- Would you ever adopt a child?
- Would you ever give your child up for adoption?
- Would you ever cheat on your husband/wife?
- Would you ever consider being a criminal?
- Would you ever consider being a farmer?
- Would you ever consider getting plastic surgery?
- Would you ever consider going bungee jumping? Would you ever consider going skydiving?
- Would you ever defy your boss if he/she asked you to do something you didn't agree with?
- Would you ever donate a kidney or another vital organ?
- Would you ever donate blood?
- Would you ever drive a car if you had forgotten your license at home?
- Would you ever drive at night with only one headlight?
- Would you ever drive your car with a flat tire?
- Would you ever eat rat meat?
- Would you ever eat rice with sugar?
- Would you ever feed the animals at the zoo?
- Would you ever get hair implants?
- Would you ever give money to a charity?
- Would you ever give money to a panhandler? (a beggar)
- Would you ever go skinny dipping? (swim naked)
- Would you ever lie to your children?
- ... to your husband/wife?
- ... your boyfriend/girlfriend?
- Would you ever lie to help a friend?
- Would you ever marry someone your parents didn't approve of?
- Would you ever paint your living room black?
- Would you ever pick up a hitchhiker?
- Would you ever slap someone for something they said?
- Would you ever smoke in a no smoking area?
- Would you ever spank your child?
- Would you ever steal from your family or friends?
- Would you ever "take a bullet" for someone else?
- Would you ever walk downtown without any shoes on your feet?
- Would you ever walk home alone at night?
- ... in this country?
- ... in your own country?
- Would you eat a live cricket for $500? If not, how much would it take?
- Would you ever consider killing yourself?
- Would you ever eat human flesh?
- Would you ever resort to cannibalism if it were the only option left to stay alive?
- Would you divorce your husband/wife if your favorite celebrity wanted to marry you?
- Would you name your children after favorite characters in movies or books? Would you do so if the names were strange, as in science fiction movies or books?
- Would you ever pull over and help someone on the side of the road?
- Do you think this could be dangerous to do?
- Would you ever say yes to someone even if you meant no?
- Would you ever donate an organ in order to save other person's life?
- Would you ever consider plastic surgery if a friend suggested it to you?
- Would you ever consider writing your own book?
- Would you ever try staying in the jungle for a month?
- Would you ever consider surrogacy?
- Would you ever consider being a surrogate mother yourself?
- Would you ever consider egg or sperm donation?
- Would you ever pretend to be someone (like a policeman, or a teacher, or a survey taker) just to get something that you wanted?
- Conversation Questions
- Getting to Know Each Other
- Do you have any pets?
- What was the last book you read?
- Do you like to cook?
- What's your favorite food?
- Are you good at cooking/swimming/etc?
- Are you married or single?
- Do you have brothers and sisters?
- Are they older or younger than you?
- Do you like baseball?
- Do you live alone?
- Do you live in a house or an apartment?
- Have you ever lived in another country?
- Have you ever met a famous person?
- How do you spend your free time?
- How long have you been studying English?
- How old are you?
- How tall are you?
- Tell me about a favorite event of your adulthood.
- Tell me about a favorite event of your childhood.
- What are your hobbies?
- What two things could you not do when you were.....?
- What countries have you visited?
- What country are you from?
- What do you do on Sundays?
- What do you do? What's your job?
- What do you like to do in your free time?
- What hobbies do you have?
- What is the nearest bus stop or train station to your house?
- What is your motto?
- What is your religion? (Perhaps not a good question in some situations.)
- What kind of food do you like?
- What kind of people do you like?
- What kind of people do you not like?
- What languages do you speak?
- What two things could you not do when you were a child, but you can do now?
- What's something you do well?
- What's your address?
- What's your father like?
- What's your mother like?
- What's your name?
- What's your phone number?
- What's your telephone number?
- When did you start to study English?
- Where are you from?
- Where do you live?
- Where do you live? How long have you lived there?
- Where were you born?
- Which sports do you like?
- Who do you live with?
- Who do you respect the most?
- Who has had the most influence in your life?
- Why did you decide to take this course?
- Why do you want to learn English?
- Would you like to be famous?
- What do you think you will be doing five years from now?
- Where do you think you'll be living five years from now?
- What is your goal in life?
- Are you a 'morning' or 'night' person?
- When do you feel best? In the morning, afternoon, or evening?
- How many cities have you lived in?
- What jobs have you done?
- Which do you prefer, sunrises or sunsets?
- What could you do as a child that you can't do now?
- Who is your next door neighbor in your home country?
- What is he or she like?
- Did you get along with each other?
- What is the best memory of our country that you will take back home with you?
- What is the worst memory of our country?
- How many times did you move as a child?
- Are you a task oriented person or a people oriented person?
- What is the profile of the wife/husband you would meet?
- What kind of woman/man would you like to marry?
- Conversation Questions
- Happiness
- Are you a happy person?
- What is happiness for you?
- What do you think is the color for happiness?
- Do you think that happiness lies within you? Or does it depend upon other people and external things?
- Can money buy happiness?
- Is happiness a state of mind?
- What makes you feel happy?
- What are the three most important things for you to be happy?
- Is happiness relative, that is, does it have a different meaning for each person?
- Tell me about something you love.
- Tell me about something you hate.
- Tell me about something you really care about.
- Tell me about someone you dislike.
- Tell me about a dream you've had.
- Tell me about a goal you have.
- Tell me about yourself.
- Tell me about your childhood.
- Tell me about something you believe in.
- Tell me about a place you've visited.
- Tell me about an accident you've seen.
- Tell me about a time when you were happy.
- Tell me about a time when you were sad.
- Tell me about a time when you were excited.
- Tell me about a time when you were frightened.
- Tell me about your favorite pastime.
- Tell me about chocolate.
- Tell me about rainy days.
- Tell me about something beautiful.
- Tell me about something ugly.
- Tell me about something delicious.
- Tell me about something pleasant.
- Tell me about something boring.
- Tell me about something with four legs.
- Tell me about something with a tail.
- Tell me about something spicy.
- Tell me about your education.
- Tell me about your work.
- Tell me about a teacher you had.
- Tell me about a boss you had.
- Tell me about the hardest thing you ever had to do.
- Tell me about a time you lied.
- Tell me about something you regret.
- Tell me about a mistake you made.
- Tell me about someone in your family.
- Tell me about your favorite book.
- Tell me about someone you envy.
- Tell me about something you've achieved.
- Tell me about the worst punishment you had when you were a child.
- Tell me about your first kiss (if it is possible).
- Tell me about someone you admire.
- Tell me about the last book you've read / movie you've watched.
- Tell me about a country or place you would like to visit and why.
- Tell me about your favourite music / song / band.
- Tell me about something you would happily do again.
- What does the future hold?
- What will the future be like?
- Who invented the very first computer?
- What is AI?
- What is the definition of a 'robot'?
- What is robotics?
- Where did the word 'robot' come from?
- Can robots tie shoes?
- Will robots replace humans?
- Will robots take our jobs?
- How will the development of robots that think change your future?
- Imagine the job you wish to hold when you get older - could a robot be programmed to do that job as well as you?
- A film like The Matrix has explored the idea that we might be living in virtual reality. But what evidence is there for or against this hypothesis? And what are its implications?
- Do you know ISAAC ASIMOV? What did he do?
- Can you think of movies that have robots in them?
- Did you enjoy this movie?
- Do you think we create a new problem with each invention? Think of examples.
- Is there anything that does not yet exist that you would like to see invented? What is it?
- Where do you plan on going to college?
- What type of job would you like to do in the future? How do you get that type of job? Will you make much money in that job?
- Do you want to get married?
- Do you know who you are marrying?
- What high school are you going to go to?
- How can we preserve the future for the next generation?
- How will computers change in the future?
- How will cellphones change in the future?
- How will transportation develop in future times?
- How old will people live to be in the future?
- What kind of developments might happen in health care in the future?
- Could there be another world war in the future? How can we prevent a world war from happening?
- Where do you plan on going in the future?
- Can fortune-tellers predict the future?
- Is it possible to know the future?
- Where do you hope to travel before you die?
- What do you hope to do in your life?
- How will technology change?
- Do you think life will be more difficult or easier for our grandchildren? In what ways?
- How do you think (your country) will change in the future?
- How will the United States and the world order change in the future?
- How do you think YOU will change in the future?
- Do you think the future will be better or worse for your grandchildren?
- Do robots go to college?
- Would you marry a robot?
- Do you think that one day robots will serve as childcare providers?
- How would you feel if you child liked the robot better than he/she liked you?