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?

HOME

1- Do you live in a house?
2- Do you live in an apartment?
3- Is your home big, small or medium?
4- Is your bedroom big, small or medium?
5- What color is your bedroom?
6- Do you like your bedroom?
7- Is your bedroom colorful?
8- Is your kitchen big or small?
9- What color is your kitchen?
10- Is your kitchen nice?
11- Do you eat in the kitchen?
12- Do you eat in your bedroom?
13- Do you like your kitchen?
14- Do you prefer your bedroom or your kitchen?
15- Is there a living room in your house?
16- What color is the living room?
17- Is the living room big, small or medium?
18- Is the living colorful?
19- Is there a tv in the living room?
20- Is there a sofa in the living room?

DAILY ROUTINE

1- Do you get up at six?
2- Do you get up at seven?
3- Do you get up after or before nine?
4- What time do you get up?
5- Do you get up early?
6- Do you get up late?
7- Do you get up early every day?
8- Do you get up early on Sundays?
9- What time do you get up on Sundays?
10- Do you like to get up early?
11- Do you have breakfast every day?
12- Do you have breakfast before or after nine?
13- Do you have breakfast at home?
14- Do you have milk or juice for breakfast?
15- What time do you have lunch?
16- Where do you have lunch?
17- Do you have lunch with friends?
18- Do you have lunch alone?
19- What time do you start work?
20- What time do you finish work?

CRIMES

1. Is child abuse a problem in your country?
2. Is drunk driving a crime where you live? If so, what is the punishment?
3. Is it ever O.K. to break the law? If so, when?
4. Is prison an effective punishment? (Why? or Why not?)
5. Is there a problem with drug selling where you live?
6. Is your hometown considered safe?
7. Under what situations would you think of committing a crime?
8. What are some things people can do to protect themselves from crime?
9. What are some things that are illegal for minors?
10. What crimes do you think will decrease in the future?
11. What crimes do you think will increase in the future?
12. What crimes have you heard about recently in the news?