Ranking Activities
Students put a short list in the order they choose. There is no right answer. Afterwards they compare with a partner and talk about where they disagree.
The activities below are ready to use with a class. Open one on a phone, tablet, or computer.
Need your own list? The ranking creator takes a title and one item per line, then gives you a share link.
Again for the First Time
Which of these would you most like to experience again for the very first time? Rank them from most to least, then explain your top and bottom choices.
Play ActivityCapital Cities from North to South Quiz
Put these capital cities in order. 1 = the furthest north.
Play ActivityFree Money: What Would You Do With It?
You get €1,000 a month for three years, with no conditions. What would you do with it? Put these in order. 1 = the thing you would most likely do. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityHow Do You Beat a Rival?
Put these business strategies in order. 1 = the best way to beat a competitor. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityHow Much Would You Accept at Work?
Companies want to protect their secrets. Which of these would you accept at your workplace? Put them in order. 1 = the most acceptable. Then compare with a partner.
Play ActivityNews Lesson: What Matters Most When You Buy a Car?
Put these in order. 1 = the most important to you. Then compare with a partner.
Play ActivityNews Lesson: What Should the French Government Do?
Put these responses in order. 1 = the best idea. Be ready to explain your choices.
Play ActivityThe Largest Countries by Area Quiz
Put these countries in order of size. 1 = the biggest.
Play ActivityThe Most Important Inventions of All Time
Students drag the items into the order they choose.
Play ActivityThe Most Spoken Languages in the World Quiz
Order by total number of speakers (native + second-language). 1 = the most speakers.
Play ActivityThe Planets in Order from the Sun Quiz
Put the planets in order. 1 = closest to the Sun.
Play ActivityTurkish Days of the Week in Order Quiz
Put the Turkish days of the week in the correct order, starting with Monday.
Play ActivityTurkish Months of the Year in Order Quiz
Put the Turkish months of the year in the correct order, starting with January.
Play ActivityWhat Do You Need for a Great Home Office?
Put these in order. 1 = the most important. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhat Makes a Company Successful?
Put these in order. 1 = the most important. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhat Makes a Good Role Model?
Put these qualities in order. 1 = the most important. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhat Makes You Loyal to a Brand?
Put these in order. 1 = the most important reason you buy the same brand again. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhat Matters Most When You Book a Ride?
Put these in order. 1 = the most important to you. Then compare with a partner. Would a robotaxi or a human driver be better for your top three?
Play ActivityWhat Scares You Most?
Put these in order. 1 = the scariest for you. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhat Should Happen to Man City?
If City lose their appeal, what is the fairest punishment? Put these in order. 1 = the fairest. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhat Would Make You Trust a Robotaxi?
Put these in order. 1 = the thing that would make you trust a robotaxi most. Then compare with a partner.
Play ActivityWhat Would You Most Like to Learn?
Put these skills in order. 1 = what you would most like to learn. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhere Should Phones Be Banned?
Rank these places from where a phone ban is MOST needed (top) to LEAST needed (bottom). Then compare and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhich Future Invention Would You Try First?
Put the inventions in order, from the one you would most like to try (top) to the one you would least like. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhich Future Invention Would You Want First?
Put the inventions in order, from the one you would most like to have (top) to the one you would least like. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhich Superpower Would You Choose?
Drag to put these in order. 1 = the one you would most like to have.
Play ActivityWho Is the Greatest Tennis Player of All Time?
Drag to put these in order. 1 = the greatest of all time.
Play ActivityWhy Explore Space?
Put these reasons in order. 1 = the most important reason to explore space. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWhy Go to the Asteroids?
What is the best reason to send missions to asteroids? Put the reasons in order, from most important (top) to least important. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityWould You Sue?
Rank these situations from the best reason to sue (1) to the worst reason to sue. Then compare with a partner and explain your choices.
Play ActivityRanking creator
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