GRAMMAR SENTENCE RACE Page 1 of 2

COMPARATIVES
Fun Team Competition
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cats McDonald’s
dogs KFC
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1. Divide the class into two
the moon television teams.

2. Have one student from

the sun YouTube each team come to the
front of the class and
randomly choose one card
each.

3. The first student to

Asia coffee write a grammatically
correct sentence (using a
comparative adjective) –
Europe milk without spelling mistakes –
is awarded one point for
their team.

4. The game continues as

the remaining students
August sharks take turns to come to the
board.
January tigers
CONSIDER
Consider allowing the seated
classmates shouting aloud help
to their teammates at the board.
math bicycles Consider setting a minimum
number of words per sentence
English cars (at least five; more words for a
more challenging game)

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COMPARATIVES
Fun Team Competition
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snow buses
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CONSIDER cont’d
trains Spain Consider allowing only
question sentences.
For example:
airplanes Thailand “Is Spain bigger than Thailand?”

Consider leading into the activity

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board – noting the difference
between singular noun
comparisons and plural noun
baseball weekdays comparisons.
For example:
“Dogs are smarter than cats.”
golf weekends vs
“The sun is bigger than the
moon.”
go go Consider NOT allowing any
repeat use of adjectives.
For example:
teachers breakfast “The sun is hotter than the
moon.”
and
students dinner “August is hotter than January.”

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flowers books
trees iPads
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