Family

 Do you have a small or a large family?

 What sorts of things do you do together with your family members?
 How are birthdays celebrated in your family?
Festivals

 What are some of the main festivals in your culture?

 Which festival do you enjoy the most? Why?
 Is there any festival in another country that you would like to participate in?
Traveling

 How often do you travel outside your hometown?

 Do you like to travel alone or with other people?
 What do you enjoy doing when you are in a new place? Why?
 What are some of the things in your country that attracts tourists?
 What is the farthest place from home that you have been to?
 Is there a dream destination that you would want to visit?
Daily routine

 Tell me about a typical day in your life.

 Is there anything that you would like to change in your daily routine? Why?
Why not?
 How do you spend your weekends?
 Are your weekends long enough?
 Do people of your age have a similar lifestyle in your country? Why? Why not?
 How much free time do you get in a day?
 Normally, do you prefer to be idle or busy?
Friends

 Do you have a lot of friends?

 How much time do you spend with your friends? What do you do together?
 How do you keep in contact with your friends?
 Are your friends roughly the same age as you or are they of different ages?
 In what ways are your friends important to you?
Shopping

 Do you enjoy shopping? Why? Why not?

 Where do you go shopping? Why?
 When shopping, do you prefer to pay with cash or by card?
 Do you shop online?
 How do you select the products you buy?
Future

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  Do you think a lot about your future? Why? Why not?
 What would be an ideal job for your future? Why?
 Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Transportation

 How do you usually travel around your town?

 What means of public transportation are available in your town?
 Do you face road traffic problems near where you live?
Social Media

 Which social media platforms do you use?

 How much time do you spend on these platforms? Why?
 What kinds of things do you share in social media? Why?
 What do you dislike about social media?
 Why do some people post negative comments on social media?
Holidays

 How do you spend your holidays?

 Do you sometimes save money to go on a planned vacation?
 Is it better to spend holidays with family or with friends?
Hometown

 Is your hometown a nice place for a young person to live in?

 What are some of the major landmarks in your hometown?
 What sorts of jobs do people do in your hometown?
 Do you enjoy living there? Why? Why not?
 Reading and writing
 Do you read a lot? Why? Why not?
 What sorts of things do you read?
 What is your favourite book? Why?
 Do you do any writing?
 When writing, do you prefer a pen or a pencil?
 What about typing?
Home

 What type of accommodation do you live in?

 What do you like about your home? Why?
 Is there anything you do not like?
 Would you prefer to live in house or a flat?
 Describe your dream home.
Music

 Do you enjoy listening to music? Why? Why not?

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  What types of music do you love the most?
 Have you always liked the same type of music?
 Do you friends and family members share your taste in music?
 How do you listen to music?
 Do you sing or play any musical instrument?
 Which is your favourite musical instrument? Why?
 Who is your favourite singer? Why?
 How important is music in your culture?
Television

 Do you watch TV a lot?

 What sorts of programs do you usually watch?
 What is your favourite TV show?
 What are some of the popular TV shows in your country?
 Do you like the advertisements in TV?
 Are there TV shows that you dislike?
Games and sports

 Do you play any game or sport? Why?

 Do you watch sports on TV?
 What games are popular in your country?
 Where did you play when you were a child?
 Do you follow any sports team? Why?
Food

 What is your favourite food? Why?

 Is there anything that you do not like eating? Why?
 Do you prefer eating at home or eating outside?
 Are you very picky when it comes to food?
 Do you cook? Why? Why not?
 Do you watch cooking shows on TV?
 Tell me about a traditional dish of your country.
Films

 What types of movies do you enjoy? Why?

 Are there any types of movies that you do not enjoy?
 Which is your favourite movie? Why?
 Who is your favourite actor? Why?
 Do you prefer watching movies at home or going to the cinema? Why?
Tourism

 What kinds of foreign tourists come to your country?

 What would you suggest a tourist to do or see in your country?

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  Is there any traditional food from your country that you would recommend to
a tourist?
 How has tourism changed in your country in recent years?
Hobbies

 Do you have any particular hobby or interest?

 How did you become interested in that?
 Is there any hobby you would like to take up?
 Do you find any hobby of other people unusual or interesting?
Country

 Which part of your country do most people live in?

 What are the main industries in your country?
 How easy is it to travel around your country?
 How has your country changed in the last 10 years?
 Is your country a good place to live for young people?
Colour

 What is your favourite colour? Why?

 Has your favourite colour changed since you were a child? Why? Why not?
 Can we learn anything from the colours a person likes?
 What are the meanings of different colours according to your culture?
Clothes

 What kinds of clothes do you like to wear?

 Have you always liked the same types of clothes?
 What kinds of clothes do you dislike?
 Where do you buy your clothes from?
 How do you decide which clothes to buy?
 How often do you buy new clothes for yourself?
 What are the traditional costumes of your country?
Dancing

 Do you like dancing? Why? Why not?

 Have you ever taken dance lessons? Would you like to?
 Are there any traditional dances in your country?
Communication

 How to you usually contact your friends?

 Do you use other means of communication to contact other people?
 Do people in your country use the same communication media as you?
 How have the methods of communication changed in your country over the
last two decades?

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  Do you write letters or emails?
 Who do you spend the most time talking to on the phone?
 When do you think you will make the next telephone call?
Laugh

 What makes you laugh? Why?

 Do you like making others laugh? Why? Why not?
 Are laughing and feeling happy the same thing?
Weather

 What is the weather like in your area of residence these days?

 What is the coldest place you have been to?
 What is the hottest place that you have travelled?
 What type of weather do you prefer?
Neighbours

 How well do you get along with your neighbours?

 How often do you visit your neighbours in their house?
 How do you help your neighbours?
 Is your neighbourhood a good place to live in?
News

 Where do you get your news from?

 Do you read newspapers and magazines? Why? Why not?
 What types of news interest you the most?
 Have you encountered fake news online?
Flowers

 Do you have flowers in your home?

 Do you give flowers to other people on different occasions?
 According to you, which is the most beautiful flower?
 Are flowers significant in your culture?
Gifts

 Is there a culture of giving or exchanging gifts in your country?

 Do you take a gift along when you visit someone?
 When was the last time you gave a gift to someone? What was it?
 What is the last gift you received?
 How do you select a gift for someone?
Bicycles

 Are bicycles common in your hometown?

 Do you ride bicycles?

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  How easy or difficult is it to learn to ride a bike?
 Are bicycles better than motor vehicles? Why? Why not?
School

 How far was your high school from your home? How did you travel?
 What did you like about your school?
 Was there anything you disliked?
 What was your favourite subject at school? Why?
 Which subject did you find the most difficult? Why?
 Do you ever need that subject now?
 Who was your favourite teacher? Why?
 Did you participate in any extracurricular activities in your school?
 Who was your best friend at school?
 Do you still keep in touch with your classmates from primary school?
Photographs

 Do you like taking pictures?

 What type of camera do you have?
 What do you do with the pictures you take?
 What about videos? How often do you take them
Names

 Who named you? How did they decide upon your name?
 Does your name a meaning?
 How common is your name in your country?
 Is there a name of a person that you like?
 Would you ever change your name?
Health

 How much do you care about your own health?

 Do you pay attention to your diet in relation to your health?
 If you catch a mild sickness like headache or fever, what do you do?
 Is there anything you could do to improve your health?
Art

 Do you spend your time looking at art, as in paintings and sculptures? Why?
Why not?
 Did you have art lessons when you were a child?
 Do you involve in making art now?
 Do you think anyone can be trained to be an artist?
 Do you have pictures or other types of art in your home?
Age

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  Are you happy to be the age you are right now? Why? Why not?
 At what age do you think a person has the most fun? Why?
 At what age should an individual start making career plans?
 What is the best age to start computer lessons for children?
 What is the right age to get married and start a family?
 Do you think people get wiser as they get older? Why? Why not?
Money

 Do you carry a lot of money with you?

 Do you have a bank account?
 Do you save money for the future or to buy special things?
 What is the most expensive item that you have purchased?
 Would you take a job if the pay was low?
 If you win a lot of money in a lottery, what would you buy?
Animals

 Which is your favourite animal? Why?

 Are there a lot of birds and animals in your hometown?
 Do you watch television programs about wild animals?
 Have you ever visited a zoo or a wildlife park?
 Do you have a pet animal?
Email

 What kinds of emails do you receive?

 Do you send emails for different purposes?
 Do you immediately reply to the emails and messages you receive? Why? Why
not?
 Do you like receiving emails advertising different products?
Languages

 How many languages do you know?

 Which language do you use in your studies and work?
 Is learning additional languages a part of school curriculum in your country?
 Do you think English will be important for your future?
 Is there any language you would like to learn? Why?