Would You Rather Questions for Students

How teachers use Would You Rather

As a settler, one question at the door does more than five minutes of asking for quiet. As a speaking task, require a full sentence with a reason, which forces the structure you would otherwise have to teach explicitly.

It also works as a four-corners activity: read the question, pupils walk to the side of the room matching their choice, then one person from each side argues it. ESL classes get particular value because both options are already written out.

Classroom Would You Rather questions

School-safe questions for ages eleven to eighteen. Print the page or project it straight onto the board.

Would you rather never have homework again or never have exams again?

Would you rather be top of the class in maths or be top of the class in sport?

Would you rather have a longer lunch break or have a shorter school day?

Would you rather learn only online or learn only in a classroom?

Would you rather give a class presentation or sit a surprise test?

Would you rather study history or study science?

Would you rather do group projects always or do solo projects always?

Would you rather have a school trip every month or have no uniform ever?

Would you rather be the class clown or be the teacher's favourite?

Would you rather remember everything you read or understand everything instantly?

Would you rather take notes by hand or take notes on a laptop?

Would you rather start school at 11am or finish school at 1pm?

Would you rather learn a new language or learn to code?

Would you rather have every lesson outdoors or have every lesson as a game?

Would you rather ace the test but never be picked for teams or be picked first but scrape a pass?

Would you rather read one book a week or watch one documentary a day?

Questions for younger pupils

For primary classes, use these instead — shorter, sillier and completely clean.

Would you rather have ice cream for breakfast every day or have pizza for dinner every day?

Would you rather be able to talk to animals or be able to breathe underwater?

Would you rather live in a treehouse or live in a castle?

Would you rather be a superhero or be a wizard?

Would you rather have a pet elephant or have a pet penguin?

Would you rather never have to sleep or never have to eat vegetables?

Would you rather jump as high as a building or run as fast as a car?

Would you rather explore outer space or explore the deep ocean?

Would you rather have a slide instead of stairs or have a pool instead of a garden?

Would you rather be the fastest kid in school or be the funniest kid in school?

Would you rather have snow all year or have summer all year?

Would you rather ride a unicorn to school or ride a rocket to school?

Would you rather only watch cartoons or only read comic books?

Would you rather be tiny like a mouse or be huge like a giraffe?

Would you rather have a magic pencil or have magic sneakers?

Would you rather eat a bug for £10 or sing in front of the class?

Would you rather have a robot best friend or have a talking dog?

Would you rather build the biggest sandcastle or build the biggest snowman?

Would you rather go to a theme park or go to a water park?

Would you rather be invisible for a day or be able to fly for a day?

Turn revision into a class game

Build a free review board for your own topic in a couple of minutes, project it, and let teams answer from their own devices. Reuse the same board next term with fresh questions.

Would You Rather for students FAQ

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Frequently asked questions

What are good Would You Rather questions for students?

Classroom questions should be about school life and easy to defend out loud: homework every night or exams every month, group project or solo assignment, no phones at school or no computers. Students can answer without knowing anything about the topic yet.

How do teachers use Would You Rather in class?

Most use it as a three-minute settler at the start of a lesson, or as a speaking task where each answer must be a full sentence with a because in it. Some run it as a four-corners activity where pupils physically move to the side they picked.

What age group are these questions for?

This set is written for roughly ages 11 to 18. For primary classes, use the kids questions instead — they are shorter, more concrete and completely clean.

Is it free for schools?

Yes. Every question is free to read, print and project, with no account and no limit. Teachers can also build a free review board for their own subject and host it on the classroom screen.