6. TESOL Conversation Questions

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CONVERSATION

QUESTIONS

MUHAMMAD YEASIR

Founder of TESOL Bangladesh

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EASY SPEAKING TOPICS
FOR PAIR WORK

1. Favorites

1. What is your favorite colour and why?
2. What is your favorite food and why?
3. What is your favorite movie and why?
4. What is your favorite place and why?
5. What is your favorite song and why?
6. Who is your favorite celebrity and why?

2. Learning English

1. Is English an easy or difficult language to learn?
2. How long will it take to master

English?
3. Which English skill is the easiest

(reading, writing, speaking, or
listening)?
4. Which English skill is the hardest
(reading, writing, speaking, or
listening)?
5. How is English different from your language?
6. Do you enjoy learning and speaking English?

3. Food

1. What is your favourite dish?
2. What is your favourite cuisine?
3. Do you have a 'sweet tooth'?
4. Do you know how to cook?
5. Do you eat healthily?
6. What do you like to snack on?

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4. Family

1. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
2. What does your father do?
3. Are you close to your family?
4. Do any of your relatives live far

away?
5. What things do you do together

with your family?
6. Do you ever squabble with members

of your family?

5. Friends

1. Do you have a best friend?
2. What do you like to do when you hang

out with friends?
3. Do you like to spend time by yourself?
4. What is your idea of a good friend?
5. Talk about a time when you helped a friend.
6. Talk about a time when a friend helped you.

6. Travel

1. Do you enjoy travelling?
2. What countries have you visited?
3. How often do you get to go on

holiday?
4. What are some countries that you

would like to visit and why?
5. What are some countries you would

NOT like to visit and why?
6. Would you like to have a holiday on a cruise ship?

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7. Daily Routines

1. What time do you usually get up?
2. How long does it take you to get

ready in the morning?
3. What time do you usually have dinner?
4. What time do you usually go to bed?
5. What is your daily routine?
6. What do you do at the weekends?

8. Shopping

1. Do you enjoy shopping?
2. What is your favorite shop?
3. Have you ever regretted buying something?
4. Do you buy things online?
5. What is your opinion of branded goods?
6. What was the last item you bought?

9. Music

1. What kind of music do you like?
2. Who is your favorite singer?
3. What is your favorite song?
4. Is there a kind of music that you dislike?
5. When do you like to listen to music?
6. Have you ever been to a concert?

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10. Free Time

1. What do you do in your free time?
2. Do you have any hobbies?
3. How do you relax when you are

stressed?
4. Do you prefer to be alone or around

people?
5. If you have a day off school or work,

do you sleep in late?
6. What are some things that you consider

to be a waste of time?

11. Scary Things

1. Are you scared of spiders?
2. Are you scared of snakes?
3. Are you scared of ghosts?
4. Are you afraid of heights?
5. What things are you afraid of?
6. Do you enjoy horror movies?

12. Social Media and Websites

1. What is your favorite website?
2. Do you use social media?
3. How many hours per day do you spend online?
4. Do you read the news online?
5. How do you know if a story online is

true or fake?
6. What are some of the dangers of social

media for young people?

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13. Have you ever...?

1. Have you ever ridden a horse?
2. Have you ever seen a ghost?
3. Have you ever eaten sushi?
4. Have you ever done an extreme sport?
5. Have you ever visited another country?
6. Have you ever won a contest?

14. Jobs

1. What job would be perfect for you?
2. What is the easiest job?
3. What is the hardest job?
4. Which job pays the most?
5. What is the most dangerous job?
6. What is a job you could never do?

15. Would you like to...?

1. Would you like to be the president or
prime minister of your country?

2. Would you like to be super-rich?
3. Would you like to have lots of children?
4. Would you like to be famous?
5. Would you like to be a hero?
6. Would you like to travel in space?

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16. Bad Habits

1. What are some bad habits that people have?
2. Do you ever throw litter on the ground?
3. Do you ever lose your temper?
4. What are some bad habits people

have while driving?
5. Why are some people rude to other people?
6. How can you get rid of a bad habit?

17. Sports

1. What sports do you enjoy playing?
2. What sports do you enjoy watching?
3. What sport is the best for keeping fit?
4. Do you enjoy watching or practicing

martial arts?
5. What sport would you most like to try?
6. Do you enjoy watching the Olympics?

18. My Home

1. Do you live in a big or a small house?
2. How many rooms are there in your house?
3. Describe your garden or yard.
4. What do you like about your house?
5. What do you dislike about your house?
6. Describe your neighbourhood.

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19. What makes you...?

1. What makes you happy?
2. What makes you sad?
3. What makes you angry?
4. What makes you embarrassed?
5. What makes you laugh?
6. What makes you hungry?

20. Animals

1. Do you have any pets?
2. What are the advantages of keeping a pet?
3. What is your favorite animal?
4. What is the cutest animal, in your

opinion?
5. What is the most dangerous animal,

in your opinion?
6. What is the most useful animal,

in your opinion?

21. Money

1. Are you good at saving money?
1. Do you like to buy expensive things?
2. What is the easiest way to become rich?
3. Do you know any idioms about money?
4. Do you budget your spending?
5. How is life different for rich and poor people?

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22. Are you good at...?

1. Are you good at singing?
2. Are you good at sports?
3. Are you good at making friends?
4. Are you good at maths and science?
5. Are you good at planning your time?
6. Are you good at using computers?

23. School

1. What is/was your best subject at
school?

2. Who is/was your favorite teacher at
school?

3. Does/Did your school have good
facilities?

4. Do/Did you enjoy the food served at
your school?

5. What is the most useful school subject for you?
6. Do you enjoy learning new things?

24. Fashion and Clothes

1. Do you like fashion?
2. Do you try to wear fashionable clothes?
3. What is your favorite outfit?
4. Do you like to wear jewelry?
5. Do you prefer casual or formal clothes?
6. Do you prefer to have long or short hair?

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25. Motivation

1. How do you motivate yourself?
2. Do you ever feel demotivated?
3. Is success important to you?
4. How do you reward yourself when you

do well?
5. Do you ever stay up late working or

studying?
6. Describe a time when you overcame a

challenge?

26. Health

1. Have you ever been very ill?
2. Are you generally a healthy person?
3. What do you do to stay healthy?
4. Do you have a healthy diet?
5. Do you have a healthy lifestyle?
6. Would you like to be a doctor?

27. Technology

1. What is your favorite modern
technology? A

2. re you skilled at using a computer?
3. What problems does modern

technology cause?
4. What would it be like to live in a time

before modern technology?
5. Would you like to work for an IT

company like Apple, Facebook or
Google?
6. Do you think robots will one day be
smarter than humans?

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28. The Environment

1. What is the biggest environmental
issue in your country?

2. What is the biggest environmental issue
in the world today?

3. Do you try to be 'green'?
4. What do you think the effects of

climate change will be?
5. Do you think people are too complacent

about climate change?
6. How can you personally help the environment?

29. Happiness

1. How would you define happiness?
2. Do you think happiness is

connected to wealth?
3. Do you think happiness is connected to love?
4. What things make you happy?
5. How do you cheer yourself up when

you are down?
6. Why do some people find it difficult to

achieve happiness?

30. Crime

1. Why do people become criminals?
2. Is there a lot of crime in your country?
3. Is there anything which is a crime but

shouldn't be?
4. Is there anything which is not a

crime but should be?
5. Some countries are legalizing drugs. Is this a good or a bad thing?
6. Do you think punishments for criminals in your country are too

strict, too lenient or just right?

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31. Improving Myself

1. What is something you would like to
learn to do?

2. What superpower would you like to have?
3. Do you go to the gym?
4. Do you ever watch

documentaries on television or
the internet?
5. Would you ever have cosmetic
surgery? Talk about a time when
you learned an important life
lesson.

32. Social Problems

1. What are the main social problems
in your country or neighbourhood?

2. What can be done to tackle these problems?
3. Is unemployment a problem where you live?
4. Is poverty a problem in your country?
5. Is crime a problem in your country?
6. Do you think the younger generation are better or worse behaved

than the older generation?

33. The Unexplained

1. Do you believe in ghosts?
2. Are you afraid of ghosts?
3. What are some things that

cannot be explained by
science?
4. Do you believe that aliens exist
and have visited Earth?
5. Are you superstitious?
6. Have you ever been to a fortune teller?

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34. Charity

1. Do you donate to charity?
2. What are some good charities to get

involved with?
3. What are some ways that you can

help your community?
4. If you suddenly became rich, would you

donate a chunk of your wealth to
charity?
5. Are there any charities that you would not donate to?
6. Does your country have a welfare system?

35. A time when...

1. Talk about a time when you met
someone interesting.

2. Talk about a time when you helped
someone.

3. Talk about a time when you had an
adventure.

4. Talk about a time when you changed
your mind about something.

5. Talk about a time when you tried something for the first time.
6. Talk about a time when you went out of your comfort zone.

36. Giving and Taking Advice

1. Do you ever give people advice?
2. Do you ever take advice from people?
3. Whose advice do you trust the most?
4. Do you tend to follow your parents' advice?
5. Have you ever ignored someone's good advice?
6. Has anyone ever given you bad advice?

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37. Time

1. Are you good at time management?
2. Do you generally arrive early or late to things?
3. Why?
4. Do you tend to finish work on time?
5. Do you often find yourself rushing?
6. Do you wish there were more hours in

the day? If days were 30 hours instead of
24, what would you do with the extra
time?

38. CHANGE

1. How has the world changed since
you were born?

2. How have you changed as you have
grown older?

3. What have been the major milestones
in your life?

4. What would you like to change about yourself?
5. Would you like to change your appearance?
6. What would you like to change about the world?

39. The Future

1. What do you think the world will be
like 10 years from now?

2. What do you think the world will be
like 100 years from now?

3. What do you think the world will be
like 1000 years from now?

4. Are you an optimist or pessimist
about the future?

5. Do you think the world will ever be at peace?
6. What technology would you like to see in the future?

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40. Holidays

1. What is your favorite holiday?
2. How do you celebrate your favorite

holiday?
3. Do you like to stay at home or travel

when you have a holiday?
4. Do you spend time with your

family when there is a holiday?
5. Do you know very much about

holidays from other cultures and
countries?
6. How do you celebrate your birthday?

41. News

1. Do you follow the news?
2. How do you get your news?
3. How do you know whether to believe

a news story on social media?
4. What was the biggest global news story

of this year?
5. What was the biggest local news story

of this year?
6. Talk about a recent news story that you were interested in.

42. Hopes for the Future

1. Do you have a long-term plan for your
career? What are your plans for the
next five years? What age is the best to
get married and have kids?

2. If you have kids, what are your
hopes for them?

3. Do you have plans to buy a house,
a car or another major item?

4. What is on your 'bucket list'?

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43. Love

1. Do you believe in love at first sight?
2. Is love more important than money?
3. Some people never want to get

married. Why is this?
4. Is it easier to love someone similar to

you or someone different?
5. Do you know any idioms about love?
6. Do you enjoy watching romantic movies?

44. If you could...

1. If you could turn into an animal, which
animal would you choose?

2. If you could be a superhero, which
would you be?

3. If you could meet a celebrity, which
would you choose?

4. If you could travel in space, would you
try it? If you could live anywhere,
where would you choose?

5. If you could be any age forever, which age would you choose?

46. Entertainment

1. How often do you go to the cinema?
2. What kind of movies do you like?
3. What kind of music do you like?
4. Do you enjoy live music?
5. Have you ever been to an

amusement park?
6. Do you consider shopping to be a

form of entertainment?

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47. Cultures

1. Name a culture, apart from your own, that you find
interesting. Explain why you find it interesting.

2. What do you like about your own culture?
3. What do you dislike about your own culture?
4. What is your opinion of American culture?
5. What is your opinion of Japanese culture?
6. Traditional culture is disappearing around the world. Is this a good or a bad

thing?

48. Lateral Thinking Questions Set 1

1. Apart from humans, which animals can 'talk' and
how?

2. Ants live in highly advanced social systems.
3. How do they do this with their tiny brains?
4. What is the likelihood of intelligent life on other

planets?
5. If you brought someone from 1000 years in the past

to this age, would they like it?
6. If somebody is different, is that good or bad?
7. Does crime pay?

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49. Lateral Thinking Questions Set 2

1. In the future, a computer might be President.
Would this be a good or a bad thing?

2. Do you think people are basically good or
basically bad?

3. Why is it that some people like to dance and
some don't?

4. Why do we need grammar?
5. Would it be possible to have a world without money?
6. What would happen to the world if everybody could live forever?
7. How and why do men and women communicate differently?

50. Debate-style Questions

1. Do you agree with capital punishment?
2. Do you think the internet should be censored in your

country?
3. Do you agree with the concept of a four-day

work week?
4. Do you agree that eating meat is cruel?
5. Do you think MMA should be banned?
6. Do you think the voting age should be lowered?

51. Interview-style Questions

1. What are your strengths and weaknesses.
2. Describe a time you overcame difficulties to

achieve something.
3. Can you handle pressure well?
4. Are you able to work independently?
5. Are you able to work in a team?
6. Where do you see yourself in five years' time?

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COMMON SPEAKING QUESTIONS

Set - 1

1. What do you do?
2. Why did you choose this job?
3. What do you enjoy the most in your work?
4. Do you prefer work in the morning or evening?
5. Why is your job/work important to you?
6. What are your responsibilities at work?
7. What is more important at work place, people you work with, or environment?
8. What are the ways that you can improve your skills at work?
9. Has your job changed a lot in the past couple years?
10.What would you change about your job?

Set - 2

1. Are you a funny character?
2. Do you think you can make someone laugh?
3. When was the last time you laughed very hard?
4. Do you like watching comedy on TV?
5. Do you usually make your friends laugh?
6. Is it important that you and your friends feel funny about the same things?

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Set - 3

1. What weather do you like?
2. Does the weather in your country change often?
3. Do you prefer hot weather or cold weather? Why?
4. Does weather affect your study or work habits?
5. What do you think of climate change?
6. What can the government do to tackle climate change?

Set - 4

1. What challenges the world face currently?
2. Do you think science can help overcome the challenges?
3. Do you think parents should give kids challenges?
4. What challenges do you think children might have to face up to?
5. Can parents reduce the challenges that kids have? Why?
6. Do you think it is necessary to challenge yourself, pushing the boundaries and getting

out of your comfort zone?

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Set - 5

1. Where do you study?
2. Is there anything unexpected about your study?
3. Why did you choose that subject?
4. When do you usually study?
5. Do you like to study in the morning or the afternoon?
6. Is there something that helps you to study efficiently?
7. Do you prefer short or long breaks while studying?
8. Who is more important for you, lecturers, or friends?
9. What do you like the most about your studies?
10.What facilities does your university provide?
11.Is there anything you want to change in your university?

Set - 6

1. Are you interested in wild life?
2. Did you ever see wild animal?
3. What is your favourite wild animal? Why?
4. Should wild animals be protected?
5. How do you feel when you see animal at zoo?
6. What are the disadvantages of hunting animals?
7. What is the importance of animals to children?

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Set - 7

1. Do you recycle stuff?
2. How do you feel when you see trash lying on roads?
3. Is it important to have recycle bins?
4. Do you influence others to use recycle bins?

Set - 8

1. How do people get news in your country?
2. Do you think the delivery of news has changed over the years?
3. DO you think it is easier to report news now than before? Why?
4. Do you think it’s necessary for people to watch foreign news? Why?
5. What kinds of celebrities those are always on the news? Why?
6. Are stories about celebrities in the news always true?
7. Is news often about famous people? Why?
8. Could superstar bring positive influence to the public?

Set - 9

1. Do you like using pencils or pens?
2. When did you start writing with pencil or pen? Why?
3. When was the last time you bought some pens or pencils?
4. Did you like to write with pens or pencils when you were a child?
5. Do like to write with pen or pencil now?
6. What would you do if someone give you a pen as a gift?

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Set - 10

1. Where do you live, apartment, house, or flat?
2. Why do you live in an apartment or house?
3. How long have you lived there?
4. Which is your favourite room? Why?
5. Do you plan to move to another place in the future?

Set - 11

1. Do you like to go to countryside? Why?
2. Have you ever lived in countryside?
3. Will you live in the countryside in the future?
4. Do you enjoy living in the countryside?
5. What do you usually do when you go there?

Set - 12

1. Do you like tea or coffee? Why?
2. Do people drink a lot of tea and coffee in your country?
3. Do you often go out for tea or coffee?
4. What do you offer to your guests at home?
5. Do you remember the first time you drank tea or coffee?
6. In your country, what do you offer to the guests, tea or coffee?

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Set - 13
1. What language do you speak?
2. Is it common language in your country?
3. How many languages do you speak?
4. Where do you learn English?
5. Do you think English is a difficult language to learn?
6. Do you want to learn any other languages?
7. What other languages do you want to learn?
Set - 14

1. Why do some actors earn so much?
2. What makes a good actor?
3. How can films be beneficial to a country?
4. Should countries spend a lot of money on films? Why?
5. Do people love the same film genre? Why?
6. What kinds of films do young people like to watch in your country?
7. Do people choose to watch movies in the cinema than in the past? Why?

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Set - 15
1. Do you think parents should give kids
challenges?
2. What challenges do you think children might
have to face up to?
3. What is most challenging thing for kids?
4. Can parents reduce the challenges that kids
have? Why?
5. What are the main reasons people fail to reach
their target?

Set - 16

1. At what age should a child start reading and writing?
2. Is it school's responsibility to take care of children's reading and writing? Why?
3. Which one is more important, reading, or writing?
4. Which place is better for children reading and writing, home, or school? Why?
5. What’s the difference between learning through reading books or playing audio

visuals??
6. What is the importance of reading and writing for children?
7. Do you think reading and writing is important in our lives? Why?

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Set - 17

1. Do you like to read?
2. What type of books do you read?
3. Do you read books related to your profession?
4. Did you like to read in your younger days?
5. Would you like to write a book in the future?

Set - 18

1. Is there good scenery in your hometown?
2. How would you try to live in a house with

beautiful scenery?
3. Do you think people enjoy taking pictures of

beautiful scenery? Why?
4. When you travel, do you like to live in

hotels with scenic views?

Set - 9

1. Do you think people are selfish? Why?

2. In your country, do the people apologise often?

3. Do you think it is important to be considerate of others? Why?

4. Do you think people need to be considerate of others when they are speaking? Why?

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6. What kinds of people are more likely to say sorry?
7. Would you like to make an apology if you had made a mistakes? Why?

Set - 20

1. Is there a park near your home?
2. How often do you visit parks?
3. What do you do when you go to a park?
4. How often did you go to the parks when you were a child?
5. Do people in your area like these parks?
6. Do you prefer parks with open or parks with leisure facilities?
7. What do you want to improve at the parks in your hometown?

Set - 21

1. Do people like to change? Why or why not?
2. Do you think some people do not accept changes? Why?
3. Is change always better? Why?
4. Do people in your country like living in a community?
5. Why are people living in a community-friendly with others?
6. What are the popular activities in a community?
7. Where do people in a community usually have a social gathering?

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1. Do you like your hometown? Why?
2. How long have you been living in your hometown?
3. What are the things that you love about your hometown?
4. What did you like about your hometown when you were a child?
5. Is there anything you don’t like about your hometown?
6. What changes would you like to have in the future?
7. Will you be moving away from hometown?
8. Would you come back again?

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1. Do you like music?
2. When do you usually listen to music?
3. What kind of music did you like when you were younger?
4. Do you like to hear music alone or with groups?
5. Are there many rich musicians in your country?
6. Why is illegally downloading music bad?
7. Do you think laws will solve this problem?

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1. Do you like wearing jeans? Why?
2. How often do you wear jeans?
3. Do you wear jeans at your workplace or school?
4. Do you prefer to wear brands jeans?
5. Would you pay for expensive jeans?
6. Why are jeans popular all over the world?

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1. Do you like to spend time by yourself? Why?
2. What do you usually do when you are alone?
3. What did you do last time when you were alone?
4. Do you prefer spending time alone or with friends?
5. Is it bad to spend a lot of time alone?

Set - 26

1. Have you ever made new friends online?
2. Do you have any childhood friends?
3. What kinds of people do you like to make friends with?
4. Do you consider yourself a good friend?
5. Do you have any friends who live far away from you?

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1. Do you walk daily?
2. Why do you walk?
3. Where do you usually take a walk?
4. Do you walk more often now than in the past?
5. Do you think you walk enough?
6. Why is walk important?
7. Do you walk alone or with friends?
8. Where do people in your country usually go for walking?
9. Do you think people will walk more in the future? Why?

Set - 28

1. Why are people bored? Is it good to be bored?
2. What kind of jobs is boring?
3. Why do some people stay in boring jobs?
4. What can people do to stop feeling boring?
5. Do you think technology product can make the life more interesting? Why?
6. Do technology made life good or worst? Why?
7. Do you think robots are stealing our jobs?
8. Can robots replace human workers? Why?

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1. What do you think is the best age for children to go to school?
2. What qualities do you think a good teacher should have?
3. Do you prefer to study by yourself or with friends?
4. Do you think university education should be compulsory to all?
5. What should governments do to make university education accessible?
6. Do you think universities enhance thinking?
Set - 30
1. Does weather impact on people’s daily activities? Why?
2. Why do people do different kinds of sports in different kinds of weather?
3. What kind of weather do people in your area like?
4. Do people talk about the weather when they meet for the first time?
5. How weather forecast helps the farmer?
6. Why is weather important to farmers?

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1. What is the difference between toys in the past than toys now?
2. Do you think play is important for kids? Why?
3. What is your opinion about commercial advertisements aimed at children?
4. How does brand influence parents purchasing decisions?
5. Do you think parents have a responsibility to selecting Internet games for children?
6. Is there peer pressure among children to have the same toys and clothes as their

friends?
7. Do you prefer online games or traditional ones? Why?
8. Do you think people walked more now compared with the past?

Set - 32

1. Are there many public holidays in your country?
2. Which is your favourite holiday? Why?
3. Which was your last holiday that you enjoyed a lot?
4. Do you prefer a holiday in a city or at a beach?
5. What do you usually do during this holiday?
6. What do people usually do on public holidays?
7. Do you like to spend long holidays or just short?

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1. Do you think history is important?
2. Do you like history?
3. Have you been to a historical museum?
4. When was the last time you read a book about history?
5. Do you like watching movies about historic events, why or why not?

Set - 34

1. Do you enjoy visiting street markets?
2. Are there many street markets in your country?
3. Why do people like street markets?
4. Do you prefer going to street markets over shopping malls? Why?
5. Would you like to go to street market of foreign country? Why?

Set - 35

1. Do you like art?
2. Did you have art classes when you were at school?
3. Do you often visit art galleries?
4. Do you have paintings in your room?
5. Do you think of being an artist

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Set - 36
1. What type of home do people in your home town prefer to live in?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of old houses and new home?
3. What makes people want to live in the countryside?
4. What are the reasons that people choose different cities?
5. What kinds of environments are suitable for old people?
Set - 37
1. What personal events do people usually celebrate?
2. How do people celebrate their personal events?
3. Do you think people should spend much money on party? Why?
4. Is there any special private event that well-prepared in your country? What is that?
5. Is there any special public event that well-prepared in your country? What is that?
6. Do you think it is necessary to spend a lot of money on celebrations in a country?
7. Is it okay if companies become the sponsor of public events? Why?

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1. Do you think colours are important for commercials?
2. What do you think about coloured advertisements on roads?
3. How does colour affect shopping habits?
4. Do you think products should have vibrant colours? Does it make any difference

actually?
5. Do you think people nowadays prefer visual explanations to text written

explanations? Why?
6. What are the most common colours which people use to decorate houses in your

country? Why?
7. Are there any differences between males and females when it comes to interior

colour preferences? Why?
8. Do you think colours in the room affect people’s mood? Why?

Set - 39

1. Which one do you prefer, modern buildings, or old buildings?
2. How can people discover historical sites?
3. Why do people like to visit historical building?
4. Do you think people entry fee should be free for the historical building?
5. Is it necessary to protect historical buildings?
6. Do most people agree to the government's funding to protect historical buildings?

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1. Where are you living now?
2. what do you like most about your area?
3. What do you dislike in your area?
4. What can be improved in your area?
5. Do you intend to stay in this area in future?

Set - 41

1. How often do you take a break when you are studying or working?
2. Do you like taking short or long breaks?
3. What do you do in those breaks?
4. Do you think having a break is important for you?
5. Why do people need to take breaks?

Set - 42

1. When in a team, which is more important, personal development or the team's goal?
2. Do you think it is good to have a conflict between team members?
3. Do you think it is important for children to participate in a team?
4. What kinds of skills should team members have?
5. What do children learn from teamwork?
6. Why is international collaboration important?

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1. Do you borrow valuable things? why?
2. Do you think people shouldn't borrow the expensive things from others?
3. Do you think people should always take permission while borrowing something?

Why?
4. Do you think it is necessary to take permission from musicians before using their

songs?
5. What do you think about unauthorised music downloads? Why do you think so?
6. Do you know any companies borrowed the ideas, or products, or service, from

others? Why?

Set - 44

1. What kind of people lack sleep?
2. Why do people feel tired a lot nowadays?
3. How do people manage to stay awake when they are tired?
4. What occasions do people need to keep awake even though they feel tired?
5. Do you think that people are more interested in work than home? Why?
6. How does social media affect people's self-estimation?
7. Does social media bring the pressures on people?
8. How can it be prevented?
9. Will pressure by social media to people decrease or increase? Why?

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1. On what occasion should people wear uniforms?
2. Do you think it is important for students to wear school uniforms?
3. What is the significance of uniforms in work, like in airlines or other workplaces?
4. Should companies ask for employees’ opinions about the design of uniforms?
5. Can people tell a person’s personality by his/her clothes? Why?
6. What do you think about high-end brands?
7. Does people buy the high-end brands mean they always live a high quality life?

Set - 45

1. Are you still in contact with that person?
2. How do young people find new friends?
3. Do you think it is strange to make friends online?
4. How long does it take to get to know someone as a friend?
5. Do you think finding new friends is beneficial or keeping old friends?
6. Why do some people have few friends?
7. How do companies welcome their new employees?

Set - 46

1. Why do young people think that it hard to make career choices?
2. Who influences students career choice? Why?
3. What professions do youngsters prefer to choose nowadays? Why?
4. Do you think youngsters are getting influenced by others in choosing professions?
5. Do you think nowadays young people are influenced by many role models? Why?
6. What are the factors that affect the students in choosing their career?

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1. What are the cultural celebrations in your home country?
2. What is the importance of national holidays in your countries?
3. How do people celebrate their family events (anniversaries, baby born, weddings...) in your

country?
4. Do people spend a lot of money on their family events?
5. Are all family events in your country like that?
6. What is the difference between the ways in which young and old people celebrate their

birthdays? Why?

Set - 48

1. What the difference between indoor games and games on phone?
2. Why do young generations of the present age have a negative attitude towards outdoor

games?
3. Which indoor game do most of the young generation play in your country?
4. What do you think that people spend too much time playing video games?
5. What are the disadvantages of phone games?
6. Children are busy with mobile phone, is it good or bad? Why?
7. Do you think parents should encourage their children to take part in international tournaments?

Why?
8. What do you think about the impact of technology to ensure fair play during international

games?

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1. What do you think when you look the people who work at airport?
2. What do you think if an airport tends to expand?
3. Why do you think taking air-plane is so popular?
4. What are the advantages of travelling by plane?
5. What is most important to you, Price, or comfort?
6. What are the advantages and the disadvantages of living near an airport?

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1. Do you think mutual trust between friends is important?
2. Do you think people need to tell the truth all the time?
3. Do successful people always speak truth?
4. In what kind of situations should people not tell the truth?
5. What's a situation where a person would prefer you to lie rather than tell the truth?
6. Why do children tell lies?
7. What should parents do if their children tell lies?
8. What the difference between lie of adults and children?

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Set - 51

1. Are there any places in your country where cellphones are banned?
2. Do you think that cellphones can cause disturbance in some places?
3. Should there be areas where cellphones do not be allowed?
4. Do you think it is necessary to be polite?
5. Does politeness depend on culture and location?
6. In your opinion, at what age do you think is appropriate for owning a cell phone?

Set - 52

1. What kind of jobs people prefer doing in your country? why?
2. What jobs do young people in your country want to do? why?
3. Which is more important for you: interesting job or well-paid job? Why?
4. Do you think hard-work is necessary for doing a job?
5. Why are some people more hardworking than other?
6. What could employers do to improve employees’ work motivation?
7. Do you think doing hard-work has any impact on mental health?
8. Do you think that physical efforts are decreased due to technology development? Why?
9. Do you think that artificial intelligence is taking away lot of jobs? What can be done? Why?

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QUESTIONS USING GRAMMAR

How Questions

1. How well do you play video games?
2. How tall are your parents?
3. How tall are you?
4. How impatient are you?
5. How hard do you work in your classes?
6. How greedy are you?
7. How good is your mother’s cooking?
8. How mature/childish are you?
9. How big do you want your apartment to be when you get

married?
10. How stylish are you?
11. How well can you play sports?
12. How close are you and your best friend?
13. How well do you dance?
14. How well do you sing?

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Adjectives: ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing’

1. When was the last time you were terrified?
2. What is the most thrilling thing you have ever done?
3. What school subject is interesting?
4. What is one of the most exciting jobs you can think of? How

about one of the most boring jobs?
5. What is something relaxing you do when you are stressed?
6. Who is the most inspiring person alive today?
7. What makes you excited?
8. What makes you really bored?
9. When was the last time you were really surprised?
10. What food do you think is really disgusting?
11. What movie really captivated you?

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Adverbs of Frequency

1. What is something you always do when you study for a test?
2. What is something you usually do in your free time?
3. Where do you often go in summer?
4. Where do you sometimes go with your friends?
5. What is something you never do around your parents?
6. What do you usually do in the morning to get ready?
7. What restaurants do you seldom eat at?
8. What is something you rarely eat during the winter?
9. What type of music do you normally listen to?
10. When do you generally get up?

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Adverbs of Manner

1. How fast do you eat?
2. Do you think bus drivers and taxi drivers in your city drive well

or badly?
3. Do you sing well?
4. Have you ever met someone who eats very loudly?
5. What is something that you do very cautiously?

6. Do you work hard at studying?
7. What is something you do quickly?
8. What is something you rarely do?
9. Have you ever accidently hit someone really hard or accidently

pushed someone down?

10. What is something that you have successfully completed?
11. Do you own anything that was poorly made?
12. What is something you really hate? How about something you

really love?
13. What is something of yours that you have gladly given to

another person?
14. What is something you can do easily?

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Already, Ever, Yet

1. People have many goals in life. What are some goals you have
already accomplished?

2. What are some goals you want to accomplish, but haven’t
accomplished yet?

3. Have you ever done something that you were really proud of?
4. Have you ever done something really nice for someone else?
5. Think of some more have you ever questions to ask your

partner.
6. What are some places you have already been to?
7. Where are some places you haven’t been to yet that you plan

to go to some day?
8. Is there something you are working on now, but haven’t

finished yet?
9. What is an goal your country is working towards? What have

they already done to reach that goal? What haven’t they done
yet?
10. Why don’t we have flying cars yet?

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Comparatives

1. Which is worse for your health, smoking or drinking?

2. Which is harder, math or English?

3. Is it better to be rich and dumb or poor and smart?

4. Is it better to be rich and ugly or poor and
beautiful/handsome?

5. Does technology make the world better or worse? Why?

6. Which game is more entertaining, Tetris or Angry Birds? Why?

7. Are you more creative now or when you were in elementary
school?

8. Is it better to study English in class or online?

9. If you own a business is it more important to be good with
numbers or be creative?

10. Which is harder, math or English?

11. Do you want the development of new technology to go faster
or slower?

12. Are you smarter than your parents?

13. Are some people luckier than others or do people make their
own luck?

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14. Is it better to go on a blind date with someone who is older or
younger than you?

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Degrees

1. Are iPhones as good as Android phones?
2. Are PC games as fun as console games?
3. Is watching a movie at home as good as watching it in the

theatre?
4. Is (city in your country) as entertaining as (city in your

country)?
5. Is (country’s food) as delicious as (country’s food)?
6. Is (singer/group) as talented as (singer/group)?
7. Is your cooking as good as your mother’s cooking?
8. Are books as entertaining as movies?
9. What is something that is as difficult to learn as math?
10. Are normal clothes as good as designer clothes?

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Fixed Expressions (Idioms)

1. What are you supposed to do to get the job that you want?
2. What do you do when you are out of money?
3. How do you catch a beautiful girl/handsome guy’s eye?
4. What are you going to do when you get out of here?
5. What has your country’s president done to raise questions

about his policies?
6. Would you skip ahead to when you are older if you could?
7. Do you skip ahead of boring parts in books or movies?
8. Have you ever felt like you were out of luck?
9. What are you supposed to do to be happy?
10. What do you do to catch your friend’s eye when you see them?
11. Have you ever tried to catch your friend’s eye but realized too

late that the person wasn’t your friend?

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