Part One
1. First set of questions, asked to almost all students
1. May I know your full name?
2. How may I address you?
3. May I see your ID?
4. Where do you come from?
2. Work or Studies
(General Training students are likely to be asked questions related to their job experience
which could be personal)
WORK
1. What work do you do?
2. Why did you choose to do that type of work (or that job)?
3. Do you like your job?
4. Is it very interesting?
5. Do you miss being a student?
STUDIES
1. What subject(s) are you studying?
2. Why did you choose to study that subject/those subjects?
3. Do you like your subject? Why/Why not?
4. Is it very interesting?
5. Are you looking forward to working?
6. Do you prefer to study in the mornings or afternoons?
3. Home/Accommodation
1. Do you live in a house or flat? Or What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?
2. Please describe it a little.
3. What’s your favorite room in your home?
4. What have you done to your room to make it look nice?
5. Who do you live with?
6. Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
7. How long have you lived there?
8. Do you plan to live there a long time?
9. (If you answer you haven’t lived there long) What’s the difference between where you areliving now and where you have lived in the past?
10. What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
11. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
12. Do you plan to move?
13. Would you like to move to another place to live? (Why/why not?)
14. Are you prepared to move?
4. Hometown
1. What’s (the name of) your hometown?
2. Is it a big city or a small place?
3. Please describe your hometown a little.
4. How long have you been living there?
5. Do you like your hometown?
6. Do you like living there?
7. Would you say it’s an interesting place?
8. What do you like (most) about your hometown?
9. What’s your favorite part of your hometown?
10. Is there anything you dislike about it?
11. Do you think you will continue living there for long time?
12. Are there any tourist attractions in your hometown?
13. Did your friends also grow up in the same place as you?
14. Would you like to live there in the future?
5. Flowers
1. What kind of flowers do you know?
2. Are there any flowers that have special meaning in India?
3. Have you planted any flowers?
4. Have you sent flowers to anyone?
6. Barbecue
1. Do Indian people like barbecue
2. What kind of food do you like to eat for barbeque?
3. Would you like to have barbeque with your family or your friends?
4. Did you have barbeque when you were a child?
7. Car Trip
1. Do you like to travel by car?
2. When do you travel by car?
3. Where is the farthest place you have traveled by car?
4. Do you like to sit in the back or front when travelling by car?
8. Relax
1. What do you do to relax?
2. Do you think doing sports is a good way to relax?
3. Do you think vacation is a good time for you to relax?
4. Do you think students need more relaxing time?
9. Special Costumes
1. Do you like to wear special costumes?
2. Did you try any special costumes when you were young?
3. When was the last time you wore special costumes?
4. Did you ever buy special costumes?
10. Wallet
1. Do you use a wallet?
2. Have you ever lost a wallet?
3. Have you ever sent a wallet to someone as a gift?
4. Do most of your friends use a wallet?
11. Primary School
1. What did you like to do the most when you were in primary school?
2. How did you go to your primary school?
3. How do you like your primary school?
4. What did you do in your leisure time in primary school?
12. Environmental protection
1. Would you like to work in a company related to environmental protection?
2. How can we protect the environment?
3. Do you think you have done enough to protect the environment?
4. Is there education about environmental protection at school
13. New Year
1. How do you celebrate New Year?
2. Do you still remember a New Year that you celebrated?
3. Do you have any ceremonies to celebrate the New Year in your country?
4. Why do people think New Year is a new beginning?
14. Feel Happy
1. Is there anything that makes you feel happy lately?
2. What do you do to stay happy?
3. Can you stay happy all the time?
4. Is it important to be happy?
15. Trees
1. What kind of trees do people usually plant in your country? How about your hometown?
2. Have you ever planted trees?
3. What kind of trees do you plant?
4. Do you like planting trees and why?
16. Decoration
1. What is the decoration like in your home?
2. What kind of decoration do you prefer?
3. Do Indian people like decorating their homes?
4. What’s your favorite color when decorating your home?
17. Farming
1. Have you visited a farm?
2. What kind of farm do you like?
3. Do you think farming is important?
4. Did you do farm work when you were young?.
18. Furniture
1. Do you have a lot of furniture in your home?
2. Is there anyone who bought furniture for you?
3. What kind of furniture would you like to buy?
3. What kind of furniture would you like to buy?
4. Which furniture do you like best in your home?
19. Stages of life
1. Do you enjoy your current stage of life?
2. In what stage of your life were you the happiest?
3. Which stage of your life do you think is the most important?
4. What’s your plan for your next stage of life?.
20. Taking rest
1. How often do you take a rest?
2. What do you usually do when you are resting?
3. Do you take a nap when you are resting?
4. How do you feel after taking a nap?
21. Home country
1. Which part of your country do you like to live in?
2. What makes you feel proud of your country?
3. Do you know the history of your country well?
4. Will you stay in India in the future?
22. Window View
1. What scenery can you see from the window of your room?
2. Do you like to watch the scenery from your window?
3. Do you want to live in a house with beautiful window views?
4. How do you feel when you can’t see any beautiful view from your window?
23. Name
1. Is it easy for you to remember people’s names?
2. How do you remember people’s names?
3. How do you feel when people can’t remember your name?
4. Do you often forget people’s names?
24. Reading
1. Do you like reading?
2. Do you like to read at home or in other places?
3. In what places do you think it is difficult to read?
4. Do you like to read by yourself or with other people?
25. Getting Up Early
1. Do you often get up early in the morning?
2. What do you usually do when you get up early?
3. Do you get up early on weekends?
4. Which morning do you like the best in a week?
26. New Activities
1.Do you like to try new activities? Why?
2. What activities would you like to try?
3. What activities did you do when you were a child?
4. Do you like to try new activities alone or with friends?
27. Singing
1. Do you often (like to) sing?
2. When do you like to sing?
3. How much time do you spend in singing every day?
4. What kinds of music do you like to sing?
5. Is it difficult to sing well?
6. Do you want to be a singer?
7. Will you take singing lessons in the future?
8. Did you enjoy singing when you were younger?
28. Clothes and Fashion
1. Are you very interested in fashion and clothes?
2. Do you have lot of nice clothes?
3. What kind(s) of clothes do you usually wear?
4. Would you say clothes are expensive in your country?
5. Do you like to wear fashionable clothes?
6. Is there anything that you used to wear in past that you don’t wear now?
7. How often do you go for shopping for clothes?
8. Do you like shopping for clothes?
9. How often do you buy clothes online?
10. Do you plan to buy any designer (or, name brand) clothes?
29. Text Messaging
1. Do you like texting?
2. Do you prefer sending or receiving messages?
3. Have you ever received a confusing text message?
4. In what circumstances is making a phone call better than sending a text messages?
30. Sports
1. Are you interested in sport?
2. (Similar to above) Do you like sport?
3. What sports do you like? (Why?)
4. Do most people in your country like sport?
5. (Similar to above) What sports do people in your country like to play?
6. What benefits do you think sport can bring us?
31. Recycle
1. Do you recyle? Why?
2. Did you recycle when you were a kid?
3. Will you recycle in the future?
4. What kind of things do you recyle?
32. Picnic
1. Did you go on a picnic when you were a child?
2. How often do you go on a picninc now?
3. Where do you go on a picnic?
4. What is the difference between a picnic and cooking at home?
33. List
1. Do you make a list when you shop?
2. Do you make a list for your work or study? (Does it work?)
3. Why don’t some people like making lists?
4. Do you prefer to make a list on paper or your phone?
34. Meeting New People
1.Do you like meeting new people?
2. How do you feel when people welcome you?
3. Do you often meet new people?
4. Can you tell if you like someone when you meet them for the first time? Why?
35. Discussion
1. What do you like to talk about?
2. Have your discussion topics changed since you were a child?
3. Do you change your opinion frequently?
4. Do you prefer to talk or listen?
36. Tidiness
1.Are you a tidy person?
2.How do you keep things tidy?
3.Do you think people should be tidy all the time?
4.Are you tidier at work(school) or home?
37. Gift
1. What's the best present or gift you have ever received?
2. Do you give expensive gifts?
3. What do you give others as gifts?
4. What kind of gifts are popular in your country?
38. Jokes and Comedies
1. Are you good at telling jokes?
2. Do your friends like to tell jokes?
3. Do you like to watch comedies?
4. Have you ever watched a live show?
39. Shopping
1. Do you like shopping?
2. Do you compare prices when you shop?
3. Is it difficult for you to make choices when you shop?
40. Newspaper & Magazine
1. Do you prefer to read newspaper or magazine?
2. Do you prefer to read the news online or on a printed newspaper
41. Insects
1. Do you like insects?
2. Are there many different insects where you live?
3. Do you think insects are useful?
42. Age
1. What do you think is the best age to learn driving?
2. How do you feel about getting older?
3. Should we treat people of different ages in the same way?
43. Fish
1. Why do people go fishing?
2. Do you like eating fish?
3. Where can you see fish?
44. Perfume
1. Do you use perfume?
2. What kind of perfume do you like?
3. What does perfume mean to you?
4. Do you give perfume as a gift?
45. Market
1. What do street markets sell?
2. Are there many street markets in your country?
3. What are the differences between street markets and supermarkets?
4. Do you often go to the supermarket?
46. Pen or Pencil
1. Do you prefer to use pen or pencil?
2. When was the last time you bought pen or pencil?
3. How would you react if someone sent you a pen as a gift?
47. History
1. Have you ever been to museum to learn history?
2. Do you think history is important?
3. When was the last time you read a book about history?
48. Cake
1. Do you like dessert?
2. Do you like eating cakes?
3. What desserts do Indian people like?
4. Have you ever made a cake?
49. Running
1. How often do you go for a run?
2. Where do you usually go running?
3. Do you like running?
4. Do you think running is a good way to stay healthy?
50. Mathematics
1.When did you start learning math?
2.Do you like math?
3.Who taught you math?
4.Who’s your favorite teacher so far?
5.Is math difficult for you to learn?
6.Do you like to use a calculator?
7. Do students learn math in secondary schools in India?
8. Do you think math is difficult?
9. What can people do with math in their daily life?
10. Do you learn math now? Why or Why not
51. Music
1. Do you often (like to) listen to music?
2. When do you listen to music?
3. How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
4. What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
5. What's your favorite kind of music?
6. Have you ever been to a concert?
7. Do you like to listen to live music?
8. When did you start listening to this type of music?
9. Where do you listen to it?
10. How do you feel when you listen to this music?
11. Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
12. Is music an important subject at school in India?