Adjective Adventure: Comparing Game
Young learners race around a 24-space board, comparing objects and people using short adjectives and their comparative forms (tall/taller, big/bigger, etc.). Players land on spaces that prompt pair talk, team discussions, mime actions, and mini-presentations. Three chance cards add surprise twists. Perfect for A2 learners practising comparative language in fun, interactive ways.
A free Board Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Short adjectives.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner: Who is taller, you or your best friend?
- Describe a big animal and a small animal you have seen.
- Act out being very strong, then very weak. Your team guesses.
- Ask your partner: Is your school bag heavy or light?
- Your team must agree: Which is prettier, a rose or a daisy?
- Explain why your bedroom is cleaner or dirtier than your friend's.
- Stand up and mime touching something soft, then something hard.
- Compare yourself now with yourself when you were younger.
- Ask your partner: Is a pencil thinner or thicker than a crayon?
- Discuss with your group: What makes something ugly or pretty?
- You have 30 seconds to describe your home using three adjectives.
- Act out being old and tired, then young and energetic.
- Compare two of your classmates without saying their names.
- Ask your partner: Which is stronger, a lion or a cat?
- Your team must agree on the biggest animal in the world.
- Show with your hands: something big, then something small.
- Describe your favourite toy using four different adjectives.
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team which fruit is prettier.
- Act out a person who is very old and a person who is very young.
- Discuss with your group: Is ice heavier or lighter than water?
- Compare a thick book with a thin book you have read.
- Ask your partner: Who is stronger, you or your teacher?
- Mime a dirty shirt becoming clean. Your team describes what you do.
- Explain why being older is better or worse than being younger.