Warm-up

1. Could you show me your identification card please?

2. Could you tell me your full name please?
3. What shall I call you?
4. Does your name have any special meaning?
5. Why do so many people change their names?
6. Is your name important to you?

Hometown or birth place

1. Where do you come from?

2. Where do you live?
3. Can you tell me something about your hometown?
4. Can you tell me some famous landscapes or scenic spots in your hometown?
5. Can you tell me some history of your hometown?

Personal background and information

1. Are you a student or do you have a job?

2. What do you like most about your study?
3. What kind of job do you prefer after graduation?
4. What is your major?
5. What do you do for living?
6. Could you tell me a typical day of yours?
7. How do you get your job?
8. Are you satisfied with your job?
9. What do you like most about your job?
10. What kind of job do you prefer in the future?

Hobby or inclination

1. What do you usually do in your spare time?

2. Do you prefer to stay alone or with your friends?
3. What do you usually do on weekends and weekdays?
4. What do you usually do when you go out?
5. What do you usually do with your friends?
6. Do you like reading?
7. What kind of books do you like best?
8. Do you like English? Why or why not?
9. What do you think of the importance of English?
10. What are good hobbies and bad hobbies? Why?
Future plan

1. Why do you take the IELTS test?

2. What are you planning to do in the next five years?
3. What are you planning to do in the next ten years?
4. What is the first thing you will do when you arrive at the new place?

Traveling

1. Do you like traveling?

2. Do you like travel alone or with your friends?
3. Have you traveled to other places? Where are they?
4. What do you usually do when you first arrive in a new place?
5. What are the benefits of traveling?
6. Why do so many people like traveling nowadays?
7. Do you think it's true that travel broadens the mind?
8. Do young people and older people benefit differently from travelling?
9. How can you make sure you get the most from your travels?

Family

1. Tell me something about your family.

2. What do you like doing most with your family?
3. Who are you close to in your family?
4. In what way is your family important to you?
5. In what ways have families changed in the last hundred years?
6. Should we rely heavily on our families or is it better to try to be independent?
7. Describe your family?
8. Do you have a large or small family?
9. How much time do you spend with your family?
10. What do you like to do together as a family?
11. Do you get along well with your family?
12. Are people in your country generally close to their families?

Friends

1. Do you have many friends? Are they casual acquaintances or close friends?
2. Do you prefer to stay with your family or with your friends?
3. Do you prefer one or two close friends or many friends?
4. Can you talk about your best friend?
5. How to make friends?
6. What do you usually do with your friends?
7. Is the time you spend with your friends as much as that you spend with your family?
8. What do you expect from a good friend?
9. Are friends as important to you as family?
10. Do you think friendships change as we get older? How?

Music

1. Do you like music?

2. What are the benefits of listening to music?
3. What kind of music do you like best?
4. Why do you like this kind of music?
5. What is your favourite musical instrument?

Transportation

1. Can you say something about the transportation in your hometown?

2. What is the common means of transport in your country?
3. Do traffic jams often occur in your hometown or in the city where you live?
4. How to solve the problem?
5. What changes in transportation have taken place in the past several years in your country?

Sport

1. Are you good at sport?

2. What sports do you play?
3. What is the most popular sport in your country?
4. What do you do to keep fit?
5. What are the best ways to keep fit?
6. Do you think most people consider exercise a chore or do they find it fun?
7. What is the most popular form of exercise in your country?

About you

1. What is your (full) name?

2. Can I have your name please?
3. Could you tell me your full name please?
4. What shall I call you?
5. How can I address you?
6. Does your name have any special meaning?
7. Is your name important to you?
8. Do Korean people like changing their name? Why?
9. Have you ever changed your name? Why or why not?
10. Why do so many people change their name?
11. Do you work or study?

Study

1. What are you studying?

2. What’s your major?
3. Why did you choose that subject?
4. What do you find most interesting about your course?
5. What is your favorite subject?
6. What do you dislike about your study?
7. What do you hope to do after your graduation?
8. What are your ambitions for the future?
9. Do you hope to gain any qualifications?
10. What are the advantages of studying instead of working?

Work

1. Can you describe your job to me?

2. What do you do for a living?
3. How long have you been doing it?
4. Can you describe one of your typical working days?
5. What’s your daily routine on a working day?
6. Why did you choose to do that job?
7. What things do you enjoy about your work? Why?
8. What do you think is the attraction of your work?
9. What is your ideal job?
10. Do you want to change your current job? Why or why not?
11. Are you willing to keep your job permanently?
12. What are your plans for the future?

Your town

1. Can you describe your town or village to me?

2. Tell me something about your hometown.
3. Where are you from?
4. Where is your hometown?
5. Where do you come from?
6. What is the name of the street you live on?
7. What kind of street do you live on?
8. What do you like about your town?
9. What is the weather like in your town?
10. What building is considered famous in your town?
11. What jobs do people in your town do?
12. How has your town changed over the last twenty years?
13. What changes have taken place in your city in recent years?
14. Do you think it is better to live in the center of town or outside in the country? Why?

Free time

1. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

2. How much time do you have each week for doing these things?
3. Why do you like doing these activities?
4. How did you start doing this activity at first?
5. Is there some other hobby or sport you would like to try? Why?
6. How has the way people spent their free time changed over the years?

Holidays

1. What do you do when you have a holiday?

2. Who do you usually spend holiday with?
3. Where do you like to spend your holidays? Why?
4. Can you describe a typical day in your holidays?
5. Why are holidays and important to you?
6. If you could take a holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?
7. What do people usually do during holidays and in your town?

Places to go in your free time

1. What do people do in your town in their free time?

2. Where can they go out for entertainment, or to enjoy themselves?
3. Which do you prefer: eating in restaurants or eating at home?
4. Which are the best places to eat out?

Transport

1. How did you come here today?

2. What is public transport like in your town?
3. How do you think it could be improved?
4. Do you think people should use public transport more? Why (not)?

Shopping

1. How much time do you spend shopping every week?

2. Do you enjoy going shopping? Why (not)?
3. What is your favourite shop and why do you like it?
4. What problems are there with shopping in your area?

Your neighbourhood

1. Can you describe the house where you live to me?

2. What is there to do in the area where you live?
3. What do you like about the area where you live?
4. How do you think it could be improved?
5. Do you think it is better to live in the centre of town or outside in the country? Why?

Reading

1. Do you enjoy reading? Why?

2. What sort of things do you read?
3. Tell me something about your favourite book.
4. What are the advantages of reading instead of watching television or going to the cinema?

Sports and games

1. What sports are most popular in your country?

2. What sports and games did you most enjoy playing?
3. when you were a child?
4. Do people take as much exercise as in the past?
5. Why is exercise good for you?

WORK
1. What do you do?
2. What are your responsibilities?
3. How many hours do you work each day?
4. Do you enjoy your work?
5. Is there some other kind of work you would rather do?
6. If you could change your job or profession, what would you do?
7. Describe the process of getting a job in your country.
8. Describe the company or organization you work for.
9. What is your position?
10. What do you like about your job?
11. What do you dislike about your job?

EDUCATION
1. Describe your education.
2. What kind of school did you go to as a child?
3. Did you go to a co-educational school?
4. What was your favourite subject as a child?
5. Who was your favourite teacher?
6. What is the education system like in your country?
7. Do you think your country has an effective education system?

HOMETOWN
1. Describe your hometown.
2. What’s special about it?
3. Where is your hometown located?
4. Is it easy to travel around your hometown?
5. What is it known for?
6. What do people in your town do?
7. What are the main industries in your hometown?
8. What problems face your hometown?
9. What languages are spoken in your hometown?
10. What are the advantages of living in your hometown?
11. What are some problems faced by your hometown?
12. Compare your hometown with another city.
13. What are some environmental problems faced by your hometown?

WEATHER
1. What’s the weather like in your country?
2. Does the weather affect your mood?
3. How do rainy days make you feel?
4. What’s your favourite season of the year?
5. What do you like to do when it’s hot?
6. What do you usually do in the winter?
7. How many seasons does your country have?

WEDDING
1. Have you ever been to a wedding?
2. Whose wedding was it?
3. Where was it held?
4. What clothes do people wear?
5. Describe the wedding ceremony.
6. What sort if gifts do people buy for the bridal couple?
7. What kind of clothes did the bride and groom wear?

TRAVEL
1. Do you like to travel?
2. What kind of places have you visited in your life?
3. Which place would you really like to visit? Why?
4. What’s the best place you’ve ever visited?

COMPUTERS
1. Do you think computers help society?
2. Do you think computers are bad for health?
3. How do you think computers have changed the world?

INTERNET
1. Do you use the Internet much during the day?
2. What do you usually do on the Internet?
3. What are some advantages of the Internet?
4. What are some disadvantages?
5. Do people in your country use the Internet a lot?
6. Do you do any shopping on the Internet?

EMAIL
1. Do you send and receive email regularly?
2. Who do you usually communicate with?
3. How often do you check your email?
4. Do you think writing email has strengthened or weakened people’s writing skills?
5. What are some disadvantages of email?

FRIEND
1. Describe a friend.
2. How long have you known each other?
3. What do usually do together?
4. What do you like the most about him / her?
5. How often do you see each other?

PLACE
1. Describe a place you like to go.
2. Why is this place special to you?
3. When did you first visit this place?
4. Where is this place located?
5. What language is spoken here? Do you speak this language?

MARRIAGE
1. What is the attitude toward marriage in your country?
2. Do most young people plan on getting married in your country?
3. What are some of the advantages of marriage?
4. What are some of the disadvantages?
5. Is the divorce rate high in your country?
6. Do you think people should be allowed to get divorced?

HOBBIES
1. Do you have any hobbies?
2. What are some of your hobbies?
3. When did you first develop this hobby?
4. What are some of the advantages of having a hobby?
5. How much time do you spend on your hobby?

FILMS
1. Do you enjoy watching movies?
2. What’s your favourite film?
3. Who are your favourite actors?
4. How often do you watch films?

SHOPPING
1. Do you enjoy shopping?
2. How do you feel about shopping?
3. Do you like shopping on the Internet?
4. Do you have any favourite stores?
5. What don’t you like about shopping?
6. Which is the most popular place to shop in your hometown?

SPORTS
1. Do you like sports?
2. Do you enjoy watching sports?
3. Do you enjoy participating in any sports?
4. Which sports are most popular in your country?
5. What’s your favourite sport/
6. When did you first become interested in sports?
7. How often do you participate in sports?
8. What equipment do you need for your favourite sport?

FOOD
1. What are some of your favourite foods?
2. What foods are popular in your country?
3. What are some of the famous dishes of your country?
4. Do you enjoy cooking?

FESTIVAL
1. What’s the most important festival in your country?
2. How do people celebrate this festival?
3. What special food is associated with this festival?
4. What special activities are associated with this festival?
5. What do you enjoy most about this festival?
6. Do you think festivals are important for a society?

TELEVISION
1. Do you watch television a lot?
2. What do you usually watch on television?
3. How many hours of television do you usually watch?
4. What are the most popular shows in your country?
5. What kind of shows do you like to watch?
6. What are some advantages of television?
7. What are some of the disadvantages of television?
8. What did you last watch on television?
9. Why do you think certain TV shows are so popular?

TOURISM
1. Which places would you recommend to a visitor to your country?
2. Do a lot of tourists visit your country?
3. What do they usually do there?
4. How has tourism changed your country?
5. Is your country expensive for most tourists?
6. What are some famous landmarks in your country?

DAILY ROUTINE
1. Describe your daily routine.
2. What do you usually do?
3. What do you do on the weekend?
4. What is your typical weekday like?
5. Does your life change much from week to week?
6. Do you have any free time during the week?

YOUR COUNTRY
1. Which country are you from?
2. Where is this country located?
3. Which part of the country do most people live in?
4. What are the main industries in your country?
5. Is it easy to travel around your country?

CLOTHES
1. What type of clothes do you like to wear?
2. What kind of clothes do people in your country usually wear?
3. How important is fashion to you?
4. What kind of clothes do you dislike?
5. Do you think people behave differently in different kinds of clothes?
6. What kind of clothes do people wear to work in your country?
7. Are clothes expensive in your country?

GOING OUT
1. Do you like going out or staying at home?
2. What do you like to do when you go out?
3. How often do you go out?
4. Do people in your country go out a lot?
5. How and where do people in your country usually socialize?
6. What kind of entertainment is popular in your country?

GAMES
1. Do you enjoy playing any games?
2. What kind of games do you play?
3. Do you think adults should play games?
4. What do children learn from games?
5. What kind of games did you play when you were a child?
6. What games are popular in your country today?
7. What kind of games were popular when you were young?
8. Do you think mental games like chess are good for you?

COLOURS
1. Do you have a favourite colour?
2. What is your country’s colour?
3. Do you think colours affect our moods?
4. Can you learn anything about a person from the colours he / she likes?
5. Do you like the same colours now as you did when you were a child?

MUSIC
1. Do you like music?
2. What kind of music do you like?
3. When do you usually listen to music?
4. What kind of music did you like when you were younger?
5. What kind of musical instruments can you play?
6. What kind of music is popular in your country?
7. Do you play any musical instruments?
8. Do you wish you could play any musical instruments?
9. Which is your favourite instrument?
10. How is your idol?
11. Can you describe about your idol?
12. Why do you love music?
13. How do you feel about your favourite music? Why?
14. Have you got any hobbies or interests in music?
15. What occasions do you want to listen to your favourite song?
16. What was the first time that you knew your idol?
17. Are you a good singer?
18. Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?
19. Do you prefer listen to music record or watch the music video?
20. Have you ever taken part in a singing competition?
21. Have you ever been to a concert before?
22. What channel/radio station do you usually listen to?
23. Have you ever gone to the karaoke before?
24. Do you ever download MP3 files/music videos from the Internet?
25. Have you ever sung when listening to music?
26.

Work and studies

12. Are you working or are you a student?
13. What do you do?
14. Do you enjoy your studies/ work? (What makes you say that/ Why?)/ What is the most interesting
aspect/ part of your studies/ work?
15. Is there anything you dislike about your work/ studies?
16. What job would you like to do in the future? / What job do you hope to be doing in ten years’ time?
17. Do you want to study anything in the future? / Is there anything you’d like to study in the future?
18. Why did you choose this subject/ job?
19. Is it a difficult job/ subject?
20. What was your favourite subject at school? What did you like about that?
21. Are you studying anything at the moment?
22. What are/ were the best things about your job/ studies?

Work and studies 3

23. What do you do for a living?
24. Who was your favourite teacher at school? (Why?)
25. Are you working at the moment? (Have you had a job before?)
26. Is there anything you want to study in the future?
27. What is your typical day like at work/ at school/ in college?
Hometown
34. Are you from the country or the city?
35. What’s the most interesting part of your town/ village?
36. What kind of jobs do people in your town/ village do?
37. Would you say your hometown a good place to live? (Why?)
40. How is your hometown changing?
41. What changes would you like to make to your hometown?
Hometown 3
42. Would you like to live in your hometown when you retire/ get older?
43. When are you next going back to your hometown?
44. Do you often visit your hometown?
45. Where is your family from?
46. How often do you go back to your hometown?
47. Is your hometown famous for anything?
48. What is the name of your hometown?
49. What kind of transport do people usually use in your hometown?
 Hobbies and free time
50. What do you like doing in your free time?
51. What are your hobbies? / Do you have any hobbies? / Have you got any interests or hobbies?
52. Are there any new leisure activities you would like to take up?
53. Do you prefer to go out or stay at home in the evenings? (Why?)
54. How do you usually spend your weekends/ days off?
55. What do you usually do in the evening?
56. Do you prefer going out or staying at home? Why?
Hobbies and free time 2
57. What did you do last weekend?
58. How much free time do you have?
59. Do you enjoy playing sports? (What sports do you like?)
60. What type of music do you enjoy most?
61. What type of films do you like?
62. When was the last time you went out? What did you do?
63. What do you do when you meet your friends? Do you prefer going out with a large or small group of
friends? Why?
64. What are your leisure time activities?
65. Do you play any musical instruments? Did you learn to play as a child?
Family and friends
66. Do you have a large family?
67. How many brothers and sisters do you have? What do they like doing in their free time?
68. Can you tell me about your family?
69. Did you get on well with your parents/ brothers or sisters when you were a child?
70. Do you get on well with your family? How/ Why?
71. Which of your parents do you most resemble/ take after? Why do you say that?
72. What do your parents do?
73. Do you have many friends? (How about close friends?)
74. When was the last time you met your extended family? What was the occasion?
75. Would you like to have a large family?
76. Do you live with your family?

Language studies
77. Do you speak any other languages? / How many languages do you speak?
81. How long have you been studying English?
82. Why is it important for you to learn English?
83. Did you enjoy English at school?
84. Do you enjoy studying English?
85. What do you find most difficult about learning English?
86. What activities do you find most useful for learning English? / What do you think the best way to
study a language is?
87. How much time do you spend studying English every week?
Festivals and celebrations
88. How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
89. How did you celebrate your last birthday?
90. How do you think you will celebrate your next birthday?
91. What is the most important day of the year for you? (Why?)
92. What is the next big celebration in your family? (What are you going to do?)
93. What is the most important festival in your hometown/ country?
94. Are there any festivals you would like to go to?
95. When did you last go to a festival?
96. Does your hometown have any famous festivals?
Accommodation
97. Do you live in a house or a flat? / What sort of home do you live in? What kind of accommodation do
you live in?
98. Where do you live now? How long have you been living there?
99. Where are you living now?
100. Do you live near here?
101. What do you like about your home? Is there anything you would like to change/ improve about your
home?
102. What would your dream house be like?
103. Can you tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in? What do you like about living there?

Accommodation 2
104. What is your local area like?
105. What sort of accommodation would you most like to live in?
106. Do you still live in your family home?
107. Can you tell me about where you are living at the moment?
108. Would you like to move house? Why/ why not?
109. What is your favourite room in your house? Why?
110. How long do you think you will continue living in your present accommodation?
111. Who do you live with? / Do you live on your own?
Future plans
112. What are your plans for your next holiday? / Do you have any plans for your next holiday?
113. What are you going to do at the weekend/ on your next days off?
114. What do you think you will be doing in ten years’ time?
115. Do you have any plans or ambitions for the future?
116. Do you have any plans to travel or live abroad?
Transport and travel
117. Have you visited many foreign countries? What was your favourite place? Why?
118. What countries would you like to visit (in the future)?
119. Would you like you live abroad? Why/ Why not?
120. What things would you recommend a foreign tourist to do in your country?
121. Have you ever had any problems while you were travelling?
122. When do you think you will next travel abroad? (Where would you like to go?)
123. Have you been to any English-speaking countries? (What do you think about it/ them?)
124. Have you travelled much?
125. Have you visited any foreign countries?
126. What part of the world would you most like to travel in?
127. If you could live in any country/ travel anywhere, where would you choose?
Food and drink
128. Can you cook?
129. Who does the cooking in your family/ house?
130. What is the most famous dish from your country? Can you describe it?
131. What is your favourite dish?
132. What kind of food do you like?
133. What is your main meal of the day?
134. Do you prefer eating at home or in a restaurant?
135. On what occasions do you eat special meals?
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Hometown

1. What type of place is it?

2. What was it like growing up there?
3. Has it changed much since you were a child?

Studies

1. What are you studying?

2. Why did you choose that particular course?
3. What job would you like when you have completed all your studies?

Work

1. What work do you do?

2. What do you enjoy most about your work?
3. What are your main duties?
4. Is there any other work you would like to do in the future?

Free Time

1. What type of activities do you like to do in your free time?

2. How long have you been interested in these activities?
3. Do you like to do these activities alone or with other people? (Why)?
4. Do you think people have enough free time? (Why/why not)?

Family

1. How many people are there in your family?

2. Do you all live in the same house? (Why/why not)?
3. What things do you like doing together?
4. Who is your favourite family member?

Timing

1. Is being late acceptable in your culture? (Why/why not)?

2. Are you ever late for appointments? (Why/why not)?
3. What type of excuses do you think are alright for lateness?
4. How do you feel when someone is late for an appointment with you?

Neighbours

1. Do you know the people who live next door to you?

2. How often do you see each other?
3. What kind of relationship do you have?
4. How can neighbours be helpful?
5. What kind of problems can people have with their neighbours in a big city?

Food

1. Do you enjoy cooking? (Why/why not)?

2. What type of things can you cook? (Why)?
3. What kinds of food are popular in your country?
4. Is it an important part of your culture to have dinner parties? (Why)?
5. Do you prefer to eat with other people or on your own? (Why)?

Dreams

1. Do you dream much at night?

2. Do you often remember your dreams?
3. Do you think we can learn anything from dreams? (Why)?
4. Do people in your country talk about their dreams? (Why)?
5. Do you think that dreams can come true?

Magazines and Newspapers

1. Which do you prefer reading, newspapers or magazines? (Why)?

2. What type of stories do you like to read about? (Why)?
3. Do you think reading a magazine or a newspaper can help you learn a language? (Why)?
4. Why do you think some people prefer magazines to newspapers?

Humour

1. What type of programmes do you find funny on TV?

2. Which types of programmes are most popular in your country? (Why)?
3. What kind of things make you laugh? (Why)?
4. Do you like to make people laugh? (How)?
5. Do you think it is important to have a sense of humour? (Why)?