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Decisions, Decisions: Warm-Up

This document discusses making decisions and provides tips to help with the decision making process. It begins with asking the reader to interview their partner about decisions they have made or not made in various situations. It then lists tips for making decisions, such as taking time and not rushing, making lists of pros and cons to compare options, not asking too many people for advice to avoid confusion, using imagination to consider how options make you feel, waiting before sharing a decision to give time to think it over, and accepting that not every decision will be the right one. The document prompts discussion questions about decisions made regarding school activities, how the internet helps or hinders decisions, importance of wedding or honeymoon plans, and voting in elections.

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Decisions, Decisions: Warm-Up

This document discusses making decisions and provides tips to help with the decision making process. It begins with asking the reader to interview their partner about decisions they have made or not made in various situations. It then lists tips for making decisions, such as taking time and not rushing, making lists of pros and cons to compare options, not asking too many people for advice to avoid confusion, using imagination to consider how options make you feel, waiting before sharing a decision to give time to think it over, and accepting that not every decision will be the right one. The document prompts discussion questions about decisions made regarding school activities, how the internet helps or hinders decisions, importance of wedding or honeymoon plans, and voting in elections.

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DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Warm-up: Interview your partner with the questionnaire. Which of you is more indecisive?

Questions Decided Not Decided

1. What are you going to do after class?

2. What are you going to have for dinner tonight?

3. What are you going to wear tomorrow?

4. When are you going to go shopping next?

5. What are you going to do on Saturday night?

6. Where are you going to have lunch on Sunday?

7. What smartphone are you going to buy next?

8. Where will you go on your next holiday?

Making decisions: Read some tips to help people make decisions. Complete the
sentences with the verbs in the box. Which tip do you think is the best?

ask compare confuse feel have make (x2) take use wait

 Take your time. Don't decide in a hurry.


 a list of the positive and negative points and then them.
 Don't too many people for advice. This will just you.
 your imagination to help you. How would you about your choices –
relaxed or stressed?
 When you've made a decision, a bit before you tell other people. Give yourself
some time to think about it.
 Finally, remember that you can't everything. It's impossible to always
the right decision!

SPEAKING: Discuss these questions with your classmates.


1. When you were in school did you belong to a team or a club? Why did you
choose them?
2. What kind of information do you get from the Internet? Does it help you make
decisions or does it just make you more confused? Why?
3. Which do you think is more important – choosing your wedding venue or your
honeymoon destination? Why?
4. Do you usually vote in your country's general elections? Is it easy to choose
someone? Why (not)?
ANSWERS

Making decisions:
 Take your time. Don't decide in a hurry.
 Make a list of the positive and negative points and then compare them.
 Don't ask too many people for advice. This will just confuse you.
 Use your imagination to help you. How would you feel about your choices –
relaxed or stressed?
 When you've made a decision, wait a bit before you tell other people. Give yourself
some time to think about it.
 Finally, remember that you can't have everything. It's impossible to always
make the right decision!

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