Fill in the Blank Icebreaker Questions

One unfinished sentence a card: finish it out loud, or write it down and guess who.

Fill in the Blank Icebreaker Questions

The leftovers in my fridge right now are ___.

Read the sentence out. Each person finishes it in a few words.

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How it works

These fill in the blank icebreaker questions are sentence starters: each card is one sentence with a blank, and each person finishes it in a few words. Say the endings aloud, or write them down and guess who wrote which.

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Out loud, round the circle

Read the card and go round: everyone finishes the same sentence. "I own too many ___." Then press Next card. Press Set for About me, This week, Favorites, If I could or This group.

On slips, guessing the author

Read one starter, have everyone write an ending on a slip and fold it. Mix the slips, read each one out and let the room guess who wrote it. This group is the set for a team that already knows each other.

Tips
  • Go first yourself, and keep your ending to five words: the room will copy the length you set.

Questions and answers

What is a fill in the blank icebreaker?

A sentence with a gap that each person completes, such as My handwriting looks like ___. It is quicker than a question because half the answer is already written, and short endings are easy to compare round a room.

How do you play the guess-who version?

Everyone writes an ending to the same starter on a slip of paper, with no name. The host reads the slips one at a time and the group guesses the writer. It is one way to play; a round of the circle works too.

Is this the story game with blanks?

No. That game collects nouns and verbs and drops them into a story. Here each card is one sentence about the person finishing it, and the fun is in working out whose ending is whose.

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All 100 sentence starters

About me 20

  • The compliment I hear most is ___.
  • Do not get me started on ___.
  • I am hopeless at ___.
  • I am the person who always brings ___.
  • I can ___ faster than anyone here.
  • I keep meaning to learn ___.
  • I never leave home without ___.
  • I own too many ___.
  • I will always stop to look at ___.
  • My handwriting looks like ___.
  • My phone is mostly full of pictures of ___.
  • My pockets usually hold ___.
  • My shopping cart always has ___ in it.
  • On a free morning you will find me ___.
  • The one thing on my desk I would save is ___.
  • People are surprised that I like ___.
  • The snack I never share is ___.
  • The sound that wakes me fastest is ___.
  • The thing I always lose is ___.
  • When I am late, it is usually because of ___.

This week 20

  • Before this week ends I want to finish ___.
  • The best part of today so far was ___.
  • The best thing I heard this week was ___.
  • The leftovers in my fridge right now are ___.
  • The most useful thing I did this week was ___.
  • The small win of my week was ___.
  • The tab I have had open all week is ___.
  • The thing I fixed this week was ___.
  • The thing I put off this week was ___.
  • The thing I recommended to someone this week was ___.
  • This week I cooked ___.
  • This week I finally ___.
  • This week I laughed at ___ longer than I should have.
  • This week I learned that ___.
  • This week I pretended to understand ___.
  • This week I said yes to ___.
  • This week I spent too long on ___.
  • This week I walked past ___ and finally stopped to look.
  • This week the weather made me ___.
  • This weekend I am looking forward to ___.

Favorites 20

  • A sandwich named after me would have ___ in it.
  • The best seat in any room is ___.
  • The best smell in the world is ___.
  • The best ten minutes of my day are ___.
  • The best way to spend an hour outdoors is ___.
  • The book or film I would happily start again tonight is ___.
  • The breakfast I would order every time is ___.
  • The game I refuse to lose at is ___.
  • The last bite on the plate is mine if it is ___.
  • My favorite kind of shop to wander into is ___.
  • My favorite place to sit is ___.
  • My favorite thing in my kitchen is ___.
  • My favorite way to end a day is ___.
  • My favorite word to say is ___.
  • My idea of jacket weather is ___.
  • Rain on the window means it is time for ___.
  • The season I wait all year for is ___.
  • The song I pretend not to like is ___.
  • The sound I would bottle and keep is ___.
  • The thing I always give as a gift is ___.

If I could 20

  • If I could ask a pigeon one question it would be ___.
  • If I could ban one sound it would be ___.
  • If I could be an expert in anything it would be ___.
  • If I could bring one thing back in style it would be ___.
  • If I could have an endless supply of one thing it would be ___.
  • If I could have any view from my window it would be ___.
  • If I could hear one instrument every morning it would be ___.
  • If I could learn one skill overnight it would be ___.
  • If I could pause the clock once a day it would be during ___.
  • If I could put one dish on every menu it would be ___.
  • If I could put up a statue of anything it would be ___.
  • If I could redo one meal from this month it would be ___.
  • If I could rename myself for a day I would be ___.
  • If I could shrink one chore to five minutes it would be ___.
  • If I could skip straight to one month it would be ___.
  • If I could step inside a book or a film it would be ___.
  • If I could switch jobs for a day I would try ___.
  • If I could teach a class on anything it would be ___.
  • If I could trade chores with anyone it would be for ___.
  • If I could wake up anywhere tomorrow it would be ___.

This group 20

  • Before we start, you should know that I ___.
  • The best thing about this room is ___.
  • The best time for this group to meet is ___.
  • The first thing a newcomer should know about us is ___.
  • If this group had a mascot it would be ___.
  • If we had a team shirt it would say ___.
  • If we took a field trip it should be to ___.
  • Next time we meet, I will bring ___.
  • One question I would like everyone here to answer is ___.
  • One rule I would add to our meetings is ___.
  • One thing I can help this group with is ___.
  • One thing I hope we do together is ___.
  • One thing I would like to learn from someone here is ___.
  • One thing we should celebrate is ___.
  • Our group motto should be ___.
  • The snack this group needs is ___.
  • The sound effect this group needs is ___.
  • This group would win a prize for ___.
  • We would be better at trivia if someone knew about ___.
  • The word that sums up this group is ___.
How this list was compiled

Own work: sentence starters written by the Game Night Generator editors for this page in September 2026, each with one blank. No list was copied. The guess-who-wrote-it round is described as one way to play, and no origin is claimed for it. No starter asks where anyone lives or grew up, what they earn or drink, or about faith. Every card was compared by script on 2026-09-30 with every other list on this site: none is repeated word for word, and cards whose idea already sat on another page were rewritten. Licence: own work