B1 (Intermediate)

1. What is plagiarism?
2. Have you ever copied someone's words, ideas,…without telling them or mentioning their names?
3. How bad is plagiarism? Why?
4. What are the punishments for plagiarism in your country? In the world?
5. What do you know about copyright?
6. Have you ever downloaded or copied a CD illegally? Why?
7. How can we stop plagiarism?
8. Does plagiarism make people less creative?

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1. Do you like taking photos? How often do you take photos? Do you usually show your photos to others?
2. What subjects do you usually choose to take photos from?
3. Do you like taking photos from children? Why? Why not?
4. How many photos do you have in your family album/photo archive?
5. When was the last time you printed a photo?
6. Why do people take photos?
7. Do you usually post personal photos on the internet? Do you ask for your friend’s permission (if they are on the photo)? Is it safe?

1. Do you paint? Does anybody in your family paint? Have you ever been interested in painting?
2. Did you paint for your art courses at school? Were you good at painting? Do you think it's an important subject at school?
3. Do you think painting well is a talent or it can be learnt?
4. Who's your favorite painter? What style of painting do you like(realism, cubism, …)
5. Do you prefer painting of landscapes, portraits,…?
6. How many paintings have you got at your home? Can you describe them?
7. What do you think of modern paintings?

1. What's your favorite movie? What do you like about it most (is it the story, the actors,…)?
2. What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?
3. What's the most romantic movie you have ever seen?
4. What's the best comedy you have ever watched?
5. What kind of movies do you like? Is there any kind of movies you dislike?
6. Do you like watching movies alone or with your family/friends? Why?
7. Do you enjoy watching movies at home or in a cinema?
8. Do you think movies are just for entertainment or we can really learn from them?

1. What's the best invention ever? Why? Who invented it?
2. What's the worst invention ever? Why? Who invented it?
3. Who's the most famous inventor that you know? What are his inventions?
4. What would you like to invent?
5. Do you think time machine is a future invention?
6. Do you think inventions always have some bad side effects?
7. Do you think one day people can live on other planets? What inventions do they need to realize this dream?
8. Do you know any inventor who was not successful when he was alive?

1. How often do you use the internet? What do you use it for? About how many hours a day do you use it?
2. Are you addicted to the internet?
3. Do you have access to the internet both at home and at work/University? Do you use the internet on your cell phone?
4. What annoys you about the internet?
5. How would the world change without internet?
6. How would your life be different without internet?
7. What does WWW stand for?
8. What's the best thing about internet?

1. When did you learn to use a computer first? Do you know a lot about computers?
2. Do you have a personal computer or do you share one with your family? Can your parents use a computer?
3. What do you do with a computer? How did you learn these skills? Which software can you work with?
4. How often do you use a computer? Do you use it for work or entertainment?
5. Do you spend more time with your computer or with your friends and family? Do you think computers waste too much of your time?

1. Do you have a cell phone? How old were you when you got a cell phone first?
2. Do you ever switch off your cell phone? How often? Why?
3. How many phone calls do you make a day on average?
4. Are you a fan of texting? How many do you send a day on average?
5. Who pays your phone bills?
6. Are you happy with the cell phone you have now? Why? Why not?
7. Are you going to change your cell phone in the next two months? Why?
8. Do you talk on your cell phone in taxi? On a bus? Is it polite to do so?

1. What is cloning?
2. What are some advantages/disadvantages of cloning?
3. To what extent should we consider morality in human cloning? How about animal cloning?
4. Do you personally support cloning or not? Why?
5. Are you ready to be cloned? How do you feel about that?
6. Do you think cloned animals/vegetables are convenient as food? Are they healthy?

1. Do you like playing video games? How do you feel when you are playing?
2. Who plays video games more, adults or children? Why?
3. Do you learn anything by playing video games? What?
4. How many hours a day do you play? Do you think parents should set time limits for children?
5. Are video games addictive?
6. What are the disadvantages of playing video games?
7. PlayStation, X-Box or Nintendo Wii – which is your favorite and why? Which one you are best at?