TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Adjective Order Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Matching, listening and In this fun adjectives activity, students play a board game where
speaking activity, group they practice the order of adjectives by describing nouns.
work
Procedure
Language Focus Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Order of adjectives Give each group a copy of the game board, a set of adjective
cards, a dice and counters.
Adjectives for describing
opinion, size, age, shape, Ask the students to shuffle the adjective cards and deal out six
colour, origin, material each, leaving the rest in a pile face down on the game board.
and purpose
Next, the players place their counters on the start square.

Aim The players then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
counter along the board.
To play a board game
where you practice the When a player lands on a square, they look at the noun and put
order of adjectives by down as many of their adjective cards as they can to describe it,
describing nouns. making sure the adjectives are in the correct order.

The player then reads out the adjective order for the noun to the
Preparation group, e.g. delicious, hot, Italian pizza.

Make one copy of The other group members judge the player's use of adjectives
the game board and and the order. If they think an adjective is in the wrong position or
adjective cards for each inappropriate, they challenge the player to correct or remove the
group of three or four. adjective. If students are unsure, they can ask you to adjudicate.
Cut the cards out as
indicated. You will also When the group members agree the player's adjectives are
need a dice and counters correct, the player keeps the cards they have used in a pile next
for each group. to them. The player then picks up the same number of cards from
the top of the pile on the game board.

Level If a player lands on a 'Change your cards' square, they can

exchange any adjective cards they don't want by putting them at
Pre-intermediate the bottom of the pile on the game board and taking the same
number from the top.

Time If a player lands on a 'Free noun' square, they can choose any
noun they want and describe it using as many of their adjectives
30 minutes
as they can.

The game ends when a player reaches the finish or all the adjective
cards have been used up.

The student with the most adjective cards in their pile wins the
game.

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Adjective Order Board Game

tie book coins house dog shirt

Free
noun
mug teacher clock woman

briefcase plate

Free
noun
box eyes coffee table

cat apple chair jacket

Change
your
cards
dress castle necklace

Change
your Finish
cards
bottle car

Change
your
cards
bicycle ball
Adjective cards

building bag pizza

Free
noun
Start
ring frog pen bed

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young big slim brown

expensive beautiful leather round

new large colourful china

hot dark-haired fierce delicious

alarm polo fast brick

old black fashionable white

annoying striped Italian porcelain

red small strong sports

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circular shiny happy friendly

old-fashioned smart dazzling gold

long square silk interesting

soft modern rectangular wooden

English short-haired cardboard charming

tall comfortable cheap cute

blue glass tacky paper

plastic medieval uncomfortable green

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