AIRPLANES

1. How old were you when you went on your first flight?

2. What was the longest flight you have ever taken?
3. What seat do you prefer: window, center or aisle?
4. What are three things you're supposed to do before the flight takes off?
5. What do you like to do during the flight?
6. What are some movies you remember seeing on the plane?
7. How do you feel do when you experience turbulence?
8. Have you ever met anyone or established any relationships during a flight?
9. What should be done with obese people who practically take up two seats?
10. Would you like to be a flight attendant?

MORE ABOUT YOU

1. What do you value more, a night out or a good night’s sleep?
2. You are always ready if someone calls you to go for a movie, is that true of false?
3. Do you enjoy classical music? What other music types do you like?
4. Have you been to museums recently?
5. For a holiday, you would select a historical place or a fun beach?
6. Would you borrow your friend’s car if you needed to go to a party and yours was broken?
7. Are you updated about the latest movies and music?
8. What constitutes a fun Saturday night for you?
9. How many friends do you have?
10. What would you love to try as a sport?
11. What is your favorite party drink?
12. Have you ever had a verbal fight in public?
13. Do you collect anything? What?
14. Are you clear about the goals your have in your life?
15. Do you feel your career is going in the right direction?
16. How do you feel when you wake up?
17. What are the 3 most important characteristics which define you?
18. What do you do when you feel blue?
19. Tell me 2 childhood memories
20. Tell me what you hate in a person

MEETING NEW PEOPLE

1. Do you enjoy meeting new people?
2. What are some good things to ask someone you just met?
3. What are some things you shouldn't ask people you just met?
4. Is it OK to ask a person's age in your country?
5. Are you nervous when you are introduced to someone new?
6. What are some ways to overcome being nervous about meeting new people?
7. About how many new people do you meet a week?
8. Where are some good places to meet people?
9. How important are first impressions to you?
10. What do you do if you forget the name of someone you've just been introduced to?

SUCCESS

1. Do you consider yourself successful?
2. Who is the most successful person you know?
3. Is success important to you?
4. What is being successful?
5. How do you measure success?
6. What success stories do you have of studying English?
7. What part does luck play in success?
8. Woody Allen said: "Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Do you agree with him?
9. Albert Einstein said: "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." What do you think of this?
10. What is your biggest success in life?

COFFEE

1) Are you a ‘coffeeholic’?
2) Do you care if you have instant or blend coffee?
3) Do you need coffee to wake you up in the morning?
4) Is coffee bad for you?
5) Does coffee affect your appetite?
6) What do you think of Starbucks?
7) Do you think caffeine is a dangerous drug?
8) What do you think of flavored coffee?
9) Do you like the smell of coffee?
10) What would you like to know about coffee?

MEDICATIONS

1. Do you hate taking medicine?
2. How often do you take medicine?
3. Should all medicine be free?
4. People say laughter is the best medicine, what do you think they mean?
5. Does medicine always work for you?
6. Do you have any side effects after you take medicine?
7. What do you think of alternative medicines like homeopathic medicine and aromatherapy?
8. Do you think medicine weakens your body’s immune system?
9. What do you think of herbal and Chinese medicine?
10. Do you think medicine is too expensive?

KIDS

1- Why is there a decrease in the number of children being born nowadays?
2- Can you think of three good reasons to have a kid
3- Can you think of three good reasons not to have a kid
4- Do you think couples who have kids are happier?
5- Some studies show that a pet can be an excellent replacement for kids, what are your thoughts on that?
6- It’s believed that having an only child can be a bad thing, what do you think about that?
7- How do you feel about abortion, when should it be done?
8- If a baby was left at your doorstep, would you keep it to yourself or hand it in to the authorities?
9- What are some important lessons to teach to a child?
10- Some people say, we need to let our inner child out sometimes, what do you think they mean by that?

WHAT IF

1. What do you wish were different in your job?
2. If you didn’t have the job you do now, what job would you like to have?
3. If you could choose another time to live on, would it be the past or the future?
4. If you could change something about your personality, what would that be?
5. If you came across a magic lamp and a genie came out and offered you 3 wishes, what would you ask for?
6. If a quantity was deposited into your bank account by mistake, like ten millions and when you talked to the bank and they said someone anonymous left it for you, would you stop working and change your life immediately?
7. If you had to chance to travel in time, where would you like to go?
8. If you were born again, how would you like your life to be?
9. What would you love to be able to change in the world?
10. If you were able to have a super hero power, what would you like it to be?

MIXED QUESTIONS 1

1. How often do you do exercises?

2. Where do you usually go on Sundays?
3. How long did you watch TV last night?
4. What kind of music do you like?
5. What sort of food do you eat for breakfast?
6. How many hours a day do you watch TV?
7. Are you a good student?
9. How do you spell "your first name"?
10. What did you do this morning?
11. What do you like to do in your free time?
12. What did you eat for lunch?
13. What are you doing now?
14. What will you do after the class?
15. Where's your best friend now?
16. Where do you like to relax?
17. When did you go to a theater?
18. When was the last time you went to the beach?
19. What were you doing yesterday at 11am?
20. When will you have your vacation?

RECOMMENDATIONS

1- Where is good place to eat out?
2- What’s a funny movie to see?
3- What’s a good action movie to see?
4- Where’s a good place to go for drinks?
5- Where’s the best mall?
6- What’s a good beach to go to?
7- What’s a good program to watch?
8- What’s a good book to read?
9- What’s a good present for a rich person?
10- Where’s a good place to buy pizza?
11- Where’s a good place to have ice cream?
12- What’s the best rice there is in Brazil?
13- Where’s a good place to drink coffee with friends?
14- Where’s a good place to eat a sandwich?
15- Where’s a good place to buy books?
16- What’s a good movie theater?
17- What’s a good vacation place?
18- Where is there a good bar in town?
19- What’s the best fast food place?
20- What’s the best coffee to buy at the supermarket?

SHORT ANSWERS

1. Are you busy now?
2. Do you live in New York?
3. Can you ride a motorcycle?
4. Does your father read the newspaper every day?
5. Do you and your friends play soccer?
6. Is your mother a doctor?
7. Do you have a sister?
8. Can your parents speak English?
9. Is Sao Paulo a big city?
10. Are you hungry at the moment?
11. Does your father like to eat pizzas?
12. Are your parents working right now?
13. Is there a supermarket near your home?
14. Is Leonardo di Caprio Japanese?
15. Is your mother sleeping?
16. Can you speak Spanish?
17. Did you go out last night?
18. Did you go to work today?
19. Is there a mall in your town?
20. Have you been to the movies this week?

ASSORTED QUESTIONS

1. How often do you play games?

2. Where do you usually eat lunch?

3. How long did you study last night?

4. What kind of movies do you like?

5. What kind of work do you do?

6. How many hours a day do you watch TV?

7. Are you a good cook?

8. What does "TV" mean?

9. How do you spell "your last name"?

10. What did you do yesterday?

11. What do you like to drink?

12. What did you eat last night?

13. What are you doing?

14. What will you do this afternoon?

15. Where's your boyfriend/girlfriend?

16. Where do you do your homework?

17. When did you go to a nice restaurant?

18. When was the last time you took a picture?

19. What were you doing last night at 7:00?

20. When will you travel again?

MAGAZINES

1- What were the first magazines you started reading?
2- Do you subscribe to any magazines?
3- What do you think of the selection of magazines usually found in dental clinics, doctor’s surgeries and hair salons?
4- What’s your favorite magazine?
5- Do you think there are magazines for every kind of hobby and interest?
6- Do you read magazines that are published especially for English learners?
7- Do you think magazines in English are better than those in your own language?
8- Do you keep magazines after you’ve read them or do you throw them away?
9- Do you ever read online magazines? Do you think they are better than paper magazines?
10- Do you read magazines in English?

GRAMMAR QUIZ

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.  ~William Safire

1- What is the opposite of fat?
2- What is the opposite of smart?
3- What is the opposite of hard?
4- What is the synonym of dad?
5- What is the synonym of bizarre?
6- What is the past tense of (I do my things on time)?
7- What is the past tense of (I never go there)?
8- How would you translate? (I’ve never been in a relationship).
9- How would you translate? (Things are going from bad to worse).
10- Give me 3 examples of verbs
11- Give me 3 examples of adjectives
12- Give me 3 examples of nouns
13- What word that belong in this group: (at, on, in, for, my.)
14- What is the abbreviation for I’d
15- What is the third person for (I love cooking)
16- What is the third person for (I work in this town)
17- What’s wrong with- I want help you the most I can.
18- What’s wrong with- where did you went last night?
19- What does (what is your city like) mean?
20- What does (she said she’d call later) mean?

RUDENESS

1) Are you sometimes rude?
2) What do you think about rudeness?
3) What acts of rudeness bother you most?
4) Is rudeness a problem in your country?
5) What did your parents tell you about being rude?
6) Blowing your nose in public is OK in England but rude in Japan. Slurping noodles is OK in Japan but rude in England. Who decides what’s rude and what’s not?
7) What rude behavior do you see in public every day?
8) What do you do when sales staff in shops or waiting staff in restaurants are very rude?
9) If someone is rude to you, are you generally rude back?
10) Is your society becoming ruder or more polite?

INTELLIGENCE

1. What is intelligence?

2. What would you say about your intelligence?
3. What can you do to increase your intelligence?
4. Why are some people more intelligent than others?
5. Does intelligence run in the family?
6. Does school make a person more intelligent?
7. Does intelligence make people more attractive?
8. Does speaking English well make you more intelligent than a friend who cannot speak English at all?
9. Do you think all world leaders are intelligent?
10. Are we all born with the same level of intelligence?

MEDICINE

1. Do you have a problem going to the doctor?
2. Do you feel nervous when you have to go to the doctor?
3. What drugstore do you buy your medications at? Why did you choose there?
4. When was the last time you went?
5. Do you usually see the same doctors?
6. Have you ever been hospitalized? How would you feel if you were?
7. Have you ever visited friends or family at a hospital? What had happened?
8. Are most doctors good or bad in your opinion?
9. Do you think doctors are good listeners?
10. Have you ever been to a psychologist? What was that like? Would you like to go?
11. What do you think is the most difficult area of medicine?
12. Would you like to be a doctor?

KNOWLEDGE

 1. What’s the best way to increase your knowledge?
2. Do you have more knowledge about life than your other family members?
3. What important knowledge do you want to pass on to your children?
4. Do you think people with a lot of knowledge are wise?
5. What’s better to have, great imagination or lots of knowledge?
6. Are people born with a better ability to learn knowledge than others?
7. Have you ever been frustrated because of a lack of knowledge?
8. Do you ever impress people with your knowledge?
9. Is knowledge important?
10. What subject are you most knowledgeable about?

JUNK FOOD

1) Do you feel that the consumption junk food is something that has been growing lately?
2) Why do so many people go for junk food?
3) In What occasions do you have junk food?
4) What is the difference between fast food and junk food?
5) Why do people have junk food if they know it is bad for them?
6) What do you consider a balanced diet?
7) Do you think there’s a direct relation between people who work long hours and junk food?
8) Should the parents of obese children be criminally charged for feeding their kids bad stuff?
9) If a person eats at MC Donald’s every day and develops a chronic decease, should the company be help responsible?
10) What is MC Donald’s so popular is there are so many other burger places to choose from?

SLEEP

1) Do you take naps?
2) Do you always get enough sleep?
3) Do you ever think sleep wastes valuable time spent doing useful things?
4) Why does our body need sleep?
5) Have you ever had any problems sleeping? what did you do?
6) Can you sleep anywhere?
7) Are you a heavy or light sleeper?
8) How do you feel if you don’t get enough sleep?
9) Do you move about a lot in your sleep?
10) How have your sleeping patterns changed over the years?
11) Is sleeping too much unhealthy?
12) What do you do in the minutes before you sleep?

NATURE

1- Do you enjoy the sun?
2- Do you like to stay under the sun?
3- Do you prefer the sun or the rain?
4- Do you like the snow?
5- Do you have flowers at home?
6- Do you have plants at home too? Why do you go?
7- Is there a garden in your home?
8- Have you ever planted a tree?
9- Have you ever received flowers as a gift?
10- Have you ever killed a plant?
11- Have you ever adopted an animal?
12- Do you go to the zoo?
13- Do you prefer the nature or big cities?
14- Do you drink teas?
15- Do you believe teas are good for us?

JOB INTERVIEW 4

1. What have you learned from mistakes on the job?
2. How do you deal with co- workers you don’t have so much affinity with?
3. If you were hiring a person for this job, what would you look for?
4. Do you think you are overqualified for this position?
5. Are you ok working under pressure and with great amount of responsibility?
6. What qualities do you look for in a boss?
7. Tell me about a time when you helped resolve a dispute between others.
8. What position do you prefer on a team working on a project?
9. Describe your work ethics.
10. What has been your biggest professional disappointment?

JOB INTERVIEW 3

1. What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
2. What is more important to you: the money or the work?
3. Tell me about a problem you had with a supervisor
4. What has disappointed you about a job?
5. Tell me about your ability to work under pressure.
6. Do your skills match this job closely?
7. What motivates you to do your best on the job?
8. Are you willing to work overtime? Nights? Weekends?
9. How would you know you were successful on this job?
10. Would you be willing to relocate if required?

JOB INTERVIEW 2

1. How long would you expect to work for us if hired?
2. Have you ever had to fire anyone? How did you feel about that?
3. What is your philosophy towards work?
4. If you had enough money to retire right now, would you?
5. Have you ever been asked to leave a position?
6. Explain how you would be an asset to this organization
7. What kind of people do you take great pleasure in working with?
8. Tell me how you have contributed to your last job
9. What irritates you about co-workers?
10. What is your greatest strength?

JOB INTERVIEW 1

1. Why did you leave your last job?
2. What experience do you have in this field?
3. What do co-workers say about you?
4. What do you know about this organization?
5. What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?
6. What do you enjoy the most about your job at the moment?
7. How are your managerial skills?
8. Are you applying for other jobs?
9. Why do you want to work for this organization?
10. Do you know anyone who works for us?
11. What kind of salary do you need?
12. Are you a team player?

GETTING A JOB2

1. What kind of jobs have you had (part-time and full-time)?

2. Are there many good job vacancies for you in your country?

3. What is your dream job?

4. What jobs do you do at home?

5. Are there jobs that are only for women or only for men?

6. How many jobs do you think you’ll have in your life?

7. Are there any jobs you would refuse to do, regardless of the pay?

8. Is being a rock star or sports star a job?

9. What do you think the job of being an English teacher is like?

10. Who has the best job in the world? Why do you think so?

GETTING A JOB1

1. Do you often check the jobs ads in newspapers or on the Internet?

2. What kinds of jobs interest you most and least?

3. Is the job market in your country growing?

4. What are the toughest jobs in the world?

5. Is being a housewife a job? Should women get paid for this?

6. Do you like job hunting applying for jobs?

7. What is the job description of your last job?

8. Does everyone have equal job opportunities in your country?

9. What’s the best way to pass job interviews?

10. What is the best way to quit a job?

PROBLEMS AT WORK 2

1- Do you wish you earned more? What can you do to make that happen?
2- Do you feel you are in the right career?
3- What can be done with inappropriate co-workers who treat you like a friend or a family member?
4- What do you know about sexual harassment? How can that be dealt with?
5- How do you feel when you have to call in sick?
6- Do you feel your career is moving forward?
7- Have you ever had foreign language problems at work? How was that solved?
8- Have you ever been a victim of an office injustice?
9- What do you do when you need to do something that is part of your job but you don’t know how?
10- Have you ever felt emotionally or professional threatened at work?

WORK P ROBLEMS 1

1- How do you cope with lazy co-workers?
2- Have you ever felt lonely at work? What did you do? How can one deal with that problem?
3- What would your advice be to someone with a bullying manager?
4- Is assertiveness important at the workplace? Are you assertive enough?
5- Do you know about any office romance? Have you ever had one?
6- Do you feel overwhelmed at work? What do you suggest for that?
7- Have you ever suffered the problem of unpaid hours? What should be done?
8- Do you feel that your potential is being squandered? Have you ever felt that?
9- How can a person know if she’s getting the right balance between personal and professional?
10- Why do people lose their motivation, what can be done about that?

WORK-LIFE BALANCE 2

1- Do you do shifts or have a fixed hour scheme?

2- Are there employees who work from home?

3- Do you get overtime pay or is there a working hour account?

4- What does your company do to get the employers motivated?

5- Is there a career plan in your department?

6- Is your company family friendly?

7- How is your productivity measured?

8- Is your company concerned with a work-life balance?

9- Have you ever felt exploited by your company? In what ways?

10- Have you ever had a paid leave? What was the purpose?

THE NEWS

1) Do you think news is usually happy or sad?
2) How important is keeping up to date with the news to you?
3) Do you prefer to watch, listen to or read about news?
4) What areas of the world are you most interested in?
5) What kinds of stories hit the headlines in your local newspaper?
6) What are your favorite sections of the newspaper?
7) What was the last piece of good news you heard?
8) What news story are you following at the moment?
9) Do you trust everything you read, see or hear on the news?
10) What is news? What makes something news?
11) What do you understand by the phrase, “No news is good news”?
12) Would you like to work as a newscaster or a news reporter?

BREAKFAST

1) What did you have for breakfast this morning?
2) Has what you eat for breakfast changed over the years?
3) What do you do while having breakfast?
4) Do you prefer to eat breakfast alone of with other people?
5) Do you ever eat breakfast in a restaurant or canteen etc?
6) What do you think of breakfasts in other countries?
7) Is the breakfast you usually eat very healthy?
8) How often do you skip breakfast or have it on the go?
9) Can you eat “lunch-style food” or “dinner-style food” for breakfast?
10) What do you think of breakfasts at hotels?
11) Do you always have time to eat what you want for breakfast?
12) How important is having breakfast?

PET CARE

1) Do you like pets?
2) How many pets have you had?
3) Is it important for children to have a pet?
4) Why do people have pets?
5) Do you think it’s unfair to keep animals in the home – shouldn’t they be in their natural habitat?
6) Do you know anyone with an unusual pet?
7) Is it wrong to spend money on pets and pet food when so many people are starving?
8) Do you like visiting pet shops?
9) What animal do you think makes the best pet?
10) Do pets make good gifts?
11) Do people usually choose good names for their pets in your country?
12) What do you think of restaurants and stores aimed at pets?

SUPERMARKETS

1) Do you like supermarkets?
2) Which are better – big supermarkets or small grocery stores?
3) Do you like visiting supermarkets in other countries or cities?
4) What are the worst things about your local supermarket?
5) What do you think of the staff in your local supermarket?
6) Can you always find the things you need in the supermarket you usually go to?
7) What single improvement do you think would make your local supermarket better?
8) What do you think it would be like to work in a supermarket?
9) Do you like the music in supermarkets?
10) What’s your favorite supermarket and why?
11) Do you think there should be rules for children in supermarkets?
12) What do you think about when you are in a supermarket?

BIRTHDAYS

1) Do you like birthdays?
2) What’s the best and worst birthday you’ve ever had?
3) Do you know how people celebrate birthdays in other countries?
4) What’s the best birthday present you’ve ever been given?
5) What present would you like for your next birthday?
6) Do you think everyone should have a holiday from school or work on their birthday?
7) What do you do on people’s birthdays in your country?
8) Do you know of any big events that happened on the day of your birthday?
9) Do you think birthdays have become too commercial?
10) How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
11) What did you do on your last birthday?
12) Do your family and friends always remember your birthday?

BANKING

1. Do like banks?
2. What are the good things about banks?
3. What are the bad things about banks?
4. What do you think of bank charges?
5. Are bank workers always helpful?
6. Has a bank ever made a mistake with your account/money?
7. Would you like to work for a bank?
8. Have you ever taken out a bank loan or overdraft?
9. Do you use the 24 hours express ATM?
10. Are banks the best place to keep your money?

MARRIAGE

1. What is a good age to get married?

2. Are you married? Do you want to be?

3. Where did you get married? Or where would you like to get married?

4. How many people did you invite? How many people would you like to invite?

5. Did you marry in a church? Would you like to marry in a church?

6. Is marriage a good or a bad thing?

7. Do you have children? (ask information about the kids)

8. What is a good number of children for a couple?

9. Is a party needed for a wedding?

10. Is a wedding cheap or expensive in Brazil?

11. Who should work; the man or the woman?

12. Is housework hard or easy?

13. Who is better to pay the bills; the man or the woman?

14. Who should clean the house, wash and cook?

15. Can a man be a good housekeeper?

AGE 7-10

1. Where did you live as a child?

2. What was your first school?

3. Do you remember your first teacher?

4. Were you a good or a bad student?

5. Did you cry a lot?

6. What did you like to eat?

7. Do you remember your friends?

8. What games did you like?

9. Did you do your homework?

10. Who taught you to tell the time?

11. Did you visit your grandmother a lot?

12. Were you a happy child?

13. Were you shy?

14. What was your favorite toy?

15. What was your favorite cartoon?

PET LIFE

1. Do you have a Pet?
2. What is a good pet to have in an apartment?
3. What is a bad pet to have in an apartment?
4. What is a good pet to have in a house?
5. What pets are you afraid of?
6. Is it expensive or cheap to keep a pet?
7. How many pets have you had in your life?
8. Do you like cats? Why? Why not?
9. Do you like dogs?
10. Would you like to have a monkey?
11. What do cats like to eat?
12. What do monkeys like to eat?
13. What do snakes like to eat?
14. Is a snake a good pet to have?
15. Do you know anybody with a pet snake?

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

1- Does your company have a fitness Center? How does it work? Can every employee be a member?
2- What are the core hours of your company? Why is this time important to them?
3- What is the policy of your company for emergency leaves?
4- Do you know if your company provides improved maternity provisions?
5- Does your company have flexible or fixed benefits?
6- Does your company practice flexitime working?
7- Is there a vacation purchase or sale scheme at your company?
8- Is there an onsite childcare facility at your company?
9- Does your company offer sabbaticals?
10- Does your company allow shift swapping?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dell (read about Michael Dell)

ESSENTIAL STUFF

1. Do you know what an mp3 player is and does?
2. Do you have an mp3 player? What do you listen to on it?
3. What is the difference between an MP3 and an MP4?
4. Could you live without a cell phone?

5. Could you live without the internet? Why, why not?
6. Tell me something you couldn’t live without
7. Do you think it is important to have a car? Why, why not?
8. How would your life be without a car?
9. What do you think was a better invention, the TV or the Internet?
10. If you had to choose between a computer with internet, or a TV with 100 channels to take to an island, which one would you choose?
11. How do you keep in touch with your friends? Calling, text messaging or through the internet?
12. Do you have orkut, twitter, facebook and a blog? How did these things change your life? How could they change your life?

WATER

1. How much water do you drink?
2. Where do you buy your water?
3. Do you drink in a glass or in a bottle?
4. Do you carry water with you?
5. What’s water important for?
6. Are you drinking water or something now?
7. Do you drink water in the morning?
8. What drinks can we mix water?
9. What is the best water to drink?
10. Do you drink tap water?
11. How much time do you spend under the shower?
12. Do you prefer to swim in white water or sea water?
13. Say a fruit with lots of water
14. Is there a swimming pool in your home?
15. Do you drink cold or regular water?
16. Do you like fizzy water?
17. What time did you drink water today?
18. Do you like coconut water?
19. When did you buy water?
20. Do you worry about the water in the planet?

ENTERTAINMENT

1. What is entertainment?
2. What do you do for entertainment?
3. How often do you do things for entertainment?
4. What home entertainment equipment do you have?
5. Do you like entertaining friends at home?
6. Who is the most entertaining person you know?
7. Do you spend a lot of money on entertainment?
8. What is your favorite form of entertainment?
9. Would you like to work in the entertainment industry?
10. What kind of person makes a good entertainer?

SUMMER LIFE

1. What images spring to mind when you hear the season “summer’?
2. How do you feel when summer arrives?
3. What things about summer do you like most and least?
4. What drinks do you enjoy having in the summer?
5. Do you have different meals in the summer? What sorts?
6. Do you think summer is good or bad to be on a diet? Why?
7. Do you eat more seafood in the summer? Is it cheaper than in other seasons?
8. Do you eat shrimp or other seafood at the beach? Why, or why not?
9. What happens in summer in your country? What do people usually do?
10. In what ways is summer the best season in your opinion?
11. Do you always wear summery clothes in the summer?
12. What sort of clothes do you wear at home in the summer? What about when you go out?

IMMIGRATION QUESTIONS

1- What is the purpose of your trip?
2- How long will you stay?
3- Where are you staying?
4- Do you have an address?
5- Are you traveling alone?
6- Do you know anyone in this country?
7- Do you have the intention of working in this country?
8- Do you do in Brazil?
9- Are you married? Do you have children?
10- Is this your first trip to ….?
11- Are you carrying anything illegal into the country?
12- Are you going home after your stay here?
13- How much money are you bringing into the country?
14- Tell me some of the things you will be doing here
15- Welcome and have a nice stay

AT A FAST FOOD

1. Are you hungry now?
2. Are you ready to order?
3. What would you like to drink?
4. Would you like a pizza or a burger?
5. A big, small, or medium?
6. Would you like mustard, ketchup or mayonnaise?
7. Is it to go or to eat in?
8. Would you like some fries?
9. Small, medium or big?
10. Do you like sweets?
11. Would you like to order one?
12. Would you like a pudding, ice cream, a pie or a cake?
13. Would you like a small, medium or a big piece?

14. To go or to eat in?
15. Would you like some coffee too?
16. Would you like anything else?
17. Would you like the bill now or later?
18. How would you like to pay?
19. Would you like to take anything home?
20. would you like some delivery menus?

PROBLEMS

1- Your luggage is not at baggage claim
2- You left your luggage in the taxi
3- You lost your wallet
4- You lost your passport
5- You’re feeling sick, you have a high fever
6- You have to change your flight for 2 days before
7- There’s an overbooking on the way back home
8- You miss your bus to the airport
9- There’s a strike and you can’t get to the airport by train
10- Something disappeared from your suitcase in the hotel
11- You are in the taxi and realize you forgot your wallet in the hotel
12- There is a bug in your meal in the restaurant
13- you get off a bus and you are lost and alone
14- you got robbed walking in the streets
15- you are with a sightseeing group and you get separated and lost

IN A COMPUTER STORE

1- You say hello to the store clerk
2- You want to see laptops
3- You ask to see the most modern ones
4- You ask the price of the cheapest and the most expensive
5- You ask about the payment conditions
6- You ask for a smaller laptop
7- You want to see the smallest now
8- You want to know if it has got an integrated microphone and webcam
9- You want to know about the webcam
10- You want to buy that laptop
11- You want to see iphones
12- You want the see the most modern ones
13- You ask if you can get a discount
14- Ask if you can pay half in cash and half in credit card
15- You want to buy them

CATCHING BUSES

1- How often do the buses come?
2- How much is a ticket?
3- Where do I have to get off?
4- Does the bus have a number?
5- Do the drivers speak English?
6- Will the driver tell me where to get off?
7- Can you tell me where the Gallery of Health is?
8- What time is the last bus back?
9- Do the buses come and go on time?
10- What if I miss the last bus?
11- Are there night buses?
12- How long does the journey take?
13- Are dogs allowed on the bus?
14- Excuse me, where is the nearest bus station?
15- Does this bus go to the National Museum?
16- What is the best bus to go the Mall?
17- Can I go from the hotel to the Park by bus?
18- Is there a sightseeing bus here?
19- Where can I catch this bus?
20- Is it better to go to the National Gallery by bus or by train?

GETTING LOST

1- Excuse me; do you know where this hotel is?
2- Excuse me, where is the nearest bank?
3- Excuse me, I’m lost, where is the police station?
4- Excuse me, do you know where xxx street is?
5- Excuse me, where is the National Gallery?
6- Excuse me, I’m not feeling well, could you call me an ambulance?
7- Excuse me, do you know where I can get a taxi around here?
8- Excuse me, Is there any information points near here?
9- Excuse me, do you know where the nearest subway station is?
10- Excuse me, where can I find a pay phone?

STAYING AT THE HOTEL

1- There is no hot water
2- The room was not clean
3- There are no towels in my room
4- What time is breakfast served?
5- I need a taxi
6- What time does room service end?
7- How can I call my country?
8- What time is the check out?
9- How far are we from the park?
10- Do you have a safe?
11- Can I pay everything I eat with my bill?
12- Do you have laundry service?
13- Can I speak to the manager please?
14- Do you have city guides?
15- Is this neighborhood safe at night?

ARRIVING AT THE HOTEL

Questions

1-Hello, can I help you?
2-What is your last and first name please?
3-How many nights are you booked?
4-How did you make the reservation?
5-Would you like to include breakfast?
6-Is this your first time with us?
7-How did you hear about our hotel?
8- Will you be using the safe?
9-Will you be using the phone?
10- Are you here on tourism or business?




Things the receptionist might say
1-Our room service ends in 15 minutes
2-Breakfast is served from 6:30 to 10 am
3-There’s no charge for the safe
4-If you need to use a taxi service, let us know
5-You will find drinks and snacks in your room
6-There’s a menu for our restaurant in each room
7-The bar is open 24 hours
8-You will get a key card for you room, but there’s a 50 dollar fine in case of loss
9- There are sightseeing buses from across the hotel
10- If you need any assistance, call us on 01

Living and Dying

1. Do you enjoy life?
2. What life-changing moments have you had in your life?
3. Have you led an easy or difficult life?
4. Do you think there’s life after death?
5. Do you think there’s life on Mars (or on other planets)?
6. Do you ever feel you have wasted your life?
7. Would you like to live your same life all over again?
8. What is the meaning of life?
9. What’s your biggest goal in life?
10. Is life complicated? In what way?

GETTING SERVICE

1- On a plane, what would you say, if you wanted some water?
2- Who would you call to give you the water?
3- If you heard, would you like chicken or beef, what would you say?
4- If you heard, what you like to drink, what would you say?
5- If you were cold, what would you say to the flight attendant?
6- If you wanted to go to the toilet and needed permission to pass, what would you to the passenger sitting next to you?
7- If you heard “please fasten your seat belt”, what would you understand?
8- If the flight attendant said, cereal bar or peanuts, and you wanted both, what would you say?
9- On a store, if the store clerk said, can I help you, but you didn’t want to buy anything, what would you say?
10- If you wanted to ask if they accept master card, what would you say?

HABITS

1. What do you do before you sleep?
2. What do you do after you wake up?
3. What do you do when you arrive home from work?
4. What do you do when you arrive at work?
5. What do you do on Saturday mornings?
6. How long do you need for a shower?
7. How long do you need to get to work?
8. How long do you need to eat lunch?
9. Do you drink coffee or milk in the morning?
10. Do you watch the soap opera at night?
11. What time do you sleep and wake up?
12. Do you read or watch TV before bed?
13. Where do you eat on weekends?
14. What time do you have your meals?
15. How many times a day do you eat?
16. Where is your hairdresser?
17. Where do you buy your food?
18. Where do you order pizza?
19. What newspaper do you read?
20. How often do you visit a beauty salon?

LANGUAGES

1. Do you like languages?
2. Do you like English?
3. Is English difficult for you?
4. What is the most difficult language for Brazilians?
5. What is the easiest language for Brazilians?
6. What language do you love?
7. What language don’t you like?
8. Why are you learning English?
9. When did you start learning English?
10. Do you like to study Grammar?
11. Do you memorize words fast?
12. Do you think Portuguese is a hard language?
13. What do you think of Chinese?
14. Would you like to learn Spanish?
15. What is more difficult to understand or to speak?
16. What do you prefer, to write or to read in Portuguese?
17. Did you like to learn Portuguese in school?
18. How long is it necessary to learn a language well?
19. Do you think German is easier than Portuguese?
20. Why is it good to learn languages?

WE ALL HAVE GOALS!

1. What is your biggest goal in life?
2. How do you plan to achieve that goal?
3. What are your "short term" goals?
4. What are your "long term" goals?
5. Should parents help their children set goals?
6. What are your educational goals?
7. What are your career goals?
8. What are your financial goals?
9. Why are goals important?
10. Is having a goal in life effective in becoming successful?
11. Is having a goal helpful in motivating a person?
12. Do you think people have fewer goals as they get older?

CELEBRITY WORLD

1. Do you read or buy any fashion magazines? What do you think about them?
2. Have you ever met or seen anyone famous? What was this person doing? Who was he/she with?
3. Do you admire anybody who is famous? Why?
4. Who would you like to meet that is popular? Why?
5. If you could be famous for something, what would you like to be famous for?
6. Have you ever watched an episode of Big Brother, what did you think about it?
7. What are the good and bad things about being famous?
8. Would you like to be famous? Why?
9. Have you ever been on the newspaper, magazine, TV or radio?
10. Do you watch or follow any soap operas? Which?
11. Do you think soccer players should make the amount of money they do?
12. Do you prefer to watch reality shows or regular TV?

SPIRITUAL LIFE

1. Do you have a religion? What is it?
2. Are you religious? How often do you go to church? Temple? Center?
3. Do you believe there was a man called Jesus?
4. Do you believe Jesus was special in some way?
5. Do you believe in the things the bible says?
6. Why do you think there are so many different religions?
7. Why do you think people don’t like to discuss about religion?
8. Have you ever changed your religion or have you ever visited other religions? What was that like?
9. Do your parents have the same religion as you?
10. Do you agree with the fact that priests can’t get married? Why? Why not?

APPEARANCE

1. Do you worry about your appearance?
2. What do you worry the most about your appearance?
3. What is the first thing you do in the morning to your appearance?
4. How much time do you spend getting dressed to go to your job?
5. How much time do you spend getting ready to go out on Saturday nights?
6. If you had to enter in your job at 9 am, what time would you wake up?
7. If you had to go out with your friends quickly what would you wear?
8. If you had to say how much time you spend with your appearance per day, how much would it be?
9. If you had to buy a basic piece of clothes for you, how much time would you spend choosing?
10. Where do you like to buy your hygienic things?
11. Where do you like to buy your perfumes?
12. How much do you spend per month with cosmetics or beauty things?

BEATING STRESS

1. What is stress?
2. What causes stress?
3. How do you recognize stress in your life?
4. Have you been under stress recently?
5. How does stress affect you?
6. When you are stressful, how do you feel physically?
7. Do you feel tired during the day?
8. Can you sleep well at night?
9. Do you get angry easily?
10. Have you ever helped someone who was feeling stressful?
11. Do you think stress is ever good, useful, or necessary?
12. Do you play games or sports that are sometimes stressful?

BRAZIL

1. Is Brazil a beautiful country?
2. What’s the best city to live?
3. Where do you live?
4. What’s your city like?
5. What are the people like?
6. What is the economy of your city like?
7. What is the entertainment like?
8. What are the jobs like?
9. What states have you visited?
10. Which state did you like the most?
11. Where would like to live in Brazil?
12. What’s your favorite vacation place in Brazil?
13. Is Brazil good for tourism?
14. Tell me something you like about Brazil
15. Tell me something you don’t like about Brazil

CELL PHONES

1. Do you have a cell phone?
2. What is the service company?
3. Do you use cards or bills?
4. How many cell phones have you had?
5. When did you buy your last cell phone?
6. Where did you buy it?
7. What do you think is the best cell phone company?
8. Does your cell phone have blue tooth? Do you use it? What for?
9. Does your cell phone have a camera? Do you use it?
10. Do you have a work cell phone?
11. Do you use your cell phone every day?
12. Who do you call the most?
13. Do you make more calls or receive more calls?
14. Do you use text messages?
15. Do you like texts messages?

ART

1. Can you draw?
2. What can you draw well?
3. Do you like to draw?
4. Did you like to draw when you were a kid?
5. What things did you like to draw?
6. Do you like to paint?
7. Have you ever taken a painting course?
8. Is painting difficult or easy?
9. Do you like to read? What?
10. What was the last book you read?
11. How often do you read?
12. Do you prefer books, magazines or newspapers?
13. Do you enjoy reading online?
14. Do you like to visit art expositions?
15. Do you prefer to see photos or paintings?
16. What art galleries do you know by name?
17. Have you ever been to an art gallery?
18. Have you ever bought a painting?
19. Do you have any artist friends?
20. Is music an art?

THE FUTURE

1. What is AI?
2. What will the future be like?
3. Will robots replace humans?
4. Will robots take our jobs?
5. Is there anything that does not yet exist that you would like to see invented? What is it?
6. What type of job would you like to do in the future?
7. How do you get that type of job? Will you make much money in that job?
8. Do you want to get married?
9. How can we preserve the future for the next generation?
10. How will computers change in the future?
11. How will cellphones change in the future?
12. How will transportation develop in future times?

FAMILY LIFE

1. Are friends more important than family? What do you think?
2. Are you married?
3. Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?
4. Are your parents strict?
5. Did you ever meet any of your great grandparents?
6. Do you get along well with your family?
7. Do you have to clean your own room?
8. Do you live with any of your grandparents?
9. Do you live with your parents?
10. Do you look more like your mother or your father?
11. Do you often argue with your mother or father? What about?
12. Do you often visit your grandparents?

TELL ME IT ALL 2

1. Tell me about someone you dislike.
2. Tell me about a dream you've had.
3. Tell me about a goal you have.
4. Tell me about an accident you've seen.
5. Tell me about a time when you were frightened.
6. Tell me about your favorite pastime.
7. Tell me about something beautiful.
8. Tell me about something ugly.
9. Tell me about something delicious.
10. Tell me about something pleasant.
11. Tell me about something boring.
12. Tell me about something with four legs.
13. Tell me about something with a tail.
14. Tell me about something spicy.
15. Tell me about your education.
16. Tell me about a teacher you had.
17. Tell me about a boss you had.
18. Tell me about something you regret.
19. Tell me about someone in your family.
20. Tell me about your favorite book.

CHRISTMAS TIME

1. Did you believe in Santa Claus when you were a child?
2. Did you enjoy last Christmas?
3. Do people behave differently during Christmas?
4. Do you donate something (money, clothes...) to charities?
5. Do you attend any special religious ceremonies during the Christmas season?
6. Do you celebrate Christmas in a special way?
7. Do you decorate the outside of your house for Christmas?
8. Do you enjoy Christmas time?
9. Do you enjoy singing Christmas songs?
10. Do you exchange presents with your friends at school?
11. Do you have a Christmas tree?
12. If so, how do you decorate it?

I LOVE TO TRAVEL

1. How much time in advance are we supposed to enter the departure gate?
2. What information can you get from the flight information monitors?
3. Can you tell three reasons why there might be delays for air travel?
4. Can you tell me the name of three members of the flight crew?
5. Have you ever faced an overbooking?
6. What do you think would happen if you were a victim of overbooking?
7. Have you ever been on an all inclusive vacation? What are bad/bad about it?
8. What are the downsides and upside of package trips?
9. Do you have any foreign friends? Would you like to have any?
10. How many visas have you applied for?

CHILDHOOD

1- Where and when were you born?
2- Where did you grow up?
3- Where did you spend your childhood?
4- Where did you attend elementary school?
5- Where did you attend middle school?
6- Did you repeat any school year?
7- Did you have many friends a child?
8- What kind of child were you? Shy or outspoken?
9- Were you well-behaved as a kid?
10- How did you parents punish you for being a bad boy/girl?
11- What did you use to watch when you were 7,8?
12- What did you like to do or play as a kid?

GOING ABROAD

1. Can you think of 3 questions you might be asked when you go through immigration?
2. What’s the document you need to enter a foreign country?
3. What does one need to have stamped on the passport to enter another country?
4. What does it mean if a person is deported?
5. What does an immigration agent do?
6. How does one person get a visa to the usa?
7. Why do you go to baggage claim?
8. What is an airport trolley?
9. We want to go to the statue of liberty, how much is the cab fare, where are you?
10. What is sightseeing?
11. Have you ever gone sightseeing? Where?
12. What happens to someone if they have jetlag?
13. What do you say if you have to make a stop and change planes?
14. What is the name given to the person who serves people on an airplane?
15. What is a departure lounge?
16. If you want your money back you ask for a…..?
17. If you are unhappy in a hotel or restaurant you ask to see the……
18. What does a backpacker do?
19. What’s the difference between a hostel and a hotel?
20. What should you say if you would like to try a pair of jeans in a store?

RESTAURANT AND EATING OUT

1. How often do you eat out?
2. Where do you usually go when you eat out?
3. Who do you usually go with when you eat out?
4. Do you like western food? Japanese? Thai? Italian?
5. Can you name restaurants in this area that serve food from other countries?
6. Do you ever eat greasy food? Salty? Sweet? Spicy?
7. Do you know how to order food in English?
8. Do you ever eat at McDonalds? KFC? Other fast food restaurants?
9. What is your favorite appetizer? Main Course? Dessert?
10. Do you ever drink alcoholic beverages when you eat out?
11. Do you know anyone who owns a restaurant?
12. Have you ever worked in a restaurant?

ARE YOU HEALTHY?

1. How often do you go to the doctor?
2. How often do you eat vegetables?
3. How often do you go to the dentist?
4. How many fruits do you eat a day?
5. How much water do you drink?
6. Do you drink coffee every day?
7. What do you have for breakfast?
8. What kind of exercises do you do?
9. Do you eat sweets every day?
10. Do you have sugar or sweetener?
11. How many times do you eat a day?
12. Do you eat after 9 pm?
13. Do you control your calories?
14. Do you eat a lot of meat?
15. What do you like to drink?
16. How many hours a day do you sleep?
17. Do you sleep well at night?
18. Do you like to walk or do you always drive?
19. Do you eat salads?
20. What is your favorite type of food?

SINGLE LIFE

1. Why do you think some people remain single?
2. Would you like to be single all your life?
3. Is it better to be single or married? Why?
4. What are the advantages of being single?
5. Do you think that single people are happier?
6. Do you think it is easier for man or woman to be single?
7. Why did you think some people prefer to be single?
8. How do you think single people feel on Valentine's Day?
9. Do you think that there is a soul mate somewhere for everyone?
10. Do you think that single people like being single?
11. In your country, what do people think about a woman in her 30s who is unmarried?
12. In your country, what do people think about a man in his 30s who is unmarried?

CARS

1. Do you have a car? Does you mom/dad have a car?
2. What color is it?
3. What brand is it?
4. What year is it?
5. Where did you buy it?
6. Is it a big or small car?
7. Do you like cars?
8. Do you prefer to travel by car or by plane?
9. Tell me the name of an expensive car
10. Tell me the name of a cheap car
11. What car would you like to buy?
12. Tell me the name of an imported car
13. What is your favorite color for a car?
14. What color is bad for a car?
15. What car don’t you like?
16. Do you buy car magazines?
17. Can you drive well?
18. Did you drive today?
19. How often do you dive?
20. Do you enjoy driving?

TRAVEL

1. Do you like to travel?
2. Do you prefer to travel to the beach or to the city?
3. Where is your favorite place in Brazil?
4. Do you like to travel by bus, car or plane?
5. Do you prefer to travel with friends or family?
6. Did you travel this year?
7. Do you travel a lot or a little?
8. Do you like to stay in hotels or in homes?
9. Do you prefer busy places or quiet places?
10. Do you like to drive a lot?
11. When is your vacation?
12. Do you travel on the weekends?
13. Where does your family live?
14. Do you have family in other countries?
15. Do you prefer to travel in small or big groups?
16. How many times a year do you travel?
17. Have you ever been abroad?
18. Have you ever stayed in a hotel?
19. Have you ever traveled alone?
20. Have you ever been to Rio de Janeiro?

MONEY AND BUYING

1. About how much do you usually spend each day?
2. Are you a price conscious shopper?
3. Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? How about to taxi drivers?
4. Do you haggle when you shop?
5. Do you invest in the stock market?
6. Do you sometimes give money to charities?
7. Do you think that money can buy happiness?
8. Have you ever given money to a homeless person?
9. How important is money to you?
a. If you had no money, do you think you could be happy?
10. How many different kinds of coins are there in your country? What are they?

MONEY AND SHOPPING

1. Do you like shopping for fun?
2. How much do you usually spend each month on transportation?
3. Are you good at saving money?
4. Are you saving money to buy something?
5. Do you compare prices at different stores when you shop?
6. Do you enjoy shopping?
7. Do you ever buy second-hand things? ("used things")
8. Do you ever give money to charity?
9. Do you gamble?
10. Do you have a credit card?
11. Do you have more than one bank account?
12. Do you often put money in the bank?

TELL ME

1. Tell me your favorite color
2. Tell me your favorite tv channel
3. Tell me your favorite dish
4. Tell me your favorite type of music
5. Tell me your favorite type of movie
6. Tell me your mother’s name
7. Tell me your father’s name
8. Tell me your age
9. Tell me your last name
10. Tell me your job
11. Tell me where you live
12. Tell me your e-mail
13. Tell me your phone number
14. Tell me the color of your car
15. Tell me the name of you street
16. Tell me what you eat in the morning
17. Tell me what time you get up
18. Tell me what time you have lunch
19. Tell me what time you have dinner
20. Tell me what time you start work

TELL ME IT ALL

1. Tell me about something you love to do.
2. Tell me about something you hate to do.
3. Tell me about something you really care about.
4. Tell me about someone you dislike.
5. Tell me about a goal you have.
6. Tell me about your personality.
7. Tell me about your childhood.
8. Tell me about something you believe in.
9. Tell me about a nice place you've visited.
10. Tell me about an accident you've seen.
11. Tell me about a time when you were happy.
12. Tell me about a time when you were sad.
13. Tell me about a time when you were excited.
14. Tell me about a time when you were frightened.
15. Tell me about your favorite pastime.
16. Tell me about your favorite chocolate.
17. Tell me about something you find boring.
18. Tell me about your education.
19. Tell me about your work.
20. Tell me about a good teacher you had.

MY LAST TRIP

. When was the last vacation?
2. Where did you go?
3. How long did you stay?
4. Where did you stay?
5. Who did you travel with?
6. What did you eat?
7. What did you drink?
8. What did you do during the day?
9. What did you do at night?
10. Did you spend a lot a little money?
11. Did you travel by car, bus or plane?
12. Did you go to the movies?
13. Did you visit a museum?
14. What did you buy?
15. What did you see?
16. Did you eat anything different? What?
17. Was it a good, bad or great trip?
18. What didn’t you like?
19. Did you eat a lot?
20. What was the best part?

TELEVISON

1. Are you going to watch TV tonight?
2. If so, what will you watch?
3. What did you watch on TV yesterday?
4. What is one of your favorite TV shows?
5. Why do you like it?
6. When is it on?
7. Do your parents like it too?
8. Do you like ___? (Insert the name of a TV show.)
9. Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?
10. Do you think it is good for children to watch TV?
11. Do you think TV is educational?
12. Do you think that there is too much violence on TV?

TV AND RADIO

1. How often do you watch TV?
2. What’s your favorite channel?
3. Do you prefer to watch TV or watch movies?
4. Do you watch tv at night?
5. What channel don’t you like?
6. What’s the best program for you?
7. What day is this program?
8. What time is this program?
9. How many TVs do you have at home?
10. Is there a TV in your bedroom?
11. Is your TV big, small or medium?
12. How many hours do you watch TV a day?
13. Do you watch the news on TV?
14. What time do you stop watching TV?
15. Do you watch TV before work?
16. Do you like TV commercials?
17. What do you watch on the weekends?
18. What do you watch at night?
19. Is TV a good or bad thing?
20. Do you like to watch commercials?

FREE TIME AND HOBBIES

1. Do you have enough free time?
2. Do you have free time on Sundays? What do you do?
3. Do you have a lot of free time during the day? Why? Why not?
4. Do you have a lot of free time in the evenings? What do you do?
5. Do you have lots of free time in the mornings?
6. What are you doing this weekend?
7. What did you do last summer vacation?
8. What did you do last weekend?
9. What hobbies do you have?
10. When do you have free time? (How do you spend your free time?)
11. Where do you spend your free time?
12. Who do you spend your free time with?

TIME

1. What time is it now?
2. What time do you get up?
3. Is it a good time for you?
4. What time would you like to get up?
5. What time do you start work?
6. Is it a good or a bad time?
7. What time do you have breakfast?
8. Do you have breakfast at the same time every day?
9. Do you prefer to have breakfast early or late?
10. What time do you get up on Saturdays?
11. What time do you get up on Sundays?
12. What time do you have lunch?
13. What time do you finish work?
14. What time do you have a coffee break at work?
15. Do you have a lot or a little time for you?
16. How many hours does a day have?
17. Are your days long or short?
18. Do you have time to read every day?
19. What time is it now?
20. When do you take a shower, in the morning or at night?

DOES TIME RULE YOUR LIFE?

1. Do you prefer to show up late or early?
2. What is your busiest day of the week?
3. Do you like to be busy, or do you like to have an easy schedule?
4. What takes up most of your time?
5. Do you think you manage your time well?
6. Do you manage time, or does time manage you?
7. What do you do if you show up too early for something?
8. What do you do if you show up too late for something?
9. What do you do if you forget an appointment?
10. Do you spend a lot of time when preparing for something?
11. How much time do you spend sleeping? Do you wish you could sleep more?
12. Does waiting for something bother you?

PHONES

1. Have you ever called for pizza delivery?
2. Have you ever had a problem with your phone bill? What did you do?
3. Have you ever dialed the wrong number? What happened? How did you feel? (frustrated, embarrassed, relaxed, etc.)
4. Have you ever left a voice mail or a message on an answering machine?
5. Do you have a cellular/mobile phone?
6. How many phone calls do you usually make in one day?
7. How many phone calls do you usually get in one day?
8. How many people in your family have a cell phone?
9. What cellphone company do you use?
10. How did you decide to use this company?
11. Are you happy with this company?
12. About how many text messages do you send in a day?

FRIENDS

1. Do you have a best friend?
2. Is your best friend a man or a woman?
3. What’s his/her name?
4. Where does he/she live?
5. How often do you see him/her?
6. Do you like or love him/her?
7. Do you work with your best friend?
8. Do speak with you friend on the internet or on the phone?
9. Where does your friend work?
10. Is your friend married?
11. Is your friend old or young?
12. Is your friend tall or short?
13. Is your friend friendly?
14. Does your friend go to your home?
15. Does your friend work or study?
16. Does your friend have a car?
17. Does your friend speak English?
18. Did you see your friend today?
19. Does your friend have a big or small family?
20. Does your friend have a good or a bad job?

FRIENDSHIP

1. Describe one of your closest friends.
2. Do you have any childhood friendships that are still strong today?
3. Has a friend ever let you down?
4. Is it common to have friendships across generations?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of friendships.
6. Do you have any friends from a different generation than you?
7. There is a saying "To have a good friend, you need to be a good friend."
8. What factors may result in the breakdown of a good friendship?
9. What is a best friend?
10. What is the longest friendship that you have had?

WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR!

1. Do you have any long distance friends?
2. How do you keep in touch with your long-distance friends?
3. How often do you see your long-distance friends?
4. Do you think it is a good idea to borrow money from a friend? Why or why not?
5. Do you make friends easily?
6. Have you made any friends over the Internet?
7. How often do you write to them?
8. Have you ever met them in person?
9. How are your friendships different now than they were when you were a child?
10. How do you maintain a good friendship?
11. How do you make new friends?
12. How many people do you consider your "best friends?"

MOVIE MAKES LIFE NICER!

1. Have you ever used the movies as an excuse for dating?
2. Can you remember the name of the first movie you saw that made you cry?
3. What is your favorite classic or famous movie?
4. Which do you prefer, comedy movies or horror movies?
5. Have you ever watched a movie twice that you disliked?
6. Do you ever download movies?
7. In your country what common courtesies apply when watching a movie at the cinema?
8. Have you ever seen a movie in another country? or with no subtitles?
9. What does it mean if a movie becomes a blockbuster?
10. What are movie trailers good for?

BLOCKBUSTERS!

1. What is your all-time favorite movie?
2. Are there any kinds of movies you dislike?
3. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction movies?
4. Have you ever seen the same movie more than once?
5. Have you ever seen ……..?
6. If a book has been made into a movie, which do you prefer to do first, see the movie or read the book? Why?
7. What do you think of people who talk during movies at a movie theater?
8. What is the scariest movies you have ever seen?
9. What is the worst movie you've ever seen?
10. Which do you like better, action movies or comedy movies?
11. What do you think of reality shows?
12. Do you think that films can be educational?

MOVIE

1. What is your favorite movie?
2. Do you like documentaries?
3. Do you usually watch movies at home or at a movie theater?
4. How often do you go to movies?
5. How often do you rent videos?
6. What was the last movie you saw?
7. What movie star would you most like to meet?
8. Who is your favorite actor or actress?
9. Did you see a movie today?
10. Who's your favorite director?
11. How much does it cost to see a movie in your country?
12. Do you like to see a movie many times?
13. Who is your favorite movie hero?
14. Do you like to watch horror movies?
15. Do you have movies at home?
16. Do you prefer to buy or to rent movies?
17. Do you eat popcorn when you watch movies?
18. What cinema do you like to go?
19. Do you watch movies in your computer or just on tv?
20. Do you prefer scary movies or romantic comedy?

LOOKING GREAT!

1. Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?
2. Who was the most beautiful person in history?
3. Who is the most attractive in your family?
4. Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?
5. Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?
6. Is beauty related to power?
7. Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?
8. How much time should be spent on making you look better each day?
9. If so what is the minimum age when someone should have plastic surgery?
10. How popular is plastic surgery in your country?
11. How important is beauty in your daily life?
12. Do you think people with many tattoos can be beautiful?

BEAUTY

1. Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?
2. Who was the most beautiful person in history?
3. Who is the most attractive in your family?
4. Does beauty affect one's success in life?
5. Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?
6. Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?
7. Is beauty related to power?
8. Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?
9. How much time should be spent on making you look better each day?
10. Who would you say is beautiful that others maybe wouldn't?

MUSIC ROCKS

1. About how many CDs do you have? How about DVDS ?
2. Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?
3. Do you ever listen to MP3 files on your computer?
4. Do you have an expensive stereo system? (... a MD player, ... an old record player)
5. Do you know the band named Metallica? If so, do you like them?
6. Do you like heavy metal bands like Sepultura, Marilyn Manson, and so on?
7. What kind of music are you really into?
8. What kind of music do you despise?
9. How do you feel about musicals?
10. What is your favorite Broadway musical show?
11. Do you like singing karaoke? How often do you sing karaoke?
12. Do you listen to music while you’re having a shower or a bath?

MUSIC

1. Are you a good or a bad dancer?
2. Are you a good or a bad singer?
3. Can you play a musical instrument?
4. Can you play the guitar?
5. Can you read music?
6. Do you enjoy music videos?
7. Do you prefer country music or Brazilian MPB?
8. Do you like all kinds of music?
9. What American rock bands do you listen to?
10. Do you like jazz?
11. How much time do you spend listening to music?
12. Who is your favorite Brazilian singer?
13. How often do you listen to the radio?
14. What is your favorite kind of music?
15. What kind of music don't you like ?
16. What kind of music do your parents listen to?
17. What kind of music do you usually listen to relax?
18. What kind of songs do you like to sing?
19. What kinds of music do you dislike?
20. What radio station do you usually listen to?

DIETS

1. Have you ever been on a diet?
2. How do you know if you are fat?
3. What is the best way to diet?
4. Do you think dieting can be dangerous?
5. Do you think fiber is important in your diet?
6. What kind of fiber is the best when you are trying to lose weight?
7. Do you think protein is important in a balanced diet?
8. What is a good source of protein?
9. Do you think people who are fat can be happy?
10. Do you think people are in general are gaining weight or losing weight?
11. What kind of diet would you recommend to your friend?
12. What is the difference between diet and a healthy diet?

BIG CITIES

1. Why do you like living in the city?
2. What are some of the advantages of living in a big city?
3. What are some of the disadvantages of living in a big city?
4. Do you know the neighbors who live near you?
5. What's your favorite city? Why?
6. What city do you live in?
7. What part of this city do you like the best?
8. Can you describe the city?
9. What aspects of life in a big city would you complain about?
10. What do you think should be done to improve living condition in large cities?
11. What are some differences between living in the city and living in the country?
12. What size city is best to live in? Why?

THE ANIMAL WORLD

1. Are there animal rights groups where you live?
2. What kind of animals do humans ride?
3. Are you afraid of snakes?
4. Are you frightened of spiders?
5. Are your pet(s) healthy?
6. Can you name some endangered species?
7. Do you consider yourself an animal lover?
8. Do you ever talk to your pet? If so, what do you say?
9. Do you love your pet?
10. Do you know someone who owns an unusual pet?
11. Do you think it is acceptable to test cosmetics on animals?
12. Do you think it is okay to eat meat?

COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET

1. Do you access the Internet with your computer?
2. Do you have a computer at work and at home?
3. Do you have a laptop or a desktop computer? Do you have both?
4. Do you use your computer when you do homework for school?
5. Have you ever studied English using your computer?
6. How many times have you upgraded your computer?
7. How powerful is your computer?
8. What do you think is the best size to have?
9. Where do you use your computer?
10. What kind of pictures do you take with your digital camera?
11. Do you know any fun or different softwares?
12. Which computer magazines do you read?

COMPUTERS

1. Do you write e-mail in English?
2. Have you ever sent an e-mail to your teacher?
3. How many e-mails do you get a day?
4. How many e-mails do you send a day?
5. How many times a day do you access your e-mail?
6. What's your e-mail address?
7. How many e-mail addresses do you have?
8. Does your family have a computer?
9. How fast can you type?
10. What is your favorite "news" site?
11. Do you have a computer?
12. What Internet sites do you visit regularly?
13. Are you connected to the Internet?
14. Can your mother and father use a computer?
15. Can you access the Internet from your home?
16. How often do you use a computer?
17. What company made your computer?
18. What kind of computer do you have?
19. What size is your computer screen?
20. Where in your room is your computer?

AT THE BEACH

1. When was the last time you went to the beach? Where did you go?
2. What do people do at the beach?
3. Can you swim?
4. When did you learn to swim?
5. Who taught you to swim?
6. Have you ever been night-swimming?
7. Are there any problems with jellyfish or sharks or stonefish at your local beach?
8. Have you ever played sports on the beach? Which sports? How are they different from non-beach versions of the sport?
9. Have you ever collected seashells?
10. What did you do with the shells that you collected?
11. What sort of animals live at the beach?
12. Have you ever gone fishing? What did you catch?

AT A FAST FOOD PLACE

1. Are you hungry now?
2. Are you ready to order?
3. What would you like to drink?
4. Would you like a pizza or a burger?
5. A big, small, or medium?
6. Would you like mustard, ketchup or mayonnaise?
7. Is it to go or to eat in?
8. Would you like some fries?
9. Small, medium or big?
10. Do you like sweets?
11. Would you like to order one?
12. Would you like a pudding, ice cream, a pie or a cake?
13. Would you like a small, medium or a big piece?
14. To go or to eat in?
15. Would you like some coffee too?
16. Would you like anything else?
17. Would you like the bill now or later?
18. How would you like to pay?
19. Would you like to take anything home?
20. would you like some delivery menus?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyYS6SrDkBg (restaurant scene from a movie- very funny but a little disgusting 4 minutes) watch 2X

FASHION STYLE

1. What brands are you into?
2. what brands don’t you care about?
3. Are you a brand kind of person?
4. Do you only buy clothes with popular brands?
5. What’s your dressing style?
6. Where do you go clothes shopping?
7. Do you always know what you want to buy when you go to a store?
8. Do you look around for better prices?
9. How do you feel when you buy something?
10. Do you wait for the sales season?
11. Where do you take your sense of style from?
12. Have you ever bought clothes that don’t fit you?

MY DAY YESTERDAY

1. What time did you get up yesterday?
2. What time did you have breakfast?
3. What did you have for breakfast?
4. What time did you start work?
5. What time did you finish work?
6. What time did you have lunch?
7. What time did you have dinner?
8. What did you do after work?
9. Did you do anything different yesterday?
10. What did you read yesterday?
11. What did you watch yesterday?
12. What did you have for lunch yesterday?
13. Did you have work meetings yesterday?
14. Did you see your friends?
15. What did you do before bed yesterday?
16. What did you buy yesterday?
17. Where did you go after work?
18. Was your day busy or calm?
19. Was your day easy or hard?
20. Was your day good or bad?

DRINKS

1. What’s your favorite drink?
2. Do you prefer White or red wine?
3. Do you like drinking cachaça?
4. What drink don’t you like?
5. What do you drink for breakfast?
6. What do you drink for lunch and dinner?
7. Do you prefer light or regular coke?
8. Do you prefer light or zero coke?
9. Do you like sweet or dry drinks?
10. Do you have your drinks with sugar or sweetener?
11. What’s a good drink for kids?
12. Do you like beer?
13. What did you drink for breakfast today?
14. How often do you have coffee?
15. Do you drink tea often?
16. What kind of tea do you drink?
17. What do you prefer? Tea or coffee?
18. What do you drink in the summer?
19. What do you drink in the winter?
20. Do you enjoy hot chocolate?

HOTEL

1. Have you ever stayed in hotel?
2. What does it mean when a hotel says 5 stars?
3. How much do you think a 5 star hotel costs?
4. Have you ever stayed in a 5 star hotel?
5. Is a two star hotel a good hotel?
6. Are there good hotels in (your town)?
7. What is a good hotel for you?
8. What do you think is more important, price or comfort?
9. Can you book a hotel room in English?
10. Have you ever booked a hotel room online?
11. Why do people stay in hotels?
12. What do you when you are unhappy about a hotel service?

FOOD

1. What is your favorite food?
2. Do you eat meat?
3. Do you like barbecue?
4. Do you like to go to barbecues?
5. Do you eat a lot or a little?
6. Do you eat bread every day?
7. What do you eat in the morning?
8. Do you eat at home or out on Sundays?
9. Do you eat at home or out on Saturdays?
10. Do you prefer to eat salads or vegetables?
11. Do you like eggs in the morning?
12. Do you prefer sandwiches or pizzas?
13. What is your favorite fast food place?
14. How often do you eat fast food?
15. How often do you cook?
16. How often do you eat pizza?
17. How often do you eat out?
18. How often do you eat salads?
19. How often do you eat fruits?
20. How often do you eat chocolate?

WORK

1. Where do you work?
2. Do you like your job?
3. Is your boss a man or a woman?
4. What is your boss’ name?
5. Do you like your boss?
6. Is your boss younger or older than you?
7. Do you work at night?
8. Do you work on Saturdays?
9. Do you work on Sundays?
10. Do you eat at work?
11. Do you go to work by bus, by car, by bike or walking?
12. Do you start work before eight?
13. Do you finish work after five?
14. Do work for a big company?
15. Is your company friendly?
16. Do you go to work parties?
17. What do you do at work?
18. What do you like to do at work?
19. What don’t you like to do at work?
20. Is your job easy or difficult?

AMERICAN SLANG

1. What do you consider an awesome weekend?
2. What kind of movie would you say is awesome?
3. Name an awesome song for you?
4. Do you know what a roommate is?
5. Would you live ok with a roommate?
6. What are the advantages of having a roommate?
7. Do you consider yourself a bright person?
8. What makes someone bright?
9. Do you know what a couch potato is?
10. Are you a couch potato?
11. What are the consequences of being a couch potato?
12. Do you often invite people over to your home?
13. Do you enjoy having people over?
14. Do you like chick flicks?
15. What was the last chick flick you saw?
16. Can you think of a popular chick flick?
17. Do guys like chick flicks?
18. Have you ever had a hangover?
19. What is good for hangover?
20. How much booze do you need to have to get a hangover?

FAMILY

1. Is your family big or small?
2. What is your mother’s name?
3. What is your father’s name?
4. Do you live with your parents or alone?
5. Do you have brothers and sisters?
6. How many brothers do you have?
7. How many cousins do you have?
8. Do you like your cousins?
9. Do you live near your cousins?
10. What’s your grandmother’s name?
11. What’s your grandfather’s name?
12. Do you have breakfast with your family?
13. Is your family friendly or not friendly?
14. How old is your mother?
15. How old is your father?
16. How old is your youngest brother or sister?
17. Do you play games with your family?
18. Do you have a dog or a cat?
19. What do you like to do with your family?
20. Do you have many uncles?

IS THIS AN INTERVIEW?

1. What do you do when you feel bored?
2. What days do you feel the most bored?
3. Do work/school meetings get you bored?
4. How often do you go on little walks?
5. Are there nice places to go on little walks near your home?
6. What’s more relaxing a walk on the beach or a walk through a park?
7. Have you ever taken a long walk on the beach?
8. Why do people love the beach so much?
9. Do you feel angry, stressed, bored or irritated in traffic?
10. Do you find malls boring?
11. Does going to church make you feel sleepy?
12. Would you accompany a best friend to a place you don’t like?

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

1.Where are you from?
2. Are you from Brazil?
3. Are you from South America?
4. Are you from the USA?
5. Where do you come from?
6. Are you a student or a worker?
7. What languages can you speak?
8. How old are you?
9. Do you live here?
10. Do you live in a small or big city?
11. Do you live in New York?
12. Do you live in Sao Paulo?
13. Where do you live?
14. Are you married or single?
15. Are you single?
16. Are you married?
17. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
18. Do you have a big or small family?
19. Do you live with your family?
20. Do you live alone?

RELATIONSHIP

1- Have you ever been turned down by anyone?
2- Did you ever turn down anyone?
3- Do you feel bad if you have to turn someone down?
4- Do you think being turned down is a sign of personal rejection?
5- Do you prefer to approach or to be approached?
6- Do you find it easier to approach someone over the internet or over the phone than personally?
7- Would you approach someone from work?
8- Have you ever been approached in a public place during the day?
9- Did you ever have to break up with anyone? What was that like?
10- Have you ever been broken up with? What was that like?

MEDICAL TALK

1. Do you keep medical supplies at home?
2. Do you think that most people have a first aid kit at home or do they run to the drugstore every time there’s an emergency?
3. have you ever had a last minute surgery?
4. Do you procrastinate your medical obligations? Explain
5. How long would a person be sustained with no water?
6. How long would a person be sustained with no food?
7. How long do you have to deprive yourself from food and water before going under a surgery?
8. Do you know what a 72 hour kit is?
9. Have you ever faced a major flood?
10. What is the longest you’ve ever gone without any food or water?

MY ROUTINE

1. What’s your usual day like? Busy or calm?
2. Do you ever have to catch buses?
3. Have you ever caught a subway?
4. Have you ever faced the rush hour in Sao Paulo?
5. How long does it take you to get to work?
6. How long does it take you to get back home from work?
7. What time do you get off work?
8. Do you get off work at the same time every single?
9. Do you do overtime?
10. Do you do weekends as well?
11. Do you stay up until late?
12. What is the latest you stay up until?

WEIRD STORIES

1. Have you ever reported a crime?
2. Have you ever witnessed an accident?
3. Do you believe it when people tell you bizarre stories?
4. Have you ever heard a UFO story?
5. Do you believe in UFO?
6. Can you remember a UFO movie?
7. Do you know how to say flying saucer in Portuguese?
8. Did you ever go to a wild party?
9. Why do people tell crazy stories when they drink?
10. Do you know any supernatural stories?

CREDIT CARDS

1. Do you think credit cards lead to more shopping?
2. Do you think online shops lead to more buying?
3. Do you buy more when you have more money?
4. Would you rather pay cash or in installments?
5. Is paying in installments a good thing?
6. How often do you buy in installments?
7. Do you usually carry cards or cash with you?
8. Do you prefer to use plastic or cash?
9. Why are credit cards more popular than cash?
10. Do you think having lots of cards can help to build good credit?

TRAVEL

1. What is the best thing about traveling?
2. Have you ever been abroad?
3. Have you ever been to a cold place? Where?
4. Have you ever been to a really nice beach?
5. Have you ever been to a really expensive place?
6. Where was your last trip to?
7. Are you planning on going anywhere for your next vacation?
8. Do you have an International driver’s license?
9. Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why?
10. Have you ever been in a difficult situation while traveling?
11. Do you prefer to travel by bus, car, ship or plane?
12. How many airlines have you flown with?

ANIMALS

1. Do you like animals?
2. Do you prefer dogs or cats?
3. Do you like to go to the zoo?
4. Is there a zoo near your house?
5. Is there a dog in your house?
6. Is an elephant fat or thin?
7. Is an elephant gray or black?
8. Is an elephant beautiful?
9. Do you like elephants?
10. What color is a penguin?
11. Is a penguin small or big?
12. Is a penguin bigger or smaller than an elephant?
13. Can you see penguin in (your town)?
14. Do you like cats?
15. Are cats bigger or smaller than dogs?
16. Do you have a cat?
17. Are cats friendly or not friendly?
18. Do people eat cats?
19. Do people eat dogs?
20. Are you afraid of snakes?

THINGS I LIKE

1-Do you like to read the newspaper?
2-What newspaper do you like?
3-What magazine do you like?
4-Do you like to read books?
5-Do you like to go read magazines?
6-Do you like to cook?
7-Do you cook well?
8-Do you like coffee?
9-Do you like milk?
10- Do you like coke?
11- Do you like to watch tv?
12- Do you like to watch movies?
13- Do you like to watch Globo?
14- Do you like to watch movies at home?
15- Do you prefer coffee or milk?
16- Do you prefer newspapers or magazines?
17- Do you prefer to drink juice or coke?
18- Do you prefer to watch Globo or HBO?
19- What is your favorite color?
20- What is your favorite pet?

EDUCATION

1- How many colleges did you/will you apply for?
2- Why do people apply for very different courses, like medicine and chemistry?
3- Is applying for college difficult in Brazil?
4- What do you have to do to apply for college?
5- What is the age limit to apply for college?
6- Do you attend any courses?
7- What was the best course you have attended? Why?
8- Do you think it is important to keep attending courses?
9- Did you have high or low attendances when you were in school?
10- Why do people cheat on tests?

WEATHER

1) What are your favourite weather words?
2) Do you understand all the symbols on the weather map?
3) How does the weather change you feelings?
4) When was the last time the weather destroyed one of your plans?
5) Have you ever had to weather a storm?
6) Would you like to work as a weather forecaster?
7) What do you think the weather will be like in your country 100 years
from now?
8) What is the average temperature in January where you live?
9) Describe the weather today.
10) What do you love doing when it is freezing?
11) What do you love doing when it is boiling?
12) What do you enjoy doing when it is raining cats and dogs?

FLYING

1- How old were you when you flew for the first time?
2- Do you prefer to travel window, aisle or center?
3- Why do people like the window seat?
4- Why don’t people like the center seat?
5- Why is the aisle seat good?
6- Why is the aisle seat bad?
7- Can the window seat be bad? How?
8- What do you do during the flight?
9- Can you sleep the whole flight?
10- How much time in advance should we check in for international trips?
11- How much time in advance should we check in for national trips?
12- How much luggage do you take with you, lots or little?