General things about me
- My family (use family tree)
- Jobs I have had
- My job or the job I am planning to do
- Things I have studied or plan to study
- Things I like to do in my spare time
- My hobbies
- My best friend
- The kinds of movies I like
- The kinds of books I like
- The kinds of music I like
- Pets I have had
- Where I live and who I live with
- Talk about the town or city where you live. In what way is it the same or different from Sydney?
- Create a life line (childhood, school, adult) with important dates and talk about it
- Do you exercise? How do you keep fit?
- Does your name mean anything? If so, what?
- Have people ever called you by a nickname? What was it? What does it mean (if anything)?
- Choose four adjectives that best describe you.
Things I really like
- The thing I love most in life
- What are the things that make you seriously happy?
- My favourite movie and why
- My favourite actress and actor and why
- My favourite movie made in my country
- My favourite TV show
- My favourite restaurant and why
- My favourite sport to watch
- My favourite sport to play
- My favourite singer or band
- My favourite newspaper or magazine
- My favourite animal and why
- My favourite book and why
- My favourite food
- My favourite subject as school
- My favourite food from my country
- My favourite web site and why
- My favourite shop and why
- My favourite brand or product and why
- My favourite possession
- My favourite building
- My favourite colour and why
- My favourite web site and why
- My favourite city (not my own)
- My favourite article of clothing that I own
- My favourite country (not my own)
- My favourite place
- My best holiday ever
- The best three places to visit in my country and why
- What do you like most about living in Australia?
- The thing I like shopping for the most
- What I find most relaxing
- Something that makes me laugh
- Things that make me happy
- What I like most about Sydney
- A beautiful place I have been to
- A city I know well
- Web sites I visit often
- The three things from my country I would miss most if I emigrated
- Things I miss most about my country
- Things that make me smile
- Things I am passionate about
- My taste in clothes
- Something I am really passionate about
- Complete the sentence: "Happiness is... "
- What was your favourite subject at high school?
- What brands do you buy that you always keep buying?
- What do you usually do when you got out at night in Sydney?
- Where are you living at the moment? Who do you live with?
- What do you usually do when you got out at night in your hometown?
Special memories, people and things
- One of my favourite memories
- Special memories from my childhood
- My favourite childhood memory
- My favourite adult memory
- A special day I remember
- My first day in Australia
- An important day for me
- The most exciting thing that ever happened to me
- A proud moment I have had
- A memorable journey I have made
- An exciting experience I've had
- I time when I felt very afraid
- The best present (gift) someone gave me
- The thing I love most in life
- The most precious thing I own
- The one thing I can't do without
- The person I admire or respect the most
- The person in my life I am the closest to
- My favourite place in the world
- The person I have learned most from in life
- Your happiest moment in the last year
- My earliest memory
- Who is someone you know who has lived a very interesting life?
- Tell me about your closest group of friends at home
Future aims & plans
- What will you do after studying at Kaplan?
- What are your plans for your next holiday?
- What thing that you haven't done would you most like to do?
- What are you doing this evening?
- What are your plans for this weekend?
- Where in the word would you most like to visit and why?
- What job would you love to have in the future?
- What countries and places would you love to visit in the future?
- What do you think you will be doing five years from now?
- What are three things you hope to do before you die?
- What are your short and long term goals?
- What are you excited about in your future?
- What are you worried about in your future?
Past experiences & memories
- The best thing that happened to me today
- The best thing that happened to me this week
- The most annoying thing that happened to me this month
- The funniest thing that happened to me this month
- A memory I have from school
- Something I loved learning when I was a child
- An important event from my childhood
- A hobby or sport I don't do anymore
- A time I had an accident or was injured
- A TV program I used to watch as a child
- Something strange I have eaten
- The best job I have had
- The worst job I have had
- The first CD I bought
- The first time I earned some money and what I did with it
- The best country I have visited
- The most frightening movie I ever saw
- The most memorable sporting match I ever saw
- The best teacher I ever had and why
- Describe a happy event from your childhood
- Have you ever heard an amazing or extraordinary story? Who was involved and what happened?
- Have you ever won a competition or contest? For what?
- The best meal I ever had
- The bravest thing I have ever done
- The craziest thing I have ever done
- The most interesting journey I have been on
- The most romantic thing I have ever done
- The most spontaneous thing I have ever done
- The best thing I ever bought
- Something I regret buying
- The most expensive thing I ever bought
- The worst thing I've ever eaten
- The most interesting person I've met
- Memories of my first date
- What is the most embarrassing situation in which your mobile phone has rung?
- What is the biggest risk you've ever taken? Did it pay off?
- What was your childhood like? How did you spend most of your time? Were you a good or a bad child?
In an ideal or imaginary world
- Something I'd love to learn
- My idea of the perfect romantic date
- Someone I'd love to meet
- The three most important things in a romantic partner
- The three most important qualities in a friend
- My idea of the perfect evening at home
- My idea of the perfect evening out
- What is your idea of the perfect romantic evening?
- How would you spend your ideal day?
- What is your idea of the perfect holiday?
- What is your idea of the ideal party?
- What is your idea of the ideal friend?
- What is your idea of the ideal partner?
- Describe your dream house
- What would be your ideal job if you could do anything?
- What would be the one thing you would do if you were absolutely assured it wouldn't fail?
- If you won enough money to never need to work again, what would you do with your life?
- If you could take a trip anywhere in the world for a month and money was not a problem, where would you go and what would you do?
- If you had a million Australian dollars, what would you do with them (seriously) ?
- If you had a million Australian dollars, what would you do with them (spending just for fun) ?
- You win $3 million. What will you do with it?
- You win $3 million? You must spend it in one week or lose it. How will you spend it?
- Would you like to be famous? Why? Why not?
- Would you rather be very rich or very beautiful?
- What would be the one thing you would do if you were absolutely assured it wouldn't fail?
- If you were forced to change your first name, what new name would you choose?
- Which person (still alive) would you most like to meet and why?
- Which person from history would you most like to have met and why?
- Who would you choose to be shipwrecked on a desert island with?
- Your house is on fire. You can save only three things. What are they?
- Your house on fire. After saving all your loved ones you have time to retrieve only one thing, what would it be?
- If you could have dinner with a historical, who would it be and what questions would you ask them?
- If you could represent your country in any sport, which would you choose?
- If you could have studied something different at college, what would you choose?
My opinions and preferences
- The best thing about learning English
- The most difficult thing about learning English
- What are the best and worst things about Australia for you?
- What do you think were the most useful things you learned in school?
- Is it better to be single or married? Why?
- What do you think is the greatest invention ever? Why?
- Do you think sportsmen are paid too much?
- What do you think is the most important invention or innovation that has happened during your life-time?
- What's worse... having expectations that are too high, or having no expectations at all?
- Do you think men and woman are different? In what way?
- How are men and women in Australia different from men and women in your country?
- Has the worldwide popularity of American movies had an effect on your country's culture? If so, how?
- What is your favourite name for a boy? And for a girl? When you have children, is this what you will call them?
- Do you prefer to play it safe or take risks? Why?
- Do you prefer dogs or cats? Why?
- Do you prefer to read a book or watch a movie?
- Do you prefer travelling by car, plane or train?
- Would you prefer to live in a big city or a small village?
- Do you prefer shopping at large supermarkets or small shops?
- Do you prefer holidays abroad or in your country?
- Do you prefer eating at home or at a restaurant?
- If you could choose, would you rather have a large family or a small family? Why?
Dislikes
- The worst job I ever had and why
- What is one job you would hate to do?
- My idea of the worst job I could possibly do
- Name two things you hate and why
- Name two things you are scared of and why
- What are two things that annoy you?
- What habits that other people have do you find annoying?
- What is the worst movie you have ever seen?
- A memory I'd like to forget
- Things I am useless at
- What makes you angry?
- What kind of (movies, music, books, TV programs, sports) do you dislike
- Something I do not like doing
- Something I think is stupid
- What bores you?
- What would you dislike most in a partner?
Abilities
- Do you have a good memory? What sort of things do you remember? And forget?
- Name two things you are very good at.
- What do you consider your strengths?
- Do you have any unusual skills?
- What are two things you are an expert in?
- What is one of your proudest moments?
- Did you take music lessons when you were a child? Do you still play that instrument?
Getting more personal
- Who has had the greatest influence on your life?
- The memory I'd most like to forget (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.)
- My most embarrassing moment
- When was the last time you lost your temper? What happened?
- What is one thing about you that many people don't know?
- Something I'd like to change about myself
- A time when I felt very frightened
- A time when I felt very embarrassed
- I time when I was very stressed
- The thing I am most afraid of and why
- Something that I worry about at night
- Do you have any habits which you consider bad habits? What are they?
- Have you ever given up a bad habit? What was it?
- If you could choose one animal that best represents you, what would it be?
- If you could pick one possession that best represents you, what would it be?
- If you were guaranteed honest answers to any three questions, whom would you question and what would you ask?
- If you were to die this evening without having the opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you regret most not having told someone? Why haven't you told them yet?
- If your life was a video and you could go back and edit parts out, what parts would you change?
- How do you know when you're in love?
- Name two good points and two bad points about yourself.
- Is there anyone's advice you regret having or not having taken?
- What are the 3 things you value most in life?
- What are you most proud of in your life?
- What really moves you?
- What are your best characteristics?
- What are your short and long term goals
- What has been the most life-changing experience you've ever had?
- What person from your past would you most like to see again?
- What sort of men or woman are you attracted to?
- What three adjectives might other people use to describe your personality?
- What three things do you regret not learning to do?
- What is your greatest regret in life?
- What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
- What's the thing you like most about your partner?
- Who has had the biggest influence on your life?
- Who is the first person you fell in love with?
