TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Superlatives Survey

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing, In this superlative adjectives activity, students conduct a classroom
listening and speaking survey in order to complete superlative statements about their
activity classmates.

Procedure
Language Focus
Give each student a card and a piece of paper.
Superlative adjectives
Tell the students that they are going to ask the question or questions
on their card to everyone in the class in order to complete the
Aim
superlative statement on their card.
To conduct a classroom
survey in order to Students then go around the class asking their questions and
complete a superlative noting down each response on their piece of paper.
statement about your
classmates. When the students have spoken to everyone, they look at their
results and then complete the statement with the correct student's
name and superlative form of the adjective in brackets, e.g. 'Sam
Preparation got up the earliest this morning'.
Make one copy of the
Students then report back to the class by reading their statements
cards. If you have
aloud and giving more details.
more than 15 students,
duplicate some cards or
create new ones.

Level
Pre-intermediate (A2)

Time
25 minutes

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 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Superlatives Survey

............... got up ................................

1. What time did you get up this morning?
(early) this morning.

............... has got ................................

2. How much did your mobile phone cost?
(expensive) mobile phone.

3. Do you have a bicycle? ............... has got ................................

How old is it? (old) bicycle.

4. H
 ow often do you exercise? ............... has got ................................
Do you eat healthy food? (healthy) lifestyle.

............... has got ................................

5. How many people are in your family?
(big) family.

............... has got ................................

6. What hobby do you have??
(interesting) hobby.

............... has ................................

7. Why are you learning English?
(interesting) reason for learning English.

8. W
 hat time do you wake up on Sunday ............... wakes up ................................
mornings? (late) on Sunday mornings.

9. H
 ow long does it take you to come to ............... takes ................................
school? (long) to come to school.

10. H
 ow often do you hang out with your ............... is ................................
friends? (sociable).

11. Do you have a pet? ............... has ................................

What pet do you have? (unusual) pet.

12. Have you got a sister? ............... has ................................

How old is she? (young) sister.

13. H
 ow much money did you spend ............... spent ................................
yesterday? (less) amount of money yesterday.

............... lives ................................

14. How far is your home from school?
(far) from school.

............... drinks ................................

15. How much water do you drink a day?
(more) water a day.

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