IELTS Speaking Part 1 Question Collection at a glance:-

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apps
art
bags
birds
Birthdays
books
bored
breaks
celebrities
chocolate
city and village
concentration
cooking food
countryside vs town
crowd
culture
daily routine
desserts
Dictionaries
dream
dream job
drinking water
driving
neighbors
family
fashion
flowers
food
forest
garbage
gifts
clothes
handwriting
hats
helping people
history
hobbies
holidays
hometown
humor
house
internet
island
jeans
jobs
jewelry
languages
late
colors
leisure time
makeup
maps
mirrors

movie
museums
music
Musical instrument
names
newspapers
noise
painting
parenting
parks
patience
pen and pencils
perfume
photography
places to play
plants
politeness
pollution sky
public transport
rain
reading
relatives
robots
scenery
science and maths
Sea
Seasons Email
shoes sleep
shopping
smile
sports
street markets
study
sunglasses
sunshine
supermarkets
swimming
tea coffee
teachers
television
time management
tiredness
toys
travel
trust
tv
voices
volunteering
walking
watch
weather
work
writing vs typing

Activity near water

  • What activities would you do if you were spending some leisure time at a beach or near the ocean?
  • Why do some people like water sports?
  • Do you think the government should invest money in developing facilities for water sports?
  • Do you think that human activity is posing a threat to the oceans of the world?
  • What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling on the ocean?
  • Do you think it’s important for children to learn how to swim?
  • Do you think it’s best for a child to be taught to swim by a parent or by someone else?

Alone

  • When was the last time you were alone?
  • What do you like to do when you are alone?
  • Do you wish to have more time alone?
  • Is it important to have some time alone?

Art

  • Do you like art?
  • Do you think art classes are necessary? (Why?)
  • How do you think art classes affect children’s development?
  • What kind of paintings do people in your country like?
  • What can you learn from western paintings?
  • What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby’?

Apps

  • What apps do you often use?
  • Do you want to develop an app yourself?
  • Do you often use apps on mobile phones?
  • Do you want to make your own app?
  • What kinds of apps do you expect in the future?

Advertisements

  • Do you like watching advertisements?
  • Will you buy something because of the advertisement?
  • How do you feel when you see pop-up advertisement on the internet?
  • Do you like funny or serious advertisements?
  • What makes a good advertisement?

Amusement Park

  • Do you like amusement parks?
  • How often do you go to amusement parks?
  • What do you usually do at amusement parks?

Accommodation/House

  • Do you live in a house or flat?
  • Do you like it? Does your family like it?
  • How would you change your apartment or house?
  • How long have you lived there?
  • Do you live with your family?
  • Is the transport around your home convenient?
  • What’s your neighborhood like?
  • What’s your favorite room?
  • Is there anything you want to change about this room?
  • Do you want to move?
  • What kind of place did you live in when you were little?
  • What kind of apartments or houses do you want to live in the future?
  • Do you want to live on the countryside?
  • Do you spend more or less time with your family than before?

Borrowing and Lending

  • Do you like to lend things to others?
  • Have you ever lent a book to others?
  • Have you ever borrowed money from someone else?
  • Have you ever borrowed a book from others?
  • Would you lend money to someone else?

Boat

  • Have you ever taken a ride on a boat?
  • Do you like traveling by boat?
  • What are the advantages of traveling by boat?
  • Do people in your country like to travel by boat?
  • Will it get more popular in the future?

Birthday

  • How do children celebrate birthdays in your country?
  • How did you celebrate your last birthday?
  • What kinds of birthday gifts do you like to receive?
  • Is there a difference between the way you celebrate your birthday in the past and in the present?

Bags

  • Do you like bags?
  • Do males and females generally use the same kinds of bags?
  • Do you usually carry a bag (when you go out)?
  • What types of bags do you use (in your everyday life)?
  • Do you have different bags for different occasions (or, different purposes)?
  • What do you put in these bags?
  • What sorts of bags do women like to buy?

Beautiful Scenery

  • Does your hometown have beautiful views?
  • Do you like to stay in places with beautiful views when you are traveling?
  • How would you feel living in a house with beautiful scenery?
  • Do you like taking photos of beautiful scenery with your smartphone?
  • Can you suggest why some people use their mobile phone to take pictures of beautiful views

Being bored

  • Do you ever get bored?
  • What kinds of things are boring to you?
  • What will do when you feel bored?
  • When you were young, what would you do if you felt bored?
  • What do you do when you get bored?

Breaks

  • How often do you take a break?
  • What do you usually do during a break?
  • Why do you need to take a break?
  • Do you prefer a long break or a several short breaks?

Cities

  • Do you like the city you are living in now?
  • Which city have you been to recently?
  • Do you prefer the city or the countryside?
  • What kinds of city do you like?
  • Which city do you want to go to?

Chocolate

  • How often do you eat chocolate?
  • What’s your favorite flavor?
  • Is chocolate expensive in your country?
  • When was the first time you ate chocolate? Is chocolate popular in your country?

Crowded place

  • Do you like (to go to) crowded places?
  • Do you prefer to go to crowded places or places that have few people?
  • What are the most crowded places in your hometown (or where you are living now)?
  • When was the last time you were in a crowded place?
  • How do you feel when you are in a crowded place?
  • Would you say people with the same interests usually get along with each other when they are in a crowd?

Children’s Ideas

  • When do you think children start to have their own ideas?
  • Should parents follow their children’s ideas or should they say “No” to them?
  • Can children say no?

Colors

  • What colour do you like the most?
  • Do you usually wear clothes in your favouritecolour?
  • What colour clothes did you wear when you were a child?
  • Did you have bright-coloured clothes when you were young?
  • Are there any colours you dislike?
  • Does the colour of things influence you when you are shopping?
  • Are there any colours that have a special meaning in your country?
  • Do you think different types of people like different colours?

Clothes

  • What type of clothes do you like to wear?
  • What kind of clothes do people in your country usually wear?
  • How important is fashion to you?
  • What kind of clothes do you dislike?
  • Do you think people behave differently in different kinds of clothes?
  • What kind of clothes do people wear to work in your country?
  • Are clothes expensive in your country?

Cooking

  • Have you ever cooked?
  • How often do you cook?
  • Do you like cooking?
  • How good are you at cooking?
  • What dish are you best at cooking?
  • What cooking experience have you had?
  • Does anyone in your family like to cook?
  • Who taught you how to cook?
  • When you were a child, did you ever help your parents to prepare a meal?
  • Do you want to learn how to cook?
  • Who usually do the cooking in your home? Who is the best cook you know?

Colors

  • What is your favorite color?
  • What color would you like to paint your bedroom?
  • Are there any colors you dislike?
  • Is color very important to you when you are buying something?
  • Do you prefer light or dark color?

Daily Routine

  • When do you usually get up and go to bed?
  • Are your weekdays and weekends different?
  • What is your favorite part of a day?
  • What is your worst part of a day?
  • When do you do most of your study?
  • Would you like to change your daily routine?
  • How much time do you think people should spend on working per week?

Drink water

  • How often do you drink water?
  • What kinds of water do you like to drink?
  • Do you drink bottled water or water from water machines?

Dictionary

  • Do you use dictionary?
  • How often do you use dictionary?
  • Do you prefer paper or electronic dictionary? What are the differences?
  • Do you think the dictionary is useful?
  • Will you like it if someone give you a dictionary as a gift?
  • Ideal job
  • What kinds of job did you want to do in your childhood?
  • What’s your ideal job now?

Desserts / Cakes

  • Do you like dessert?
  • Do you enjoy eating cake?
  • How often do you eat cakes?
  • Have you ever made a cake?
  • Do you like sweet food?
  • Are there any sweet foods in your country?

Dream

  • How long can you remember your dream when you wake up?
  • Do you like hearing others dream?
  • Do you think dream will affect life?
  • Do you often have dream at night?
  • Have you had a bad dream before?
  • What was the strangest dream you have had?
  • What do you usually dream about?

Emails & Letters

  • Do you think emails are useful?
  • Do you think it is a good thing that companies send out spam email for advertising purposes?
  • Do you think email can replace handwriting?
  • Do you often write something by hand?
  • Who do you usually write to and what do you write about?
  • What are the differences between handwriting and email?
  • What kind of letter is the hardest to write?
  • What kind of email do you receive and make you happy?
  • What do you usually use email for? Do you like using email or making a phone call?
  • Do you think email will still be popular in the future?

Efficiency

  • Do you prefer to study in the morning or in the evening?
  • Why do some people find it difficult to focus in the morning?
  • What do you do to improve your efficiency?

Eating

  • Do you eat out a lot?
  • Do you eat healthy food?
  • How often do you eat with your family?
  • Do you prefer eating at home or at a restaurant?

Films/ Movies

  • Do you like to watch movies? (Why?)
  • How often do you go to a cinema?
  • What types of films do you like to watch?
  • Do you have a favourite movie star?
  • Have you ever seen a movie star in real life?
  • Do you prefer to watch a film alone or with others?
  • Would you like to be a movie star?
  • What types of films do you like to watch?
  • Do you like going to the cinema?
  • How often do you go to the cinema?
  • Has your taste in movies changed since you were younger?
  • Are any foreign movie stars famous in your country?
  • Do you have a favorite movie star?

Flowers

  • Do you like flowers? (Why?)
  • What flowers do you like? (Why?)
  • Which/What is your favourite flower?
  • Do you think flowers are important?
  • (Similar to above) Are flowers important in your culture? (Give examples)
  • On what occasions are flowers important?
  • Do people in your country ever use flowers for special occasions?
  • In your country, do people (ever) give flowers as a gift?
  • What are the occasions when people give or receive flowers?

Festival

  • What’s the most important festival in your country?
  • How do people celebrate this festival?
  • What special food is associated with this festival?
  • What special activities are associated with this festival?
  • What do you enjoy most about this festival?
  • Do you think festivals are important for a society?

Family

  • Do you like spending time with your family?
  • Do you prefer spending time with your family indoors or outdoors?
  • What different things do you do with your family when you are indoors and outdoors?
  • Do you spend your vacation with your family?
  • Do you do different activities with your family on vacations compared with when you are not on vacations?
  • How often do you meet with your family?
  • How do you spend the time with your family?
  • Do you want to live with your family in the future?
  • Are you close to of your family members?
  • How has your family influenced you?
  • What activities did you do when you were young?
  • What is the difference in family activities when you were young and now?
  • What is the difference between family in ordinary times and on holidays?

Friends

  • Do you still remember your friends from primary school?
  • Who’s your best friend at that time?
  • What did you always do together?
  • Did you always study together with your best friend at that time?
  • Do you still keep in touch with those friends now?

Foreign food

  • Have you ever tried foreign food?
  • Do you like to try new food?
  • How often did you eat foreign food when you were young?
  • Do you like any food from countries near yours?
  • Do people in your country like foreign food?
  • Will people eat more or less foreign food?

Gift

  • 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?

Going Out

  • Do you like going out or staying at home?
  • What do you like to do when you go out?
  • How often do you go out?
  • Do people in your country go out a lot?
  • How and where do people in your country usually socialize?
  • What kind of entertainment is popular in your country?

Games

  • Do you enjoy playing any games?
  • What kind of games do you play?
  • Do you think adults should play games?
  • What do children learn from games?
  • What kind of games did you play when you were a child?
  • What games are popular in your country today?
  • What kinds of games were popular when you were young?
  • Do you think mental games like chess are good for you?

History

  • When you were a child, did you enjoy learning history?
  • Have you ever been to a museum to learn about history?
  • Have you ever watched movies related to history?
  • When was the last time you read a book about history?
  • Do you think history is important?

Holiday

  • What is your favourite type of holiday?
  • What do you do on holidays?
  • Do you like short holidays or long holidays?

Handcrafts

  • Do you like collect things made by hand?
  • Did you ever take handcrafts lessons at school?
  • Are handcrafts popular in your country?
  • Do you think children should learn more about handcrafts?
  • Do you think handcrafts are meaningful activities?

Island                                 

  • Have you ever been to any island?
  • Are there any islands in your country?
  • Do you want to live on an island if you have a chance?
  • What do you like to do when you are on an island?

Leisure time

  • What’s your favorite way to relax?
  • Do the old like to do the same activities?
  • Do you have enough time to relax ?
  • Do you think it’s important to have leisure time?

Letters and Emails

  • Do you use email?
  • How often do you write emails?
  • Do you think it’s important to reply to emails immediately after you receive them?
  • Do you prefer to use email or text messaging?
  • Do you like to receive handwritten letters and cards?
  • Do you prefer to write on a computer or to write using a pen?
  • Would you say your handwriting is easy for others to read?
  • Do you think a person’s handwriting reflects their personality?

Litter/ Rubbish

  • Do you think it’s important to keep the city clean?
  • What do you do when you see rubbish on the street?
  • Can you suggest why some people throw their litter on the ground?
  • Do you think plastic bags are a serious environmental problem?

Laughter

  • Do you usually make your friends laugh?
  • Are you the person who makes people laugh?
  • When was the last time you laughed?
  • In what situations people laugh?
  • Do you like to make people laugh?
  • Do you like watching funny TV shows?
  • Do you think it’s important for friends to have the same sense of humour?

Pens and Pencils

  • Do you usually use a pen or a pencil?
  • Which do you prefer, a pen or pencil?
  • When was the last time you bought a pen or pencil?
  • How would you feel if someone gave you a pen as a gift?

Maths

  • Do you like maths?
  • Do you think females are good at maths?
  • How often do you use a calculator?
  • Do you think maths is important?
  • Some people think that maths isn’t needed in our life. What do you think?

Meal

  • When do you usually eat meal?
  • Do you prefer eating at home or outside?
  • Do you like ordering food delivery?
  • Who do you eat it with?
  • Do you eat meals differently now compared with when you were little?

Makeup

  • Do you often wear makeup?
  • What does wearing makeup mean to you?
  • Do you give makeup as a gift?
  • What do you think when you see a man wearing makeup?

Money-Saving

  • Is money important to you?
  • How do you save money?
  • Did you save money when you were young?
  • Why do people save money?
  • Have you ever given money to the children?

Mornings

  • Do you usually do the same things in the mornings?
  • Do you think breakfast is important?
  • Did you do the same morning routines in your early ages?
  • Do you want to change your daily routines in the future?

Marriage

  • What is the attitude toward marriage in your country?
  • Do most young people plan on getting married in your country?
  • What are some of the advantages of marriage?
  • What are some of the disadvantages?
  • Is the divorce rate high in your country?
  • Do you think people should be allowed to get divorced?

Music

  • Do you often (like to) listen to music?
  • When do you listen to music?
  • How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
  • What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
  • What’s your favorite kind of music?
  • Have you ever been to a concert before?
  • Do you like to listen to live music?
  • When did you start listening to this type of music?
  • Where do you listen to it?
  • How do you feel when you listen to this music?
  • Do you like listening to songs?
  • Have you ever been to a musical performance?
  • Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
  • Is music an important subject at school in your country ?
  • Did you often listen to music when you were a child? (If yes give details.)
  • What kinds of music arc (most) popular in your country?

Museums and Art Galleries

  • Do you like going to museums?
  • Have you ever been to an art gallery?
  • Are there any paintings on the wall in your bedroom?

Mirror

  • Do you often look at yourself in the mirror?
  • Do you often buy mirror?
  • Do you think mirrors are necessary ornaments?
  • Do you often buy clothes without looking in mirror?

Numbers

  • Do you often use numbers to do something?
  • Are you good at memorizing numbers?
  • What is your favorite number?
  • Are you good at numbers?
  • Would you like to have a  job dealing with numbers?

Noise

  • What natural sound(s) do you like (the most)? (Why?)
  • What sounds do you dislike? (Why?)
  • What sounds remind you of your childhood?
  • What (kinds of) music do you like the most?
  • Does your school have any quiet places for studying?
  • What are some places where there is a lot of noise?
  • Do you mind the noises? (Do any noises bother you?)
  • What type of noise do you come across in your daily life?

Name

  • What’s your full name?
  • How should I call you?
  • What does your name mean?
  • Who gave you the name?
  • Why did they give you this name?
  • Is it a common name in your country?

Newspaper and magazine

  • Do you often read newspapers?
  • When do you like to sing?
  • Do you prefer to read local news or international news?
  • Which is more popular where you live, newspapers or magazines?
  • Do many people today read newspapers?
  • In the future, do you think more people than today will read magazines, or fewer people?
  • Do you think newspapers will be very important to you in the future?

On-time/ Punctuality

  • How to you check the time?
  • Is it important to be on time?
  • What do you do when you arrive early?
  • Has people’s the sense of time gotten weaker now?
  • Is it less or more important to be on time today than in the past?

Park/Garden

  • Do you like going to parks or public gardens?/Do you often visit public parks?
  • When was the last time you went to a park?
  • What do you usually do there?
  • Are there many parks or public gardens in your hometown?
  • Would you like to see more parks and gardens in your hometown?
  • Did you go to parks when you were a child?
  • Do you prefer to relax with your friends in a park or an indoor place?
  • Do you think you will go to parks more often in the future?
  • Why are parks an important part of many towns and cities?
  • What do you think could be done to make parks better?

Plants

  • Do you like plants?
  • What plants do you like?
  • Have you ever grown any plants?
  • Did you grow any plant when you were a child?
  • Do you think plant is a good gift? / Do people in your country send plants as gift?
  • Do you keep plants at home?
  • Do you know anything about growing a plant?

Perfume

  • Do you like perfume?
  • Do you use perfume?
  • Would you ever give perfume as a gift?

Pets

  • Have you ever had a pet?
  • Do many people in your country have a pet?
  • Is there any animal you would like to have as a pet?
  • What animal(s) would you not like to have as a pet?

Photos

  • Do you like taking photos?
  • How often do you take a photo?
  • How do you keep your photos?
  • Do you prefer to take pictures by yourself, or to have others take them for you?
  • Do you like to take pictures of your hometown?

Places to Play

  • Where did you play when you were a child?
  • Did you play at your friend’s home?
  • Did you prefer to play outside or inside when you were young?
  • Do you think it’s important for children to play outside?

Public holidays

  • Does your country have many public holidays?
  • What public holidays do you have in your country?
  • Why do you have those holidays?
  • Would you say most people in your country know why you have those holidays?
  • Do you have a favourite holiday?
  • What do you usually do during a holiday?
  • Do you think these holidays are important?
  • Do you think there should be more public holidays?

Politeness

  • Are you a polite person?
  • Who taught you to be polite?
  • Is it important to be polite?
  • What would you do if others are not polite to you?

Pollutions

  • Is there anything being polluted in your hometown?
  • What are the common types of pollutions in the countryside?
  • What are the causes of those pollutions?
  • Have you ever done anything to help the environment?

Painting/Art/Pictures

  • Do you like painting?     
  • What kinds of things do you like to draw?
  • Did you enjoy doing art lessons when you were a child?
  • Do you ever draw or paint pictures now?
  • When was the last time you went to an art gallery or exhibition?
  • What kind of pictures do you like having in your home?
  • What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby?

Patience

  • Are you a patient person?
  • When are you impatient?
  • Do you think you are more patient now than when you were younger?
  • Do you think you will be more patient in the future?
  • Are you patient in your work or study?
  • Can you explain why some people are not very patient?
  • Do you think people should be patient?
  • How do you feel when other people are impatient?
  • Would you say young people are more patient than older people?
  • Can you give any examples of work that require patience?

Rain

  • Does it always rain in your city?
  • In which season does it rain the most often?
  • What do you usually do on rainy days?
  • Have you ever forgotten to take the umbrella on a rainy day?

Rain

  • Does it always rain in your city?
  • In which season does it rain the most often?
  • What do you usually do on rainy days?
  • Have you ever forgotten to take the umbrella on a rainy day?

Running

  • Do you like running?
  • Where do you usually go (for) running?
  • Have you ever run a long-distance?

Reading

  • Do you like reading?
  • How often do you read?
  • Do you usually read for leisure or for work purposes?
  • What kinds of books do you like to read?
  • What was your favorite book or story when you were a child?
  • Do you like E-books?
  • Do you ever read professional books?

Street Markets

  • Do you like visiting street markets?
  • Are street markets very common in your country / where you live?
  • Would you be interested if you saw a street market in a foreign country?
  • Do people in your country prefer to shop at a street market, or in a shopping mall?
  • Are there many shopping malls in your living area?

Shopping

  • Do you enjoy shopping?
  • How do you feel about shopping?
  • Do you like shopping on the Internet?
  • Do you have any favourite stores?
  • What don’t you like about shopping?
  • Which is the most popular place to shop in your hometown?

Season/Weather

  • What’s the best season of the whole year?
  • What do people normally in that season?
  • What’s the weather usually like in your country (or, your hometown)?
  • How is the weather here different to the weather in your home country?
  • Would you say the weather in your hometown is suitable for working (or studying)?
  • Would you like to move to a place with different weather?
  • What sort of weather do you like the most?
  • What season (or weather) do you think is most suitable for work and/or study?
  • Has the weather in your country changed much in the past few years?
  • Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
  • Do you (usually) pay attention to the weather forecasts?

Sunglasses

  • Do people in your country wear sunglasses?
  • Do you like to wear sunglasses?
  • Do you often wear sunglasses?
  • Where do you buy sunglasses?

Smile

  • Do you like to smile?
  • How often do you smile?
  • Do you smile when you are having your picture taken?
  • When do people smile to others?     
  • Can you sense (or feel, or tell)  if someone’s smile is fake?

Sleep

  • How many hours do you sleep every day (or, every night)?
  • Do you think it’s good to have a nap during the day?
  • Did you sleep more in the past than you do now?
  • Do you think old people need more sleep than young people?
  • Have your sleeping habits changed since you were younger?
  • Do you think it’s important to have enough sleep (each day/night)?

Shoes

  • Do you like shoes?
  • How often do you buy shoes?
  • Do you like to wear shoes that are comfortable or good looking?
  • What is your favorite type of shoes?
  • Why do some people have too many shoes?
  • Have you ever bought shoes online?
  • Are people willing to buy expensive shoes?

Social Media

  • Do you use social media?
  • Do you like to use Facebook?
  • How did you first find out about social media websites?
  • Is social media very popular in your country?
  • Do you think social media will become more popular in the future?
  • In the future, do you think you will use social media more than you do now, or less?

Sky

  • Do you often look at the sky?
  • Do you prefer to look at the sky in the daytime, or at night?
  • Can you see the moon and stars at night where you live?
  • Is there a good place to look at the sky where you live?
  • Do school students learn much about planets and the stars (at school) in your country?

Sports/Physical exercise

  • Do you often exercise?
  • How do you exercise?
  • Will you do exercise in the future?
  • Do you know anyone who exercises?
  • Do people around you like to exercise?
  • Writing / handwriting
  • Do you like writing
  • Did you like writing when you were little?
  • Do you prefer writing by hand or typing?
  • What kind of things do you need to write by hand?
  • Will people still write by hand in the future?

Science

  • Do you like science?
  • What science have you studied?
  • How do you study science?
  • What’s the most difficult part of studying science?
  • How has the science that you have studied helped you?

Smoking

  • What do you feel about smoking in public places?
  • Do you think smoking should be banned in people’s homes?
  • Is smoking a fashion in your country?
  • Which group of people loves smoking more?

Sunshine

  • Do you like sunshine?
  • What do you usually do on sunny days?
  • Do you often use sunscreen?

Television

  • Do you watch television a lot?
  • What do you usually watch on television?
  • How many hours of television do you usually watch?
  • What are the most popular shows in your country?
  • What kind of shows do you like to watch?
  • What are some advantages of television?
  • What are some of the disadvantages of television?
  • What did you last watch on television?
  • Why do you think certain TV shows are so popular?

Tourism

  • Which places would you recommend to a visitor to your country?
  • Do a lot of tourists visit your country?
  • What do they usually do there?
  • How has tourism changed your country?
  • Is your country expensive for most tourists?
  • What are some famous landmarks in your country?

Trust

  • Who do you trust most?
  • What kind of people do you trust?
  • Have you ever lost trust in somebody?
  • Do you trust artificial intelligence?

Travel

  • Do you like traveling?
  • Where have you traveled to before?
  • Do you like traveling by plane?
  • Do you want to travel to the space?

Tea & Coffee

  • Do you prefer to drink tea, or coffee?
  • Which is more popular in your country, drinking tea or drinking coffee?
  • When was the last time you drank some tea or coffee?
  • When you go out do you most often drink tea, or coffee?
  • Do people in your country ever give tea as a gift?
  • Do people in your country usually offer tea, or coffee to guests who visit them at home?

Teachers

  • Do you have a favourite teacher?
  • What makes a good teacher?
  • Do you think teachers should be strict?
  • In what ways do you think teachers and parents are different when teaching young people?
  • Would you like to be a teacher?

Tiredness

  • What kinds of things make you tired?
  • What do you do when you feel tired?
  • Who do you usually talk to when you feel mentally tired?
  • Do you like to talk to strangers when you feel mentally tired?

Teenagers

  • Do you spend a lot of time with teenagers?
  • What do teenagers like to do in your country?
  • Do boy teenagers and girl teenagers like different things?
  • Do they like to stay with people of their own age?
  • What’s the best part of being a teenager?

Tea & Coffee

  • Do you prefer to drink tea, or coffee?
  • When you go out do you most often drink tea, or coffee?
  • When was the last time you drank some tea or coffee?
  • Which is more popular in your country, drinking tea or drinking coffee?
  • Do people in your country ever give tea as a gift?
  • When people in your country entertain guests do they usually drink tea, or coffee?

Time Management

  • How do you organize you time?
  • Do you make plans every day?
  • Would you say you manage your time well?
  • Are you ever late for anything?
  • Do you think young people organize their time in the same way?
  • What’s the biggest difficulty you have when managing time?

Visiting relatives

  • Do you often visit your relatives? (Why?)
  • What do you do when you visit them?
  • When was the last time you visited them? what did you do?
  • Do you prefer visiting your relatives, or your friends?
  • Do you take anything when you visit your relatives?

Watches

  • Do you usually wear watch?
  • What was the first watch you like?
  • Do you think time is important?
  • Where did you get your watch?
  • What kinds of watches do you like to wear?
  • Why do you think some people like to wear expensive watches?
  • Are you ever late for anything?
  • If you could go back in time, what would you do?

Work

  • What do you do?
  • Do you like your job?
  • What’s the most important part of your work?
  • What’s the most interesting part of your work?
  • Why did you choose to do that type of work?
  • What is your work environment like?
  • How much (how many hours) do you work every week?
  • Are you satisfied with the place where you work?
  • Where do you work?
  • Would you say that’s a good place to work?
  • Would you like to change the place where you work?
  • What work do you plan to do in the future?

Water Sports

  • Do you like water sports?
  • Have you done water sports?
  • Would you like to do a water sport?
  • Are water sports popular in your country?

Weekends

  • What do you do in your spare time?
  • When do you spend time with your family?
  • What do you usually do on weekends? What did you do last weekend?
  • What do other people in your hometown (or in your country) usually do on weekend?
  • What are you going to do next weekend?
  • Do you think is important to make the most of your weekend?
  • Do you feel that weekends now are more important to you than when you were a child?

Wedding

  • Have you ever been to a wedding?
  • Whose wedding was it?
  • Where was it held?
  • What clothes do people wear?
  • Describe the wedding ceremony.
  • What sort of gifts do people buy for the bridal couple?
  • What kind of clothes did the bride and groom wear?