• Is your workplace close to your home?
  • How do you travel to work or class in the place where you live.
  • How long have been in your role?
  • What do you like about your work?
  • Do you live in a house or a flat?
  • What do you like about living there?
  • Does the place you live in have many amenities?
  • Is there anything you would like to change about the place you live in?
  • How long have you lived there?
  • Where have you studied English?
  • For how long have you been studying ENglish?
  • What do you find most difficult about studying English?
  • The best way to study English?
  • How can speaking English help people in their lives?
  • How do you travel to work or class in the place where you live?
  • What is the best way to travel in the place where you live?
  • Do you like watching advertisements?
  • Will you buy something because of an advertisement?
  • How do you feel when you see pop-up ads on the internet?
  • Do you like funny or serious advertisements?
  • What makes a good advertisement?
  • Do you like art?
  • Do you think art classes are necessary?
  • How do you think art classes affect children’s development?
  • What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby?
  • Do you like to take photographs?
  • Do you prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos?
  • How often do you take photographs?
  • Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?
  • Do you prefer to take photos with a phone or with a camera?
  • Do you take many photographs when you travel?
  • Do you like looking at photographs of yourself?
  • Have you put any photographs you have taken on the walls in your house?
  • Do you like animals?
  • What is your favourite animal?
  • What types of animals do you have in your country?
  • What types of animals are kept as pets in your country?
  • Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
  • Do you have any animals in your home as a pet?
  • Did you have a pet when you were a child?
  • Would you like to have a pet in the future?
  • Do you have a pet?
  • What types of animals do you think make the best pets?
  • Why do people have pets?
  • Should dogs be left in the house alone while their owners are at work?
  • Is there any type of animal that you think should not be kept as a pet?
  • Have you ever taken a ride on a boat?
  • Do you like travelling by boat?
  • What are the advantages of travelling by boat?
  • Do people in your country like to travel by boat?
  • Will it get more popular in the future?
  • Do you like bags?
  • What types of bags do you like?
  • Do you usually carry a bag (when you go out)?
  • What types of bags do you use in your everyday life?
  • What do you put in these bags?
  • What sorts of bags do women like to buy?
  • What did you usually do on your birthday when you were a child?
  • How do you normally celebrate your birthday now?
  • Is your birthday now still as important to you as when you were a child?
  • Do you think it’s important to give someone a card when it’s their birthday?
  • Do you think the price of gifts/presents is important?
  • Do you like reading books? Why?
  • How often do you read?
  • Do you have many books at home?
  • Do you prefer to buy books or borrow them?
  • What are the benefits of reading?
  • What book would you take on a long journey?
  • How easy is it for you to read books in English?
  • Have you given up reading a book recently?
  • What kind of people like reading and what kind of people don’t like reading very much?
  • What kinds of books do you like to read?
  • What is the best book you’ve ever read?
  • Is reading books a popular activity in your country?
  • Do you think that electronic books / eReaders are better than real books?
  • Who is your favourite celebrity?
  • Do you like any foreign celebrities?
  • Would you want to be a celebrity in the future?
  • Do you think we should protect famous people’s privacy?
  • How do celebrities influence their fans in your country?
  • What is your favourite item of clothing?
  • Are there any traditional clothes in your country?
  • Where do you usually purchase your clothes?
  • Have you ever bought clothes online?
  • Were you interested in fashion when you were a child?
  • Is fashion important to you now?
  • What types of clothes are fashionable for young people in your country these days?
  • Does fashion change for people as they get older?
  • Who do you usually take photos of?
  • How do you keep your photos?
  • Do you keep your photographs on your computer?
  • Have you framed any of your photos?
  • Do you prefer to send postcards to people or to send photos that you took yourself?
  • Are there any photos on the walls of your home?
  • What colours do you like?
  • What’s the most popular colour in your country?
  • Do you like to wear dark or bright colours?
  • What’s the difference between men and women’s preference for colours?
  • Do colours affect your mood?
  • Do you use computers?
  • What do you use a computer to do?
  • Did you use computers when you were little?
  • Do people often use computers these days?
  • Will people continue to use computers in the future?
  • What is your country famous for?
  • Where do you live in your country?
  • Is it an interesting place to live?
  • Are you planning to live there in the future (in your favorite country)?
  • Tell me about your daily routine?
  • Has your daily routine changed since you were a child?
  • Is your daily routine different at the weekend to during the week?
  • What would you like to change about your daily routine?
  • Do you think it’s important to have a daily routine?
  • Do you ever use a dictionary?
  • Do you prefer paper or electronic dictionaries?
  • Are dictionaries used a lot in schools in your country?
  • Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?
  • Do you dream much at night?
  • Do you often remember your dreams?
  • Do you think we can learn anything from dreams?
  • Do people in your country talk about their dreams?
  • Do you think that dreams can come true?
  • What kinds of emails do you receive about your work or studies?
  • Do you prefer to email, phone, or text your friends?
  • Do you reply to emails as soon as you receive them?
  • Are you happy to receive emails that are advertising things?
  • Do you email people often?
  • Do you chat with friends or family more with email?
  • Do you think people prefer to receive an email or a letter?
  • Do you think it’s easier to write an email or a letter?
  • Do you think email will eventually replace letter writing?
  • Do you do much exercise?
  • Do you do more exercise now than when you were a child?
  • Do people in your country do a lot of exercise?
  • What do you think is the best exercise to keep fit?
  • Have the types of exercise people like to do changed since you were a child?
  • How many people are there in your immediate family?
  • Who do you get on best within your family?
  • Do you have a large extended family?
  • What do you do together with your family?
  • Why is family important to you?
  • Do you do housework at home?
  • What kind of housework do you often do?
  • Did you do housework when you were a child?
  • Do you think that children should do housework?
  • Do you all live in the same house?
  • Who is your favourite family member?
  • Do you have a large family or a small family?
  • Can you tell me something about your family members?
  • How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
  • Do you get on well with your family? Why?
  • Have you ever given anybody flowers?
  • Is it popular to give flowers to people in your country?
  • On what special occasions do people give flowers in your country?
  • What kinds of flowers would you like to receive as a present?
  • Do you have a lot of friends?
  • Who is your best friend and why?
  • Who would you most like to be friends with and why?
  • What kind of person can you make friends with easily?
  • Which is more important to you, friends or family?
  • Do you enjoy cooking?
  • What type of things can you cook?
  • What kinds of food are popular in your country?
  • Is it an important part of your culture to have dinner parties?
  • Do you prefer to eat with other people or on your own?
  • Do you have a healthy diet?
  • Do you prefer eating at home or eating out?
  • Do you like ordering food to be delivered?
  • Who do you get food delivered with?
  • Do you eat meals differently now compared to when you were little?
  • Do you mind noises?
  • What types of noise do you come across in your daily life?
  • Are there any sounds that you like?
  • Where can you hear loud noises?
  • Do you think there’s too much noise in modern society?
  • Are cities becoming noisier?
  • When do you send gifts?
  • When was the last time you received a gift?
  • Have you received a gift you didn’t like?
  • How do you feel when you receive a gift?
  • Do people in your country send gifts to show their generosity?
  • Who was your favourite teacher in high school?
  • What was your favourite subject in high school?
  • Do you still remember what happened on your first day of high school?
  • Do you still keep in touch with your friends from high school?
  • Do you miss your life in high school?
  • Who do you live with?
  • What is your favourite room in your home?
  • How is your home decorated?
  • Do you like visitors coming to your home?
  • Where is your hometown?
  • What do you like about it?
  • What do you not like about it?
  • Is there any way your hometown could be made better?
  • How important is your hometown to you?
  • Can you tell me about your hometown?
  • How has your hometown changed over the years?
  • Do you think you will continue to live in your hometown?
  • How often do you visit your hometown
  • How many people live in your hometown?
  • What kind of jobs do the people in your hometown do?
  • What is your hometown famous for?
  • What’s the oldest part of your hometown?
  • What type of programmes do you find funny on TV?
  • Which types of programmes are most popular in your country?
  • What kind of things make you laugh?
  • Do you like to make people laugh?