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Expressing and responding to opinions

DOGS ARE BETTER

PETS THAN CATS

ENGLISH IS THE

EASIEST

LANGUAGE IN

THE WORLD

PARENTS SHOULD

NOT BE

ALLOWED TO

HAVE MORE THAN

TWO CHILDREN

WOMEN ARE

BETTER DRIVERS

THAN MEN

PEOPLE WORRY

TOO MUCH

ABOUT WHAT

THEY WEAR

MEN TAKE SPORT

TOO SERIOUSLY

BOXING SHOULD

BE BANNED

FOOD IS THE

GREATEST

PLEASURE

IN LIFE

THE MOST

FAMOUS PERSON

YOU’VE EVER

MET

TEACHING IS THE

MOST DIFFICULT

JOB IN

THE WORLD

START

FINISH

GO

FORWARD

ONE

SPACE!

MISS A

TURN!

THROW

AGAIN!

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Expressing and responding to opinions

GO

BACK

TWO

SPACES!

THROW

AGAIN!

GO

FORWARD

TWO

SPACES!

GO

BACK

TWO

SPACES!

THIS COUNTRY

IS THE BEST IN

THE WORLD

THERE IS LIFE ON

OTHER PLANETS

YOUR

SCHOOLDAYS

ARE THE BEST

DAYS OF

YOUR LIFE

VIOLENT

TELEVISION

PROGRAMMES

MAKE PEOPLE

MORE VIOLENT

TRAINS ARE

THE BEST WAY

TO TRAVEL

THERE IS TOO

MUCH

ADVERTISING

IN SOCIETY

SUMMER IS

THE BEST

SEASON

COMPUTERS

ARE BAD FOR

SOCIETY

SMOKING

SHOULD BE

MADE ILLEGAL

WATCHING

SPORT IS A WASTE

OF TIME

CHILDREN

UNDER 12

SHOULDN’T BE

GIVEN MOBILE

PHONES

THE WORLD

WOULD BE A

BETTER PLACE

WITHOUT

POLITICIANS

PEOPLE WATCH

TOO MUCH

TELEVISION

BLUE IS THE

MOST BEAUTIFUL

COLOUR

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Instructions

You will need: one copy of the board (two pages) per three or four
students; one die and three/four counters per group

• Divide students into groups of three or four and give each group a

board, counters and a die. If one student has a watch that shows
seconds, make him/her the timekeeper for the group.

• Students take it in turns to throw a die. When they land on a square

with a sentence on it, they have to talk for 30 seconds about the
sentence they have landed on. They must begin with an expression
for agreeing and disagreeing and then continue by giving reasons to
support their opinion.

• If a student cannot think of anything to say or stops talking before

the 30 seconds are up, he/she has to move back to his/her original
square. If you have a quiet class, allow each student 15 seconds’
thinking time before speaking. The student who reaches the Finish
square first is the winner.