Adjectives on the Internet

Students search online for interesting real-world contexts of comparative adjective forms, then share the funniest or most original examples.

Procedure

1. Brainstorm as many adjectives as the class can think of (up to about 30) and write them on the board.
2. Each student selects one adjective and writes down its comparative form.
3. They search online for this form and find five different contexts in which it is used. Contexts must be clearly understood and interesting or funny.
4. Each student presents their most interesting example. Who found the funniest or most original context?

Tips

• It's fine for two or more students to choose the same adjective — results will likely differ.
• Students can search on their devices in class or at home, bringing results to the next lesson.
• Do the same with superlative forms as a variation.
• Can be adapted to practise almost any vocabulary item or grammatical form, not just comparatives.
• A natural stepping stone to introducing students to online corpus tools for more refined searches.