BRIEF 

OUTLINE: Students solve a riddle and make comparative sentences.

 
MATERIALS NEEDED:

  ComparativeRiddle worksheet: One per student.

 
DETAILED EXPLANATION:

1. After giving each student one worksheet, r

ead the riddle/scenario aloud and explain it in a way that the students will understand or if
necessary, the JTE can translate the riddle ONLY. Do not translate the clues. Students should be
able to read and understand the clues.

2. Have students work individually or with another person to solve the riddle. The answer is quite
obvious.
3. Then have students write 5 comparative sentences using the pictures.

 
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS:

 Drill some adjectives and their comparative form before giving out the worksheet.

 
Answers: 4, 7, 9, 6, 8

BRIEF OUTLINE: Students will work with comparatives and superlatives in logic-based riddles (two
questions themed for Valentine's Day).
 
MATERIALS NEEDED:

 ComparativeSuperlativeRiddles  attachment

 
DETAILED EXPLANATION:

1. Review the grammar.

2. Hand out the worksheet.
3. Monitor students as they try to complete the riddles.

 
VARIATIONS:

 After giving the students a few minutes to think about each riddle, you can let the students
discuss with a partner or in groups before checking the answers as a class.

 
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS:
 It might be useful to read the questions and hints together before giving time for the students to
think.
 For the second riddle, the students can answer in the blanks under the pictures with just the first
initial of each name (A, B, C, or D).
 Make sure students understand the ranking criteria for the third riddle. Fun and inexpensive =
best. If level of fun is the same, then cheaper is better.

 
TIPS/CAUTIONS:

 ANSWER KEY:
1) penguin
2) Pictures from left to right: D, A, B, C (or largest to smallest: A, D, C, B)
3) Dinner = 4, Movie = 3, Ice Skating = 1, Arcade = 2