Here are some questions for speaking English, and English conversation topics. These questions can be used to talk about in English. Most importantly, similar questions are in duolingo English speaking test and B1 Test/B2 Test. These questions are good for beginners and advanced learners. The strategy of answering them may be modified. If you want more questions, you may find 70 Questions for Speaking English on our website.

Instructions:

1. Choose a topic, such as hobbies, food, travel, or animals.
2. Ask a question related to the topic, starting with “What”, “Where”, “When”, “Why”, or “How”.
3. The next person answers the question and asks a new question, starting with a different question word (e.g., “What” followed by “Where”, etc.).
4. Continue the chain, each person answering and asking a new question.
5. Encourage creative and thoughtful questions!

Example:

Person 1: “What’s your favorite hobby?”
Person 2: “My favorite hobby is reading. Where do you like to read?”
Person 3: “I like to read at the beach. When did you start reading?”
Person 4: “I started reading when I was 8. Why do you like reading?”
Person 5: “I like reading because it takes me to new worlds. How often do you read?”

Questions 1 to 10

  • 1. Can I have your name please? May I know your name? What’s your good name?
  • 2. Where are you from? or Where do you come from?
  • 3. What do you do? or What’s your job?
  • 4. How do you usually spend your day? or What are your hobbies?
  • 5. Do you like hanging out with your friends on every weekend?
  • 6. Do you like computer games?
  • 7. How often do you read books?
  • 8. What sort of books do you like to read?
  • 9. What kind of friends you like to have?
  • 10. Who is your favorite personality? and why do you like him/her?

Questions 11 to 20

  • 11. Do you like music?
  • 12. What kind of music do you like?
  • 13. Do you watch movies?
  • 14. Which kinds of movies do you like?
  • 15. Do you watch movies on mobile phone or in the cinema?
  • 16. Why do you like action movies?
  • 17. What physical games do you play?
  • 18. How much time do you spend on social media?
  • 19. Which application do you mostly use on social media?
  • 20. Do you have friends from other countries? 

Questions 21 to 30

  • 21. Who is your favorite actor/writer/player?
  • 22. What do you know about the culture of other nations?
  • 23. Are you a university student?
  • 24. Do you want to go abroad for higher studies?
  • 25. Which course would you like to study?
  • 26. Are you interested in football/cricket/basketball?
  • 27. What’s your favorite team in football/cricket/basketball?
  • 28. What’s your favorite subject?
  • 29. Is there any reason to choose this subject?
  • 30. What was your favorite subject in school? 

Questions 31 to 40

  • 31. Who was your best friend at school, why did you like him?
  • 32. What were the activities you liked in your childhood?
  • 33. What places do you like to visit?
  • 34. Do you like traditional food or prefer fast food?
  • 35. Do you think fast food is not good for health?
  • 36. What activities you perform to stay healthy?
  • 37. How many hours do you sleep?
  • 38. Do you hate your job?
  • 39. What’s your opinion about a job holder and a business person?
  • 40. Do you like shopping? 

Questions 41 to 50

  • 41. Is there anything you don’t like about shopping?
  • 42. Do you prefer online shopping?
  • 43. What’s your opinion about online learning?
  • 44. How many languages do you speak?
  • 45. Why are you learning English?
  • 46. What is your native language?
  • 47. How did you learn this language?
  • 48. What do you think what is the best way to learn a language?
  • 49. What’s the best moment of your life?
  • 50. Are you interested in cars? What’s your favorite car?