Speaking: Past Simple

Student A –
Past Simple
1. What did you do last weekend? - Give a detailed description
2. Tell me about your last holiday. - Where did you go? Where did you stay?
What did you eat? Who did you go with? Did you have enjoy it?
3. What was the last thing you cooked? - How did you make it?
4. Who were some of your favourite sports stars in the past?
5. What was the last movie or tv show that you watched? - Where did you watch
it? What was it about? Did you like it?
6. Were weddings in your country different 100 years ago?

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Student B –
Past Simple

1. What did you do yesterday? - From when you woke up to when you went to
bed.
2. What was the last book that you read? - What was it about? How long was it?
Did you like it?
3. What was the last big thing that you bought?
4. What did you do for your last birthday? - How old did you turn? Did you have
a party? Where was it? How many people did you invite? What gifts did you
receive?
5. What did you eat for your last meal? - Where did you eat it? Who cooked it?
Was it good?
6. Tell me about where you grew up. - Was it a village, a town or a city? Did you
live in a house or an apartment? Was it in the countryside (rural) or in the
city (urban)?

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Student C –
Past Simple

1. Which bands were popular when you were young? - Which bands did you
listen to? Did you have posters up in your bedroom?
2. What was your first job? - How old were you? What did you do? How much
money did you make/earn? Did you like it?
3. What things were different when you were a child in comparison to now?
4. How many emails did you send yesterday?
5. Did you do any housework last week? If so, what did you do?
6. Tell me about the last restaurant you went to. - Where was it? What was it
called? Who did you go with? What did you eat? Did you enjoy it?
1. Can you describe each room of your house?
2. What does the outside of your house look like?
3. Where do you park your car at your house
4. Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not?
5. What is your favorite room in your house? Why?
6. How are homes different in your home country and in this country?
7. How have you changed your home since you've started living there?
8. How long have you lived where you are living now?
9. How many different homes have you lived in?
a. Which one did you like the best? Why?
b. Which one did you like the least? Why?
10. How many rooms are there in your house?
11. How much is your rent? (Some people may not consider this to be a
polite question.)
12. If you could change anything about your present home, what would it be?
13. Is your home in a convenient location?
14. What changes would you like to make to your home?
15. What do you like about your home? What don't you like?
16. What do you think is the worst color for a living room?
17. What is in your bedroom?
18. What things in your home couldn't you live without?
19. What things in your house could you easily live without?
20. Where would your dream home be?
a. What would it be like inside and out?
21. Which room do you spend the least time in?
22. Which room do you spend the most time in?
23. Who are your neighbors?
a. Do you get along well with your neighbors?
b. How well do you know them?
c. What have you done with your neighbors?
24. Who lives with you? / Who do you live with?
25. Would you prefer to live in a house or an apartment? Why?
26. Is every house a home?
27. What makes 'a house' into 'a home'?
28. Have you ever been homesick?have you changed anything in your
house recently? If so, what was that?
29. What would you like to change in your house?
30. What is the color of your front door?
31. What kind of housing would you prefer?
32. What is your dream house?
33. Do you like to keep pets in your home?
34. Are there any parks near your home?
35. What strange materials do you know of that have been used to make
houses?
36. Could you build a house for yourself? How would you do it? (you cannot
have a builder help you)
37. How could you live without electricity? Could you make your own
electricity? How?
38. How can houses be made more environmentally friendly?
39. Describe how you go about buying a house in your country. Can you
borrow money from a bank? Is it easy to buy and sell houses?
40. What would be important to consider when designing a city? Was your
city planned? Describe a perfect city
41. Draw/describe your dream house (money is no problem) where,
materials, design, interior, landscaping etc
42. Imagine you have arrived in a country where they don't speak your
language. You have no money or friends there. What would you do for
accommodation?
43. Give some reasons why people become homeless.
44. What problems do home owners have? What can they do about them?
45. Is it better to rent or buy? Give reasons for your answer.
46. What do you think houses in the future will be like?
47. How important is security? How do you make a house secure?
48. Make a list of the 10 most important things you would look for when
choosing a house to live in.
49. Some people say houses are too much like boxes or cages. Do you
agree or disagree? Why?
50. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a home stay?
51. List alternatives to a house or apartment. (e.g. igloo)
a. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these
alternatives? Which alternative would you prefer to live in?
52. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small
house/flat/apartment? And living in a big one?
53. Do you have a nice garden at your home? Do you plant flowers and trees
in your garden? Do you help your mother/father to water those
plants/flowers?
54. Do you raise fish in your home? If so, what type of fish?
55. Which do you like better, a home with a nice garden or a home without
one?
56. Do you have a mini swimming pool in your home?
a. A basket ball court
b. A ping pong table?
57. Do you help to mow the lawn in your garden?

58. Are friends more important than family? What do you think?
59. Are chores assigned to children in your family?
60. Are you married?
61. Are you pressured by your family to act in a certain way?
62. Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?
63. Are your parents strict?
64. Did you ever meet any of your great grandparents?
65. Do you get along well with your family?
66. Do you get along well with your brothers and sisters?
67. Do you get along well with your in-laws?
68. Do you have any brothers or sisters? If so, how old are they?
69. Do you have any children? If yes, what are their names and ages?
70. Do you have to clean your own room?
71. Does your mother make you clean your room?
72. Do you like your family? Why or why not?
73. Do you live with any of your grandparents?
74. Do you live with your parents?
75. Do you look more like your mother or your father?
76. Do you often argue with your mother or father? What about?
77. Do you often visit your grandparents?
78. Do you think people should adopt children from other countries?
79. Do you usually have any influence on family matters?
80. Do your parents let you stay out late?
81. What time do you have to be home?
82. Do you have a curfew?
83. How did you get your name?
84. For whom are you named?
85. Who are you named after?
86. How big is your family?
87. How many (first) cousins do you have?
88. How many aunts and uncles do you have?
89. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
90. How many children do you have?
91. How many members do you have in your family altogether?
92. How many people are in your (immediate) family?
93. How many people are in your family?
94. How often do you see your cousins?
95. How often do you see your grandparents?
96. How often is your entire family together?
97. How old are your brothers and sisters?
98. How old are your children?
99. How old are your grandparents?
100. How old are your parents?
101. Is spanking a good way to discipline children?
102. Should people follow the religion of their parents, or should they have the
liberty to choose another?
103. What are some of your fondest memories of childhood?
104. What are your parents like?
105. What do you and your family like to do together?
106. What do you think of married couples who decide not to have any child?
107. What do your mother and father look like? How about your
grandparents?
108. What do your parents do in their free time?
109. What are the occupations of your family members?
110. What does your father do? What's his job?
111. What does your mother do?
112. What is the best memory you have of your family doing something
together?
113. What kind of things do you do with your family?
114. What will you teach your children? (what values, beliefs, hobbies, skills,
etc.)
115. What would you change about your childhood?
116. Where do your grandparents live?
117. Where does your father's father live?
118. Where does your mother's mother live?
119. Who do you get along better with, your mother or your father?
120. Who is the black sheep (odd ball) in your family?
121. Would you get involved in your in-laws' family problems?
122. Would you live with your parents after you get married?
123. Should children help with the housework?
124. How much or how often should they help?
125. What kinds of housework is not appropriate for children to do?
126. Do you live in a nuclear family or an extended family?
127. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family?
128. What impact has divorce and/or modern day living had on the family?
129. Is the nanny and/or the day-care centre the third parent?
130. Where is the best place to raise a family?
131. Where do you think the best place to raise a family is? Why?
132. What can make you happy in the long term/ short term? Consider the
following: job satisfaction, a loving family, good health, plenty of money,
strong religious believes, ...
133. What do you think of your mother and your father?
134. Which do you think is more important: following the dreams your parents
want for you or following your own dreams?
135. What's the hardest thing you ever had to do?
136. What was the most important thing your parents taught you?
137. What's the best thing about your mom?
138. If you could have a different number of siblings, what would it be?
139. Who should take care of old people?
140. What is the perfect number of children to have?
141. What's the best thing about your grandparents?
142. Should parents give their children an allowance?
143. How often does your family eat dinner together?
144. How should parents discipline their children?
145. After you're married, should your parents make decisions for you?
146. What's the best thing about your dad?
147. Who is the breadwinner in your family
148. How is nudity regarded in your family?
149. Describe the perfect family.
150. Do your parents get along with each other?
151. If you are a mother or father, would you allow your son or daughter to
listen heavy metal music?
152. What was the saddest time in your family?
153. Why do people get married
154. What to look for in a life long mate
155. What makes a person a good friend, a friend for life ,, a life mate
156. What makes a person a bad, traits that irritate and confuse you
157. What do you think of the budget, what is a budget and how do you make
one work?
158. How do you feel about your parents growing older? If they could no
longer care for themselves, would you let them live with you or put them
in a nursing home?
159. Did you help your mother at home?
160. What household chores do you do?
161. Can you think of examples of countries that have different cultural values
regarding the importance of family?
162. Do you get along well with your family?
163. Do you get along well with your brothers and sisters?
164. Do you get along well with your in-laws?
165. Do you have to clean your own room?
166. Does your mother make you clean your room?
167. Do your parents let you stay out late?
168. What time do you have to be home?
169. Do you have a curfew?
170. How did you get your name?
171. For whom are you named?
172. Who are you named after?
173. What are the occupations of your family members?
174. What does your father do? What's his job?
175. What does your mother do?
176. Should children help with the housework?
177. How much or how often should they help?
178. What kinds of housework is not appropriate for children to do?
179. Do you live in a nuclear family or an extended family?
180. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family?
181. Where is the best place to raise a family?
182. Where do you think the best place to raise a family is? Why?
183. Do you think your parents understand you? Why or why not?
184. Who does the household work, your father or your mother or both of
them?
185. Have you ever seen your mother (or father) cry? When was that and
why?
186. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
187. Do your parents trust you?
188. If you were offered an excellent job opportunity abroad, would you
consider leaving your family for an indefinite period of time?
189. Describe a typical family unit and the importance of family in your
country.
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1. How many people are in your family?
2. What does the outside of your house look like?
3. Who is the oldest person in your family? Tell me about him / her.
4. Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not?
5. What is the best age to get married? Why?
6. What is your favorite room in your house? Why?
7. How many cousins do you have? Where do they live?
8. How long have you lived where you are living now?
9. Which is better: being married or being single? Why?
10. How many different homes have you lived in?
11. Describe some fun family activities that family members can do together.
12. How many rooms are there in your house?
13. What advice can you give to couples who are planning to have their first children?
14. List alternatives to a house or apartment. (e.g. igloo)
15. Will you live with your parents after you get married? Why / why not?
16. Which room do you spend the least time in?
17. Do you enjoy going to weddings? Why / Why not?
18. What makes 'a house' into 'a home'?
19. Describe what someone in your family looks like.
20. Do you like to keep pets in your home? Why or why not?

1) How many people are there in your family? Tell me about someone in your family.
2) What do you think houses in the future will be like?
3) Who is the youngest person in your family? Tell me about him / her.
4) Make a list of the 10 most important things you would look for when choosing a house to live in.
5) Which is better: lots of children, or only one or two children? Why?
6) Draw/describe your dream house (money is no problem) where, materials, design, interior, landscaping etc
7) How many aunts and uncles do you have? Where do they live?
8) Which do you like better, a home with a nice garden or a home without one?
9) How were families different 100 years ago?
10) What do you think is the worst color for a living room?
11) What are some things families can do to be happy together?
12) Describe how you go about buying a house in your country. Can you borrow money from a bank? Is it easy to
buy and sell houses?
13) Where were your grandparents born? What else do you know about them?
14) What do you think is the worst color for a living room?
15) Why do couples decide to have children? How many kids do you want to have?
16) What would you like to change in your house?
17) Who do you like most in your family?
18) Give some reasons why people become homeless.
19) Who is the funniest person in your family?
20) What do you like about your home? What don't you like?

1. Are your parents strict?

2. Which are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small house/flat/apartment? And living in a big one?
3. What kind of things do you do with your family?
4. What is your dream house?
5. What will you teach your children? (what values, beliefs, hobbies, skills, etc.)
6. Could you build a house for yourself? How would you do it? (you cannot have a builder help you)
7. Where is the best place to raise a family? Why?
8. Are there any parks near your home?
9. Who are you named after?
10. How could you live without electricity? Could you make your own electricity? How?
11. What are the jobs of your family members?
12. Which room do you spend most of most time in?
13. Do you think your parents understand you? Why or why not?
14. Imagine you have arrived in a country where they don't speak your language. You have no money or friends
there. What would you do for accommodation?
15. If you could have a different number of siblings, what would it be?
16. What things in your home couldn't you live without?
17. Who should take care of old people?
18. Do you get along well with your neighbors?
19. What is the perfect number of children to have?
20. Who do you live with?