparative structures (than & as) using adjectives describing people
- To introduce quantifying adverbs to distinguish differences between people being compared
- To increase the students’ confidence and fluency when using these structures while speaking
RECOMMENDED LEVELS
Elementary / Pre-Intermediate
ACTIVITY TIME
40 minutes
Comparative Structures: AS & THAN
Students make & answer questions about comparing themselves to other people
FINAL WORDS:
Comparatives can appear simple, but students frequently have difficulties with them, even if focusing only on adjectives. Ideally the students would be able to practice using them over several classes. If your class is finding it sufficiently challenging to deal with AS and THAN, then give them the time and space to dedicate their efforts to get better control of just that. and leave the adverbs for another time.
If you have the same group in a future class, you could focus on the same tasks, but maybe adding some new adjectives to play around with. You could also compare objects and in another class, places, providing them with some new descriptive vocabulary (adjectives) that would help them. Then, time permitting, you may want to introduce nouns, but these should be left to later down the road, when the students feel sufficiently comfortable using the adjectives.