1 Why do some people prefer to travel in their own country rather than going abroad? 2 Some people don't like to travel abroad. Why? 3 Why do people choose to travel or live abroad? 4 What food do you (people in your country) eat on special occasions? 5 Why do many people like to spend a lot of money on food on special days? 6 What do you think of people using their mobile phones during a meal? 7 Do you think it’s good to communicate when eating with your family? 8 More and more people are unwilling to cook. Why is this happening? 9 What do you think buildings will be like in the future? 10 Which do most people prefer, living in a bungalow or in a tall building? 11 Why are taller and taller building being constructed nowadays? 12 Why do people get up early? 13 Are there any situations when it's not good to arrive early? 14 Why do some people stay up late at night? 15 Is it easy to get up early? 16 Do you think children can learn about the law outside of school? (added on 30 June) 17 Do people in your country usually obey the law? 18 What are some rules that exist in schools or workplaces in your country? 19 Do people in your country like to grow plants? 20 Do people like to grow vegetables in your country? 21 How do people feel when they eat vegetables that they grew on their own? 22 Do you still keep in touch with your friends from childhood? 23 What’s the difference between having younger friends and older friends? 24 Has technology changed people’s friendships? How? 25 What do you think of communicating via social media? 26 Will online social media replace face-to-face communication? 27 Is it necessary for kids to have some close friends? 28 Do old people often change plans? 29 How would you tell your friends if you had to change your plans? 30 How does technology help people make plans? 31 Why do parents still make plans for their children nowadays? 32 What food do you eat on special occasions? 33 Is food now better than in the past? 34 What is the difference between watching sports events at home and at the stadium? 35 Why does somebody dislike to watch the Olympic Games? 36 What do you need to do before you travel? 37 Where do people usually travel on holidays? 38 Do you think it's important to do some preparation before you travel to new places? 39 Do you think children sometimes have to make important decisions? 40 What important decisions do young people need to make after the completion of high school? 41 Who can children turn to for help when making a decision? 42 How do people make important decisions? 43 What are the advantages of advertising? 44 Do you think advertisements can influence our decisions when shopping? 45 Do you prefer to work in a team or own your own? 46 What kinds of jobs require people to work in a team? 47 What qualities do you think a good team member should have? 48 Why do some people open their own business? 49 What do you need to start a business? 50 Do you agree that nowadays it is easier to set up a business than in the past? 51 Do people in your country like to work in big companies or small companies? 52 What challenges and difficulties do people face when they try to have a successful small business? 53 What makes some companies more successful than others? 54 In your country, when people visit other people in their homes, do they usually bring a gift? 55 What kind of houses or apartments do people prefer to buy? 56 What is the difference between living in the countryside and the city? 57 Are rivers and lakes important to a country? (added on 26 June) 58 Are rivers and lakes good for transport? (added on 26 June) 59 Do you think rivers and lakes attract tourists? (added on 26 June) 60 Why are rivers and lakes important to local people? 61 What water sports are popular in your country? 62 Do you think having a river or lake has an impact on tourism in the city? 63 Which is better, to study a language alone or to study it in a group? (added on 27 June) 64 What are the advantages and disadvantages of learning a language? (added on 27 June) 65 Some people think that technology has made it unnecessary to learn languages. What do you think? (added on 27 June) 66 What are the difficulties of learning a new language? 67 Why do people learn foreign languages? 68 What can people do to learn a foreign language? 69 What can teachers do to make students obey rules? 70 What are some rules that exist in schools or workplaces in your country? 71 What should parents do to educate children about laws? 72 When people break rules, how are they punished in your country? 73 What leisure activities do old and young people prefer? 74 How does technology affect the way people spend leisure time? 75 Is leisure time important for everyone? 76 How can parents help children to be organized? 77 What factors should people consider organising events? 78 Would you rather be in a car or bus in a traffic jam? 79 What are good ways to manage traffic? 80 Do you think highways will help reduce traffic jams? 81 In what ways can we fix traffic problems? 82 Will there be fewer people using cars because of improved public transportation? 83 What benefits does public transport bring to the world? 84 What needs to be improved in public transport? 85 Why do people set goals? 86 When do young children start setting goals for themselves? 87 How would you define success? 88 In general, how do people judge or, assess the success of others? 89 What does it take to become successful? 90 Have you ever had any experience with things related to AI? 91 Are people born clever or need to learn to be clever? 92 How do children become smart at school? 93 Do you think society needs people with different types of intelligence? 94 Do you think smart people are happy? 95 Do you think smart people are not good at certain things? 96 Do you think the intelligence of a person is important? 97 What ways do people use to judge someone's intelligence? 98 Do you think there is anything that intelligent people find difficult to do? 99 When do children begin to have their own ideas and opinions? 100 Who do children listen to more, their parents or their teachers? 101 Who are smart children likely to be influenced by? 102 Do you think children will always have ideas and opinions similar to those of their parents? 103 What do young people have strong opinions about? 104 How can teachers help children develop their ideas and opinions? 105 When do people change opinions? 106 Why do people write letters? 107 On what particular occasion do you prefer to write letters? 108 What are the advantages of advertising? 109 Many advertisers like to use sports stars' endorsements. What are the reasons? 110 Which one is more effective, newspaper advertising or online advertising? 111 What do you think of celebrity endorsement? 112 What factors should be taken into account while making advertisements? 113 What can people do to fight boredom? 114 Do you think young people get bored more quickly than old people? 115 Do you think having a daily routine is boring? 116 In what situations do people usually feel bored? 117 Why do some people get bored faster than others? 118 Some people say that it's good to feel bored sometimes. What do you think? 119 Do you agree that it is impossible to feel bored in our today's world? 120 Do teachers play videos in class in your country? 121 Why are young people so obsessed with watching short videos? 122 Why do stories and movies for children always feature animals? 123 Why do people like to keep pets? 124 Do you think children love animals more than old people do? 125 Do you like to take care of animals? 126 How are pets now different from those in the past? 127 What problems will keeping pets bring? 128 Is it safe for animals to live in cities? 129 Do you think being a doctor is easy or difficult? (added on 25 June) 130 Why do some children want to become doctors? (added on 25 June) 131 Do you think learning biology is interesting for children? (added on 25 June) 132 Do you think governments should put a large amount of money into medical research? (added on 25 June) 133 Do you think it is necessary to learn first aid skills? 134 What are the differences between the work of a doctor and that of a nurse? 135 Is having happy workers important for the success of a company? 136 What are the good things about working for a big company? 137 What are the benefits and disadvantages of working at an international company? 138 Do you think it's important to have a national identity? 139 How can people develop their national identity? 140 Why do local people like to read local news? 141 How often do people in your country buy newspapers? 142 Do you think visual media (film, photography) is important in how news is presented? 143 What do you think of news on social media? 144 How do people in your country get news? 145 Are there many people who can speak foreign languages in your country? (added on 29 June) 146 Does speaking other languages help at work? (added on 29 June) 147 Do people learn any languages other than English? (added on 29 June) 148 What can people do to learn a foreign language? 149 Why do people learn foreign languages? 150 Is it more important to learn foreign languages now than before? 151 Do you think that children adapt to new things more easily than adults? 152 How can people learn new things? 153 For those who live in cities, is it because they want to or have to? (added on 24 June) 154 Do you prefer to visit well-developed cities or cities with a long history? (added on 24 June) 155 What are the disadvantages of living in a very famous city? (added on 24 June) 156 Before you travel to a city, what factors would you consider? (added on 24 June) 157 Do you think modern cities are suitable for young people or old people? (added on 24 June) 158 What kinds of facilities do big cities have? (added on 24 June) 159 What is the difference between living in the countryside and the city? 160 Is it good for elderly people to live in large cities? 161 Is it possible that all of the population move to cities? 162 Do you think people in the countryside are friendlier than in cities? 163 What should the government do to improve citizens' safety? 164 What changes usually take place in cities and towns? 165 Is it good to reward children too often? (added on 10 Jan 2026) 166 On what occasions would adults feel proud of themselves? 167 Is it a good idea to reward children for doing homework or housework? 168 What would children do to make their parents proud? 169 What did you do to make your parents proud when you were young? 170 What advantages of yours make you proud? 171 When was the last time that you felt proud of yourself? 172 What kind of jobs do children like? 173 How can people find a perfect job? 174 Which is more important when choosing a job, high salary or interest? 175 Do young and old people use phones in the same way? 176 What positive and negative effects do mobile phones have on friendship? 177 Is it a waste of time to take pictures with mobile phones? 178 Many people think mobile phones can be annoying at times. Can you give any examples of that? 179 What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a famous child? 180 What can today’s children do to become famous? 181 Do people become famous just because of their talent? 182 Why is it difficult for some people to relax? 183 Do you think there should be classes for training young people and children how to relax? 184 Which is more important, mental relaxation or physical relaxation? 185 Do people in your country exercise after work? 186 What are the benefits of doing exercise? 187 What is the place where people spend most of their time in their home? 188 Why do all children like toys? (added on 11 Jan 2026) 189 Do you think it’s good for a child to take his or her favourite toy with them all the time? (added on 11 Jan 2026) 190 Do you think that keeping old things in a family is a great way to connect with the past? 191 How have people’s shopping habits changed in recent decades? 192 How do shops attract customers? 193 Do people smile more when they are younger or older? (added on 11 Jan 2026) 194 Do you think people who like to smile are more friendly? 195 Why do most people smile in photographs? 196 Do women smile more than men? Why? 197 Should people prepare before giving advice? (added on 17 Jan 2026) 198 Is it good to ask advice from strangers online? (added on 17 Jan 2026) 199 What are the personalities of people whose job is to give advice to others? (added on 17 Jan 2026) 200 What problems can people face if they ask many different people for advice? 201 Why do some people like to ask others for advice on almost everything? 202 In general, what kind of person is most suitable for giving advice to others? 203 What are the differences between old and young people when using apps? (added on 22 Jan 2026) 204 What are the drawbacks of having too many apps? 205 What are the most and the least popular apps in your country? 206 What kind of apps do you have on your phone? 207 Why do people like travelling? 208 What jobs can people do abroad for a short period of time? 209 Is it good that now people have an opportunity to work abroad? 210 What kinds of things are kept in museums? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 211 What’s the influence of technology on museums? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 212 What are the differences between the things that people keep today and the things that people kept in the past? 213 As well as family photographs, what are some other things that people keep in their family for a long time? 214 Do you think air pollution comes mostly from mobile vehicles? (added on 27 Jan 2026) 215 Do you think people need to change the way of transportation drastically to protect the environment? (added on 27 Jan 2026) 216 How are transportation systems in rural and urban areas different? 217 Which mode of transport is more popular in your country, a bicycle or car? 218 Do you think that people buy a lot of things that they don't need? 219 Do you often buy more than you expected? (added on 27 Jan 2026) 220 Do you think adults can have lots of imagination? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 221 What subjects are helpful for children's imagination? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 222 What kind of jobs require imagination? 223 Do scientists need imagination in their work? 224 Do people in your country prefer to watch domestic movies or foreign movies? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 225 Do you think only well-known directors can create the best movies? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 226 What makes a movie a blockbuster? 227 Are actors and actresses important to movies? 228 What kinds of movies are successful in your country? 229 Do people in your country still like to go to a cinema? 230 Why do most children like listening to stories before bedtime? 231 Is a good storyline important for a movie? 232 Why do children like hearing the same bedtime story? 233 How do children become smart at school? (added on 27 Jan 2026) 234 Why are some people well-rounded and others only good at one thing? (added on 27 Jan 2026) 235 Are people born clever or need to learn to be clever? 236 Do you think society needs people with different types of intelligence? 237 How can parents teach their children to protect nature? 238 Should schools teach children to get close to nature? 239 Do you think there should be laws to protect nature? 240 What do young people spend money on? 241 Is it good and necessary to teach children to save money? 242 Do you think that people buy a lot of things that they don't need? 243 Should children help their parents with household chores? (added on 17 Jan 2026) 244 What kind of help do people need when looking for a new job? (added on 17 Jan 2026) 245 Who should people ask for help, colleagues or family members? (added on 17 Jan 2026) 246 What can children help parents with? 247 In your view, should children be taught to help others? 248 What are the differences between the technology of the past and that of today? (added on 20 Jan 2026) 249 What are the differences between making friends in real life and online? (added on 20 Jan 2026) 250 Does technological development have a negative impact on communication among people? (added on 19 Jan 2026) 251 Do you think technology unites or separates people? 252 What are the differences between talking with friends online and face-to-face? 253 What technology do people currently use? 254 What kind of music events do people like today? 255 Do you think some people are better than others at persuading? (added on 28 Jan 2026) 256 What kind of encouragement should parents give? (added on 27 Jan 2026) 257 Is the role of a leader important in a group? 258 When should parents encourage their children? 259 Do you think enterprises should provide training for their employees? (added on 22 Jan 2026) 260 Do you think learning many subjects at one time is better or learning one subject is better? 261 Do you think learning many subjects is beneficial to your work? 262 Do you think all teachers should have entertaining teaching styles? 263 Should teachers make lessons fun? 264 Is it important for people to learn new skills all life long? 265 What activities do we need to plan ahead? (added on 25 Jan 2026) 266 Is making study plans popular among young people? (added on 25 Jan 2026) 267 Do you think choosing a college major is closely related to a person’s future career? (added on 25 Jan 2026) 268 Do you think children should plan their future careers? (added on 22 Jan 2026) 269 Should children ask their teachers or parents for advice when making plans? (added on 22 Jan 2026) 270 In general, do you think planning is important? 271 What is the right age for a child to learn drawing? 272 Why do most children draw more often than adults do? 273 Why do some people visit galleries or museums instead of viewing artworks online? 274 Do you think galleries and museums should be free of charge? 275 How do artworks inspire people? 276 Is it hard to find quiet places in cities? 277 Can people bring children to these noise-free places? 278 What places should be noise-free? 279 Are there many quiet places in your city? 280 Is there any place that is absolutely quiet? 281 Why is it difficult to stay in a quiet place? 282 What shows do old people and young people watch? 283 Do people in your country like to watch foreign TV programs? 284 Do you think watching talk shows is a waste of time? 285 Do you think we can acquire knowledge from watching TV programs? 286 What’s the benefit of letting kids watch animal videos rather than visiting zoos? 287 Do teachers play videos in class in your country? 288 Is the appearance of a public building as important as its functionality? 289 Is it more important for a building to look good on the outside or on the inside? 290 Why do people like to visit historical places? 291 What types of buildings are popular in your country? 292 Do you think parents should limit their children from watching television? 293 Would your family watch TV together? 294 What are the differences in television viewing habits between the elderly and the young? 295 How has technology changed the way people watch television? 296 What do you think about ads in TV series?