Problem-Solving Speaking Activities for highschool

The Earth

The self

The home

The intellect

Business

Relaxation

Public life

Suggest ways of coping with a natural disaster

Choose ways of dealing with pollution

Choose animals for the zoo

Rank ways of using a piece of land

Locate a new road

Arrange the plants in a garden

Suggest ways of losing weight

suggest solutions to personal problems

Choose a way of dealing with a difficulty with a neighbour

Rank the items needed for survival

Decide whether to support losing cause

Decide whether to have a dangerous operation

Decide whether someone should be on a life support system

Decide whether nuclear reserch should continue

Suggest dangers within the house for a child

Choose items from a menu to suit the tastes of the guests

Rank the improvements that could be made to the house

Decide whether it would be better for both parents to get a job

Decide whether to raise a child as a vegetarian

Locate an addition to the house

Arrange the plan of a house

Arrange the furniture in a room

Suggest ways of helping someone with their study

Suggest items for a teacher evaluation form

Suggest rules for the school program

Choose which book should be published

Choose which material to teach

Choose what should be added to the school program

Rank learner's answers to a test

Decide whether schools should be under local control

Decide whether a child should go to a co-ed or single-sex school

Arrange the parts of an answer to an exam question

Arrange a timetable

Decide whether to give up a job in order to continue study

Locate the tests and assignments in a course

Arrange the items on the page of a text book

Arrange the parts of a book

Arrange a class's work for the coming week

Suggest ways of spending an amount of money

Choose which product you should buy

Rank cars to buy

Decide whether a shopping centre should be built

Decide whether the shool should be insured

Locate an advertisement in a newspaper

Locate a fast food business in a town

Arrange the floor plan of an office

Arrange the buildings around a town square

Suggest ways of welcoming a new family to the community

Suggest criteria for choosing which TV programs to watch

Suggest items to go into a fun park

Choose places for a tourist to visit

Choose a hotel to stay in on a holiday

Rank countries to go to for a holiday

Decide whether to buy a TV

Decide whther to put on a play

Locate the time for a holiday in the year's events

Locate the value for a pop festival

Locate a new pub

Locate a common room in building

Arrange items in a program of entertainment

Arrange the players in a sports team

Arrange guests around a table

Arrange the items in a radio or TV program

Suggest ways of making people appreciate the police

Suggest ways of choosing a leader for a group

Choose the best candidate

Choose the best ways of solving a traffic problem

Rank the options for defending a country

Decide whether to privatise public services

Locate a half-way house or a prison

Arrange the power structure of government

rank 10 countries

talk the reasons in pairs