GRAMMAR SENTENCE RACE Page 1 of 2

SUPERLATIVES
Fun Team Competition
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cats McDonald’s
dogs KFC
rabbits Starbucks
ACTIVITY NOTES
1. Divide the class into two
the moon television teams.

the sun YouTube 2. Have one student from

each team come to the
the stars video games front of the class and
randomly choose one card
each.

3. The first student to

Africa coffee write a grammatically
correct sentence (using a
Asia milk superlative adjective) –
Europe water without spelling mistakes –
is awarded one point for
their team.

4. The game continues as

the remaining students
January bears take turns to come to the
August sharks board.

November tigers
CONSIDER
Consider allowing the seated
classmates shouting aloud help
to their teammates at the board.
math bicycles Consider setting a minimum
English cars number of words per sentence
(at least five; more words for a
history trains more challenging game).

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SUPERLATIVES
Fun Team Competition


ants taxis
bees buses
spiders planes

CONSIDER cont’d
airplanes India Consider allowing only

boats Spain question sentences.

For example:
trains Thailand “Is India the biggest country?”

Consider leading into the activity

by writing some examples on the
board – noting the difference
between singular and plural
sentences.
baseball Mondays For example:
golf Wednesdays “Dogs are the smartest.”
vs
football Saturdays “Football is the most exciting.”

Consider NOT allowing any

repeat use of adjectives.
For example:
“Airplanes are the fastest.”
and
parents breakfast “Dogs are the fastest.”

students lunch
teachers dinner

grass books
flowers iPads
trees magazines

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