This is an excellent speaking activity for students when engaged in a conversation about travel, as well as for adult students in any program or one-on-one lessons. Travel words on the list include – journey, flights, destination, trip, license, accommodation, backpacking, international, leisure, and countries. The free discussion worksheet for…
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Conversation Questions: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Conversation questions for practicing comparative and superlative adjectives. 1. We use comparatives to compare two things (or people). This movie is more interesting than the one you chose. Susie is smarter than her brother. 2. Superlatives are used, however, to show the difference between more than two things or more…
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Food ESL Conversation Questions and Video Activity
This speaking and listening activity consists of a video warm-up activity and food conversation questions. As a warm-up activity watch this video on the 15 best foods around the world. Have students take notes on each food as they watch. What is it made of? How was it prepared? Where…
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20 Fun Discussion Questions for (Not Only) the ESL Classroom
I don’t know about your corner of the world, but here in Central Europe summer has arrived with full force. It’s scorching hot. I finally understand the 3-hour siesta they have in some countries. Who would want to move, or think in this heat? So I cut my students some…
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Conversation Starters: 30 Interesting Conversation Questions Not Only For ESL Students
These interesting and deep conversation starters are not only intended for ESL students but also for everyone who would like to start chatting with a stranger, neighbor, colleague, someone they fancy, partner, friend. No matter how well you know somebody, these deep conversation starters will help you connect with them…
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Conversation Questions Gerunds and Infinitives: ESL Speaking Activity
We use gerunds (verb + ing): After certain verbs – I enjoy drawing After prepositions – I drank a beer after running. As the subject or object of a sentence – Jogging is good exercise We use ‘to’ + infinitive: After certain verbs – We decided to buy the house. After many adjectives – It’s easy to do it. –…
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30 Hypothetical Conversation Questions for ESL Students
Here is another set of conversation questions, this some for more advanced students as the questions are hypothetical, so it requires a knowledge of conditionals and a certain level of creativity. I’d recommend it for 16+ (B1, B2, C1). The questions for this activity are used with the kind permission…
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Conversation Questions: Present Perfect and Past Simple
Present perfect vs. simple past Present Perfect Simple Past Simple Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present: I‘ve known my wife for fifteen years (and I still know her). Finished actions: I knew my friend Anne for fifteen years (but then she moved abroad and we lost touch)….