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Gradable and Extreme Adjectives Reversi Games

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Students memorise gradable and ungradable adjectives with a fun card game based on Othello, with versions with gradable/ extreme pairs, antonyms, and adjectives with the same grammar and meaning.

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Gradable and extreme adjectives reversi games

Instructions for teachers

Choose which of sets of cards below you want to use and cut up one pack per group of two to four students by cutting only between the rows of cards, leaving the right and left parts still attached to each other. Don’t cut along the vertical line between the two columns. Remove any cards which are obviously too difficult and/ or not useful for your students, but make sure there are at least ten cards in each pack.

Give out the cards and ask the students to fold them so that the two versions (gradable and extreme, the two synonyms, or the two opposites) are on opposite sides of the card to each other. It doesn’t matter which side of the card is top.

There are several different reversi card games that can be played (with all of the different versions of the cards). In all of the games the students guess what is on the other side of the card and then turn over to check. To add extra language and help them check, I always insist that they put suitable adverbs with each word as they say them, e.g. “Fairly good. Absolutely excellent”. If they are correct, the card stays turned over (to be done the other way round the next time that someone comes to it), then they can do the same thing with another card. Ways of working through the cards and scoring include:

  • Putting all the cards in one vertical column and having to work through the whole column from bottom to top in one go to win the game (like climbing a ladder, falling to the bottom if they make a mistake)
  • Picking any card they like each time, with the longest string of correct answers during the game winning (e.g. one person once managing nine in a row before they make a mistake being the winner)
  • Picking any they like and the person with the greatest number of correct guesses over the length of the whole game (e.g. twenty five points) winning

With the opposites and synonyms versions, before or after the reversi game, you can ask students to match up pairs of gradable and extreme adjectives (with the cards unfolded).

After they finish, they can test in each other orally on the forms.

 

Gradable and extreme adjectives pairs version

 

annoying/ irritating

 

 

infuriating

 

ugly

 

 

hideous

 

bad

 

 

awful/ dreadful/ terrible

 

good

 

 

great/ brilliant/ fantastic/ fabulous/ terrific/ splendid

 

boring

 

 

mind-numbing

 

interesting

 

 

captivating/ fascinating/ spellbinding

 

exciting

 

 

gripping/ thrilling

 

 

dirty

 

 

filthy

 

 

confusing

 

 

mind-boggling

 

 

happy/ pleased

 

 

delighted/ overjoyed

 

 

disappointed

 

 

devastated

 

 

wet

 

 

soaked/ sopping

 

 

tiring

 

 

exhausting

 

 

expensive/ pricey

 

 

exorbitant

 

 

full

 

 

stuffed

 

 

impressive

 

 

awe inspiring

 

loud/ noisy

 

 

ear splitting

 

moving

 

 

heart-wrenching

 

old

 

 

ancient

 

painful

 

 

excruciating

 

sad

 

 

miserable

 

silly

 

 

idiotic/ ridiculous

 

surprised

 

 

amazed/ gobsmacked/ stunned/ astonished

 

thirsty

 

 

parched

 

tipsy

 

 

wasted

 

 

hungry/ peckish

 

 

starving

 

 

important

 

 

crucial/ vital/ essential

 

Synonyms version

 

amusing

 

 

funny

 

hilarious

 

 

side-splitting

 

irritated

 

 

annoyed

 

furious

 

 

enraged

 

attractive/ pretty

 

 

good looking

 

gorgeous

 

 

stunning

 

little

 

 

small

 

tiny

 

 

miniscule/ minute

 

big

 

 

large

 

gigantic/ huge

 

 

massive/ enormous

 

tired

 

 

sleepy

 

exhausted/ knackered

 

 

shattered

 

scared

 

 

frightened

 

terrified

 

 

petrified

 

nice

 

 

pleasant

 

delightful/ charming

 

 

lovely

 

rich

 

 

wealthy

 

loaded

 

 

filthy rich

 

Opposites version

 

attractive/ good looking/ pretty

 

 

ugly

 

gorgeous/ stunning

 

 

hideous

 

 

bad

 

 

good

 

 

awful/ dreadful/ terrible

 

 

great/ brilliant/ fantastic/ fabulous/ terrific/ splendid

 

big/ large

 

 

small/ little

 

 

huge/ massive/ gigantic/ enormous

 

tiny/ miniscule/ minute

 

 

boring

 

 

interesting

 

 

mind-numbing

 

 

captivating/ fascinating/ spellbinding

 

cool/ cold

 

 

warm/ hot

 

 

freezing

 

 

boiling/ baking/ roasting

 

 

depressed/ sad/ unhappy

 

 

glad/ happy/ pleased

 

 

miserable/ heartbroken

 

 

overjoyed

 

 

dry

 

 

wet

 

 

parched

 

 

soaked/ sopping

 

 

sleepy/ tired

 

 

energetic

 

 

exhausted/ shattered

 

 

hyper

 

 

hungry

 

 

full

 

 

starving

 

 

stuffed

 

 

important

 

 

unimportant

 

 

crucial/ vital/ essential

 

 

pointless/ worthless

 

 

poor

 

 

rich/ wealthy

 

 

poverty-stricken

 

 

loaded/ filthy rich

 

 

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