Ways to use this list
- Lesson warm-up: answer one Beginner card together before the lesson starts, so latecomers can join in without missing anything.
- Speed talking: students sit in two lines and talk about one card for two minutes; then one line moves along a seat and you draw a new card.
- Follow-up rule: the listener must ask two more questions, such as "Why?" or "What happened next?", before the speaker can stop.
- One-to-one and online tutoring: set Winners to 3 and let the student choose the question they most want to talk about.
- Report back: after pair work, ask a few students what their partner said, which practises listening and reported speech as well.
- Writing homework: the card discussed in class becomes a short paragraph, so learners use the new words twice in one week.
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The full list (58 entries)
- What is your name, and where are you from?
- What do you do every morning?
- What is your favourite food?
- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- What do you usually do on Saturdays?
- What is the weather like today?
- What time do you usually get up?
- What is your favourite day of the week? Why?
- Do you like cats or dogs more?
- What is in your bag today?
- How do you get to class?
- What is your favourite colour?
- What do you like to drink in the morning?
- Where do you like to go shopping?
- What sports do you like to watch or play?
- What is your favourite room in your home?
- Do you like to cook? What do you make?
- What can you see from your window at home?
- What music do you like?
- What did you do yesterday evening?
- What is the best trip you have ever taken?
- What would you do with a free day and no plans?
- How is your town different from ten years ago?
- What skill would you like to learn, and why?
- What is a typical meal in your country?
- What helps you feel calm when you are busy?
- What film or book would you recommend to a friend?
- What was your favourite subject at school, and why?
- Do you prefer phone calls or text messages?
- What job would you like to try for a week?
- What is a tradition in your family?
- What are the good and bad things about living in a big city?
- What makes a good neighbour?
- What would your perfect weekend look like?
- Have you ever got lost? What happened?
- What is something you are proud of learning?
- Which app on your phone do you use most, and why?
- How do you practise English outside class?
- What advice would you give a visitor to your country?
- Which household job do you dislike the most?
- Is it better to be good at many things or excellent at one?
- How will work change in the next twenty years?
- Should everyone learn a second language at school?
- What does success mean to you?
- Is it ever right to tell a white lie?
- How has technology changed friendship?
- Would you rather live in the past or the future? Why?
- What did you believe as a child that you now know isn't true?
- Do people rely too much on their phones?
- How important is it to keep traditions alive?
- What makes a city a good place to live?
- Can we learn more from success or from failure?
- How much do first impressions matter?
- What role does humour play in your life?
- How do you decide whether to trust something you read online?
- What is the best advice you have ever been given?
- If you could change one thing about how people work, what would it be?
- Is it more important to be kind or to be honest?
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Questions people ask
Which level should my class use?
Beginner questions use the present and simple past and everyday words, roughly CEFR A1 to A2. Intermediate (about B1 to B2) asks for stories and reasons. Advanced (C1 and up) asks for opinions, comparisons and imagined situations.
How do I run a conversation class with these questions?
Put students in pairs, draw a card and give each person two minutes to answer. Then ask two or three pairs to report what their partner said, write a few common mistakes on the board to fix together, and draw the next card.
Are there answers to these conversation questions?
No fixed answers: they are open questions about life and opinions. For beginners, give a model answer first, such as "I usually get up at seven", and let students change the details to fit their own life.
Are the questions suitable for adult learners?
Yes. They are written for adults and teenagers, avoid childish topics and stay away from politics, religion and money, which can make a mixed class uncomfortable.