Talking about future desires with 'want to'

Do you want to Yes I do speaking games

want to for future desires and places vocabulary practice

 

Part One: Want to make me say yes

Try to get a “Yes, I do” answer from your partner with a “Do you want to…?” question like those below. You get one point If they say “Yes”, but no points if they say “No, I don’t”.

Do you want to

buy… change… cook (…) do… drink (…) eat (…) fly (to…) get… go… ing go to… have… learn… leave… listen to… make… meet… play… read (…) ride… see… sleep start… study (…) talk to… use… visit… watch… wear…

now today this evening at… (o’clock) tomorrow the day after tomorrow on …day this week this month this year next year in 20…

Share one thing that your partner doesn’t want to do, and see if anyone else in the class wants to do that.

Ask about anything above you don’t understand, couldn’t make a question from, etc, working together to ask and answer related questions each time.

 

Part Two: Wants in different places make me say yes

Play the same game but this time pretending that you are in a different place such as one in the table below. Imagine that it is the same time as it really is now, but that you are not in this room. The person who will answer the questions can choose what place they are in.

I’m

in a sports shop in a swimming pool in front of a lake in front of the (rubbish) bin in front of the kitchen cupboard in front of the fridge in front of the whiteboard in front of the window in the airport in the bath in the bathroom in the bedroom in the cafeteria in the cinema (= in the movie theater) in the dining room in the garage in the garden in the gym in the kitchen in the library in the living room in the park in the post office in the shower in the supermarket in the zoo next to a bus stop on a bicycle on a farm on a mountain on a plane on a ship on a train on the beach on the sofa under a tree

Share your partner’s wants in one place and see if the class can guess what the place is.

Ask about anywhere above you couldn’t think of questions for, etc, working together to ask and answer suitable “want to” questions each time.