Family

• Do you have a large family or a small family?
• Can you tell me something about them?
• How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
• What sorts of things do you like to do together?
• Did/Do you get on well with your family? [Why?]

Festivals

• Tell me about the most important festival in your country.
• What special food and activities are connected with this festival?
• What do you most enjoy about it?
• Do you think festivals are important for a country? [Why?]

Visitors

• What would you suggest a visitor should see and do in your country?
• Are there any traditional arts or music you would recommend?
• Tell me about the kind of foreign visitors or tourists who go to your country.
• In what ways has tourism changed your country?

Daily Routine

• What would you like to change in your daily routine?
• Are all your days the same?
• Tell me about your typical weekday and your typical weekend.
• What is the balance of work/study and free time in your normal day?

Friends

• Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? [Why?]
• Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends? [Why?]
• The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?
• In what ways are your friends important to you?
• Do you prefer to have one particular friend or a group of  friends? [Why?]
• What do you like doing most with your friend/s?
• Do you think it’s important to keep in contact with friends you knew as a child? [Why/Why not?]
• What makes a friend into a good friend?
• How often do you go out with friends? [Why/Why not?]
• Tell me about your best friend at school.
• How friendly are you with your neighbours? [Why/Why not?]
• Which is more important to you, friends or family? [Why?]

Food and Cooking

• What kinds of food do you like to eat?
• What kind of new food would you like to try? [Why?]
• Do you Like cooking? [Why/Why not?]
• What was the last meal you cooked?
• Do you prefer home-cooked food or food from restaurants? [Why?]
• Who normally does the cooking in your home? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you watch cookery programmes on TV? [Why/Why not?]
• In general, do you prefer eating out or eating at home? [Why?]

Leisure

• Do you have any hobbies or interests? [What are they?]
• How did you become interested in this hobby?
• What is there to do in your free time in your home town?
• How do you usually spend your holidays?
• Is there anywhere you would particularly like to visit? [Why?]

Your favorite place

• What place do you most like to visit?
• How often do you visit this place?
• Why do you like it so much?
• Is it popular with many other people?
• Has it changed very much since you first went there? [In what way?]

Your Country

• Which part of your country do most people live in?
• Tell me about the main industries there.
• How easy is it to travel around your country?
• Has your country changed much since you were a child?

Color

• What’s your favorite color? [Why?]
• Do you like the same colors now as you did when you were younger? [Why/Why not?]
• What can you learn about a person from the colors they like?
• Do any colors have a special meaning in your culture?

Entertainment

• Do you prefer relaxing at home or going out in the evening? [Why?]
• When you go out for an evening, what do you like to do? 
• How popular is this with other people in your country?
• Is there any kind of entertainment you do not like? [Why/Why not?]

Clothes

• How important are clothes and fashion to you? [Why/Why not?]
• What kind of clothes do you dislike? [Why?]
• How different are the clothes you wear now from those you wore 10 years ago?
• What do you think the clothes we wear say about us?
• Where do you buy most of your clothes? [Why?]
• How often do you buy new clothes for yourself? [Why?]
• How do you decide which clothes to buy? [Why?]
• Have the kinds of clothes you like changed in recent years? [Why/Why not?]

Dancing

• Do you enjoy dancing? [Why/Why not?]
• Has anyone ever taught you to dance? [Why/Why not?]
• Tell me about any traditional dancing in your country.
• Do you think that traditional dancing will be popular in the future? [Why/Why not?]

Musical Instruments

• Which instrument do you like listening to most? [Why?]
• Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument? [Which one?]
• Do you think children should learn to play a musical instrument at school? [Why/Why not?]
• How easy would it be to learn to play an instrument without a teacher? [Why?]

Traffic where you live

• How do most people travel to work where you live?
• What traffic problems are there in your area? [Why?]
• How do traffic problems affect you?
• How would you reduce the traffic problems in your area?

Keeping in contact with people

• How do you usually contact your friends? [Why?]
• Do you prefer to contact different people in different ways? [Why?]
• Do you find it easy to keep in contact with friends and family? [Why/Why not?]
• In you country, did people in the past keep in contact in the same ways as they do today? [Why/Why not?]

Laughing

• What kinds of thing make you laugh?
• Do you like making other people laugh? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think it’s important for people to laugh? [Why/Why not?]
• Is laughing the same as feeling happy, do you think? [Why/Why not?]

Cold Weather

• Have you ever been in very cold weather? [When?]
• How often is the weather cold where you come from? 
• Are some parts of your country colder than others? [Why?]
• Would you prefer to live in a hot place or a cold place? [Why?]

Travelling to work or college

• How do you usually travel to work or college? [Why?]
• Have you always travelled to work/college in the same way? [Why/Why not?]
• What do you like about travelling to work/college this way?
• What changes would improve the way you travel to work/college? [Why?]

Neighbours

• How well do you know the people who live next door to you?
• How often do you see them? [Why/Why not?]
• What kinds of problem do people sometimes have with their neighbours?
• How do you think neighbours can help each other?
• Do you invite your neighbors to your home? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think you are a good neighbor? [Why/Why not?]
• Has a neighbor ever helped you? [Why/Why not?]

Neighbourhood

• Do you like the neighbourhood you live in? [Why/Why not?]
• What do you do in your neighbourhood in your free time? [Why/Why not?]
• What new things would you like to have in your neighbourhood? [Why/Why not?]
• Would you like to live in another neighbourhood in your town or city? [Why/Why not?]

Flowers

• Do you like to have flowers in your home? [Why/Why not?]
• Where would you go to buy flowers? [Why?]
• On what occasions would you give someone flowers?
• Are flowers important in your culture? [Why/Why not?]

Television

• How often do you watch television? [Why/Why not?]
• Which television channel do you usually watch? [Why?]
• Do you enjoy the advertisements on television? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think most programmes on television are good? [Why/Why not?] 
• Where do you usually watch TV programmes/shows? [Why/Why not?]
• What’s your favourite TV programme/show? [Why?]
• Are there any programmes/shows you don’t like watching? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think you will watch more TV or fewer TV programmes/shows in the future? [Why/Why not?]

Games

• What games are popular in you country? [Why?]
• Do you play any games? [Why/Why not?]
• How do people learn to play games in your country?
• Do you think it’s important for people to play games? [Why/Why not?]

Giving Gifts

• When do people give gifts or presents in your country?
• Do you ever take a gift when you visit someone in their home? [Why/Why not?]
• When did you last receive a gift? [What was it?]
• Do you enjoy looking for gifts for people? [Why/Why not?]

Telephoning

• How often do you make telephone calls? [Why/Why not?]
• Who do you spend most time talking to on the telephone? [Why?]
• When do you think you’ll next make a telephone call? [Why?]
• Do you sometimes prefer to send a text message instead of telephoning? [Why/Why not?]

Bicycles

• How popular are bicycles in your home town? [Why?]
• How often do you ride a bicycle? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think that bicycles are suitable for all ages? [Why/Why not?]
• What are the advantages of a bicycle compared to a car? [Why?]

Weekends

• How do you usually spend you weekends? [Why?]
• Which is your favourite part of the weekend? [Why?]
• Do you think your weekends are long enough? [Why/Why not?]
• How important do you think it is to have free time at the weekends? [Why?]

Music

• What types of music do you like to listen to? [Why?]
• At what times of day do you like to listen to music? [Why?]
• Did you learn to play a musical instrument when you were a child? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think all children should learn to play a musical instrument? [Why/Why not?]

Travel

• Do you enjoy travelling? [Why/Why not?]
• Have you done much travelling? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think it’s better to travel alone or with other people? [Why?]
• Where would you like to travel in the future? [Why?]

School

• Did you go to secondary/high school near to where you lived? [Why/Why not?]
• What did you like about your secondary/high school? [Why?]
• Tell me about anything you didn’t like at your school.
• How do you think your school could be improved? [Why/Why not?]

Photographs

• What type of photos do you like taking? [Why/Why not?]
• What do you do with photos you take? [Why/Why not?]
• When you visit other places, do you take photos or buy postcards? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you like people taking photos of you? [Why/Why not?]

Names

• How did your parents chose your name(s)?
• Does your name have any special meaning?
• Is your name common or unusual in your country?
• If you could change your name, would you? [Why/Why not?]

Health

• Is it important to you to eat healthy food? [Why/Why not?]
• If you catch a cold, what do you do to help you feel better? [Why?]
• Do you pay attention to public information about health? [Why/Why not?]
• What could you do to have a healthier lifestyle?

Songs and Singing

• Did you enjoy singing when you were younger? [Why/Why not?]
• How often do you sing now? [Why?]
• Do you have a favourite song you like listening to? [Why/Why not?]
• How important is singing in your culture? [Why?] 

Art

• Did you enjoy doing art lessons when you were a child? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you ever draw or paint pictures now? [Why/Why not?]
• When was the last time you went to an art gallery or exhibition? [Why?]
• What kind of pictures do you like having in your home? [Why?]

Age

• Are you happy to be the age you are now? [Why/Why not?]
• When you were a child, did you think a lot about your future? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you think you have changed as you have got older? [Why/Why not?]
• What will be different about your life in the future? [Why?]

Money

• When you go shopping, do you prefer to pay for things in cash or by card? [Why?]
• Do you ever save money to but special things? [Why/Why not?]
• Would you ever take a job which had low pay? [Why/Why not?]
• Would winning a lot of money make a big difference to your life? [Why/Why not?]

Animals

• Are there many animals or birds where you live? [Why/Why not?]
• How often do you watch programmes or read articles about wild animals? [Why?]
• Have you ever been to a zoo or a wildlife park? [Why/Why not?]
• Would you like to have a job working with animals? [Why/Why not?]

Future

• What job would you like to have ten years from now? [Why?]
• How useful will English be for your future? [Why/Why not?]
• How much travelling do you hope to do in the future? [Why/Why not?]
• How do you think your life will change in the future? [Why/Why not?]

Social Media

• Which social media websites do you use? 
• How much time do you spend on social media sites? [Why/Why not?]
• What kind of information about yourself have you put on social media? [Why/Why not?]
• Is there anything you don’t like about social media? [Why?]

Holidays

• How you like to spend your holidays? [Why?]
• What are some public holidays in your country?
• What is the importance of public holidays for people?
• Tell me about your last holiday.
• Is there anything you dislike about public holidays? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you feel the need to increase or decrease the number of holidays in your country? [Why/Why not?]

Email

• What kinds of emails do you receive about your work or studies?
• Do you prefer to email, phone or text your friends? [Why?]
• Do you reply to emails and messages as soon as you receive them? [Why/Why not?]
• Are you happy to receive emails that are advertising things? [Why/Why not?]

Languages

• How many languages can you speak? [Why/Why not?]
• How useful will English be to you in your future? [Why/Why not?]
• What do you remember about learning languages at school? [Why/Why not?]
• What do you think would be the hardest language for you to learn? [Why?]

Swimming

• Did you learn to swim when you were a child? [Why/Why not?]
• How often do you go swimming now [Why/Why not?] 
• What places are there for swimming where you live? [Why?]
• Do you think it would be more enjoyable to go swimming outdoors or at an indoor pool? [Why?]

Jewellery

• How often do you wear jewellery? [Why/Why not?]
• What type of jewellery do you like best? [Why/Why not?]
• When do people like to give jewellery in your country? [Why?]
• Have you ever given jewellery to someone as a gift? [Why/Why not?]

Newspapers and Magazines

• Which magazines and newspapers do you read? [Why?]
• What kinds of article are you most interested in? [Why?]
• Have you ever read a newspaper or magazine in a foreign language? [When/Why?]
• Do you think reading a newspaper or magazine in a foreign language is a good way to learn the language? [Why/Why not?]