Would You Rather Questions for Middle School (Grades 6 to 8)
Good would you rather questions for middle school are quick, classroom-safe choices that sixth, seventh and eighth graders actually want to argue about, like “Would you rather have a three-day weekend every week or a summer that’s two months longer?” or “Would you rather be the best player on a losing team or the worst player on a winning team?” Below are 70 middle school would you rather questions in seven groups, all clean enough to put on the board on a Monday morning.
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What makes a good would you rather question for middle schoolers?
Middle schoolers can smell a “baby question” from across the room. Ask a sixth grader if they’d rather be a puppy or a kitten and you’ll get an eye roll. The questions that land with kids ages 11 to 14 have three things in common:
- A real trade-off. Both choices cost something. That’s what starts the arguing.
- Something from their world. School, phones, friends, sports, food, games and the weird stuff they think about at 11 p.m.
- Nothing that puts anyone on the spot. No crushes, no “who in this room,” nothing about bodies or grades. Everyone should be able to answer out loud without worrying about it later.
Every question on this page passes all three. They’re written for grades 6 to 8, so they sit between our would you rather questions for tweens (a little younger, more family-focused) and the questions for teens.
70 would you rather questions for middle school
School day questions
- Would you rather have a three-day weekend every week or a summer that’s two months longer?
- Would you rather have one hour of homework every night or one giant project due every Friday?
- Would you rather have lunch at 10 a.m. or at 2 p.m.?
- Would you rather have every class be gym or every class be art?
- Would you rather get to pick your seat in every class or pick the music played between classes?
- Would you rather have a locker that never jams or a backpack that never gets heavy?
- Would you rather take every test with your notes open or with a friend as your partner?
- Would you rather have school start at 10 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. or start at 7 a.m. and end at noon?
- Would you rather go on a field trip to a science museum or to a theme park with a “physics worksheet”?
- Would you rather have a teacher who’s really funny or a teacher who never gives homework?
Friends and fitting in
- Would you rather have one best friend who gets you completely or ten good friends you have fun with?
- Would you rather move to a new school where you know nobody or stay where you are but every class gets reshuffled?
- Would you rather always know the right thing to say or always know when to say nothing?
- Would you rather be known as the funniest kid in your grade or the kindest?
- Would you rather have a group chat that never stops buzzing or no group chat at all?
- Would you rather plan the sleepover or be the friend who brings the snacks?
- Would you rather be on a team with your friends and lose or with strangers and win?
- Would you rather have a friend who’s always late or a friend who always cancels at the last minute?
- Would you rather sit with a new group at lunch for a week or eat alone in a quiet spot with a great book?
- Would you rather give a speech in front of the whole school or sing one line of a song in front of your class?
Phones, games and screens
- Would you rather give up video games for a month or give up your favorite snack for a month?
- Would you rather have unlimited phone battery or unlimited phone storage?
- Would you rather only be able to text or only be able to call?
- Would you rather be really good at one video game or pretty good at every video game?
- Would you rather make a video that gets a million views or build a game that a hundred people love?
- Would you rather have no internet for a week or no TV or streaming for a month?
- Would you rather live inside your favorite video game for a day or inside your favorite movie for a day?
- Would you rather have a robot that does your chores or a robot that does your homework (but makes mistakes)?
- Would you rather have a phone with a perfect camera or a phone that never cracks?
- Would you rather invent a brand-new app or a brand-new sport?
Sports, hobbies and talents
- Would you rather be the best player on a losing team or the worst player on a winning team?
- Would you rather be amazing at drawing or amazing at playing an instrument?
- Would you rather score the winning goal in front of the whole school or make the winning catch with nobody watching?
- Would you rather be able to run super fast or jump super high?
- Would you rather learn to skateboard or learn to snowboard?
- Would you rather be in the school play or run the lights and sound for it?
- Would you rather speak every language or play every instrument?
- Would you rather win a spelling bee or win a science fair?
- Would you rather coach your favorite team for a day or play on it for one game?
- Would you rather be famous for something you made or something you did?
Food fights (the friendly kind)
- Would you rather eat pizza every day for a month or never eat pizza again?
- Would you rather have tacos or burgers for every school lunch?
- Would you rather only eat breakfast food or only eat dinner food?
- Would you rather have unlimited free ice cream or unlimited free fries?
- Would you rather give up chocolate or give up chips?
- Would you rather cook dinner for your family every night or do the dishes every night?
- Would you rather drink only water for a year or only milk for a year?
- Would you rather eat a slice of pizza with pineapple or a slice with no cheese?
- Would you rather have a snack drawer that refills itself or a fridge that always has leftovers you like?
- Would you rather open a food truck or a bakery?
Future and big dreams
- Would you rather know what job you’ll have when you grow up or be surprised?
- Would you rather live in a big city or on a farm?
- Would you rather travel to every country or travel to the moon once?
- Would you rather be a famous athlete or a famous scientist?
- Would you rather build your own house or design your own car?
- Would you rather go to college far away or stay close to home?
- Would you rather invent something everyone uses or discover something no one has seen?
- Would you rather be the boss or be the person with the coolest job?
- Would you rather have a pet dog or a pet that nobody else has, like a hedgehog?
- Would you rather write a best-selling book or direct a hit movie?
Weird and wonderful
- Would you rather be able to pause time or rewind time by ten seconds?
- Would you rather talk to animals or understand every language humans speak?
- Would you rather have a teleporter or a time machine you can only use once?
- Would you rather be invisible for a day or fly for a day?
- Would you rather live in a world with no homework or a world with no bedtime?
- Would you rather have a dragon as a pet or be a dragon for a day?
- Would you rather always have to whisper or always have to shout?
- Would you rather have a rewind button for your life or a skip button for boring parts?
- Would you rather be stuck in an elevator with your favorite teacher or your least favorite song on repeat?
- Would you rather discover a secret room in your house or a secret passage in your school?
How to use these questions in a middle school classroom
Here’s the trick with this age: the question is only half the fun. The other half is the defense. Ask kids to say why, and the quiet ones start talking too.
| Activity | How it works | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Bell ringer | Put one question on the board. Students write their pick and one reason before class starts. | 3 to 5 minutes |
| Four corners | Students walk to one side of the room for each answer, then one person per side makes the case. | 5 to 10 minutes |
| Quick debate | Split the class in half by answer. Each side gets two minutes to convince the other. | 10 minutes |
| Opinion writing | Students write a paragraph with a claim, two reasons and a counterpoint. | 15 to 20 minutes |
| Advisory or homeroom | Pass the card player around the circle, one question per person. | 10 minutes |
The opinion-writing version is a sneaky way to practice argument writing. “Would you rather know your future job or be surprised?” makes a better claim-and-evidence prompt than most textbook topics. For a full set built for writing, see our would you rather writing prompts.
Which questions work for 6th, 7th and 8th grade?
Honestly, all 70 work for the whole range. But if you want to match the mood of the room:
- 6th grade: Start with weird and wonderful, and food fights. New middle schoolers are still a little nervous, and silly questions loosen everybody up.
- 7th grade: Phones, games and screens, plus sports and hobbies. This is when kids start to love arguing about their stuff.
- 8th grade: Future and big dreams, and friends and fitting in. Eighth graders are thinking about high school, so the bigger questions get real answers.
First day of school and back-to-school icebreakers
On the first day, skip anything about friends. Some kids don’t have their people yet, and that question can sting. Stick to food, superpowers and the school day. “Would you rather have lunch at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m.?” is a perfect first-day question: everybody has an opinion and nobody feels exposed. Our back to school would you rather questions have more for that first week.
What most teachers get wrong
Asking for a show of hands every time. Hands are fast, but the same five kids answer and the rest wait it out. Mix it up: write it down, move around the room, or pair up and share. And keep it moving. Two or three questions is a warm-up. Fifteen is a lesson plan nobody signed up for.
The other mistake is picking questions that sound fun to adults. “Would you rather have a pet dinosaur?” is cute for a second grader. Middle schoolers want the questions with a catch, like the best player on a losing team. When in doubt, choose the one that’s harder to answer.
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What are good would you rather questions for middle schoolers?
Questions with a real trade-off work best, like "Would you rather be the best player on a losing team or the worst player on a winning team?" or "Would you rather have a three-day weekend every week or a longer summer?"
Are these middle school would you rather questions appropriate for class?
Yes. Every question is clean and classroom-safe, with no crushes, no questions about people in the room and nothing about bodies or grades.
How do you use would you rather in a middle school classroom?
Use one as a bell ringer, play four corners where students move to a side for their answer, run a quick two-side debate, or turn a question into an opinion-writing prompt.
What age is middle school?
Middle school is usually grades 6 to 8, for students about 11 to 14 years old. Some districts include grade 5 or call it junior high.
What's a good would you rather question for the first day of middle school?
Pick something nobody can get wrong, like "Would you rather have lunch at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m.?" Skip questions about friends on day one, since some kids haven't found their group yet.
