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🇬🇧 🎲 Fun speaking · Greetings and self-introductions (A1)

🤔 Would you rather…?

🎯 Choose and give reasons using 'I'd rather… because…'

🎮 Play this in class

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

  • Morning or night?
  • Cats or dogs?

🔑 Key phrases

  • I'd rather… because…〜のほうがいいです、なぜなら〜。
  • That's a tough one!それは難しい!
  • Definitely…絶対〜。
  • It depends on…〜によります。
  • What about you?あなたは?
  • No way!ありえない!

📚 Useful words

  • choose — 選ぶ
  • prefer — 〜のほうを好む
  • both — 両方
  • neither — どちらも〜ない
  • reason — 理由
  • instead — 代わりに

⚡ Speaking challenges

  • Would you rather eat sushi every day or ramen every day? Why?
  • Would you rather never use your phone again or never watch TV?
  • Make your own 'Would you rather' question.
  • Answer with 'It depends on…'.

🎭 Role-play

A game show: 'Would You Rather?' The tutor is the host.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Answer 10 'Would you rather…' questions with a reason each. Then ask the tutor 5.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be a dramatic host. Push back on each answer: 'Really? But what about…?'

🌀 Twist (halfway through): Lightning round: 5 questions, 5 seconds each!

🗣️ Discussion questions

  • Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
  • Would you rather live without music or without movies?
  • Would you rather travel to the past or the future?

📌 Homework

Write 5 'Would you rather' questions to ask the next tutor次の講師に聞く「どっちがいい?」の質問を5つ書く