Stand Up If Icebreaker Questions

Read a statement, see who stands, sit down again: nobody has to say a word.

Stand up if you have raised your hand already today.

Stand up if you forgot something this morning and went back for it.

Stand up if you have ever fallen asleep with a book on your face.

Stand up if you have ever seen a rainbow with both ends showing.

Stand up if you have ever baked something that did not turn out.

Stand up if you have eaten something today that grew on a tree.

Stand up if you have ever worn two different socks on purpose.

Stand up if you brushed your teeth before you got dressed today.

Read it out. Anyone it fits stands or raises a hand.

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How it works

These stand up if icebreaker questions are statements, not questions. The host reads one, everyone it fits stands, and the room sits again. Raising a hand counts, so nobody who cannot or would rather not stand is left out.

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Run it from the front of the room

Read the card out, wait a beat, say "sit down" and press Next card. With strangers, press Set and start on This room: "Stand up if you have learned a new name today." When only a few people stand, ask one of them for the story.

Pick a set for your group

This morning and Food are quick and safe for a first day. Have you ever brings the best stories: "Stand up if you have ever given a houseplant a name." No card asks about family, money, faith or where anyone is from.

Tips

In a full hall, skip the stories and read ten cards fast: the standing and sitting is the icebreaker.
Easy cards get most of a room up. Medium ones leave a few people standing, and that is where the stories are.

Questions and answers

How do you play stand up if?

One person reads a statement that begins Stand up if. Everyone it is true for stands, looks round to see who else is up, and sits again. Then comes the next statement. Nobody speaks unless the host asks for a story.

What if someone cannot stand?

Say at the start that raising a hand counts the same. A published guide to the exercise suggests changing the action to suit the group: hands up, a clap or a card held in the air all work.

Are these stand up if statements safe for a class?

They were written for one. No statement sorts people by family, money, health, body, faith or where they come from, and each should fit several people in any room, so nobody stands alone for long.

All 120 statements

This morning 20

Stand up if the first thing you did today was check the time.
Stand up if you brushed your teeth before you got dressed today.
Stand up if you changed your outfit at least once this morning.
Stand up if you checked the weather before you left today.
Stand up if you did some stretching today.
Stand up if you forgot something this morning and went back for it.
Stand up if you got dressed before it was light outside.
Stand up if you had to hunt for a shoe today.
Stand up if you have yawned in the last hour.
Stand up if you laughed out loud before eight this morning.
Stand up if you made your bed this morning.
Stand up if you pressed snooze more than once today.
Stand up if you put on socks before anything else today.
Stand up if you ran for a bus, a bell or a door today.
Stand up if you said good morning to someone before you came in here.
Stand up if you sang or hummed before nine this morning.
Stand up if you saw the sun come up today.
Stand up if you tied a shoelace twice today.
Stand up if you were still half asleep an hour ago.
Stand up if you woke up before your alarm today.

Food 20

Stand up if you break a cookie in half before you eat it.
Stand up if you can eat something very spicy without reaching for water.
Stand up if you cut your toast into triangles.
Stand up if you eat apples whole, skin and all.
Stand up if you eat cereal dry, with no milk.
Stand up if you eat one thing on your plate at a time.
Stand up if you eat peas one at a time.
Stand up if you eat the crust of a sandwich first.
Stand up if you fold a slice of pizza in half to eat it.
Stand up if you have eaten a slice of lemon on purpose.
Stand up if you have eaten something crunchy today.
Stand up if you have eaten something today that grew on a tree.
Stand up if you have put fruit on a sandwich.
Stand up if you like cold pizza.
Stand up if you like the corner piece of a cake best.
Stand up if you like the vegetables more than the dessert.
Stand up if you peel string cheese instead of biting it.
Stand up if you stir your yogurt before the first spoonful.
Stand up if you think breakfast food is good at dinner time.
Stand up if you would rather eat with a spoon than a fork.

Habits 20

Stand up if you count stairs as you climb them.
Stand up if you doodle in the margins.
Stand up if you finish one thing before you start the next.
Stand up if you fold a page corner to keep your place.
Stand up if you have a lucky pencil, shirt or pair of socks.
Stand up if you have sung in the car this week.
Stand up if you hum while you work.
Stand up if you keep your bag very tidy.
Stand up if you leave things until the last minute.
Stand up if you like to arrive early.
Stand up if you make up songs about what you are doing.
Stand up if you reach for the same color of pen every time.
Stand up if you say thank you to doors that open by themselves.
Stand up if you set more than one alarm.
Stand up if you sit in the same seat whenever you can.
Stand up if you step over the cracks in a sidewalk.
Stand up if you talk to yourself when you are thinking.
Stand up if you tap a foot or a pencil without noticing.
Stand up if you walk faster when a good song is on.
Stand up if you write lists and then lose them.

Have you ever 20

Stand up if you have ever baked something that did not turn out.
Stand up if you have ever balanced a spoon on your nose.
Stand up if you have ever been on a boat.
Stand up if you have ever been on a stage.
Stand up if you have ever built a blanket fort.
Stand up if you have ever carried a snail out of harm's way.
Stand up if you have ever caught snow or rain on your tongue.
Stand up if you have ever fallen asleep with a book on your face.
Stand up if you have ever flown a kite.
Stand up if you have ever found a feather and kept it.
Stand up if you have ever given a houseplant a name.
Stand up if you have ever laughed so hard you could not stop.
Stand up if you have ever lost your way in a big store.
Stand up if you have ever made up a secret handshake.
Stand up if you have ever seen a rainbow with both ends showing.
Stand up if you have ever stayed up to see midnight.
Stand up if you have ever taught someone a game.
Stand up if you have ever waved at a train, a truck or a plane.
Stand up if you have ever worn two different socks on purpose.
Stand up if you have ever written a letter and mailed it.

Likes and dislikes 20

Stand up if you always want the window seat.
Stand up if you like doing the dishes.
Stand up if you like jigsaw puzzles.
Stand up if you like math more than spelling.
Stand up if you like mornings better than nights.
Stand up if you like spiders.
Stand up if you like stories with a twist at the end.
Stand up if you like the first page of a new notebook.
Stand up if you like the hum of a busy room.
Stand up if you like the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil.
Stand up if you like the smell of rain.
Stand up if you like the sound of a ticking clock.
Stand up if you like the sound of wind at night.
Stand up if you like to go barefoot.
Stand up if you like walking through crunchy leaves.
Stand up if you like word games more than number games.
Stand up if you sing along even when you do not know the words.
Stand up if you think winter is the best season.
Stand up if you would pick rain over sunshine.
Stand up if you would rather clean a room than cook a meal.

This room 20

Stand up if you are ready for a break right now.
Stand up if you are sitting near a window.
Stand up if you are sitting next to someone you met this week.
Stand up if you are wearing something blue.
Stand up if you are wearing something with a pocket.
Stand up if you are wearing stripes, spots or checks.
Stand up if you can hear a sound from outside this room.
Stand up if you can read a sign or a poster from your seat.
Stand up if you can touch a wall without leaving your seat.
Stand up if you chose your seat on purpose.
Stand up if you have a pencil or a pen within reach.
Stand up if you have laughed since you came into this room.
Stand up if you have learned a new name today.
Stand up if you have raised your hand already today.
Stand up if you have stood up for at least five cards so far.
Stand up if you know the name of everyone in your row.
Stand up if you said hello to someone new today.
Stand up if you walked in here with someone.
Stand up if you would like to go first in the next activity.
Stand up if your shoes have laces.

How this list was compiled

Own work: statements written by the Game Night Generator editors for this page in September 2026, each beginning "Stand up if". No list was copied. The way to play (the host asks the group to stand up if a statement fits, then to sit down, and repeats this after each statement; hands up, a clap or a held-up card can stand in for standing) was read in Kate Sapin and Geraldine Watters, Learning from Each Other: A Handbook for Participative Learning and Community Work Learning Programmes (William Temple Foundation, 1990; ERIC document ED337667), Working Paper 15 and Hand-out 15 A, read in full text at https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED337667 on 2026-09-30. No statement sorts people by family, money, health, body, faith or where they come from, and each is meant to fit several people in any room. 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