Comparative Adjectives and Expressing Preferences

This is a downloadable ESL communicative activity to practise using comparative adjectives and expressing preferences.

Keith Taylor
Updated 4 December, 2024

Activity to practise comparative adjectives

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Aim To practise comparative adjectives and expressing preferences.
Activity Students are presented with two things. They compare and/or express a preference for one or the other.
Organisation Pair work or group work
Preparation Make enough copies of the activity for the number of pairs/groups in your class. Cut up the activity so that the two things to compare are on the same card.
What do I do?
  1. Divide students into pairs or small groups.
  2. Give each pair or group a set of cards face down on the table.
  3. Students take it in turns to turn over a card and express a preference or make a comparison.

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