Would you rather...?

Objective & content

By the end, A2+ pupils can state a preference and justify it with I'd rather ... because ... and I wouldn't like to ... because ...: I'd rather live by the sea because I love swimming. The bank is 13 projectable slides: a how-to slide, then 12 Would you rather questions (a pet dragon or a pet dinosaur, never eat pizza again or never eat chocolate again, a library or a cinema in your bedroom...), each with two pictures and the useful phrases.

Pedagogical guide

Use it as a five-minute warm-up that gets everyone talking. Every pupil has an opinion on these questions, and the class rarely agrees, so pupils have a real reason to explain their choice and to listen to the other side. Asking each side for its best reason, then checking if anyone changed their mind, turns a simple vote into a short debate. The slides are interchangeable: show one or two per lesson.

Suggested procedure

1. (1 min) Show the how-to slide and read the example together.
2. (2 min) Show one question. Pupils choose and tell a partner why, with I'd rather ... because ....
3. (2 min) Count the hands for each side. Each side gives its best reason. Does anyone change their mind?

Adaptations

• [S] Give pupils two or three reasons to choose from (because it's fun, because it's dangerous), so they only need to build I'd rather ....
• [A] Two pupils, one for each side, have thirty seconds each to win the class over, or pupils write a new question for the class.

Materials & prerequisites

A projector or screen; the bank is a 16:9 PDF, one slide per page, with no printing needed. Assumes would in questions and because for reasons.