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[This is a classroom mingle activity. I cannibalized all the questions from a speaking activity I posted last year.
I used this mingle to supplement a lesson in the IELTS Express Upper Intermediate textbook. After the students had gotten done studying the pages in the textbook that taught language for speculation (for answering Speaking Part 3 questions) I did this mingle with them. The students have to walk around the room and talk to everyone in the class. They write the name of their classmate next to the question that they asked to them. Before we did this mingle, I told the students that these questions were NOT IELTS type questions. (They're much to silly to be on the IELTS). But that it was still nonetheless a fun way to practice the language for speculation.]
Question
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Name
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1.
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Would you have
one of your fingers surgically removed if it somehow guaranteed immunity from
all major diseases?
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2.
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If you could
prevent either an earthquake that would kill 40,000 people, a plane crash
that would kill 200 people, or a car accident that would kill a friend of
yours, which would you choose?
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3.
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Would you be
willing to become extremely ugly physically if it meant you would live for
500 years at any physical age you chose?
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4.
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Would you like
to know the precise date of your death?
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5.
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Your house,
containing everything you own, catches fire.
After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a
final dash to save any one item. What
would it be?
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6.
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If you knew
there would be a nuclear war in one week, what would you do?
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7.
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If you could
take a one-month trip anywhere in the world and money were not a
consideration, where would you go and what would you do?
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8.
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Someone close to
you is in pain, paralyzed and will die within a month. He begs you to give him poison so that he
can die. Would you? What if it were your father?
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9.
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If a crystal
ball would tell you the truth about any one thing you wished to know
concerning yourself, life, the future, or anything else, what would you want
to know?
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10.
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For $40,000
would you go for three months without washing, brushing your teeth, or using
a deodorant? Assume you could not
explain your reasons to anyone.
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11
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If you could
script the basic plot for the dream you will have tonight, what would the story
be?
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12
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Would you be
willing to reduce your life expectancy by five years to become extremely
attractive?
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13
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You discover
your wonderful 2-year-old daughter is, because of a mix-up at the hospital,
not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to try to correct the
mistake?
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14
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Given the
ability to project yourself into the past but not return, would you do
so? Where would you go and what would
you try to accomplish if you knew you might change the course of history?
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15.
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In a nice restaurant,
after getting the bill for an excellent meal, you notice that you were not
charged for one of the items you ate.
Would you tell the waitress?
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16
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You are given
the power to kill people. They would
die a natural death and no one would suspect you. Are there any situations in which you would
use this power?
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17.
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Would you accept
twenty-five years of extraordinary happiness if it meant you would die at the
end of the period?
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18.
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If you were
having difficulty on an important test and could safely cheat by looking at
someone else’s paper, would you do so?
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19
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For a person you
loved deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing there
would be little chance of ever seeing your family and friends again?
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20
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Would you be willing
to murder an innocent person if it would end hunger in the world?
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21
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Assuming that
you had no children and felt the only way for you to have a family was to
marry someone you didn’t love, would you be willing to do so?
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22
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Would you rather
be extremely professionally and have a fairly ordinary private life, or have
a very happy private life and only an ordinary professional life?
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23
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Before you are
ten pistols—only one of which is loaded.
For $10 million would you pick one up, point it at your forehead, and
press the trigger? If you survive, you
keep the money.
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24
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Make up your own
hypothetical question here:
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Update:
It turns out the IELTS Express textbook has another lesson that discusses hypothetical questions on part 3. Since the students seemed to enjoy this activity the first time around, I designed a second sheet with the same idea, but just different questions. All the questions for this second worksheet come from this website here, which I've edited slightly.
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Question
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Name
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1.
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If you could
change sex for a week, would you do it? Do you think its easier being male or
female?
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2.
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Would you rather
be deaf or blind?
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3.
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You find a book
and begin to read only to discover that it is your life. You get to the point
that you are at now, do you turn the page knowing that you will not be able
to change the events to come?
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4.
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If you could
really sell your soul to the devil, what would you sell it for?
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5.
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If you were
really a robot, would you want to know?
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6.
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Would you rather
get uglier or dumber?
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7.
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What would you
do if you found out you had 24 hours to live?
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8.
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If you could
learn any one skill in the world without trying (like by magic), which would
you pick?
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9.
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If you got to
choose between fifty years of being incredibly happy or to live forever and
be unhappy what would you choose?
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10.
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You are offered
a pill that makes you 25% more intelligent but permanently removes your hair
including eyebrows. Do you take it?
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11
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If a genie
offered you 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
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12
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Would you rather
have to say everything that comes to your mind or never say anything again?
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13
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If it had to
always be night-time or always day-time, which would you choose? And why?
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14
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If you could go
back and be any age you want for a month, what would you choose?
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15.
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If you could
only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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16
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If you had to
travel 100 years into the past or 100 years into the future, which would you
choose?
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17.
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Would you rather
have 4 legs or 4 arms?
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18.
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What historic
figure would make the worst ghost to be haunted by?
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19
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Would you rather
be rich and a horrible person, or poor but a great person? What about rich
and ugly, or poor and good looking?
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20
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If you had to be
stuck in a TV show for a month, what show would you pick? And what character
would you be?
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21
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If you could
pick any 3 people in the world to be marooned on an island with, who would
you choose and why?
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22
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If you found out that a close friend
murdered someone for a good reason, would you tell the police or would you
help them dispose of the body?
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23
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If you had a
week to live and could do any 5 things in the world, what would they be?
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24
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If you could ask
your future self from the year 2050 one question, what would it be?
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25
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Would you rather
end all wars or world hunger?
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26
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If you could
pick a single super power, what would it be and why?
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27
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What one piece
of advice would you give to your younger self?
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28
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If you could ask
any historic figure one question, who would it be and what would you ask?
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29
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If you were to
lose all five of your senses, how would you know if you were truly alive? (The five senses are hearing, sight, smell,
touch, and taste.)
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30.
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If you were a
high school teacher, what subject would you teach?
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31
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You're being
held at gunpoint, and the gunman asks you for one reason why he shouldn't
pull the trigger, what do you tell him?
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32
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Would you rather
follow your dreams but never fall in love or fall in love but have no
ambition or life goals?
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33
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How will you
describe the color blue to a blind man ?
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34
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If you were
planning a party and money was no object, describe what it would be like?
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35
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Make up your own
hypothetical question here:
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