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Short
Thinking
Exercises
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What questions can you think of that
? have no answer? ?
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What questions can you think of that
? have more than one answer? ?
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If you could only have one of these,
what would you choose?

fam friend
e s
Why?
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If you could only have one of these,
what would you choose?

intelligence beauty

Why?
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If you could only have one of these,
what would you choose?

strength speed

Why?
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Would you rather be the size of an

acorn, or as big as a large tree?

Why?
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Yellow is the answer.
? What is the question? ?
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7 is the answer.
? What is the question? ?
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September is the answer.
? What is the question? ?
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What are the

advantages and
disadvantages of
having a chair made
out of chocolate?
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If you were
given five
wishes, what
would you wish
for?

Why?
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How would you

describe a cat to an
alien?
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How would you
describe a rainbow
to an alien?
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How would you
describe a
submarine to an
alien?
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What would happen if it rained

sweets?

Why?
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If a pigeon could
talk, what might it
say?

Why?
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If a cow could talk,
what would you ask
it?

Why?
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What would
you do if your
family won the
lottery?

Why?
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What would happen if it never

stopped raining?

Why?
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What would happen if it was

always winter?

Why?
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If you could
change the
amount of days in
a week, what
would you change
it to?

Why?
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What else could your initials mean?
? eg. RW = Really Weird ?
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If you were a
superhero what
power would you
have and what
would your name
be?

Why?
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If you could travel back in time, where

would you go?

Why?
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What 3
questions would
you ask the
queen?

Why?
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Would you rather live in the

desert or in Antarctica?

Why?
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Would you rather live on top of a

mountain or deep underground?

Why?
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If you could
only eat one
thing for the rest
of your life,
what would it
be?

Why?
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What would happen if school was
cancelled for ever?

Why?
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What would happen if all the

animals in the world
disappeared?

Why?
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If a tree fell in the forest and

nobody was around to hear it,
would it make a sound?

Why?
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If everyone saw colours differently,
would we be able to tell?

Why?
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Do films spoil books?

Why?
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If you had unending
amounts of money
but were only allowed
to buy one thing,
what would you buy?

Why?
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If you had an
extra hour in
every day, how
would you use
it?

Why?
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What punctuation mark most

closely describes your
personality?
e.g. I am a question mark
because I like to ask lots of
questions about the world
around me
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If you knew you could not fail, what
? would you do?
?
Why?
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If you could
rid the world
of one thing,
what would it
be?

Why?
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If you were in
a band what
would the
name be?

Why?
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If you were a
pirate what
would your
name be?

Why?
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If you were asked to go on

a trip to space for 1 year,
would you go?

Why?
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If you could be a cat or dog, which one
would you be and why?

Why?
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Which animal
represents you
the best?

Why?
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If you could be anywhere else right
? now, where would you be?
?
Why?
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Describe your self using only 3 words.
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Describe your day using only 3 words.
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If you had your own island what
would you name it? What is on
the island? What would you do
there?
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Describe your
dream house.
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What is the most important thing to
? you in life? ?
Why?
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If you were invisible for the day,
? where would you go? ?
Why?
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If you found a wallet with
£100 in it, what would you
do?

Why?