1.

Hobbies

 What are your hobbies?

 Why do you like your hobbies so much?
 How often do you do these hobbies?
 How long have you been doing these hobbies, and how did you get started?
 What hobbies did you used to have, but now do not?
 Is it important to have hobbies? Why/why not?
 What hobbies do you like to do?
 What do you like about the hobbies you do?
 Is there anybody in your family you share a hobby with?
 When did you start practicing your hobby and how long do you spend practicing?
2. Time

 How much free time do you usually have?

 Do you have enough time to do what you want?
 How important is time to you?
 If you had more free time, what would you do?
 “Time is money.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?
 How do you feel about time that is wasted?
 Who do you spend your free time with?
 Where do you often spend time with your friends/ family?
3. Sleep

 How much sleep do you usually get?

 Why do some people sleep well while other people do not sleep well?
 What do you do when you have trouble sleeping?
 What time do you usually go to sleep? What time do you usually get up?
 Have you ever slept in a strange place that was not a bed?
 How time do you go to sleep and what time do you wake up?
  How many hours of sleep do you usually get a night?
 Do you think you get enough sleep? Why?
 If you don’t get enough sleep, how do you feel?
4. Music

 What types of music do you like/dislike?

 How do certain kinds of music make you feel?
 What types of music come from your country?
 What’s your favorite song/album/artist?
 What music is popular in your country right now?
 What is your favorite song and who sings it?
 How much time a day do you spend listening to music?
 What genre of music do you like best? Why?
 What kind of music is preferred where you are from?
5. First Dates

 How many first dates have you had?

 How do you feel about first dates?
 What is a common first date like in your country?
 What is the best/worst first date experience you’ve ever had?
 What makes a good first date in your opinion?
6. Work

 What work do/did you do?

 How do/did you like the work?
 What is your dream job?
 What work is common in your city/area/country?
 What is your general view about work? Why?
 What do you want to be when you grow up and why?
 Do a lot of people do this job in your country?
  What type of jobs do people in your country have?
 Do you think everyone should work? Why?
7. Risk

 What is your definition of risk?

 Are you a risk taker? Why/why not?
 What are the advantages/disadvantages of taking risks?
 What risks do you come across in your work/life?
 What risks have you taken in your life?
8. Food

 What is your favorite food? Why?

 What food comes from your country?
 How do you feel when you eat food?
 What foods do you dislike? Why?
 Where do you usually get food from?
 What is your least favourite food and why?
 What is a typical food from your home country?
 What is a food you would love to try?
9. Motivation

 How motivated are you in general?

 What motivates you to do things?
 What is the best motivator to succeed?
 What do you do when you feel demotivated?
 What is a good way to motivate others?
10. Beauty

 What is “beauty”?
 What/who do you consider beautiful?
 What does “inner beauty” mean to you?
  Do you consider artificial beauty (cosmetic surgery) to still be beauty? Why/why not?
 How do you feel about the emphasis that people put on beauty these days?
 What would you tell your children about beauty?
11. Love

 What is love?
 Who/what do you love?
 What good/bad experiences have you had with love?
 Can you be too young to be in love? Why/why not?
 How do you feel about love?
12. Goals

 What are your current goals in life?

 How do you plan to reach your goals?
 How often do you set goals for yourself?
 What goals have you set and achieved in the past?
 How do you feel when you reach your goals?
 Do you need help achieving your goal?
 Do you think it’s important to set goals? Why?
13. Dream

 What kinds of dreams do you have?

 What do you think dreams mean?
 How much of your dreams do you remember? Why?
 What is your opinion on premonitions? Are they real?
 What are examples of memorable dreams you have had?
14. Restaurant

 How often do you go to restaurants?

 What is your favorite restaurant? Why?
 What do you usually order at a restaurant?
  What is the restaurant experience like in your country?
 Have you ever worked in a restaurant?
 If you owned a restaurant, what kinds of food would you serve?
15. Cooking

 In your home, who usually cooks?

 How often do you cook?
 How well do you cook? What can you cook well?
 What are the advantages/disadvantages of cooking?
 What food would you like to learn how to cook?
16. Money

 How well do you manage your money?

 Why do some people have money problems?
 What are some good ways to make money?
 What would you do if I gave you $20/$2,000/$2,000,000?
 How often do you save money? Why?
17. Shopping

 Do you enjoy shopping? Why/why not?

 What is your favorite shop? Why?
 In your city, where is a good place to go shopping?
 How do you feel about online shopping?
 How do you think shopping will be like in the future?
 What do you usually shop for and where do you go shopping?
 Who do you go shopping with?
 Are their many shops in your hometown?
18. Plan

 How often do you plan things? Why?

 What are your plans for (________)?
  What are your plans for your English?
 What do you think of this quote? “Having no plan is a plan to fail.”
 Do you have any back-up plans?
19. Books

 Do you like books/reading? Why/why not?

 What kind of books do/did you like?
 What is your favorite book? Why?
 What was the last book you read?
 Do you believe reading books/literature is more important than reading stuff online?
Why/why not?
 What is your least favourite book and why?
 Is there a library in your hometown?
 What information can you learn from reading books?
20. Sport

 Do you like sports? Why/why not?

 How often do you exercise/play sports?
 Did you play any sports as a child?
 What sport/physical activity is popular in your country?
 What is your opinion on professional sports?
 What sports do you like and dislike? Why?
 What sport is popular where you live?
 Why are sports important?
 Who do you play sports with?
21. Television

– How often do you watch TV?

– Should everyone have a television in their home?
– What is the best way to watch television: On a television set, computer, tablet or
phone?
 – What television programs are popular in your country?
– What do you think will be the future of television?
– What is your opinion on television?
– If you had your own TV show, what would it be like?
22. Learning

– How important is learning? Why?

– Besides English, what are you currently learning?
– What things are you good/bad at learning? Why?
– What would you most like to learn?
– What is the most difficult part of learning? Why?
23. Problem

– What problems do you come across in your work or life?

– Do you feel that problems are opportunities? Why or why not?
– What was the last problem you solved and how did you do it?
– “Problems don’t matter. Solutions do.” Do you agree or disagree?