Analyzing the Best Super Bowl Commercials
ESL Lesson PlansAnalyzing the Best Super Bowl Commercials

Analyzing the Best Super Bowl Commercials

What really makes a Super Bowl commercial unforgettable? Explore advertising, media, and pop culture in this engaging B1–B2 ESL lesson for teens and adults. Students read facts about Super Bowl commercials, watch and analyze real ads, and build vocabulary with descriptive adjectives. Through matching tasks, ranking activities, and group discussions, learners practice listening, reading, speaking, and critical thinking in an authentic, motivating context.

Skills

  • Can express their ideas and opinions with precision, and present and respond to complex lines of argument convincingly.
  • Can understand documentaries, live interviews, talk shows, plays and the majority of films in the standard form of the language or a familiar variety
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1

How much do you know about Super Bowl commercials? Read the facts and fill in the gaps.

Use the words and phrases in the box to fill in the gaps.
Good job! All gaps are filled
2

Watch the first five commercials in the video. Which one did you like best and why?

3

Match the adjectives to the definitions.

4

Analyze and rank the Super Bowl commercials.

5

Discuss the questions in small groups.

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