Agreeing and Disagreeing ESL Activities, Games and Worksheets
In this engaging agreeing and disagreeing activity, students practice agreeing and disagreeing with positive and negative statements with so, neither or nor. First, students underline the correct word or phrase in each statement and response. Next, students complete positive and negative statements with information that is true for them. In pairs, students then take turns reading their statements to their partner who agrees or disagrees with them using so, neither or nor. Afterwards, pairs report back to the class on the things they agreed on.
In this communicative neither and so speaking activity, students agree and disagree with positive and negative statements using neither and so. First, students underline the correct verb form in each statement to make it true for them. Students then go around the class reading their statements to different classmates who agree or disagree with each one using neither or so. When a classmate agrees with a statement, the student writes their name in the 'Agree' column. When someone disagrees, they write their name in the 'Disagree' column. This continues until both columns are completed with names. Finally, students share their results with the class.
Here is an amusing agreeing and disagreeing game to help students practice expressions of agreement and disagreement. In groups, students take turns selecting a card and completing the statement on the card with true information that others would find difficult to agree with, e.g. 'I want to live somewhere where it's cold and cloudy all year round. I can't stand sunny weather.' The other group members then respond by agreeing or disagreeing with the statement. If no one agrees with the statement, the student wins the card. If someone agrees, the card is removed from the game. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.
In this free agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students learn and practice phrases for agreeing and disagreeing with opinions. First, students categorise agreeing and disagreeing phrases according to their function and level of emphasis. Students then match the agreeing and disagreeing expressions with explanations. Next, students agree or disagree with opinions using the expressions and write an explanation to support each response. After that, in pairs, students take turns reading each opinion and agreeing or disagreeing using their responses. Finally, with their partner, students take turns giving opinions on topics and responding with suitable expressions followed by an explanation.
In this agreeing and disagreeing speaking activity, students discuss which items to save in a house fire. In pairs, students imagine that they share a house which contains all the items on the worksheet. Their house is on fire, and they have ten minutes to save as many possessions as possible. In pairs, students then give their opinions and reach an agreement on which ten items to choose and in which order to rescue them. When everyone has finished, pairs read out their results and the class discusses the findings.
In this useful agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students practice phrases showing various levels of agreement or disagreement. First, students identify the level of agreement or disagreement in 12 phrases by writing strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree next to each expression. Students then complete three conversations with the agreeing and disagreeing phrases. Next, students say whether they agree or disagree with statements by writing sentences about their opinions that include phrases to agree or disagree. Finally, in pairs, students discuss who they agree with in the conversations in Exercise B and why, and then discuss the statements in Exercise C, share their opinions and agree or disagree.
This communicative neither and nor speaking activity helps students to practice agreeing with negative statements using neither and nor. First, students complete negative statements with information that is true for them. Students then go around the classroom reading their statements to one another, trying to find one person in the class who agrees with each of their negative statements. When a student agrees with a classmate’s statement, they respond with an appropriate neither or nor expression, e.g. 'Neither am I.' The other student then writes down their name. If a student doesn’t agree with the statement, they respond by saying what they have written for the same prompt. The activity continues until all the students have completed the worksheet with names. Finally, students give feedback to the class on what they found out.
In this entertaining agreeing game, students race to agree with statements using so, neither or nor. In groups, students take turns picking up a topic card and showing it to the group, e.g. sports. The student then picks up a set of So, Neither or Nor cards and looks at the phrase on the first card without showing it to anyone, e.g. 'So do I.' Next, the student tries to make one of the other students say the agreeing phrase on the card by making a statement related to the topic, e.g. 'I sometimes play football in the park.' The first group member to agree with the statement using the correct phrase wins and keeps the card. The student then looks at the next So, Neither or Nor phrase card and makes another statement relating to the topic, trying to get through as many cards as possible in one minute. When the time limit has been reached, students count their agreement cards, scoring a point for each one. All the So, Neither or Nor cards are then reshuffled, and it's the next student's turn. The game continues until all the topic cards have been used. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
In this comprehensive agreeing and disagreeing worksheet, students practice advanced phrases used to agree, partially agree, and disagree. First, students complete phrases for agreeing, partially agreeing, and disagreeing and then indicate the function of each phrase. Next, students match each opinion with a suitable response. Students then underline the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. After that, students find mistakes in phrases and correct them. Finally, in groups of three, students discuss statements and say whether they agree or disagree with them using the phrases from the worksheet. Afterwards, groups report back to the class on the statements they agreed on.
This fun agreeing and disagreeing role-play activity helps students practice language for expressing agreement, disagreement and surprise. First, students read an opinion on a card and pretend it is their own. Students then go around the class giving their opinions to a classmate, who reacts with an expression of agreement, disagreement or surprise and then asks follow-up questions. The two students then keep the conversation going briefly before swapping roles. When a pair has finished, the students exchange cards and find a new partner. The process is then repeated, and so on. After practicing the expressions, students turn over their opinion cards and write an opinion of their own on the back of the card. Finally, students repeat the activity one more time using their own opinions.
In this communicative agreeing and disagreeing speaking activity, students agree and disagree on how money should be spent on school facilities and equipment. Students pretend that their school has been awarded $100,000 to spend on new facilities and equipment. The students' task is to put forward ideas on what new facilities or equipment to get with the money. In pairs, students think of facilities and equipment their school needs and write down four possible ideas and reasons. Next, each pair presents their ideas to another pair. The students discuss each idea in turn, giving their opinions, agreeing and disagreeing. The two pairs then agree on one idea as a group and present it to the class who votes for the best one.
This free agreeing and disagreeing game helps students practice various phrases for stating an opinion, asking for an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing. First, students choose the correct words to complete phrases for stating an opinion, asking for an opinion, agreeing and disagreeing. Students then write four controversial statements using topics from the worksheet. Next, in groups of three, students discuss each statement for two minutes using the phrases on the worksheet. The aim is to try to use as many of the phrases as possible during each discussion. Each time a student says one of the phrases, they score a point and put a tick in a table. The student with the most points after all the statements have been discussed wins.
