1.
If you could « delete » anything from the world, what would you
choose?
e.g. war, sickness, pollution, cruelty, aggressivity, greed, death …
- What would be the most important to eliminate?
- What would you add to the list?
2. Marriage
Some couples today live together without getting married.
- Do you think marriage is outdated?
- Why do some couples still prefer to get married?
- Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of marriage in today’s
society.
3. Working from home
Many employees are now allowed to work from home.
- What are the advantages of working from home?
- Can you think of any disadvantages?
- How do you keep in contact with your colleagues?
- If you have children, is it easier or more difficult to work from home?
4. Appearance
- Is it important how people dress?
- Which is the most important : clothes, shoes, hair, hygiene, style …?
- Can you guess someone's personality by the way they dress?
- On what occasions do people dress formally?
- On what occasions is it acceptable to dress casually?
- How should you dress for a job interview?
5. Changes
You are elected President of your country.
- List the most urgent changes you would make and explain why.
6. Friendship
- Do you prefer to have a lot of friends or just a few close friends?
- Are you still friends with someone you knew in Primary/Elementary
school?
- Why do people need friends? / What are the benefits of having friends?
- What qualities do you look for in a friend?
- Why do some people have no friends?
- What is the best way to make friends?
7. Your life
What are the 5 most important decisions in a person's life?
8. Your experiences in life
- What is the best idea you have ever had?
- What is your biggest stroke of luck?
- What if the best / the worst piece of advice you ever received?
- What achievement are you most proud of?
- What initiative would you never take again?
9. Environment
- What are some of the most serious environmental problems?
- What are the causes of pollution?
- What are the causes of climate change?
- Suggest ten things people can do to help the environment.
- Suggest five things governments could do to help the environment.
10. Natural disasters
- What is a natural disaster? (fires, flooding, earthquakes ...)
- Can you give an example of a natural disaster?
- Have you ever been in a fire?
- If you had to leave your home quickly, what would you take with you?
- What would you do if you lost everything?
11. Television
- How often do you watch television?
- What do you think of the quality of television programmes today?
- What television programs are popular in your country?
- Is watching television good for children? Why? Why not?
- What would be your ideal TV show?
12. Telephones and mobile phones
- Have people become telephone addicts?
- What do people use the telephone for nowadays?
- Could you live without a telephone?
- What would happen if our telephones no longer worked?
13. Social networks
Why are social networks so popular nowadays?
- What are the positive/negative effects?
- Are social networks sometimes used for bad purposes?
- What bad purposes can you think of? (harassment, fake news ...)
- What advice would you give to people about social networks?
14. Career
Do you think actors, singers, sportsmen, etc. earn too much money?
- Why/why not?
15. Manners and politeness
- What do you think are some good/bad manners?
- Can good manners in one country be bad manners in another country?
- What are some good manners for using a mobile/cell phone?
- Why are manners important?
- Do people have better manners now than before?
16. If you won a lot of money, what would you do?
Would you :
- keep it a secret?
- stop working?
- go shopping?
- buy a new house?
- travel around the world?
- give money to your family/friends?
- give money to charity?
17. What is a good job?
- an interesting job?
- a well-paid job?
- a secure job?
- good working conditions?
18. If you had to move to another country because of your job (or
your partner's job)
- what country would you prefer if you had a choice?
- what would you miss most?
- what would be the most important for you?
19. Equality men/women
- Are men and women always treated equally?
- Is it the same in all countries?
- Do women often face discrimination at work?
20. If .......... , what would you do?
- If your house caught fire, what three things would you save before
running outside?
- If you could be another person for one day, who would you choose to
be?
- If you could be invisible for one day, what would like to do?
- If you could live without sleeping, how would you spend your nights?
- If you could change ONE thing in the world, what would it be?
