Random comparisons

1. Learners write down ten nouns on a separate piece of paper. These can be either abstract or concrete nouns. Collect these pieces of paper. On another piece of paper learners write a second set of 10 nouns.
2. Collect these pieces of paper. Pair off the learners, shuffle the papers and give out two to each pair.
3. Learners write ten comparative sentences using the first noun from the first list and the first noun from the second and so on. For example, in one class the nouns Way and Heaven produced this sentence: The way to Heaven is more difficult than the road to Hell. Other examples were: It's easier to write on a typewriter than with a pen (from pen and typewriter); True love is as strong and enduring as an oak tree (from love and tree).