IELTS SPEAKING ASSISTANT - SP3 QUESTIONS

1. Remembering things

1.​ What can people do to help themselves remember information for their everyday needs?
2.​ What do you think of people using calendars to remind themselves of things?
3.​ What kinds of things do people forget easily?
4.​ How can people improve their memory?
5.​ Why do sometimes people forget things they don’t want to do?
6.​ Which do you think is more important to remember about, a business meeting or a
meeting with a friend?
7.​ Why is it difficult for some people to remember things?
8.​ What kinds of people are more forgetful?
9.​ In what situations is it important to remember information very well?
10.​Which is better for keeping childhood memories, photos or videos?
11.​Can people rely on their memory when recalling events from the past?
12.​Do you think keeping a diary can lead to creating false memories?
13.​Why do people remember very little about things that happened to them in early
childhood?
14.​What childhood memories do people usually have?
15.​Do you think technology helps people remember past events?
16.​What memories are most important for people?
17.​Is it possible that technology will replace human memory?

2. Gifts
1.​ Why is it sometimes difficult to buy or choose a gift for someone?
2.​ Is the price of a gift important?
3.​ Will people feel happy when receiving an expensive gift?
4.​ What gifts are popular in your country?
5.​ Do you like giving gifts?
6.​ Why do people give gifts?
7.​ Do you think parents are made to give too many gifts nowadays?
8.​ Is it better to give practical gifts?
9.​ Do men and women have the same attitude to giving gifts?
10.​Is gift-giving important for economy of a country?
11.​What gifts would parents give to children?
12.​What factors do parents consider when choosing a gift for children?
13.​Why do companies give free gifts to people?
14.​Have you ever received anything that was made by the giver?
 15.​When receiving a gift, do you prefer something that was self-made or something bought
in stores?

3. Stories
1.​ What kind of stories do children like to listen to?
2.​ What can a child learn from a story?
3.​ Why do children like hearing the same bedtime story
4.​ Why do children like stories

4. New places
1.​ How do young and old people react differently to new things?
2.​ How do young children react when they go to school for the first time?
3.​ Why do some young people go to college or university far from home?
4.​ What difficulties do people usually face when they start a new job?
5.​ What is the hardest thing about getting into a new job?
6.​ Is it possible for humans to live on another planet?
7.​ Do you think money spent on space exploration is a complete waste?
8.​ How can humans benefit from space research in the future?

5. Rules
1.​ What are some rules that exist in schools or workplaces in your country?
2.​ What are some examples of rules that exist in many families?
3.​ What rules should children follow at home?
4.​ What can teachers do to make students obey rules?
5.​ Do you think the students themselves should have a say in what school rules to have?
6.​ Why do some people refuse to abide by rules?
7.​ How are people punished when they park in the wrong place?

6. Cities, countryside, tourism

1.​ Is it good for elderly people to live in large cities?
2.​ Do most elderly people live in cities?
3.​ Do you think youngsters living in the countryside want to go to live in the city?
4.​ Do you think well-developed tourism will have negative effects on local communities?
5.​ What advantages can tourism bring to a city?
6.​ What changes do you think cities need to make now?

7. Leisure time
1.​ In general, who do you think has more leisure time, men or women?
2.​ Do you think that people today have more leisure time than people in the past?
 3.​ What is the difference in the way people spend their free time nowadays and 20 or 30
years ago?
4.​ What do people in your country do in their spare time?
5.​ Is leisure time important for everyone?
6.​ What types of outdoor activities are popular in your country?
7.​ Which do you think are better, indoor or outdoor games?

8.​ Clothes
1.​ Do you think students need to wear school uniforms?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of wearing uniforms?
3.​ Why do some people like to wear traditional clothes?
4.​ Why do people from different countries wear different traditional clothes?
5.​ What kind of clothes should people wear at work?
6.​ Do you think people should wear formal clothes in the workplace?
7.​ Do old people change their style of dressing?
8.​ Does personality affect how people choose what to wear?
9.​ Can you say something about a person's character judging by the clothes they wear?
10.​What kind of clothes do people wear after work?
11.​What clothes do you like?
12.​When should people wear formal clothes?
13.​Do people wear formal clothes more often than before?
14.​Have you ever given clothes to others?

9. Social media
1.​ What do people do on social media?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media?
3.​ What kind of things are popular on social media?
4.​ Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website?
5.​ What kind of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
6.​ What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?

10. Learning from others

1.​ What skills can younger people learn from older people?
2.​ What help do older people need?
3.​ What can children learn from their parents?
4.​ What kinds of things can young people learn from old people?
5.​ How can people in the neighborhood help the elderly people during the epidemic?

11. Countryside
1.​ Is it possible that all of the population move to cities?
 2.​ Will people live in the countryside in the future?
3.​ Why do people like to go to the countryside?
4.​ Do you think youngsters living in the countryside want to go to live in the city?
5.​ What do people like to do in the countryside?

12. Learning languages

1.​ What are the difficulties of learning a new language?
2.​ What difficulties do people face when learning a language?
3.​ Do you think learning a foreign language is important?
4.​ What can people do to learn a foreign language?
5.​ Is making foreign friends the best way to learn English?
6.​ Some people travel to learn a foreign language, what do you think?
7.​ Is it better to study in a group or individually?
8.​ What’s the best way to learn a foreign language?
9.​ Is it more important to learn foreign languages now than before?
10.​Is it easier for young people to learn a language than for older people?

13. Music
1.​ What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
2.​ What kinds of music are most popular in your country?
3.​ Why do many young people spend a lot of money on music concerts?
4.​ Why do some people like to listen to live music while others prefer CDs?
5.​ Do you think music concerts are suitable for old people to attend?

14. Fo od
1.​ Is it important to have a meal together with your family?
2.​ Do people in your country care about where products are from?
3.​ Do you think people are fully responsible for what they eat?
4.​ Is it important for people to learn about foreign foods?
5.​ Why do many people like to spend a lot of money on food on special days?

15. Opinions and ideas, communication

1.​ What jobs need employees to be talkative?
2.​ In what industries do you think communication is a necessary skill?
3.​ When do children begin to have their own ideas?
4.​ Do children like to change opinions?
5.​ Do children have strong opinions?
6.​ How can teachers help children develop their ideas and opinions?
7.​ Do you think children will always have ideas and opinions similar to those of their
parents?
 8.​ Should parents request their kids to obey?

16. Jobs
1.​ What kinds of jobs are well-paid in your country?
2.​ What jobs do young people prefer?
3.​ What will be the most popular jobs in the future?
4.​ What are the benefits and disadvantages of working from home? What are the impacts of
the epidemic on the work environment?
5.​ What are the disadvantages of working flextime?
6.​ Do you think younger people should be lower-paid than older people?
7.​ Do you think it is fair that people with different jobs have different salaries?

17. Getting along with others

1.​ Why do many people nowadays say there aren’t enough hours in the day?
2.​ Do people have enough time for themselves?
3.​ Why do young people like to talk to old people?
4.​ How do you get along with people you don’t like?
5.​ How can bosses get along with their subordinates?
6.​ What kinds of people are easy to get along with?

18. Accommodation
1.​ Do people in your country mostly buy their own home or do they rent their home?
2.​ Do most people in your country live in a flat or a house?
3.​ What are the benefits of living in a house?
4.​ Why do most people in your country live in flats rather than houses?
5.​ Do you think the design of a home is important?
6.​ How will technology change the homes of the future?
7.​ Should the government guarantee everyone a place to live?
8.​ What impact do the climate and the environment have on the design of buildings?

19. Free things

1.​ What free gifts do companies usually give to their customers?
2.​ Why do companies give free gifts to people?

20. Repairing things

1.​ Is the quality of products worse than before?
2.​ Are IT-related jobs valued more by society?
3.​ What kinds of things do people like to repair by themselves?
4.​ What things are easier to fix?
5.​ Why do people like to get their mobile phones repaired in specialized stores?
21. New and old things
1.​ Do you think that keeping old things in a family is a great way to connect with the past?
2.​ Why do grown-ups hate to throw away old things?
3.​ Which do you think are better, old things or new things?
4.​ How do shops attract customers?
5.​ What makes people buy new things?
6.​ Has the way of doing shopping changed?

22. Ambitions
1.​ What kinds of ambitions do people usually have?
2.​ What would you feel if you couldn’t achieve your goals?
3.​ Do you think nowadays people have a better work-life balance than in the past?
4.​ How do people balance life and work?

23. Making friends

1.​ How and where do people in your country make friends these days?
2.​ What places are popular for meeting friends in your area?
3.​ Would you only make friends with people who are similar to you?
4.​ Is it important to have the same interests and hobbies when making friends?
5.​ Do you like meeting new people?
6.​ Do people in your country like making new friends?
7.​ Do you think old friends are more important to the old generation or to the young
generation?
8.​ Which is more important, to maintain old friendships or make new friends?

24. Toys, kids and ads

1.​ Do you think advertising that targets children should be banned?
2.​ How do ads influence children?
3.​ Do you agree that the fact that children are targeted by many companies as potential
consumers spoils their childhood?
4.​ What toys are popular with boys and girls in your country now?
5.​ How do toy companies make children collect their range of toys?
6.​ Do you think some parents spend too much money on toys?
7.​ Some people say that adults can learn a lot from playing with kids. Do you agree?

25. Organizing things

1.​ How can parents help children to be organized?
2.​ What factors should people consider organising events?
26. Leisure time
1.​ How does technology affect the way people spend leisure time?
2.​ Do you think only old people have time for leisure?
3.​ What leisure activities do old and young people prefer?
4.​ How do people spend their leisure time in your country?
5.​ Do you think that leisure activities should not only entertain people, but educate as well?
6.​ Do you think that people today have more leisure time than people in the past?
7.​ In general, who do you think has more leisure time, men or women?

27. Changes
1.​ How can people change their daily routine if they want to?
2.​ Is it good for people to change jobs frequently?
3.​ Do you think people change every day?
4.​ How long should people stay at a job?
5.​ Why do you think adapting to change is difficult for some people?
6.​ Is it easy for old people to change?
7.​ Do people usually change their routine?
8.​ Is it easier for young people to change?
9.​ Do you think change is good?
10.​Do old people often change plans?
11.​Do young people like to change plans?
12.​What are the common reasons when people need to change plans?
13.​What are some of the major changes that occur to people throughout their lives?

28. Quiet places, noise

1.​ Is it hard to find quiet places in cities?
2.​ Are there many quiet places in your city?
3.​ Why do people sometimes prefer to be alone?
4.​ Why do people go to quiet places?
5.​ Is there much noise around your home?
6.​ Does this noise affect you in any way?
7.​ How do you think noise in cities could be reduced?
8.​ Why do some people like to listen to music while they are working?
9.​ Is there any place that is absolutely quiet?
10.​Why is it difficult to stay in a quiet place?

29. Traffic problems

1.​ In what ways can we fix traffic problems?
2.​ Do you think building more roads will make getting around in cities easier?
3.​ What needs to be improved in public transport?
 4.​ Which mode of transport is more popular in your country, a bicycle or car?
5.​ How can transport be improved in your country?
6.​ Is it fair to limit the use of private cars?
7.​ Will there be fewer people cars because of improved public transportation?
8.​ Will there be fewer cars if public transport is free?
9.​ Do you think modern means of transportation cause harm to the environment?

30. Losing things

1.​ Why do some people worry more than others when they lose things?
2.​ How can we avoid losing things?
3.​ What things do people often lose?
4.​ Is it easy to lose something?
5.​ Why do some people lose things easily?
6.​ How can parents teach children to be organized?
7.​ Is it important for children to be organized?
8.​ If you lost a phone, how would you find it?

31. Water activities, rivers and lakes

1.​ Why are rivers important to local people?
2.​ How can rivers and lakes benefit local people?
3.​ What activities can be done in and near the river?
4.​ How does ocean pollution affect the environment?
5.​ What occupations are associated with water?
6.​ What water sports are popular in your country?
7.​ Why do people like water sports?
8.​ Do you think having a river has an impact on tourism in the city?
9.​ Why do so many people like going to places with water?
10.​Why do some people enjoy going to the seaside so much?
11.​Is traveling by water as important now as it was in the past?
12.​What are the pluses and minuses of transporting goods on water?
13.​Are rivers and lakes good for transport?
14.​Do you think cruise trips will become more popular in the future?
15.​As a place to spend some leisure time, do you think a place near water is more suitable
for children or for old people?

32. Competition, contests

1.​ What jobs require employees to be competitive?
2.​ Do you think competition is important in the workplace?
3.​ Is it necessary to encourage people to compete with others in companies?
4.​ Why are competition shows popular?
 5.​ What kind of people would be competitive?

33. Neighbors
1.​ Do you think it is easier for people to get to know each other if they live in the
countryside?
2.​ How do children build relationships with others in a community?
3.​ Do you think it's important to have a good relationship with neighbors?
4.​ Is it beneficial to get along well with neighbors?
5.​ How can people improve relationships with their neighbors?
6.​ Do you think people's relationships with their neighbors today are the same as they were
in the past?
7.​ Do you think people are familiar with their neighbors?
8.​ What factors help neighbors to have good relations with each other?

34. Festivals, important events

1.​ On national holidays, many companies prefer their employees to come to work. What do
you think?
2.​ Does pregnancy count as an important event?
3.​ How do people celebrate important events in your country?
4.​ Do you think that people spend way too much money on celebrating special occasions
such as weddings or birthdays?
5.​ Why do more and more young people prefer to celebrate festivals with their friends rather
than with their families?

35. Sports, health and keeping fit

1.​ How can we make children exercise more?
2.​ Do you think it's a good way for governments to use the power of idols to help people
build health awareness?
3.​ What do old people in your country do to keep fit?
4.​ What activities can schools organize for children to keep fit?
5.​ What can parents do to make their children like sports?
6.​ What else can people do to keep fit apart from sports?
7.​ Is exercising the only way to stay healthy?
8.​ Why is it that many people today don't do enough healthy activities?
9.​ How can the media improve or influence people's knowledge about health?
10.​How can we make adults aware of the importance of exercise?
11.​What can governments do to improve people's health?
12.​Is it hard for modern people to live a healthy lifestyle?
13.​What do you think about health-related apps?
14.​Do you think people are healthier now than in the past?
36. Happiness
1.​ How do people express happiness in your culture?
2.​ Do you think happiness has any effect on people?
3.​ Is it good to be unhappy?
4.​ What kinds of things make people in your country happy?
5.​ Do you think money can make people happy?
6.​ Do you think failures help people feel happiness?
7.​ Is it important to have goals in life in order to feel happy?
8.​ Do you think people will be happy if they don't have goals to achieve?
9.​ How would you define happiness?
10.​Why do some people say happiness never lasts long?
11.​What do you do when you feel unhappy?
12.​Are people in your country happier now than they were 30 years ago?

37. Traditional products, traditions

1.​ What is the value of traditions?
2.​ Do you think traditions are important?
3.​ What different types of traditional products are produced in your country?
4.​ Why do traditional products attract tourists?
5.​ Why are traditional products important?
6.​ Why do people like to buy imported products?

38. Concentration
1.​ Can exercise help people improve concentration?
2.​ What kinds of jobs require higher concentration at work?
3.​ How can we help children stay focused?
4.​ Is it important for children to learn how to concentrate?
5.​ What can employers do to help employees concentrate?
6.​ Have you ever felt difficult to concentrate?
7.​ What distractions are bothering you in your life?

39. Inventions
1.​ Do you think Al will replace human teachers?
2.​ What inventions do you hope to have in 20 years?
3.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of online courses?
4.​ How can technology be used in the classroom?
5.​ What electrical appliances do people in your country have at home?
6.​ What household appliances make us lazy?
7.​ Do you think modern technology makes people lazier?
 8.​ What do you think have been some of the most important inventions in the past 100 years
or so?
9.​ Do you think it's good that new inventions are appearing so often?
10.​Do you think there will be any negative effects resulting from future technology?

40. Being busy

1.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of always being busy?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a stressful job?
3.​ How do you think highly efficient people manage their time?
4.​ Do you manage your time efficiently?

41. Volunteering, helping others

1.​ Who benefits more from the volunteer services, volunteers or people helped?
2.​ Do you think people nowadays should participate more in volunteering?
3.​ Why is it necessary to do volunteer services?
4.​ How do you think the volunteers themselves benefit?
5.​ What do you think are the benefits of having unpaid volunteer workers?
6.​ Should professionals be hired rather than using volunteer workers?
7.​ How can we encourage children to help others?
8.​ How can we support people in need apart from giving money?
9.​ How can companies engage in volunteering and help our society?

42. Time management

1.​ How do people manage their time?
2.​ What can people do to spend their time efficiently?
3.​ What do people do to save time?
4.​ Is it important to manage your time efficiently?
5.​ Do you agree that today success mainly depends on being able to manage time
effectively?
6.​ Should parents help children manage time?
7.​ How can we avoid wasting time?
8.​ Do you think deadlines are necessary?

43. Business, globalization, jobs

1.​ What kinds of family businesses are common in your country?
2.​ What effects does globalization have on the economy of a country?
3.​ Do you think globalization is absolutely good for economic development?
4.​ Why do people want to do family business?
5.​ Is it good to work with family members?
6.​ Do you think small businesses will thrive or struggle in the future?
 7.​ What are the good things about working for a big company?
8.​ Why do many young adults keep changing their jobs?

44. Making decisions

1.​ Is it important for children to make decisions when they are young?
2.​ Do you think that parents should make important decisions for their children?
3.​ Do you think young people are easily influenced by others while they are making a
decision?
4.​ At what age can children make decisions on their own?
5.​ What's the difference between decisions that children and adults make?
6.​ Do you think that teachers should help students make decisions?

45. Popularity
1.​ What benefits are there when a child is popular at school?
2.​ What kinds of people are popular at work?

46. Encouraging people

1.​ Do you think negative feedback is more important than positive feedback?
2.​ Why is negative feedback as important as positive feedback at work or in studies?
3.​ In what situations do parents have to encourage their children to do something?
4.​ How can parents encourage their children to do what they don't want?
5.​ How can parents encourage kids to do difficult things?
6.​ How can parents and teachers encourage children to study more?
7.​ How can employers motivate their staff?

47. Mobile phones

1.​ Many people think mobile phones can be annoying at times. Can you give any examples
of that?
2.​ Do you think there should be laws on the use of mobile phones?
3.​ What is your attitude to people who speak on the phone in public?
4.​ Do young and old people use phones in the same way?
5.​ What do you do with a cellphone?

48. Meeting friends, communication

1.​ Why do some people dislike chatting with strangers?
2.​ What topics do young people talk about?
3.​ Do you think women chat more than men?
4.​ How do you know if others aren't interested in your conversation?
5.​ Why do some people prefer to tell secrets to strangers?
6.​ Can people communicate if they don't speak the same language?
 7.​ What places are popular for meeting friends in your area?

49. Opinions and advice

1.​ What important changes in popular ideas and opinions have taken place recently?
2.​ What problems can people face if they ask many different people for advice?
3.​ Is it always bad to get conflicting advice?
4.​ In general, what kind of person is most suitable for giving advice to others?
5.​ What qualities does a good adviser need to have?
6.​ Do you think it's ok if professional advice costs a lot?
7.​ Why do some professional advisers charge so much?
8.​ In what situations can old people ask younger people for advice?
9.​ Do you prefer advice from your family or your friends?
10.​Who do young people turn to for advice?
11.​When somebody gives you some advice, do you usually follow this advice or do you
usually insist on your own opinion?
12.​Why do so many young people not accept the advice of older people?
13.​Some people find it easier to accept advice than other people do. Why do you think there
is this difference?

50. Cities, countryside, relocating

1.​ Why do many people move to the countryside?
2.​ Why do some people like to live close to the company?
3.​ Why do people change their places of living?
4.​ Why do people move to other areas?
5.​ Why do people move to a new home?
6.​ What are the advantages of living in the city?
7.​ Is it good to move to a new place frequently?
8.​ What problems will people face after moving to a new home?
9.​ What do people need to prepare for when they are moving?
10.​What makes a location suitable for young people to live?
11.​What makes a location suitable for old people to live?

51. Doing sports

1.​ What are the benefits of sports for children?
2.​ Do children need to exercise?
3.​ Do young people like to do sports?
4.​ Why do young people do less sports than their parents?
5.​ What is the use of Tai Chi for the elderly?

52. Money
 1.​ Why do people rarely use cash now?
2.​ Do you [agree that nowadays people value money the most?
3.​ What do young people spend money on?
4.​ Why do young people tend to waste money?
5.​ Do people in your country like to save money?
6.​ What is the best way of saving money?
7.​ When do children begin to comprehend the value of money?
8.​ Should parents reward children with money?
9.​ Is it good and necessary to teach children to save money?

53. Stories
1.​ Why do children like hearing the same bedtime story?
2.​ Why do children like stories?
3.​ What kind of stories do children like to listen to?
4.​ What can a child learn from a story?

54. Learning new things

1.​ What can children learn from their parents?
2.​ Do you think employees must want to constantly learn new things?
3.​ Do you think learning new things is important?

55. Photos
1.​ What do you think of those who like to change or beautify faces and post them on social
media?
2.​ Do people in your country like to take photos?
3.​ Why do people like to record important things with photos?
4.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling with a camera?
5.​ What can people learn from historical photographs?

56. Watching movies

1.​ Do people in your country still like to go to a cinema?
2.​ Where do people watch movies?
3.​ Should actors be paid more?
4.​ What makes an actor a famous movie star?
5.​ Are actors and actresses important to movies?

57. Information and Internet

1.​ What information can people get from television?
2.​ Will libraries be replaced by the Internet?
3.​ What are the ways of getting information nowadays?
 4.​ How can people check whether a piece of information is correct or not?
5.​ Do people trust information online?
6.​ Does the development of the Internet have any impact on disadvantaged people?

58. TV programs
1.​ What shows do old people and young people watch?
2.​ What other programs do you like to watch?
3.​ What TV programs are popular in your country?
4.​ What is the influence of foreign shows on the shows produced in your country?

59. Service
1.​ Why is online shopping so popular these days?
2.​ What is the difference between shopping online and in a store?
3.​ What should customers do if there are problems with products they bought online?
4.​ What is good service?
5.​ As a customer, what kinds of services do you expect from a company?
6.​ What is bad service?
7.​ Do you think it's important for a company to provide after-sales service?

60. Sharing things

1.​ Do you think kids like to share?
2.​ How can parents and teachers teach children to share?
3.​ Can you suggest why some people don't like sharing?
4.​ Do you think it's important to have rules in shared accommodation?
5.​ Do you think there are any advantages to sharing your home with other people?
6.​ How do you feel about sharing accommodation with others on campus?
7.​ Do people in your country prefer to share public transport or do they prefer to use private
transport?
8.​ Do you think it's good to share personal information with others on the internet?
9.​ What is the benefit of sharing for children?

61. Beauty, beautiful things

1.​ Why do people create beautiful things?
2.​ What do you think the word 'beauty' means?

62. Remembering and forgetting

1.​ How do busy people remember things they need to do?
2.​ What do you think of people using calendars to remind themselves of things?
3.​ Which is more important, a work-related appointment or an appointment with a friend?
4.​ Do you think people should remember family history?
63. Friendship, social media
1.​ Why is it hard to maintain friendships for some people?
2.​ Why do people lose contact with their childhood friends?
3.​ Which is more important, to maintain old friendships or make new friends?
4.​ What positive and negative effects do mobile phones have on friendship?
5.​ Do you think technology unites or separates people?
6.​ Do you think old friends are more important to the old generation or to the young
generation?
7.​ Do you use a lot of emojis online?
8.​ Will online social media replace face-to-face communication?

64. Learning languages

1.​ Do you think grammar is important?
2.​ What qualities should a good language teacher have?
3.​ Why do people learn foreign languages?
4.​ Do you think learning a foreign language is important?

65. Music
1.​ What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
2.​ What kinds of music are most popular in your country?

66. Patience
1.​ Compared to the past, are people less patient now?
2.​ Do you think children have more patience than adults?
3.​ Is patience always a good characteristic?
4.​ Do you think people have to have patience?
5.​ Why do some people like a slow-paced life?

67. Cultures
1.​ What is the best way to learn a foreign culture?
2.​ Where and how can we get to know people from other cultures better?
3.​ Do you agree that reading is the best way to know about culture?
4.​ Do you think people from different cultures will understand each other better in the
future?
5.​ Do you think that cultural differences will disappear in the future?
6.​ What can be done to make people more interested in other cultures?

68. Outdoor activities, risk

1.​ Is it good for people to change jobs when there are new chances?
2.​ What types of outdoor activities are popular in your country
 3.​ Are those people who like dangerous activities more likely to be successful?

69. Leadership
1.​ What qualities make a role model?
2.​ Why should children learn from role models

70. Traveling
1.​ What factors affect how people feel about travel?
2.​ Is it important to take photos while travelling?

71. Disagreements
1.​ What do you do if you disagree with someone?
2.​ Is the argument important?
3.​ What do brothers and sisters argue about?
4.​ What arguments occur between family members?
5.​ How can we stop an argument from escalating into a fight?
6.​ What disagreements do parents and children usually have?

72. Farming
1.​ What are the differences between traditional and modern agriculture?
2.​ Do you think farming is important?
3.​ What do you think of the job of a farmer?
4.​ How do people feel when they eat vegetables that they grew on their own?
5.​ Do people like to grow vegetables in your country?
6.​ Do you think climate change is influencing food production in any way?
7.​ How will technological and scientific improvements affect food production?

73. Fashion
1.​ Why is fashion important to some people?
2.​ Do you think online shopping will replace shopping in reality?

74. Plastic
1.​ How can we reduce our use of plastic?
2.​ Why do people like to use plastic products?
3.​ What kinds of plastic waste are often seen in your country?

75. Accommodation, buildings

1.​ What is the difference between living in the countryside and the city?
2.​ Do you prefer to live in the city or in the countryside?
3.​ What safety risks are there in residential buildings in cities?
76. Success
1.​ Are successful people often lonely?
2.​ In general, how do people judge or assess the success of others?
3.​ Why do (or should) people set goals?
4.​ Do you believe being successful and making a lot of money are the same thing?
5.​ What does it take to become successful?
6.​ Why is it that some people achieve success faster?
7.​ Do you think that mistakes can help people achieve the greatest success?
8.​ Do you agree people learn the most from their mistakes?
9.​ Do you agree that today success mainly depends on being able to manage time
effectively?
10.​What skills are important for success in business?
11.​How do people achieve success at school?
12.​Which do you think is more important, academic success or success in more practical,
everyday skills?

77. History
1.​ Is it hard to protect historical buildings?
2.​ Do you think everyone should learn history?
3.​ How can people learn about history?
4.​ How can children learn history?
5.​ How can technology make learning history more interesting?
6.​ How do museums teach people history?
7.​ Why is it that some leaders fail to learn from the past?
8.​ Will museums be replaced by technology someday?
9.​ Are history museums useful?
10.​Should museums be free?
11.​Do you think people should remember their family history?

78. Neighbours
9.​ Do you think it is easier for people to get to know each other if they live in the
countryside?
10.​How do children build relationships with others in a community?
11.​Do you think it's important to have a good relationship with neighbors?
12.​How do neighbors help each other?
13.​How can people improve relationships with their neighbors?
14.​Do you think people's relationships with their neighbors today are the same as they were
in the past?
15.​Do you think people are familiar with their neighbors?
16.​What factors help neighbors to have good relations with each other?
 17.​What makes a neighborhood a good one to live in?

79. Eating out

1.​ Will you choose a cafe or restaurant when you meet others?
2.​ What are the differences between a cafe and a restaurant?
3.​ What kind of people like to go to cafes?
4.​ What kind of things do you think can make a cafe or restaurant's environment better?
5.​ Is it expensive to eat out in your country?
6.​ Why do young people like to study in a cafe instead of at home?

80. Internet, TV, libraries

1.​ Why do people like to read news on the Internet instead of on TV?
2.​ What are the most and the least popular apps in your country?

81. Technology
1.​ Why do big companies introduce new products frequently?
2.​ Why are people so keen on buying iPhones even though they haven't changed much from
one to the next?

82. Cities
1.​ Why are historical cities popular?
2.​ Why do people go to other cities?
3.​ Do you think tourists may come across bad things in other cities?

83. Skills
1.​ What practical skills can young people teach old people?
2.​ How can we teach an older generation to use new technology?
3.​ What's the difference between children learning and adults learning what they have to
learn?
4.​ Where can we learn practical skills?

84. Being late

1.​ Why are people often late for meetings or appointments?
2.​ Do you think it's important to be on time?

85. Pollution
1.​ What can people do together to improve the local environment?
2.​ How can air pollution be reduced effectively?
3.​ Do you think modern means of transportation cause harm to the environment?
4.​ Who should take responsibility for protecting the environment?
86. Transportation, leisure facilities
1.​ What's the most popular means of transportation in your hometown?
2.​ How do people travel to work?
3.​ What needs to be improved in public transport?
4.​ Do people in your country still like to go to the cinema?
5.​ Where do people watch movies?

87. Old people, selfishness

1.​ What are the benefits of being interested in other people?
2.​ What problems in society can being self-centred cause?
3.​ What kinds of things can young people learn from old people?

88. Goals, rewards, feeling proud

1.​ Do people usually set different goals at different stages of life?
2.​ Is there any difference between children's ambitions and those of grown-ups?
3.​ On what occasions would adults feel proud of themselves?
4.​ What rewards can companies offer to outstanding employees?
5.​ What rewards are important at work?

89. Leisure time

1.​ Do you think nowadays people have a better work-life balance than in the past?
2.​ How do people balance life and work?
3.​ Is it important to have a break during work or study?
4.​ What leisure activities do old and young people prefer?
5.​ How do people spend their leisure time in your country?
6.​ What do young people do in their free time?
7.​ How do students relax?
8.​ Do young people nowadays have more ways to relax than in the past?
9.​ What is the difference in the way young people spend their free time nowadays and 20 or
30 years ago?
10.​What do people in your country do in their spare time?
11.​What sports do young people like to do now?
12.​Why do many people nowadays say there aren't enough hours in the day?
13.​Do you think that not having enough time is a feature of our modern life?
14.​Do people have enough time for leisure activities nowadays?

90. Classmates, colleagues

1.​ What do you think makes someone a good colleague?
2.​ What matters most about a colleague's personality?
3.​ Do you think that having good colleagues is the most important thing at work?
 4.​ Are good colleagues important at work?
5.​ Does it matter if a child likes their classmates?
6.​ How can children get along with their classmates?
7.​ What kinds of people are popular at work?
8.​ Are knowledgeable people popular at work?
9.​ What benefits are there when a child is popular at school?

91. Gifts and rewards

1.​ What rewards do children want to get?
2.​ What are children usually rewarded for at school?
3.​ What rewards can children get from school?
4.​ What rewards can companies offer to outstanding employees?

92. Complaints
1.​ What products or services do people in your country like to complain about?
2.​ Would you buy things in the shops which you complained about before?
3.​ Is it necessary for companies to set up customer service?
4.​ Are there any disadvantages in setting up customer service?
5.​ Do you think customers' complaints will improve products or services?

93. Making decisions, learning things

1.​ At what age can children make decisions on their own?
2.​ Do you prefer advice from your family or your friends?
3.​ Who do young people turn to for advice?

94. Actors
1.​ What are the differences between acting in theater and acting in film?
2.​ Is it interesting to be an actor or actress?
3.​ Are there many people in your country who want to work as an actor?
4.​ What can children learn from acting?

95. Noise, crowded places

1.​ How can people consider others' feelings when chatting in public?
2.​ Are cities becoming noisier?
3.​ Where is there louder noise, in cities or in the countryside?
4.​ What type of noise do you come across in your daily life?
5.​ Do you mind noises?
6.​ Do any noises bother you?
7.​ How do people usually respond to noises in your country?
8.​ Where can people hear a lot of noise?
 9.​ What can be done to reduce traffic noise?
10.​Do you think the world will be noisier in the future?

96. Routines
1.​ What daily routines do people have at home?
2.​ Should children have learning routines?
3.​ What are the advantages of children having a routine at school?
4.​ Do you agree that having a routine gives people more time to think?
5.​ How important is it to have a daily routine?
6.​ Do you think having a daily routine is boring?
7.​ Would you agree that people who have fixed routines are not creative?
8.​ Are there people who don't like routine?
9.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of routine?

97. Sharing news

1.​ How does social media help people access information?
2.​ Should the media publish only good news?
3.​ Is it good to share something on social media?

98. Jobs, school, kids

1.​ Is socialization important for children?
2.​ Is it better to work in big companies than in small ones?
3.​ What advantages and disadvantages come along with changing jobs?
4.​ Why do many young adults keep changing their jobs?

99. Having a rest, doing exercise

1.​ Which is more important, mental relaxation or physical relaxation?
2.​ What is the place where people spend most of their time in their home?
3.​ Why is it difficult for some people to relax?

100. Meeting people, communication

1.​ Why are some people unwilling to have conversations with others?
2.​ Is it difficult for adults to talk with children?
3.​ How and where do people in your country make friends these days?
4.​ What places are popular for meeting friends in your area?

101. Advertising
1.​ What do you think of celebrity endorsement?
2.​ What are the advantages of advertising?
3.​ How do ads make us buy what we don't need at all?
 4.​ How do ads make people buy new products?
5.​ How does marketing make people choose particular goods and brands?

102. Bringing up children

1.​ Do you think that parents should make decisions for their children?
2.​ At what age can children make decisions on their own?
3.​ Do you think children should have a lot of toys?
4.​ Do you think parents should help children choose friends?

103. Getting lost

1.​ How do people react when they get lost? (added on 14 May 2023)
2.​ Why are there some people who never get lost?
3.​ Why do some people have a good sense of direction?
4.​ Do you think that children should be taught to read paper maps at school?
5.​ Are paper maps still necessary?

104. Clothes
1.​ Does the climate affect what people wear? (added on 15 May 2023)
2.​ When should people wear formal clothes?
3.​ Do people wear formal clothes more often than before?
4.​ What kinds of clothes should people wear at work?
5.​ Do you think people should wear formal clothes in the workplace?
6.​ Why do some people like to wear traditional clothes?
7.​ Why and when do people from different countries wear different traditional clothes?
8.​ Do old people change their style of dressing?

105. Information
1.​ What's the difference between giving information by phone and by email?
2.​ Do people trust information online?
3.​ Why do some people not trust the information on the Internet?
4.​ What professions are related to giving information to others?
5.​ How can people check whether a piece of information correct or not?
6.​ How do people determine the accuracy of information?
7.​ What are the ways of getting information nowadays?
8.​ What information can people get from television?

106. Traveling
1.​ Do most people like planned travelling?
2.​ What factors affect how people feel about travel?
3.​ What do you need to do before you travel?
 4.​ What preparations should people make before going on holiday?
5.​ Do old people and young people choose different places to go on vacation?
6.​ What kind of problems do people have when travelling?
7.​ When traveling on a long journey, what do you think people need to pay attention to?
8.​ Some people don't like to travel abroad. Why?
9.​ How can people benefit from travelling?
10.​Do you like to travel on your own or with your family?
11.​What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling alone and travelling with
friends?
12.​Do you like to visit popular places or less-known places?
13.​Do people prefer long trips or short trips?

107. Memory
1.​ What early childhood memories do people usually have?
2.​ Why do some people remember more of their childhood than others?
3.​ Why do some people have better memory than others?
4.​ In what situations is it important to remember information very well?
5.​ What kinds of things do people prefer to remember?
6.​ How can people improve their memory?
7.​ Why do you think some people have better memory than others?
8.​ Why is it difficult for some people to remember things?
9.​ What kinds of people are more forgetful?

108. Games
1.​ Do you think winning is the most important goal for playing games?
2.​ What kinds of games do children play these days?
3.​ Which do you think are better, indoor or outdoor games?
4.​ Are outdoor games important for children?
5.​ How can children benefit from playing team games?
6.​ Which is better, individual games or team-based games?
7.​ Why do people like to play different games?
8.​ Is it good for a kid to be ambitious?
9.​ Do you think it's good for children to play games?
10.​How do you think children can benefit from playing games?
11.​How important would you say it is to develop a sense of competition in children?

109. Shops
1.​ Do you think location is the key factor that attracts customers?
2.​ What kinds of shops are popular in your city?
3.​ Why do young people enjoy going to boutiques?
110. Inventions, inventors
1.​ What are the qualities of a scientist?
2.​ What do you think have been some of the most important inventions in the past 100 years
or so?
3.​ What inventions do you hope to have in 20 years?

111. Public transport, driving a car

1.​ Which jobs require people to be good at driving?
2.​ What qualities does a driver need to have?
3.​ What benefits does public transport bring to the world?

112. Books
1.​ What books do children like to read?
2.​ What's the difference between paper books and ebooks?
3.​ How can reading help children?
4.​ What can children learn from books?

113. Living on your own

1.​ What kinds of people tend to live by themselves?
2.​ Besides cooking, are there any other skills that people need to learn if they live on their
own?
3.​ Should young adults live on their own?
4.​ Is it positive for young people to live by themselves?

114. Popularity, famous people

1.​ Do you think the media is putting too much attention on famous people?
2.​ What kinds of people are famous in your country?
3.​ Are there any differences between the people who were famous a few years ago (e.g.,
10-50 years ago) and the people who are famous today?
4.​ Do celebrities need to have real talent?
5.​ Do you think famous people are necessarily good in their fields?
6.​ What kinds of people are popular at work?
7.​ Are knowledgeable people popular at work?
8.​ What benefits are there when a child is popular at school?

115. Movies
1.​ Do you believe movie reviews?
2.​ What kinds of movies are popular in your country?
3.​ Do you think films with famous actors and actresses would be more popular?
4.​ Should the director pay a lot of money to famous actors?
 5.​ Are historical movies popular in your country? Why?

116. Helping others, volunteering

1.​ What can children help parents with?
2.​ How do you think the volunteers themselves benefit?
3.​ In your view, should children be taught to help others?
4.​ How do students, such as high-school students, help each other?
5.​ Do you think people nowadays should participate more in volunteering?
6.​ Why is it necessary to do volunteer services?
7.​ Should students do community service?
8.​ How can we encourage children to help others?

117. Money
1.​ Is it important to teach children to donate money to support those in need?
2.​ Why is it hard for some people to save money?
3.​ What is the best way to save money?
4.​ Should children have pocket money?

118. Living in the city, accommodation

1.​ What difficulties do people have living in the city?
2.​ What's the difference between living in an apartment and in a house?

119. Adventures
1.​ Who likes to read adventure books?
2.​ Do people prefer adventure novels or adventure movies?
3.​ What kinds of people don't like to take adventures?

120. Making decisions

1.​ What important decisions do young people need to make after the completion of high
school?
2.​ Do you think advertisements can influence our decisions when shopping?
3.​ Do you think the influence of advertising is good?
4.​ How does advertising influence children?
5.​ Does advertising have a bad impact on people?

121. Money
1.​ Why is it hard for some people to save money?
2.​ What is the best way to save money?
3.​ Should children have pocket money?
122. Water activities, water transport
1.​ What are the pluses and minuses of transporting goods on water?
2.​ What water sports are popular in your country?
3.​ Why do people like water sports?
4.​ Do you think it is good to teach swimming in schools?
5.​ Why do people like to live near water?

123. Communication
1.​ Which is better, being a communicator or listener?
2.​ What personal qualities does a good communicator need to have?
3.​ Does technological development have a negative impact on communication among
people?

124. Queues, crowds of people

1.​ What are the disadvantages of living on a lower floor?
2.​ What do you think of the phenomenon of people queueing in restaurants for more than an
hour?
3.​ What are the advantages of living on a high floor?

125. Careers
1.​ Do you think it's important for secondary schools to offer careers advice to students?
2.​ What professions are most popular with young people in your country now?
3.​ What kinds of jobs are well-paid in your country?
4.​ What kinds of jobs deserve higher salaries?
5.​ Which jobs pay low wages but require a high level of skills?

126. Traditional festivals

1.​ Is it important to celebrate traditional festivals?
2.​ Do you think these traditions will be lost in the future?
3.​ Are traditional festivals disappearing?
4.​ Should children learn about traditional festivals at school?

127. Sports, keeping fit

1.​ Which sports do you think most people like to do?
2.​ What are the benefits of sports for children?
3.​ Do children need to exercise?

128. Art and design

1.​ What are the differences between painting and drawing?
2.​ Why do people keep some paintings for a long time?
 3.​ Does the design of the building influence people's mood or affect people?
4.​ What types of art do people in your country like?
5.​ What kinds of art are the most valuable in terms of monetary value?
6.​ Why do some paintings have higher value than others?
7.​ Would you say art is important?

129. Photography
1.​ Is equipment important for taking photos?
2.​ Do people take more pictures now compared to the past?
3.​ Do you think being a professional photographer is a good job?
4.​ Is it easier to take pictures now than in the past?

130. Parties
1.​ Why do some people dislike parties? (frequent question)
2.​ What do adults do at parties?
3.​ How do people celebrate their personal events?
4.​ What do children do at a birthday party?
5.​ Why do people organise family parties in your country?

131. Parks
1.​ Why do some people like planting flowers?
2.​ Do young people like to go to parks?
3.​ What do old people like to do in parks?
4.​ What are the benefits of going to the park for young people and old people?

132. Cooking and food

1.​ What do we need to prepare when we need to cook?
2.​ Do you agree that food is an important part of traditional festivals?
3.​ More and more people are unwilling to cook. Why is this happening?
4.​ Is it important to have a meal together with your family?

133. Science
1.​ Do you think science is important?
2.​ Should children learn science?
3.​ Which area of science is the most important in the last one hundred years?
4.​ Do you think science can change our society?
5.​ Which do you think is more important, science or social studies?

134. Rules
1.​ What are some examples of rules that exist in many families?
 2.​ What rules should children follow at home?
3.​ What are some rules that exist in schools or workplaces in your country?
4.​ Why do some people refuse to abide by rules?

135. Relationships, loneliness

1.​ Can you say something about a person's character judging by clothes they wear?
2.​ How and where do people in your country make friends these days?
3.​ Are there any differences in the relationship between you and your friends and between
vou and other people?
4.​ Do people feel lonely in crowded cities?

136. Changes
1.​ How can a person adapt to changes in life?
2.​ Why do some people quit and change jobs?
3.​ Do you like new things or changes in life?

137. Waiting
1.​ What are the daily experiences that people have to wait for?
2.​ On what occasions do people usually need to wait?
3.​ Do you think children have more patience than adults?
4.​ Why do most children have difficulties waiting for a long time?
5.​ Who behaves better when waiting, a child or an adult?
6.​ What can you do while waiting in line?
7.​ Why do people dislike waiting?
8.​ Do people in your country like waiting in line?

138. Service
1.​ How do people respond to bad service? (frequent question)
2.​ Why do some people choose to remain silent when they receive bad service?
3.​ As a customer, what kinds of services do you expect from a company?
4.​ What is good service?
5.​ What is bad service?
6.​ Who should be responsible for bad service?
7.​ As a boss, what would you do to prevent bad service?
8.​ What should companies do if a product appears to be faulty?
9.​ When does good customer service play the most important?
10.​Do you think robots can sometimes provide better customer service than people?
11.​Do you think that customers' expectations are too high?
12.​Why is it that some companies don't provide good service?
13.​How can a company maintain the quality of the service that it gives to the public?
 14.​How can companies improve customer service?
15.​Is service better in large shops or in small shops?

139. Athletes, sports

1.​ What characteristics do you think an athlete should have?
2.​ What kind of sports are popular in your country?
3.​ What are the benefits of sports for children?
4.​ Do children need to exercise?

140. Advice
1.​ What advice do parents usually give to children?
2.​ Do you prefer advice from your family or your friends?
3.​ Why do so many young people not accept the advice of older people?
4.​ Some people find it easier to accept advice than other people do. Why do you think there
is this difference?
5.​ In general, what kind of person is most suitable for giving advice to others?
6.​ Do you think it's ok if professional advice costs a lot?
7.​ What problems can people face if they ask many different people for advice?
8.​ Which do you think is better, advice from young people or advice from older people?
9.​ When somebody gives you some advice, do you usually follow this advice or do vou
usually insist on your own opinion?

141. Success
1.​ What kinds of family businesses are common in your country?
2.​ What do you think of family businesses?
3.​ Is it good to work with family members?
4.​ Why do people want to do family business?
5.​ What does it take to become successful?
6.​ Why is it that some people achieve success faster?
7.​ What factors lead to success?
8.​ Are successful people often lonely?
9.​ What do people need to sacrifice for success?

142. Cities, historical places

1.​ Why do people like to visit historical places?
2.​ What can we do to stop visitors from damaging historical places?
3.​ Is it hard to protect historical buildings?
4.​ Should old buildings be preserved?
5.​ How do people in your country feel about old buildings?
6.​ What is interesting about old buildings?
 7.​ Is having too many tourists a positive thing for historical attractions?

143. Ideas and opinions

1.​ When do children begin to have their own ideas and opinions?
2.​ Do you think children will always have ideas and opinions similar to those of their
parents?
3.​ Are children's opinions influenced by their parents?
4.​ What encourages people to come up with new ideas or inventions?
5.​ How do inventors or philosofers come up with new ideas?
6.​ Do you agree that people should spend more time reading about the ideas of famous
thinkers of the past?
7.​ Whose ideas and opinions are widely respected in your country?

144. New things, tourism

1.​ How can people access travel information?
2.​ How do young and old people react differently to new things?
3.​ Is it just youngsters who like to try new things or do people of your parents' age also like
to try new things?
4.​ Should young people try as many new activities as possible?
5.​ Why are some people afraid of trying new things?
6.​ Do you think it's better to have new experiences when you are young or when you are
older?

145. Expressing yourself, communication

1.​ What jobs need employees to be talkative?
2.​ In what industries do you think communication is a necessary skill?
3.​ Should children be encouraged to talk more?
4.​ What communication skills does a talkative person have?
5.​ What communication skills are important?
6.​ Do you agree that communication skills cannot be learnt?
7.​ Are you talkative?
8.​ Are people in your country talkative?

146. Noise
1.​ Should children not be allowed to make noise under any circumstances?
2.​ What type of noise do you come across in your daily life?
3.​ Is it hard to find quiet places in cities?
4.​ Where can people hear a lot of noise?

147. Daily routine

 1.​ How important is it to have a daily routine?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of routine?
3.​ How can people change their daily routine if they want to?
4.​ Why do some people NOT like to make any changes to their routines?
5.​ Do you think having a daily routine is boring?
6.​ Would you agree that people who have fixed routines are not creative?
7.​ Are there people who don't like routine?

148. Technology and equipment

1.​ What electrical appliances do people in your country have at home?
2.​ What household appliances make us lazy?
3.​ What benefits do people get from using electrical appliances?
4.​ Has IT made any impact on business?
5.​ What are the benefits of using technology in the workplace?

149. Skills
1.​ What's the difference between children learning and adults learning what they have to
learn?
2.​ What practical skills can young people teach old people?
3.​ What skills can younger people learn from older people?
4.​ Where can we learn practical skills?

150. Tourism, travelling, holidays

1.​ Why do some people think it is enjoyable to stay at home on holidays?
2.​ Why is it difficult for some people to relax?
3.​ Why is it that some people don't like holidays?
4.​ What leisure activities do old and young people prefer?
5.​ How do people spend their leisure time in your country?
6.​ Do old people and young people choose different places to go on vacation?
7.​ What does tourism have to do with cultural exchange?

151. Helping others

1.​ What can children help parents with?
2.​ How do you think the volunteers themselves benefit?
3.​ In your view, should children be taught to help others?
4.​ How do students, such as high-school students, help each other?
5.​ Do you think people nowadays should participate more in volunteering?
6.​ Why is it necessary to do volunteer services?
7.​ Should students do community service?
8.​ How can we encourage children to help others?
152. Time management, feeling tired
1.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of always being busy?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a stressful job?

153. Jobs and AI

1.​ Which is more important for young people, an interesting or well-paid job?
2.​ What kinds of jobs are well-paid in your country?
3.​ What jobs do young people like to do?
4.​ Do you think that nowadays the only way for people to get personal fulfillment is at
work?

154. Rest
1.​ Which is more important, mental relaxation or physical relaxation?
2.​ What are some examples of ways that people use to relax?
3.​ Do people nowadays have more ways to relax than in the past?
4.​ Do you think that people today have more leisure time than people in the past?
5.​ What is the difference in the way people spend their free time nowadays and 20 or 30
years ago?
6.​ What do people in your country do in their spare time?

155. Uniforms
1.​ Do you think students need to wear school uniforms?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of wearing uniforms?
3.​ What kinds of clothes should people wear at work?
4.​ Do you think people should wear formal clothes in the workplace?

156. Outdoor activities

1.​ Do people relax when they see nature?
2.​ Is the environment important for people to get relaxed?

157. Losing things

1.​ Is it easy to lose something?
2.​ Why do some people lose things easily?
3.​ Why do some people worry more than others when they lose things?
4.​ How can we avoid losing things?
5.​ What things do people often lose?
6.​ How can parents teach children to be organized?
7.​ Is it important for children to be organized?
 8.​ If you lost a phone, how would you find it?

158. Shopping
1.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping at a big shopping centre?
2.​ What makes large shopping malls so popular?
3.​ Are small shops important?
4.​ Is the service the same in big and small shops?
5.​ What do small shops usually sell?

159. Being in a hurry

1.​ On what occasions do people have to do things in a hurry?
2.​ What kinds of jobs need to be done quickly?

160. Films
1.​ Do people in your country still like to go to a cinema?
2.​ Where do people watch movies?

161. Goals
1.​ Why do people set goals?
2.​ Why is it important for teenagers to set goals?
3.​ Why should parents encourage children to have ambitions?
4.​ Do people usually set different goals at different stages of life?
5.​ Is there any difference between children's ambitions and those of grown-ups?
6.​ Does everyone set goals for themselves?
7.​ Should parents set goals for children?
8.​ Should parents interfere with their children's ambitions?
9.​ Should parents stop their children when they have unrealistic ambitions?
10.​What kinds of ambitions do people usually have?

162. Transportation, travelling

1.​ What's the most popular means of transportation in your hometown?
2.​ How do people travel to work?
3.​ What needs to be improved in public transport?
4.​ What can the government do to improve transport in your country?
5.​ In what ways can we fix traffic problems?
6.​ Do you agree that it was more comfortable to travel in the past than it is today?
7.​ What kind of problems do people have when travelling?
8.​ When traveling on a long journey, what do you think people need to pay attention to?

163. Complaints
 1.​ What do people often complain about?
2.​ What products or services do people in your country like to complain about?
3.​ Who is more likely to make complaints, older people or younger people?
4.​ When are people more likely to make complaints?
5.​ Which is the better way of making complaints, by talking or by writing?
6.​ Is it necessary for companies to set up customer service?
7.​ Are there any disadvantages in setting up customer service?
8.​ Do you think customers' complaints will improve products or services?

164. Old people

1.​ What kinds of things can young people learn from old people?
2.​ Do you think old people enjoy their life more these days compared with the past?
3.​ Do you think old people and young people can share interests?
4.​ In your country, do young people like to live with old people?
5.​ What kinds of activities do old people like to do these days?
6.​ Why do some old people only remember happy things?
7.​ Why do young people like to ask about the past of old people?

165. Getting lost, maps

1.​ How can people find their way when they are lost?
2.​ How do people react when they get lost?
3.​ Do you think that children should be taught to read paper maps at school?
4.​ Are paper maps still necessary?
5.​ Why are there some people who never get lost?
6.​ Why do some people have a good sense of direction?
7.​ What can people do not to get lost?
8.​ Do you often get lost?

166. Leadership, teamwork

1.​ What are the qualities of a good leader?
2.​ Why do many people want to be leaders?
3.​ Why are some people afraid of being a leader?
4.​ How do people become leaders?
5.​ Can everyone become a leader?
6.​ What qualities do you think a good team member should have?

167. Free time activities

1.​ What do you usually do when you hang out with your friends?
2.​ Do people in your country like to spend their leisure time out in your country?
3.​ Is it important for children to play with their peers?
 4.​ How do you spend your spare time?
5.​ Will the development of science and technology give people more free time?

168. Guests, tourist attractions

1.​ How will you entertain friends in your home?
2.​ Why do some people prefer not to entertain guests at home?
3.​ In your country, when people visit other people in their homes, do they usually bring a
gift?

169. Public facilities, parks, transport

1.​ Why is it important to have parks in the city?
2.​ What benefits can a park bring to a city?
3.​ Do we need big parks or small parks in the city?
4.​ Do young people like to go to parks?
5.​ What do old people like to do in parks?
6.​ What are the benefits of going to the park for young people and old people?

170. Cities, places to visit

1.​ What do young people do in their free time?
2.​ How do students relax?

171. Apartments
1.​ What do you think buildings will be like in the future?
2.​ What would people normally consider when they rent or buy a house or an apartment?

172. Service
1.​ What do you think are the pros and cons of shopping online?
2.​ What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping at a big shopping centre?
3.​ What makes large shopping malls so popular?
4.​ What are the benefits and drawbacks of consumerism for a country's economy?
5.​ Can consumption drive economic growth?

173. Reading
1.​ What's the difference between films and books?
2.​ Do you prefer books or movies?
3.​ Is it important to read a book before watching a movie version of it?
4.​ How can reading help children?
5.​ Do you think parents should help their children develop the reading habit from an early
age?
174. Advice
1.​ Do you think the advice parents give their children is always good?
2.​ Why do some people like to ask others for advice on almost everything?

175. Online videos, online learning

1.​ Why are young people so obsessed with watching short videos?
2.​ Do you think online learning will replace face-to-face learning?

176. Feeling confident

1.​ Why do so many people lack confidence these days?
2.​ How can a person become more confident?

177. Guests
1.​ In your country, when people visit other people in their homes, do they usually bring a
gift?
2.​ Is it important to have a meal together with your family?

178. Culture
1.​ How is culture formed?
2.​ How does the Internet affect culture?

179. Wild animals

1.​ Why are most children interested in wild animals?
2.​ Should parents take their children to the zoo to see wild animals?

180. Parks, tourist attractions

1.​ Why is it important to have parks in the city?
2.​ What benefits can a park bring to a city?
3.​ What facilities are needed in a park?

181. Taking photos

1.​ Why would people pay a lot of money to hire a professional photographer?
2.​ Who would like to take photos more often, young people or older people?

182. Strong opinions, communication

1.​ What do young people have strong opinions about?
2.​ What do old people have strong opinions about?
3.​ Is it good to have strong opinions?

183. Challenges
 1.​ What do children often do when they face a challenge?
2.​ Why do people like doing dangerous things?
3.​ Why do some people enjoy extreme sports?

184. Handicrafts
1.​ What handicrafts do people in your country like to make?
2.​ Do you like making things by hand?
3.​ Do you think it's good for children to learn to make things by hand?

185. Losing things

1.​ What are some common items that people lose easily?
2.​ Why do some people lose things easily?
3.​ How can we avoid losing things?
4.​ Is it important for students to be organized?

186. Old people

1.​ What kinds of activities do old people like to do these days?
2.​ What do people like to do when they are old?

187. Crowded places, cities

1.​ Will there be more or less green space in cities in the future?
2.​ Do young people like to go to crowded places?
3.​ Why do people like to go to crowded places?

188. Friendship
1.​ In what situations would people be willing to get to know new people?
2.​ Why do people need to make new friends?
3.​ Why is it hard to maintain friendships for some people?
4.​ Why do people lose contact with their old friends?
5.​ Do you like to have many friends?

189. Movies
1.​ What kinds of movies are popular (successful) in your country?
2.​ Do people in your country still like to go to a cinema?
3.​ Where do people watch movies?

190. Speaking on the phone, public places

1.​ Why do some people not care that their behavior disturbs people around them?
2.​ Why do some people not care what they do in public places?
191. Helping others
1.​ What can children help parents with?
2.​ Should parents reward their children when they help others?

192. Prizes and rewards

1.​ Do you think competition is all about the prize?
2.​ What prizes should schools set for students?

193. Growing plants

1.​ Why do some people like to keep plants at home?
2.​ Do people in your country like to grow plants?

194. Doctors and nurses

1.​ Do you think it is necessary to learn first aid skills?
2.​ What are the differences between the work of a doctor and that of a nurse?