The Internet
58 conversation questions and prompts
Choose a question or prompt. Share your experience or opinion, and explain it when you can.
Use the level groups as a guide when choosing prompts for your students.
A1
Beginner (A1)
11 questions
- How much time do you spend on the Internet?
- What is your favorite website?
- Do you buy tickets on the internet?
- How often do you look at English-language websites?
- Do you have Wi-Fi at home?
- Do you pay to use any websites?
- Is your internet fast or slow?
- What do you read about online for fun?
- Do you buy games on the internet?
- Which do you like more: a paper ticket or an online ticket?
- What do you listen to online?
A2
Elementary (A2)
16 questions
- Are you part of any social networks?
- When did you get your first email address?
- What did you search for online yesterday?
- What is easy to do on a website but difficult to do by phone?
- Tell me about your first time on the internet.
- Tell me about a time you could not find an answer online.
- Which websites did you use a few years ago but don't anymore?
- What information do you look up online again and again?
- What is difficult about reading a website in English?
- When do you ask someone a question instead of searching online?
- What can make you stop using a website after one visit?
- What can you still do on your device without the internet?
- Which is easier for you: chatting with customer service online or calling?
- What do you miss when you have no internet connection?
- What is one question you searched for because you were bored?
- Do you keep old emails or delete them?
B1
Intermediate (B1)
14 questions
- What are some of the benefits of the Internet?
- What are some of the dangers of the Internet?
- How much time should children spend on the Internet?
- What will the Internet be like in 10 years?
- What can you find online in English that is hard to find in your language?
- Describe a time when losing your internet connection changed your plans.
- Tell me about a search that led you to a completely different subject.
- What have you spent a long time trying to find online?
- Tell me about a time a website offered something you did not know you needed.
- What have you found online that made you change your plans?
- What is something you found easy to understand online but hard to do yourself?
- What have you searched for online without knowing its name?
- Describe a time when the internet helped you settle a disagreement about a fact.
- What have you signed up for online and then forgotten about?
B2
Upper Intermediate (B2)
14 questions
- How has the Internet changed the world?
- Should the Internet be regulated or censored?
- What have you read on a website that changed an opinion you had held for years?
- How should a website decide which features belong in its free version?
- Who should pay to keep a useful website online when its owner wants to stop?
- When does reading more websites make a decision harder?
- What could persuade you to move your saved files and settings to a different online service?
- How much internet access should people get for free?
- How does paying for a digital gift compare with giving someone a physical object?
- Which information should be free to read online even when it costs money to produce?
- What makes you willing to read a website that argues against your own views?
- What makes you trust a page that anyone can edit?
- When is an old webpage more useful than a recently updated one?
- How much control should a search engine have over which explanations become easy to find?
C1
Advanced (C1)
3 questions
- If a search engine answers your question without sending you to a website, what does it owe the people who wrote the answer?
- When a website closes, what should its users be allowed to copy and keep?
- What kind of knowledge might disappear if only popular websites could afford to stay online?