Getting to know you conversation questions
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These are really general ELT icebreaker conversation questions. Unlike many of our other conversation questions they are pretty basic.
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Getting to know you
Personal details
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Where do you live?
- Is that far from here?
Family
- Are you married? Do you have any children? How old are they?
- How many brothers and sisters do you have?
- Are they older or younger than you?
- What do they do?
Work
- Where do you work?
- What do you do?
- How do you get to work?
- How long does it take?
- How long have you been working there?
- Could you describe your job in more detail?
Higher education
- Where do you study?
- What are you studying?
- Why did you choose that subject?
- How do you get to school/college/university?
- How long does it take?
Hobbies/interests
- What kind of things are you interested in?
- What do you like to watch on television?
- How much TV do you watch a day?
- Very little (less than an hour)
- Between an hour and a couple of hours
- More than two hours
- What do you like to read?
- How many books do you read a year?
- Not many (one or two)
- Three or four
- More than half a dozen
- Do you like travelling?
- How often do you travel abroad (for pleasure)?
- Would you travel more if you could?
- Do you do any sports?
- How often do you do sport or exercise?
- Which of the following do you know how to play? How often do you play them?
- Chess
- Other board games, such as ludo/Monopoly/Scrabble
- Dominoes
- Card games
- Darts
- Billiards/pool/snooker
