Would You Rather Questions for Kids

How to play Would You Rather with a class

1. Press Full screen and read the question aloud. Give ten seconds of thinking time.
2. Students choose a side. Left side of the room for the first choice and right side for the second works well, or stand up and sit down if space is tight.
3. Tap a side to count votes if you want a tally on the board.
4. Ask for reasons. The line under the question gives you a follow-up, such as convincing someone who chose the other one.
5. Press Next question. Questions do not repeat until every one in the set has come up.

Why it earns its five minutes

Would You Rather looks like a time filler, but every round is a small piece of oral language work: make a choice, give a reason, listen to a different view. It suits the first weeks of term when you are still learning names, the minutes before the bell, and the start of a persuasive writing unit. For more ways to fill a spare few minutes, see the full list of classroom games, the brain break picker or the fast finisher activities guide.

All 121 Would You Rather questions for kids

Every question in the game, by set. Copy any of them into a slide, a morning message or a writing task.

Silly (18 questions)

Pure fun. Good for the first week and the last five minutes.

• Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or have marshmallows for toes?
• Would you rather hiccup every time you laugh or sneeze every time you clap?
• Would you rather wear your shoes on the wrong feet all day or wear your jumper back to front all day?
• Would you rather talk like a robot for a day or sing everything you say for a day?
• Would you rather have a nose that honks or have ears that wiggle when you are excited?
• Would you rather slide down a rainbow or bounce on a cloud?
• Would you rather have a pet dragon the size of a mouse or have a pet mouse the size of a dragon?
• Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
• Would you rather have feet as long as rulers or have arms as long as broomsticks?
• Would you rather walk backwards everywhere or hop everywhere?
• Would you rather live in a house made of jelly or live in a house made of bubbles?
• Would you rather burp glitter or cry lemonade?
• Would you rather have a tail like a monkey or have a trunk like an elephant?
• Would you rather wear a wet sock all day or wear a scratchy hat all day?
• Would you rather have a clown nose you cannot take off or have clown shoes you cannot take off?
• Would you rather laugh like a kookaburra or snore like a tractor?
• Would you rather ride to school on a giant snail or ride to school on a very small horse?
• Would you rather have hair that changes colour with your mood or have shoes that squeak with every step?

Food (17 questions)

Everyone has an opinion about food, so everyone answers.

• Would you rather eat only breakfast foods forever or eat only dinner foods forever?
• Would you rather never eat chocolate again or never eat hot chips again?
• Would you rather have pizza with pineapple or have pizza with no cheese?
• Would you rather eat a raw onion or eat a whole lemon?
• Would you rather drink a broccoli milkshake or eat an ice cream made of peas?
• Would you rather have a lunchbox that refills itself or have a drink bottle that is always cold?
• Would you rather eat every meal with a tiny spoon or eat every meal with giant tongs?
• Would you rather have fairy bread at every party or have sausage rolls at every party?
• Would you rather give up Vegemite toast or give up cheese toasties?
• Would you rather only eat crunchy food or only eat soft food?
• Would you rather have a mango tree in your backyard or have a strawberry patch in your backyard?
• Would you rather eat soup with a fork or eat spaghetti with a spoon?
• Would you rather have dessert before dinner every night or have a second breakfast every morning?
• Would you rather eat a meat pie with no sauce or eat a sausage sizzle with no onion?
• Would you rather only drink water or only drink milk?
• Would you rather eat the same sandwich every day for a year or never eat a sandwich again?
• Would you rather cook dinner for your family or wash up after dinner for your family?

Animals (17 questions)

A good lead-in to adaptations, habitats and information reports.

• Would you rather be able to talk to dogs or be able to talk to birds?
• Would you rather hop like a kangaroo or climb like a koala?
• Would you rather swim with dolphins or fly with eagles?
• Would you rather have a wombat as a pet or have a quokka as a pet?
• Would you rather be a shark for a day or be a wedge-tailed eagle for a day?
• Would you rather have the eyesight of an owl or have the hearing of a bat?
• Would you rather be as fast as a cheetah or be as strong as an elephant?
• Would you rather sleep in a burrow or sleep in a nest?
• Would you rather have a shell like a turtle or have spikes like an echidna?
• Would you rather be the tallest animal in the zoo or be the smallest animal in the zoo?
• Would you rather look after a baby penguin or look after a baby crocodile?
• Would you rather have a pocket like a kangaroo or have a beak like a pelican?
• Would you rather live in the ocean or live in the rainforest?
• Would you rather be an ant in a huge colony or be a platypus living alone?
• Would you rather have a cockatoo that copies everything you say or have a dog that follows you everywhere?
• Would you rather change colour like a chameleon or glow in the dark like a firefly?
• Would you rather find a spider in your shoe or find a frog in your bed?

School (18 questions)

About their own school day. Handy for class agreements and circle time.

• Would you rather have a longer lunch or have a longer recess?
• Would you rather have art every day or have sport every day?
• Would you rather be the teacher for a day or be the principal for a day?
• Would you rather do your work standing up or do your work lying on the floor?
• Would you rather have school in a treehouse or have school on a boat?
• Would you rather write with a pencil that never needs sharpening or have a rubber that never runs out?
• Would you rather go on an excursion to the zoo or go on an excursion to a museum?
• Would you rather read a book to the class or sing a song to the class?
• Would you rather have no homework or have no assembly?
• Would you rather sit next to your best friend or choose your own seat every day?
• Would you rather have a class pet lizard or have a class pet fish?
• Would you rather learn outside all day or learn in the library all day?
• Would you rather work in a group or work on your own?
• Would you rather be really good at spelling or be really good at times tables?
• Would you rather have a robot that tidies your tray or have a robot that carries your bag?
• Would you rather start school an hour later or finish school an hour earlier?
• Would you rather do a maths quiz or write a story?
• Would you rather wear free dress every day or wear a costume once a week?

Imagine (17 questions)

Superpowers, inventions and what-ifs. Great as narrative writing prompts.

• Would you rather be able to fly or be able to turn invisible?
• Would you rather travel to the past or travel to the future?
• Would you rather breathe underwater or never need to sleep?
• Would you rather read minds or talk to animals?
• Would you rather have a flying bike or have a submarine car?
• Would you rather be the fastest person in the world or be the strongest person in the world?
• Would you rather live on the moon or live under the sea?
• Would you rather have a magic pencil that draws real things or have a magic book that takes you inside the story?
• Would you rather shrink to the size of an ant or grow as tall as a gum tree?
• Would you rather control the weather or pause time for one minute a day?
• Would you rather have a robot friend or have a friendly alien visit?
• Would you rather meet a dinosaur or meet a woolly mammoth?
• Would you rather know every language or play every instrument?
• Would you rather have a door that opens anywhere in the world or have a backpack that holds anything?
• Would you rather be a famous inventor or be a famous explorer?
• Would you rather have an extra hour every day or have an extra day every week?
• Would you rather find a treasure map or find a message in a bottle?

Out and about (17 questions)

Holidays, weather and weekends, with plenty of Australia in it.

• Would you rather spend the day at the beach or spend the day in the bush?
• Would you rather camp in a tent or stay in a caravan?
• Would you rather have a hot Christmas or have a snowy Christmas?
• Would you rather visit Uluru or visit the Great Barrier Reef?
• Would you rather go to the footy or go to the cricket?
• Would you rather swim in a pool or swim in the ocean?
• Would you rather ride a bike or ride a scooter?
• Would you rather have a week of rain or have a week of heat?
• Would you rather go fishing or go bushwalking?
• Would you rather build a sandcastle or build a cubby?
• Would you rather take a long car trip or take a long train trip?
• Would you rather spot a whale or spot a platypus?
• Would you rather live in the city or live on a farm?
• Would you rather watch the sunrise or watch the sunset?
• Would you rather play in the sprinkler or jump in puddles?
• Would you rather have a barbecue at the park or have a picnic at the beach?
• Would you rather sleep under the stars or sleep in a treehouse?

Big thinkers (17 questions)

No easy answer. For upper primary and secondary, and for persuasive writing.

• Would you rather be the best player on a losing team or be the worst player on a winning team?
• Would you rather know a little about everything or know everything about one thing?
• Would you rather always have to tell the truth or never be able to ask a question?
• Would you rather be famous now and forgotten later or be unknown now and remembered later?
• Would you rather have more time or have more money?
• Would you rather be able to change one thing in the past or be able to see one thing in the future?
• Would you rather lead the group or be a trusted member of the group?
• Would you rather live without music or live without books?
• Would you rather be an expert who cannot explain things or be a beginner who explains things well?
• Would you rather solve one big problem for the world or solve a hundred small problems for your town?
• Would you rather have a job you love that pays little or have a job you find dull that pays well?
• Would you rather never use a screen again or never go outside again?
• Would you rather be given a fish or be taught to fish?
• Would you rather have one close friend or have twenty friendly classmates?
• Would you rather be the first person on Mars or be the person who cures a disease?
• Would you rather always be ten minutes early or always be exactly on time but rushed?
• Would you rather know how the story ends or be surprised by the ending?

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