Conversation Activities for Making Comparisons

 

Activities

Lesson Plans           Work Sheets

 

Group Activity- Comparisons, Appropriate Responses 

Divide the class into groups. The teams work together to formulate a response to the items
listed below. After discussion, one of the team members presents the response to the class.
The teacher judges which team presents the best answer based on grammar, language use,
and pronunciation.   

Comparison between a taxi and a motorcycle taxi

Comparison between authentic local food and local food served in tourist restaurants

The difference between large shopping malls and local traditional open markets

Compare the similarities and differences between living in two cities in your country

Compare two luxury hotels in your area

 

Group Activity- Comparisons, A Skit

Divide the class into groups of 2 or 3. Students work together to develop a skit that is
grammatically correct about guests comparing two things (a beach, hotel, shopping
center, etc.). Once the skit is developed, students present it to the teacher and the
rest of class. The teacher judges the skit based on language, grammar use,
pronunciation, originality, and acting ability.  

 

Discussion- Comparison

Have a discussion about the similarities of your countries culture and the culture of the
guests that visit your country. Points may include forms of greeting, gestures used to
indicate different things, tipping behavior, forms of polite and impolite behavior, etc.
Students may also want to discuss personality differences between different groups of visitors.
For example are people from different countries more friendly, quieter, louder, more out
going, etc. than others.