B1 Questions

Speaking Activities
Upper/Intermediate Level
1) Where are you from? Can you describe it?
2) What is for you the most enjoyable type of holiday?

(camping, hotel, club, rented accommodation, touring, sports activities, etc.)
List 5 things/objects not to forget when you go on holiday.
3. Describe your favourite hobby.

Why do you like it? When did you take it up? How often do you do it?
4. What are the 5 most important decisions in a person's life?
5. Who is the greatest?

Who is/was the greatest leader in the world?
Who is/was the greatest athlete of all time?
What is/was the greatest movie you ever saw?
Who is/was the greatest inventor of all time?
6. Are people becoming telephone addicts?

Could you live without a telephone?
What would happen if for some reason our telephones no longer worked?
7. Why are social networks so popular nowadays?

What are the positive/negative effects?
8. Do you think actors, singers, sportsmen, etc. earn too much money? Why/why not?
9. Under what circumstances would you :

walk out of a restaurant?
refuse a taxi?
call the manager of a hotel?
sleep in a train/bus station?
wear casual clothes to work?
10.If you won a lot of money, what would you do? Would you :
keep it a secret?
stop working?
go shopping?
buy a new house?
travel around the world?
give money to your family/friends?
give money to charity?
11.What is a good job?
an interesting job?
a well-paid job?
a secure job?
good working conditions?
12.If you had to move to another country because of your job (or your partner's job),
what country would you prefer if you had a choice?
what would you miss most?
what would be the most important for you?
13. Do you usually watch the news? What other programmes do you like watching?
14.Travel
What country would you most like to visit?
Is there a place you would never visit again?
If you were only allowed to take five things to an unknown destination,
what would you take?
15.Food
What country has the best cuisine?
What is your favourite food?
What is the worst thing you’ve ever tasted?
Do you worry about the safety of the food you eat?
Do you buy organic food?
16. What’s one thing in your home you couldn’t live without? Why?
17. If you had €5,000 that you had to spend today, how would you use it?
18. What are you going to do after class today?
19. How do you relax after a busy week?
20. What is the most challenging part of your job or your studies? What is the most rewarding
part?
21. If you could live anywhere in the world for one year, where would you live and why?
22. Can you think of a time when a failure actually worked out well?
23. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
24. What is one thing you’ve never done but would like to do?
25. If you had to give up your mobile phone, your computer, or your TV, which one item would
you choose to give up and why?
26. If you could only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
27. If you were going on a twelve-hour flight and the only entertainment you could bring was a
book, what book would you choose?
28. If you could meet one musician, living or dead, who would it be?
29. Do you think marriage as an institution is outdated? Why or why not?
30. How do you think technology, such as smartphones and social media, has changed the way
we interact with people?
31. What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana?
32. Do you think Spanish economy has improved in the last few years?
33. What do you think would happen if the price of cigarrettes was raised in your country?
34. Do you think it’s possible to have a happy family and a successful career at the same time?
35. What is your opinion about violence on TV, movies, and video games?
36. What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?
37. If you could set up your own business, what would it be like?
38. Do you enjoy spending time on your own?
39. If you were making a movie about your life, which actor/actress would play the part of
you? Why did you choose this person?
40. Have you ever lived abroad? How was it like? If not, would you like to try it?

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Speaking Activities

1) Where are you from? Can you describe it?

2) What is for you the most enjoyable type of holiday?

3. Describe your favourite hobby.

4. What are the 5 most important decisions in a person's life?

5. Who is the greatest?

6. Are people becoming telephone addicts?

7. Why are social networks so popular nowadays?

9. Under what circumstances would you :

18. What are you going to do after class today?

19. How do you relax after a busy week?

29. Do you think marriage as an institution is outdated? Why or why not?

31. What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana?

36. What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

38. Do you enjoy spending time on your own?

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