Conversation Questions
Getting to Know Each Other
- Do you have any pets?
- What was the last book you read?
- Do you like to cook?
- What's your favorite food?
- Are you good at cooking/swimming/etc?
- Are you married or single?
- Do you have brothers and sisters?
- Are they older or younger than you?
- Do you like baseball?
- Do you live alone?
- Do you live in a house or an apartment?
- Have you ever lived in another country?
- Have you ever met a famous person?
- How do you spend your free time?
- How long have you been studying English?
- How old are you?
- How tall are you?
- Tell me about a favorite event of your adulthood.
- Tell me about a favorite event of your childhood.
- What are your hobbies?
- What two things could you not do when you were...?
- What countries have you visited?
- What country are you from?
- What do you do on Sundays?
- What do you do? What's your job?
- What do you like to do in your free time?
- What hobbies do you have?
- What is the nearest bus stop or train station to your house?
- What is your motto?
- What is your religion? (Perhaps not a good question in some situations.)
- What kind of food do you like?
- What kind of people do you like?
- What kind of people do you not like?
- What languages do you speak?
- What two things could you not do when you were a child, but you can do now?
- What's something you do well?
- What's your address?
- What's your father like?
- What's your mother like?
- What's your name?
- What's your phone number?
- What's your telephone number?
- When did you start to study English?
- Where are you from?
- Where do you live?
- Where do you live? How long have you lived there?
- Where were you born?
- Which sports do you like?
- Who do you live with?
- Who do you respect the most?
- Who has had the most influence in your life?
- Why did you decide to take this course?
- Why do you want to learn English?
- Would you like to be famous?
- What do you think you will be doing five years from now?
- Where do you think you'll be living five years from now?
- What is your goal in life?
- Are you a 'morning' or 'night' person?
- When do you feel best? In the morning, afternoon, or evening?
- How many cities have you lived in?
- What jobs have you done?
- Which do you prefer, sunrises or sunsets?
- What could you do as a child that you can't do now?
- Who is your next door neighbor in your home country?
- What is he or she like?
- Did you get along with each other?
- What is the best memory of our country that you will take back home with you?
- What is the worst memory of our country?
- How many times did you move as a child?
- Are you a task oriented person or a people oriented person?
- What is the profile of the wife/husband you would meet?
- What kind of woman/man would you like to marry?
Conversation Questions
Body Language
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.- Why do you think body language is important?
- How do you use body language in your daily life?
- How does body language help you to communicate?
- How does your native culture use body language? What kind of body language do you use at school? What are some examples of body language that boys use? Women? Boys? Girls? Children?
- What actions are threatening?
- What actions are friendly?
- What actions are not allowed?
- What "new" body language have you seen since coming to your new country? did those actions confuse you?
- How does eye contact differ from your native country to your new one?
- How can you misinterpret someone's body language?
- Do you try to use body language when you communicate in English?
Conversation Questions
Clothes & Fashion
- About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?
- Do you like shopping for new clothes?
- Do you often buy new clothes?
- Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why?
- Do you think men should be allowed to wear skirts?
- What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?
- Do you read fashion magazines?
- Do you sometimes wear a hat?
- Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?
- Do you think it is important to be in fashion?
- Do you wear jewelry?
- If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear?
- How often do you wear jewelry?
- What is your most valuable piece of jewelry?
- Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?
- Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?
- Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?
- Have you ever made your own clothes?
- If so, what did you make?
- Do you often make your own clothes?
- How many pairs of gloves do you have?
- What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?
- What colors do you think look good on you?
- What colors do you think look good on your mother?
- What did you wear yesterday?
- What do you think of body piercing?
- Do you have pierced ears?
- Do you know anyone with a pierced nose?
- Would you ever pierce your tongue?
- What do you think of people who dye their hair green?
- What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes?
- Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?
- What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?
- What is your shoe size?
- What kind of clothes are in fashion now?
- What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
- What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?
- What's your favorite color for shoes?
- When was the last time you got dressed up?
- Why?
- How often do you get dressed up?
- Do you like to get dressed up?
- Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?
- Where do you usually buy clothes?
- Would you like to be a fashion model?
Questions on Styles, Clothing and Fashion-based Stereotypes
- What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?
- What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?
- What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?
- Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?
- What do you think of people who always and only wear black?
- What do you think of people with tattoos?
- Do you have a tattoo?
- Do you know someone with a tattoo?
- What do you think of people with body piercing?
- Do you have pierced ears?
- Would you pierce other parts of your body?
- What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes?
- What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?
- What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?
- Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?
- Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?
- In what ways do you dress differently?
- If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends?
- In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you?
- When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?
- Would you ever wear dreadlocks?
- What do you think of the people who wear them?
- Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids.
- Did anyone look at you differently because of it?
- Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?
- What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses?
- What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?
- What do you think about men who wear earrings?
- What do you think of women who do?
- Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?
- When is a person wearing to much make-up?
- What do you think of men who wear make-up?
- Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or other accessories?
- Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?
- What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?
- What do you think of men who where tights?
- What do you think about secondhand clothes?
- Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes?
- Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes?
- Have you ever bought secondhand clothes?
- Would you buy secondhand clothes?
- When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?
- What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding?
- What would you think if a bride wore red?
- Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt?
- What items of clothing do you consider provocative in this country?
- What types of clothing are provocative in your country?
- Do you ever dress this way?
- What do you think of men wearing high heels?
- What do you think of women wearing high heels?
- Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing, but not for men to dress in women's clothing?
- Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?
- Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?
- Have you ever bought imitation brand clothing?
- What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?
- When do you wear them?
- Are they comfortable?
- In your country do children have to wear school uniform?
- Did you wear a school uniform?
- Do you think wearing uniforms is a good idea?
- What would you do or feel if you were refused entry to somewhere because of what you are wearing?
- Do you think dress codes should be adhered to if requested on an invitation?
- What would you wear to meet royalty or the President of your country?
- Would you go to a fancy dress party? Why or why not?
- How much do you spend getting ready to go to school? Work? Out with friends? To a party?
- Do the times vary much?
- What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?
- When do you wear them?
- Are they comfortable?
- Do you think there's a difference between" fashion " and "style" ?
- How often do you go clothes shopping?
- Where do you like to go?
- Who do you like to go with?
- How much money do you usually spend?
- Would you bring your husband/boyfriend with you when you go clothes shopping?
- What do you like to shop for the most?
- Where is your favorite shopping centre?
- What is your favorite brand?
- Are you a shopaholic?
- Do you go to many shops before buying one particular item or do you just buy the first one you find?
- Do you spend a lot of money on clothes your clothes?
- Which type of clothes do you "collect"?
- What's your favorite piece of clothing?
- How much did it cost?
- Where did you buy your favorite piece of clothing?
- Have you ever felt uncomfortable with what you wear?
- Did your parents ever make you wear something you didn't like?
- Do you like to go shopping during the sales?
Conversation Questions
Disaster Preparation
Preparations for a Disaster
- What can you do to prepare in advance for a disaster?
- How much warning time do people normally have to prepare for typhoons, hurricanes, and earthquakes?
- How much warning time do people normally have for tsunamis?
- What sorts of preparations would you make if a typhoon was going to hit your area?
- Why do people leave when a typhoon is coming?
- What has your family done in the past to prepare for a disaster?
- Do you have extra food and water in your house?
- Do you have an electric generator in your house?
- What are some essential things you would need in your house in order to be prepared for a disaster?
- Do you have food and water in your car?
- How can you help your pet prepare for a disaster?
- Do you know where the evacuation area is in your area?
- What should you do if you receive a tornado warning?
During a Disaster
- What happens during an earthquake? How long does an earthquake usually last?
- What happens during a tsunami?
- What happens during a typhoon?
- How can you prevent injury?
- Where are some dangerous places to be in your house?
- Where are some safe places to be in your house?
- What could you say to someone who is frightened?
Following a Disaster
- What are some problems people have right after a natural disaster?
- What are some things you should do as soon as possible? For example,listen to the radio, watch television, check gas and water.
- How can you get food, water, and ice if the power in your area is off?
- How can you travel without electricity or gasoline?
- What are some short-term problems people might have after a disaster?
- What are some long-term problems people might have after a disaster?
- What are some health problems that might arise after a disaster?
- Who should you contact to let them know you are safe?
Fears
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.- Are there any parts of the city where you live which you are afraid to visit after dark? Where? Why?
- Are there certain weather conditions that scare people? What are they? Why do people become scared?
- Are you afraid of flying?
- Are you afraid of ghosts?
- Are you afraid of giving a speech in public?
- Are you afraid of going to the dentist?
- Are you afraid of heights?
- Are you afraid of scary movies?
- Are you afraid of the dark?
- Are you afraid to die? Why?
- Are you afraid of getting old? Why?
- Are there any numbers that people are afraid of in your culture?
- Do you fear certain insects or animals? Why?
- Do you know anyone with a phobia?
- Do you like horror movies?
- Do you think young children should be allowed to watch horror movies?
- How do you react when you see something frightening?
- Is there any person you are afraid of?
- Were you afraid of the dark as a child?
- Were you afraid on your first day of school here in the United States? How do you feel now?
- What animal do you think is the most scary?
- What are some things which many people are afraid of? Why are they afraid of them?
- What is the scariest movie you have ever seen?
- What is your biggest fear in life? Are you afraid that it might come true?
- What kinds of things make you nervous?
- What was the most frightening experience you've had?
- When you were a child, what things were you afraid of?
- Do you ever have nightmares (bad dreams)?
- What are they about?
- How often do you have nightmares?
- Have you ever seen any reality TV shows where people face their fears for money?
- Would you ever face one of your fears for money?
- Do you find this kind of show interesting to watch?
- What is your biggest fear?
- Have you overcome any of your fears?
- Are you afraid of being ill? What disease are you most afraid of? Why?
- Do you believe people can be cured of phobias by hypnosis?
- Are you afraid to fly?
- -Are you afraid to ride a motorcycle?
- -Are you afraid of death, of dying?
- How do you cope with your fears?
- Are you afraid of being ill? What disease are you most afraid of? Why?
- What is your biggest fear for yourself?
- What is your biggest fear for the world?
- How often do you feel afraid?
- How would you help someone to get over their fear?
- Do you have any form of phobia or paranoia?
- What were you afraid of as a child?
- What facial expressions accompany fear?
- If you 'put the fear of God into someone,' how do you think that person feels?
- Are you afraid you might get sick?
- Are you afraid of speaking English?
- A foreign language?
- In front of many people?
- At official functions?
- Are you afraid of germs?
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