Expressing Preferences ESL Games
In this engaging expressing preferences game, students write hypothetical Would you...? questions for a partner and guess which choices they would make. First, in groups, students write Would you rather / choose / prefer...? questions to ask a partner from prompts. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group. Working alone, students guess and underline what they think their partner's choice would be for each question. Students then take turns asking their partner the questions and reasons for their answers. Students put a tick for each answer they guessed correctly. The student with the most correct guesses wins the game.
In this productive would rather and would prefer board game, students practice reforming sentences and questions with would rather and would prefer. One student begins by picking up a card and reading the sentence or question on the card to the first player along with a would rather or would prefer prompt, e.g. 'Do you want to take a break now or later? (would rather)' The player then tries to reformulate the sentence or question using would rather or would prefer as indicated, e.g. 'Would you rather take a break now or later?' If the player does this successfully, they roll the dice and move their counter along the board. If the prompt ends with because, the player completes the sentence with their own ideas. This process is repeated with the next player, and so on. The first player to reach the finish wins the game.
