Just one thing

If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, which one would it be?

If you could choose only one place to live for the rest of your life, where would you choose?

If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?

If you could only kiss just one person for the rest of your life, who would it be?

If you could only support one team for the rest of your life, which team would you support?

If you could watch just one film for the rest of your life, what film would you choose?

If you could look at just one piece of art for the rest of your life, which one would you select?


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I thought these questions would be great for use in class.

I suggest you could start with a bit of grammar practice (very useful for Part 2 of the Cambridge English: First and Advanced exams), by showing students the questions with the relative pronouns deleted then they have to supply who, which, where, what.  

To stimulate discussion, students could watch the video below and see the different answers given to three of the questions:

Then, students could choose their answers individually before sharing and discussing them with their classmates.

Finally, they could compare their choices with the most popular answers to each question.

In Spain, the most popular song is Imagine.

The most popular food is pizza.

61% said they would prefer to live abroad.

Women are quicker then men at saying who they would prefer to kiss.  (Average time taken = 2 seconds!)

Pulp Fiction, Titanic, Forrest Gump are among the most cited films.

And Mona Lisa is by far the most popular work of art.

Fun video for practising questions

A friend sent me a link to a video showing Charlotte in the bath a few weeks ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7cSudpyEU9w

While I was watching it, my teacher's brain started ticking over and I thought it would be great (and fun!) to use it in class to practise questions at low levels.

It's short (it lasts 31 seconds!)  So, students could watch it without any viewing or listening task and just enjoy!

Next, they could be asked to count the number of questions Charlotte is asked.  (10)

Then, they could listen and say how many times the question 'Do you love .....?' is asked (6) and which other questions are asked (Do you want a million dollars?  Do you want to go night night?  Did you have a good Christmas?  Is there anything you like?)

You could discuss with students which question that Charlotte answers no to and they find most surprising.

Then, you could ask them to write questions that people would normally answer 'yes' to and then they roleplay  - one student is Charlotte and has to say 'no' convincingly to all the questions!