The document contains questions about speaking in different situations, language skills, education, work, family, interests, shopping, news, social media, travel, and free time activities.
The document contains questions about speaking in different situations, language skills, education, work, family, interests, shopping, news, social media, travel, and free time activities.
The document contains questions about speaking in different situations, language skills, education, work, family, interests, shopping, news, social media, travel, and free time activities.
The document contains questions about speaking in different situations, language skills, education, work, family, interests, shopping, news, social media, travel, and free time activities.
1. Do you talk a lot in class at school/university?
2. Do you talk a lot when you are with your friends? 3. Do you think you should change anything about the way you talk? 4. How many languages can you say hello? 5. How many languages can you order a meal? 6. What languages are you good at? 7. What do you want to be able to do with English? 8. What level of English do you hope to reach? 9. How often do you review what you have learned? 10. How often do you watch or read things in English? 11. How often do you communicate with native speakers? 12. What are you doing at the moment to learn English? 13. Are you having any problems with English at the moment? 14. What would your ideal workplace be like? 15. Have you ever had a job interview? If so, how was it? 16. What apps have you got on your phone or tablet? 17. Which apps do you like or use most? 18. How common is it for people in your country to work abroad? What are the main reasons they go? 19. Do you know any twins? If so, how well do you know them? How similar/different are they? 20. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of having a twin? 21. Where did you grow up? 22. Who brought you up? 23. When did your whole family last get together? 24. How much do you take after your parents? 25. When was the last time you bought a present for a friend or relative? What was it? Did they like it? 26. Do you do a lot of online shopping? 27. Do you buy different things online and in ‘real’ shops? Which do you prefer? 28. How much do you know about past generations of your family? 29. Do you know more about your mother’s or your father’s side of the family? Why? 30. Do you prefer spending time alone or with other people? 31. Do you think you are an extrovert or introvert? Why? 32. Do you think that you are a helpful person? Why? Why not? 33. Do you know anyone who is very helpful? Have they helped you? 34. Have you ever used the Internet to buy or sell something? 35. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet? 36. What hobbies and interests do you have? 37. Could any of your hobbies become a job? Would you like to do those jobs? 38. Which food would you most like to eat? 39. Do you have vending machines in your country? What do they sell? How often do you them? 40. Can you describe your ideal home? 41. What are the advantages and disadvantages of staying in a hotel? 42. Are there parks and other green spaces where you live? What activities can people do there? How often do you use them? 43. Do you take presents when you visit someone’s house? 44. What should you do to be polite when visiting someone’s house? (arrive on time/ take your shoes off, etc.) 45. What kind of activities do you do? 46. Did the people you were with want to do the same things as you or different things? 47. What do you usually do when you are on holiday? 48. When did you last read a newspaper? 49. How often do you read news online? 50. Where do you get most of your news from? (TV or smartphone)? 51. Have you ever seen breaking news on Facebook or Twitter before it was on TV? What was it? Was it true? 52. Have you ever shared a photo or news story that you later discovered to be false? 53. Do you agree that social media can save lives and change the world? Why? Why not? 54. Do you prefer browsing online or in real shops? 55. Do you the latest products as soon as they come out? 56. Have you ever returned something or asked for a refund? 57. Where do you look for bargains? 58. What would you like to be able to afford to buy? 59. When was the last time you bought something expensive? 60. How did you decided to buy it? Did you read online reviews or get personal recommendations from people you know? 61. Do you trust online reviews? Why? Why not? 62. Do you ever write reviews? 63. Have you had any good news to share recently? Or have you been told any good news? What was it? 64. How do you usually share your good news? By text/online / in person? 65. What kind of TV programs and films do you like? Why? 66. What are the most popular TV shows in your country at the moment? Do you watch them? Why? Why not? 67. Have you ever been to a music festival? 68. If so, what kind of music was there? Did you enjoy it? Why? Why not? 69. If not do you know any music festivals you would like to go to? Where are they? 70. How often do you have an evening out with friends? What do you usually do? 71. How easy is it to organize an evening out with your friends? Do you all have the same interests? Do you ever disagree on what you want to do? 72. Do you usually spend a lot of time choosing what to wear when you go out? Why? Why not? 73. What kind of clothes do people in your area wear when they go out for the evening? 74. What kind of opportunities can studying at university can give you? 75. What opportunities have you had in your life? For example, think about education, travel, meeting people, work. 76. Have you ever taken the opportunity to do very scary or difficult thing? (for example, sky-diving, talking in public or doing a performance)? If not, would you like to have one of those opportunities? 77. Do you agree that people make their own luck? Why? Why not? 78. Do you think that you are a lucky person? 79. When was the last time you were very nervous? 80. What situations make you nervous? 81. What do you do to calm down? 82. Do you know anyone who has done volunteer work? 83. Have you ever worked for no money? If so, did you enjoy it? 84. Do you work or are you a student? 85. Where are you from?