My Favourite and My Least Favourite

Individual work

• The teacher assigns the student one or more category cards.
• The student thinks of their favourite and least favourite option from the category.
• They tell the teacher both choices and explain why, using the phrase starters.
• The teacher can model a sample answer before the activity.

For example: Days of the week — "My favourite is Friday because the weekend starts. My least favourite is Monday because I feel tired."

Encourage students to give reasons and not just name their options.

Pair / Group work (including breakout rooms)

• The teacher assigns one or more cards to each pair or group.
• One student names their favourite and least favourite option and explains why.
• Their partner reacts — do they agree or disagree? — and shares their own choices.
• Then they swap roles with a new card.

Encourage students to:

• use the phrase starters 
• give reasons for their choices
• react to their partner's answers
• find out what they have in common

Class sharing

Invite some students or groups to share their most interesting answers with the class.

The class can discuss:

• the most popular favourite options
• the most surprising least favourites
• which category was the hardest to choose from
• whether anyone had the same answers

Focus on fluency, opinion language, and confident speaking in English.