B1 (Intermediate)

Sleep

  1. How many hours of sleep do we need as an adult? Is it different from person to person?
  2.  How many hours of sleep do you get at nights? Is that enough?
  3. How do you feel when you wake up?
  4. Can you remember your dreams? Do they influence your mood during the day?
  5. Do you have a sleeping routine before you go to bed?
  6. Do you fall asleep easily? If not what do you do to help you sleep well?
  7.  Do you usually have a nap during the day? How long does it take?
  8. Do you talk/walk in your sleep? Do you snore?

Gifts

  1. What's the best gift you have ever received? Who gave it to you and what was it for?
  2. Who do you usually give gifts to? How often?
  3. What do you do if you get a gift which you don't like?
  4. Do you ever tell others what gifts they buy for you?
  5. If you could choose a birthday present for yourself, what would that be?
  6. Is there any gift which is considered unlucky in your culture? What are some common gifts in your country?
  7. Does the price of the gift matter to you? Do you prefer very expensive gifts or something from heart?

Pet

  1. Do you have a pet? What is it? How long have you had it?
  2. Would you like to receive a pet as a gift? Have you ever given a pet to someone as a gift?
  3. How often do you play with your pet?
  4. Why do people keep pets?
  5. Is it fair to keep animals as pets since by doing so we deprive them of their natural environment?
  6. Is it ok to keep endangered species as pets to protect them?
  7. Isn't spending a lot of money on pets a waste?
  8. What are the major problems of having pets?

Meeting People

  1. How do you feel when you meet new people? Do you think of yourself as shy or outgoing?
  2. Are you good at starting conversations with new people? What are some of the common topics you talk about?
  3. What are the things you are not supposed to ask a person you have just met?
  4. Do you usually leave a good first impression on people? If so, what do you owe it to?
  5. Do you tend to start a conversation with the people of same or opposite sex? Why is it so do you think?
  6. What kind of people do you like to meet?

Love and Marriage

  1. Do you believe in marriage?
  2. Is marriage the end of love or the beginning?
  3. How can you make a marriage a happy one?
  4. Which one outweighs the other, single life hardships and loneliness or married life difficulties?
  5. Should people stay married if they no longer love each other?
  6. How can you avoid the boredom of married life? Is having a baby a good way to overcome the boredom?
  7.  What are the most common reasons that a marriage goes wrong?
  8. What's the scariest thing about marriage?
  9. What do you think of gay marriage?

Friends

  1. How many close friends do you have? How long have you been friends?
  2. Do you make friends easily?
  3. How do you take care of your friendship?
  4. What's the most important quality of a good friend?
  5. What makes family and friends different? Which one is more important to you?
  6. If you have a financial problem, who do you turn to, family or friends?
  7. What do you do when there is a conflict between you and your friend?
  8. How have your friends/best friends changed your life?

Dating

  1. What can you remember about your first date? Did anything go wrong?
  2. How would you describe a perfect date?
  3. What does to go Dutch means? Do you think it's a good idea to go Dutch on a first date?
  4. What's a blind date? Do you think it's a good idea to do so? Have you ever been on a blind date? What happened?
  5. Do you believe in love at first sight?
  6. Have you ever had a crush on someone? What happened?
  7. What age is good to start dating?
  8. Is it ok to date people who are much younger or older than you?

Parenting

  1. How would you describe an ideal parent?
  2. What is the best thing about your mother/father?
  3. If you are a parent, do you think you are a good one? If not, do you guess you would make a good one?
  4. As a parent would you let your child go out with her/his friends in early teens?
  5. As a parent would you allow your child pierce their bodies? Why? Why not?
  6. How can you bring up your children to be independent?
  7. Do you spoil your children? If so in what ways? If not, why?
  8. How would you handle sibling rivalry?

Children

  1. How many children are there in your family? Is it fine or you preferred less/more children?
  2. Do you feel comfortable around children? Do you enjoy being with them?
  3. Who's the best child you've ever seen? How would you describe him/her?
  4. What's good about being a child? What are the downsides of being a child?
  5. If you had the chance to go back to your childhood, would you choose to do so? Why? Why not?
  6. How are children different from the time you were a child?
  7. What's the most wonderful thing about children?

Childhood

  1. Did you have a happy childhood? What made it happy/unhappy?
  2. What did you do when you were a child? What did you like to do but you weren't permitted?
  3. How old were your parents when you were born? How did their age affect your childhood?
  4. How many siblings have you got? Did you get along well with them as a child? How would your childhood be different if you were an only child?
  5. Were your parents strict or permissive? Do you wish to be the same or different for your children?

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