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Holidays

What is your favorite holiday? Has your favorite holiday changed since you were a kid? On what holiday do people in your country eat a lot of food? Do you give gifts on any holidays? What foreign holidays do you know about? What is the strangest holiday or festival you have heard of? Do you […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Top Notch 3, Topics, Touchstone 2, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Travel

Where do you like to go on vacation? Where would you like to go on vacation? Tell your partner about your best travel story. What are some things you always take with you on a trip? Do you prefer package tours or making your own trip? Where did you spend your last vacation? What did […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Top Notch 3, Topics, Touchstone 2, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Comparatives

Which is worse for your health, smoking or drinking? Which is harder, math or English? Is it better to be rich and dumb or poor and smart? Is it better to be rich and ugly or poor and beautiful/handsome? Does technology make the world better or worse? Why? Which game is more entertaining, Tetris or […]

Filed Under: Discussion Questions, ESL Textbooks, Grammar, Icebreakers, Q: Skills for Success 2 Listening and Speaking, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Superlatives

Who is the best looking celebrity in your country? How about the worst looking celebrity? Who is the craziest famous person you know about? What restaurant has the most delicious food you have ever eaten? What is the best song ever? Who is the greatest baseball player? Who is the most skilled soccer player? Who […]

Filed Under: Discussion Questions, ESL Textbooks, Grammar, Icebreakers, Q: Skills for Success 2 Listening and Speaking, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Equatives

Are iPhones as good as Android phones? Are PC games as fun as console games? Is watching a movie at home as good as watching it in the theatre? Is (city in your country) as entertaining as (city in your country)? Is (country’s food) as delicious as (country’s food)? Is (singer/group) as talented as (singer/group)? […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Participial Adjectives

What kind of things do you find exciting? When was the last time you were terrified? Have you heard about any surprising news or gossip recently? What is the most thrilling thing you have ever done? What do you do when you are bored? What would be the most satisfying job for you? What is […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Quantifiers

When you go shopping what do you usually buy? Talk about the quantity of each thing you buy. Can you ever have too much money? What is something you have too much of? How much free time do you have? How many planets do you think have life on them? What is something that you […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Adverbs of Manner

How fast do you eat? Do you think bus drivers and taxi drivers in your city drive well or badly? Do you sing well? Have you ever met someone who eats very loudly? What is something that you do very cautiously? Do you work hard at studying? What is something you do quickly? What is […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Too Enough

Have you ever eaten too much food? What age is old enough to serve in the military? What age is old enough to buy cigarettes and alcohol? Is the Korean government’s age limits too low or too high? Have you ever felt like you were not smart enough to do something? Have you ever felt […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Real Conditional – Future

What will/can/might/ happen… … if you get into a fight? … if you get arrested? … if we don’t stop polluting? … if the world’s population keeps increasing? … if computers become more intelligent than humans? …if you learn to speak English perfectly?   What will/can/might you do… …if you can’t get to sleep tonight? […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, Pathways 2 Textbook, Q: Skills for Success 2 Listening and Speaking, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Future

What kind of neighborhood will you live in when you get older? What will cities be like 50 years from now? Think about how these will change (make two or three predictions for each): Transportation Pollution Crime Advertising Buildings Work Shopping Nightlife When will you graduate? How will you use English in the future? Will […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, Touchstone 2, Touchstone 3, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Already, Ever, Yet

People have many goals in life. What are some goals you have already accomplished? What are some goals you want to accomplish, but haven’t accomplished yet? Have you ever done something that you were really proud of? Have you ever done something really nice for someone else? Think of some more have you ever questions […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Meeting New People

If you don’t know your partners very well ask them some questions to get to know them. Do you like meeting new people? Why or why not? What are some things that you usually talk about when you meet a new person? If you see a handsome boy/beautiful girl that you want to get to […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Luxury Items

What is one luxury item you really want to have? What is imported by your country? Do developed countries focus too much on luxury items? What is exported by your country? What do you think is the most popular luxury item in your country? Who is it made by? What is the craziest example of […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Remedies

What do you do when you have a cold? What ailments is western medicine better at curing? What ailments is eastern medicine better at curing? What do you do when you have a hangover? What are some old remedies that you know of to help with ailments? What should you do to stop the bleeding […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Pathways 2 Textbook, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Jobs

What are some of the worst jobs you can think of? What are some of the best jobs you can think of? How long do you want to work? Is it better to be a boss or an employee? Why? What would be the most satisfying job for you? What is one of the most […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Neighborhoods

Did you like the neighborhood where you grew up? Where is the best place to eat in your city? Where is there a lot of crime in your city? What is the worst thing a neighborhood can have? Where is the best place to shop in your city? What did you think about your neighbors […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, Touchstone 2, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Customs

Have you ever traveled abroad? If yes, where did you go and what was it like? What customs were different from your country’s customs? If no, would you like to go to abroad? Where would you like to go and what do you think it will be like? Do you think it is important to […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Present Perfect

Ask your group if they have seen some of your favorite movies. Have you ever drastically changed your hair style or clothing style in a short time? Have you ever shot a gun? Have you ever ridden an animal? Where have you traveled? What sports have you played?  Where is the best place you have […]

Filed Under: Discussion Questions, ESL Textbooks, Grammar, Icebreakers, Pathways 2 Textbook, Q: Skills for Success 3 Listening and Speaking, Touchstone 3, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Used To

What is a food that you used to hate but now you like? Who used to be your hero when you were young? Did you use to have a pet? Did you use to get good grades in high school? What used to be your favorite game to play? Where did you use to play when […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Simple Present

What are some activities you like to do? What are some good habits that you have? What are some things you do every day? Do you have any bad habits? What is something you should do every day but don’t? What is something you eat almost every day? What do you do at your job? […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, Pathways 2 Textbook, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Food

What is your favorite snack? What unhealthy food do you love? What food did your mother always tell you to eat and not to eat? What food helps with which health problem? What is the future of food in your country? What kinds of food did you eat when you were a child? Do you […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Pathways 2 Textbook, Q: Skills for Success 3 Listening and Speaking, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Simple Past

Tell me about your last vacation. Where did you go? What did you do? What did you do for you last birthday? Who was your first crush? What was the last really difficult thing you had to do? What did you eat for you last meal? Who did you meet last week? What did you […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Grammar, Touchstone 2, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Transitions

What was your best memory from when you were a child? What is your earliest memory? Which was better for you: elementary school, junior high school or high school?  Why? Did you study hard in high school? How would you change your life if you could? Starting university was a big transition. What are some […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Choices

Would you rather live in your home country or live abroad? Would you rather be smart or beautiful / handsome? Would you rather be poor and happy or rich and unhappy? Would you rather marry someone plain with a good personality or someone beautiful without much personality? If war broke out in your country would […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Cities

Do you like cities or the country side? Which is better and why? You can make one change to your country’s capital city, what will you change? What are some of most famous cities in the world? What makes them famous? Why do you think that humans started living in cities? Do you think that […]

Filed Under: Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Challenges

What is a challenge you faced? There are many amazing challenges to try: Can you think of some more interesting challenges that a person can do? What kind of challenge would you like to try? Do you have any heroes that have done something amazing? Challenges don’t have to be amazing. What are some normal […]

Filed Under: Topics, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Infinitives of Purpose

Finish this sentence with an infinitive of purpose: I stole a car… I got into a fight… I walked to the store… I went to a club… I learned to play the guitar… I ran from class to my house… I pretended I was sick… I yelled as loud as I could… I jumped into […]

Filed Under: Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

How Questions

How well do you play video games? How tall are your parents? How tall are you? How impatient are you? How hard do you work in your classes? How greedy are you? How good is your mother’s cooking? How mature/childish are you? How big do you want your apartment to be when you get married? […]

Filed Under: Grammar, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

Advice

What three pieces of advice will you give your children? Whose advice do you follow more, your parents’ or your friends’ advice? If you could give the leader of your country some advice, what would it be? If you could go back in time and give yourself some advice, what would you tell your younger […]

Filed Under: ESL Textbooks, Pathways 2 Textbook, Topics, Touchstone 3, World English 2 by Larry Pitts

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