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At this level, your students should already know how comparatives and superlatives are formed and when they are used. Do a brief revision of this to make sure they are comfortable with these structures. Check that they recognise the keyword indicators '...than' (comparatives) and 'the....' (superlatives) as well as the regular endings '-er' (comparatives) and '-est' (superlatives). Go over some common irregular examples too.

Have them complete the sentences with a word of their choice and check that they've chosen correctly either a comparative or superlative. Have them read the sentences out loud and give other examples to reinforce it. This is an important part of learning grammatical structures: not just learning the rules, but recognising when it's appropriate to use them in normal communication. Build your students' confidence with plenty of encouragement (using comparatives and superlatives to help), such as "Great job, that's the best example I've heard all day!" or "Wow, that's even better than what I was going to suggest!".