1001 QUESTIONS TO PRACTISE YOUR ENGLISH ........PERSONALITY

1001 questions to practise your English“

Las preguntas no son nunca indiscretas. Lo indiscreto son las respuestas”

I have asked many questions this afternoon and never waited for an answer. … but don’t you agree that it´s much more important to ask questions than to answer them?

Stephen Spender

World within world

Just before she died she asked. “What is the answer?” No answer came.

She laughed aloud and said: “in that case what is the question?” Then she died

Last words of Gertrude Stein, Quoted by Donald Sutherland

Algunas veces he pensado que las orejan que flanquean nuestra cabeza tienen la forma de dos interrogantes…. ¿porqué?

Miguel Angel Santos Guerra

El arte de hacer preguntas

Sur 31 octubre 2003

Es necesario desarrollar una pedagogía de la pregunta

Paulo Freire

Getting personal: your favourite things , pets, clothes

Your family and relationships

Your habits and daily routine

Your school, education, school life

Your habits and interests

Work

Your house,

Your bedroom

Your hometown

Your province

Your autonomous community

Your country

Europe, UK, Ireland, France, etc…

America, South America, Canada, USA

The world

Important things in life

Health

Drugs

Love

Happiness

Fear and phobias

Love

Happiness

English and other languages

Weather

Journeys and transport

Holidays

Shopping

Food and drinks

Entertainment

Cinema stars

Field questions,

Project questionnaires

Media: press, radio and TV, Cinema

Geography

History

Ecology and environment

Superstitions, horoscopes

Phones, mobile phones, the internet

Road sense

Money matters: Consummer education

Politics

Sex education

Future plans

General knowledge

Topics to avoid, sex, Money , Politics, Religious beliefs

Personal identification, (what kind of learner are you?)

Habits

Family and friends

Speaking English, learning styles

Hobbies

Health

Sports

Profession / job

Deeper questions

Love

Wealth

Food and drink

Business

Nature

Weather

Your country

Questions using

Conditionals

Passive

Reported Speech
One liners

Question Exercise:

In which context or situations would you find the following questions?

Is she or isn’t she? (30 in all)

Is your man getting enough?

What do you mean she’s your sister?

Your place or mine?

Even wonder why most people make love in the dark?

Does this belong to anybody?

What is for afters then?

How do you eat yours?
Do you want the good news or the bad news?

Where’s the beef?

Is that fuel injected or what?

Where did you find that?

Where’s the fire?

What’s your preference?

How much?

Did the earth move for you?

What is yours called?

So what do you think of it so far?

And what do you expect me to do with that?

Can I help you?

Have I got a surprise for you?

You don’t see many of those around here do you?

Do you come here often?

Where does it hurt?

Would you trust this man?

Don’t you just love it?
What do you mean it shrunk in the wash?

So what other services do you have available?

And just where do you think you’re going?

How do you take it?

What do you mean it will never grow?

Is there...?

A garden in your house?

A swimming pool in your house?

A menu in this restaurant?

A golf course in Nerja?

Ham on spaghetti Bolognese?

A factory near here?

A petrol station close by?

A pen in the box?

Any wine in the bottle?

Any rice in the jar?

Any milk in the carton?

Any water in the jug?

Any butter in the fridge?

Any cheese on the table?

Any sugar?

Any oil left?

Any bread left?

Any ice in the freezer?

tea / coffee / cocoa / chocolate left?

Any ice in the freezer?

Any whisky in the jar?

Any perfume left?

Any money left?

Any fruit juice?

Any traffic?

Any salt?

Any pepper?

Anybody out there?

Any Swiss chocolate?

Are there...?

Any mushrooms / tomatoes / potatoes / eggs / apples left?

Any hamburgers / carrots / vegetables / biscuits ... left?

Any shoes in the wardrobe?

Any cigarettes?

Any email messages?

Any CD’s?

Any omelettes?

Any cars, motorbikes?

Any schools where you live?

Any bathrooms?

Any shops where you live?

Any flats / parks / flowers...?

Any towels / ashtrays/sheets?

Any tickets for the concert?

Any mobile phones, telephone boxes?

Any banks?

Any cafés / bars / discos?

Any bottles of red / white / dry wine?

Are you...?

Ready?

A student?

A teacher? A good traveller? A risk taker?

Sad? Happy? Superstitious?

Asleep? An early bird or a night owl?

Fifteen/sixteen twenty? A lion or a mouse?

Busy at the moment? The perfect partner?

OK / all right / self confident?

Cold / Hot / Thirsty / Lonely?

Kind / Generous / Cruel / Vain?

Spanish / English / French / Welsh / Scottish?

Stupid / intelligent / patient /ready to get married?

In love with anybody?

In the right job?

Listening to me/ Speaking / Reading a book? / Writing an email?

Watching TV / Crying / Eating / Using perfume / lipstick?

Celebrating your birthday soon?

Saving money / taking an exam?

Going on holiday? Playing chess?

Looking for something?

Smiling / Laughing / Chewing gum?

Looking after your health?

Wearing jeans / A Jacket / Shorts / A t-shirt?

Finishing this exercise?

Easily influenced?

Prejudiced against gypsies blacks gays etc?

Allowed to do that?

You supposed to study in the library?

Do you...?

Like dancing/ sports / food?

play football / volley ball / basketball?

Speak English / German / Spanish?

Smoke?

Read magazines / newspapers?

Listen to the news?

Watch TV everyday?

Talk to yourself?

Sleep eight hours?
Walk to school?

Come to school by bus?

Dream every night?

Drink alcohol?

Eat three times a day?

Feel frightened?

Forget things easily?

Give money to beggars/ for charity?

Spend a lot of money?

Wear jeans?

Wake up in the middle of the night?

Understand me?

Think it will rain?

Tell the truth?

Wash your face / clean your teeth everyday?

Arrive late at school?

Pay your taxes?

Do you...?  (Personal questions, see how others see us)PROUST´S

Use perfume, / deodorant everyday?

Brush your teeth everyday?

Change your underwear everyday?

Listen to the news everyday?

Ever talk to yourself?

Sing in the bathroom?

Dislike any parts of your body?

Fantasize or daydream?

Cry when watching a sentimental film or a  soppy movie?

Ever walk in your sleep?

Ever sleep in the nude?

Often get angry?

Often use swear words?

Often use a nickname to refer to friends?

Can you?

Drive a car?

Make an omelette?

Run a kilometre in less than three minutes?

Sing  / play the guitar?

Dance / cook / do aerobics?

Swim / ski?

Stand on your hands?

See the sea from here?

Smell something strange?

Keep a secret?

Tell a lie?

Hear the noise?

Find the keys?

Answer a few questions?

Lend me some money?

Tell me the time?

Recommend a good pub / restaurant / disco?

Help me, please?

Speak more slowly, please?

Listen to what I’m trying to say?

Be quiet?

Make the beds?

Have you got...?

A computer at home?

A laptop at home?

A mobile phone?

A pet dog /  cat /  rabbit?

A big house?

Two cars /  two motorbikes?

A dishwasher ? A video camera?

A mountain bike?

A large family?

Many friends?

A piano? A driving licence?

A good dictionary?

A lot of money?

A skateboard?

An electric tin opener?

A light?

A change?

A surf board?

A credit card?

A boyfriend? A girlfriend?

A favourite city / country?

A good memory?

Have you ever + P.P.?

Lived abroad?

Been to Britain / Selwo / Marbella?

Had a job?

Gone camping?

Been in love?

Driven a car?

Met any famous people?

Tried to learn another foreign language?

Ridden a horse  /  a camel?

Studied French?

Played rugby?

Eaten Japanese / Mexican food?

Voted in an election?

Read Don Quixote?

Seen the film “The Birds” / Gone with the wind?

Killed an animal?

Had an accident?

Worked in the country?

Swum in the Atlantic Ocean?

Been in hospital?

Who . . . ?

Who’s your best friend ? / Favourite film star !

Who do you love  ?

Who loves you ?

Who do you usually go out with ?

Who would you like to meet / to see / to be ?

Who does your father / mother work with ?

Who has the TV remote control in your house ?

Who cleans the house ?

Who does the washing up ?

Who does the shopping ?

Who invented the radio / TV / the internet ?

Who wrote : “ Don Quixote “ ?

Who composed : “ Swan Lake “ ?

Who did it ?

Who can fly a kite ?

Who was responsible for the Berlin wall ?

Who discovered penicillin ?

Who will put up with you ?

Who are you afraid of ?

How long . . . ?

Are you staying ?

Has this been going on ?

Have you had your ring / watch / house ?

Will it take to fly from London  to Singapore?

Have you lived in Nerja ?

Have you studied English / French ?

Have you spoken Spanish ?

Have you watched TV ?

Have you been on the net / plated this game

Have you been reading ?

Is it since you last saw her ?

Have you been waiting ?

Have you been doing this exercise ?

How often . . . ?

Do you go to church / to the dentist !

Do you have a medical check-up ?

Do you clean your teeth / wash your hands

Do you wear a helmet ?

Do you arrive late ?

Do you eat junk food / eat out ?

Do you write e-mails / send postcards ?

Do you drink beer / alcoholic drinks ?

Do you sleep in front of the TV ?

Do you lose objects ?

Do you do physical exercise ?

Do you phone you boyfriend ?

Do you read novels / magazines / papers ?

Do you goy shopping ?

Do you get angry / swear / … ?

Do you visit your grandparents ?

Do you study English / French ?

How . . . ?

How are you ? How’s your father / mother / partner?

How old are you ? How old is your brother, friend…?

How did you spend your holiday ?

How  do/did you learn to speak a new language ?

How do you tackle violent behaviour ?

Hoy green / happy / vain are you ?

How come ? How can that be ?

How do you learn / teach new contents ?

How do you become rich / get poor ?

How do you go to Strasbourg  / (any other place)from here ?

How would you like it ? to die ?

How will you travel ?

How did you come back ?

How could you find our address ?

How was it for you ?

How did you find the lecture ?

How far is  Nerja from Málaga ? X from Y?

How do they  dig tunnels underwater ?

How do they embalm a corpse ?

How do homing pigeons find their way home ?

How does a steel ship float ?

How do they get the lead into a pencil ?

How do neon signs glow ?

When . . . ?

When is your birthday ?

When do you get up ?

When do you usually go to bed ?

When did the party finish ?

When do you study ?

When will she come back ?

When were you born ?

When could we meet again ?

When will you ring her up ?

When did you see him last ?

When did you go to the optician’s ?

When did you get up this morning ?

When did you start wearing glasses ?

When can we have a word ?

When will there be plenty of rain ?

How much . . . ?

Water / sugar do you want ?

Rain did we have last night ?

Beer / wine did you drink ?

Food / soup did you have ?

Oil / Milk did you get ?

Air do we breathe every minute ?

money do we spend every day ?

Ice is there in the fridge ?

Cheese is there left on the table ?

Flour is needed for a pancake ?

Jam did you make ?

Salt and pepper should I add ?

Honey / maple syrup will I buy ?

Nonsense should I keep on writing ?

Gossip is there in a little village ?

Coffee do you need ?

Is it / that ?

Time /  money do you need ?

Hoy many . . . ?

Brothers and sisters have you got?

People were there at the demonstration?

Apples / Oranges / .. did you have?

Dogs / Cats / Pets do you have?

Eggs in the basket?

Questions Can I Ask you?

Shoes do you have?

Cats / Bikes / Computers have you got?

Cousins / Grand parents / Great-grandparents have you?

Shops / Restaurants / Hotels are there in Nerja?

Cigarettes do you smoke?

Different animals did you see?

Real friends have you got?

Hours do you work in a day?

Prizes have you won?

Books have you read?

What is . . . ?

Your favourite name / Food / Drink / Sport … ?

Your favourite virtue / motto … ?

Your chief characteristic …. ?

Your idea of happiness ?

Your idea of misery ?

The vice you hate the most ?

The vice you excuse the most ?

Your favourite colour, Hero / Poet … ?

Your dream alternative profession ?

Your nightmare alternative profession ?

Your favourite swear word ?

Your favourite sound ?

Your least favourite sound ?

Your favourite word ?

Your least favourite word ?

Your obsession ?

What . . . ?

What do you do for a living ?

What is your friend like ?

What do you think about / of the oil crisis ?

What is your opinion about ………… ?

What are your views on poverty /abortion/religion…………?

What are you going to do after this lesson ?

What time do you go to bed on Friday night ?

What did you buy your best friend for his / her birthday?

What do you usually watch on television ?

What do you usually take to parties ?

What do you usually wear for parties ?

What do you usually have for breakfast ?

What is more important love  or money ?

What do you want ?

What do you like least / most about the night ?

What’s happening ?

What did she tell you ?

What do you do at the weekends ?

What are you afraid of ?

What would happen if …. ?

What do you love / hate ?

Where . . . ?

Is your house ?

Do you live ?

Have we met ?

Do you go for your holidays ?

Do you do your shopping ?

Do you have lunch ?

Do you do your homework ?

Do you go to relax ?

Do you meet your friends ?

Do you eat your breakfast ?

Were you born ?

Does your best friend live ?

Can you find a good restaurant ?

Could you meet new people ?

Does your brother live ?

Did you study primary education ?

Did you spend your holiday ?

Were you yesterday ?

Why . . . ?

Why do you study English ?

Why are you so sad / happy ?

Why do you speak so much ?

Why did you speak to me like that ?

Why are you making a noise ?

Why are you late ?

Why are you laughing / crying ?

Why do you say so ?

Why can’t you study more ?

Why didn’t you study for the exam ?

Why can’t you behave yourselves ?

Why did you go to the bank ?

Post office

Bookshop

Library

Station

Taxi-rank

Cyber- café

Super-market

MY FAMILY LIFE I

-          Do you have a nice family? What is your father’s name?

-          How many brothers/sisters/cousins/grandparents/greatgrandparents have you got?

-          Are your parents married/separated/good to you?

-          Do you like your family/your cousins/your step-father/your life?

-          Do you have a good relationship with your parents/brothers/sister?

-          Do you go out at night with your brothers or sisters?

-          Do you always eat with your parents?

-          What’s your family like?

-          Where does your father/mother work?

-          What sort of job has your father/mother got?

-          Do you brothers & sisters study?

-          Where does your family come from?

-          Does any member of your family speak another language?

-          What kind of food does your family like?

-          What would you change in your family?

-          What do you like most about your family?

-          Do you like living with your family?

-          Do you think your family is perfect?

-          How would you improve your family?

-          Would you like to live in another house?

-          Do you get along with your brother/sister?

FAMILY LIFE II

-          Do you like looking like your mother or father?

-          How would you like the relationship between you & your parents/brothers to be?

-          Do you think that you’d be happier if your parents were like you?

-          Must the relationship between you and your parents become a friendly one?

-          Do you argue/fight with any member of your family?

-          How many hours a day do you spend with your parents?

-          Would you like to have more brothers/sisters?

-          Do you travel with your family?

-          Who does most of the household jobs?

-          Do you do the shopping/cleaning?

-          Are your parents very strict?

-          Are you allowed to do what you want?

-          Do you think your parents understand you?

-          Do you think they don’t know about your feelings?

-          Can you speak with your parents about important things?

-          Do you think your parents take an interest in you?

-          Do you help you parents?

-          Do you talk a lot with your parents?

-          Have you ever had a big problem with your parents?

-          What do your parents thinks about gays?

-          Do you speak about sex with your parents?

FAMILY LIFE III

-          Is there any type of domestic violence in your family?

-          How well do you know your grandparents?

-          How old is your father/mother/brother/sister/grandfather?

-          Who do you love better, your mum or your dad?

-          Would you like to go away from home and live alone?

-          Do you tell your parents everything?

-          How often do you argue with your brother/sister…?

-          Do you obey your father/mother…?

-          How many people in your family have studied at university?

-          Is your family funny/happy/sad/miserable/poor…?

-          Have you got a girlfriend/boyfriend…?

-          Do you go out on Friday nights?

-          Do you ever go out with your parents?

-          What time do you come back home on Saturday nights?

-          Do you play with your younger brother/sister?

-          Does your father/mother ever help you with your homework?

-          Do you celebrate parties with your family?

-          Do your parents think that the world has changed for the better?

-          Where/when were you/was your mum/dad born?

-          Do you like your mother’s food?

FAMILY LIFE IV

-          How often do you go to the disco?

-          Where do you live? What’s your address?

-          Do you have a summer house?

-          Do you enjoy being/staying in your house?

-          How many mobile phones are there in your house?

-          Have you got any great-grandparents?

-          Why did you parents come to this town/village/city?

-          When is your birthday?

-          How long have you lived in your present house?

-          Do you live with your grandparents?

-          Do you like the same things as your family?

-          Is your brother/sister married?

-          Have you got a family car?

-          What is your house like?

-          Have you got any problems in your family?

-          Do your parents ever feel sad about your behaviour?

-          If you had to travel with a relative who would you choose?

-          O you trust your parents/grandparents…?

-          Would you like to live on your own?

-          Do you think your parents are open minded and library?

-          Do you agree that there is only one mum?

FAMILY LIFE V

-          How many houses do you have?

-          Would you like to have a house near the sea?

-          Have you got any dead relatives/recent deaths in your family?

-          Do you have any adopted member in your family?

-          Who’s your favourite person in your family?

-          Do you go on holiday with your parents?

-          Have you lived in another country/house/village…?

-          What do you think about your friend’s families?

-          Do your relatives live in another/town/city/country?

-          Are there any health problems in your family?

MY FAMILY & MY PETS

-          Do you have any pets/animals in your home?

-          What are their names?

-          How long have you had them?

-          Where did you buy them?

-          Do you feed them?

-          Where do you buy pet food?

-          What´s your favourite pet?

-          What´s the animal you would dream of having as a pet?

MY HOUSE

-          What’s your house like?

-          How many bedrooms/bathrooms/ are there?

-          How long have you lived in your house?

-          Do you have good neighbours?

-          How many floors has your house got?

-          Has your house got a swimming pool/a garage/a big terrace/a balcony/a basement?

-          Can you describe your bedroom/lounge?

ALTERNATIVE/CHOICE QUESTIONS

WHAT DO YOU PREFER?

-          Travelling by train or travelling by car?

-          Living in a house or living in a flat?

-          Living in a village or living in a city?

-          Living in the country or living in a town?

-          Living in the mountains or living by the sea?

-          Going on holiday abroad or in Spain?

-          Studying on your own or studying in a group?

-          Eating out in a restaurant or picnicking Spanish food or eating French food?

-          Visiting a museum or going to art gallery?

-          Travelling by bus or by bike in a city?

-          Going on holiday with friends or with your family?

-          Working in a factory or working in a office?

-          Studying in your bedroom or studying in the library?

-          Playing football or playing basketball?

-          Shopping at a supermarket or in the corner shop?

-          Listening to music on a walkman or going to a concert?

-          Drinking whisky or vodka?

-          Going out or staying home?

-          Using diesel or using petrol?

-          Visiting Madrid or visiting Barcelona?

-          Reading real stories or fictional stories?

-          Keeping cats as pets or dogs as pets?

-          Tea or coffee?

-          The sea or a swimming pool?

MY HOBBIES I

-          Do you have a favourite hobby?

-          What is your favourite sport?

-          Do your hobbies come before studying?

-          Is studying one of your hobbies?

-          What do you do in your free time?

-          Do you prefer indoor or outdoor sport?

-          Do you play any musical instruments?

-          What kind of music do you like?

-          Do you know how to win/lose?

-          Do you think the practice of a sport can help you in real life?

-          Do you prefer country life or city life?

-          What newspaper or magazine do you read in you spare time?

-          How often do you read books?

-          How often do you go out with your friends?

-          Does your family love your hobbies?

-          Does any member of your family practise your favourite hobby?

-          Do you practise on your own or in a team?

-          Do you enjoy travelling/flying/writing/reading/listening to the radio/talking with friends/chatting on the net/going to the cinema…?

MY HOBBIES II

-          What is your favourite radio/TV programme?

-          Where do you go on Saturday nights?

-          What kind of music do you prefer for dancing?

-          What kind of books do you read?

-          What kind of TV programmes do you watch?

-          What is your favourite football team?

-          What is your idea of fun?

-          How many hours per day do you watch TV?

-          Which sport do you dislike?

-          Where do you meet your friends to play football?

-          What do you do in your holidays?

-          Who is your favourite sportsman/sportswoman/football player?

-          Can you fly a kite? Drive a car/ride a bike?

-          What sport of pets do you like? Dogs or cats?

-          Which is your best/worst hobby?

-          Do you practise any kind of risk sport: Hang gliding / parachuting / bungee-jumping…?

-          Can you confess a strange hobby?

-          Which pop group is your favourite?

-          Is going out with boys/girls a hobby?

-          Is smoking a hobby?

-          Do you prefer basketball or volleyball?

IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE I

-          Do you have a moped/a boyfriend/a girlfriend?

-          Do you drink alcohol?

-          What do you do for our planet / environment?

-          Do you like your way of life?

-          Is love important in your life?

-          Is man good or bad by nature?

-          Are we really free?

-          Have you got a lot of prejudice against foreigner’s/ blacks /gays /etc…?

-          Are you interested in politics?

-          Who’s your favourite politician?

-          What do you think you can do for the third world?

-          Would you like to work/live abroad?

-          Which film has made a bigger impact on you?

-          Have you ever spoken about sex with your parents?

-          What is the most important thing in your life?

-          What do you do with your friends at the weekends?

-          Which countries have you visited?

-          Will you get married in the future?

-          How old will you be more or less when

-          you decide to marry?

IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE II

-          Do you believe in the supernatural/ghosts/god?

-          Do you think there is life after death?

-          Are you a virgin?

-          Do you consider alcohol a drug?

-          Do you think soft drugs should be legalised?

-          Do you think there is good sexual education at this school?

-          Do you show solidarity towards other needy people?

-          Do you give money for charity?

-          Would you like to be a member of Greenpeace/amnesty international?

-          Do you believe in reincarnation? /everlasting love?

-          Do you think this world was made by God?

-          How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?

-          Are you a romantic person?

-          What’s your ideal partner/boy/girl?

-          Do you like any boy/girl in class?

-          Did you enjoy primary school?

-          Have you ever found anything valuable? where?

-          How long have you had your boyfriend/girl/glasses?

-          Will your English improve this year?

IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE III

-          What is your opinion about domestic violence / rape?

-          Have you tried any drugs, legal o illegal?

-          O you practise safe sex?

-          Do you like your own life?

-          If you could live a different life which one would you choose?

-          How many times per day do you go to the bathroom?

-          Do you think you are fat/thin/overweight?

-          Do you like soap operas?

-          Do you feel lonely?

-          Do you cry when watching a film?

-          Have you been ill?

-          Do you like these questions?

-          Which objects would you rescue from your house on fire?

-          Do you feel embarrassed in the company of your parents?

-          Are you jealous?

-          Do you worry too much?

MY SCHOOL LIFE I

-          Do you like your school / your lessons / all your teachers?

-          Do you have a nice class / group / nice teachers?

-          Do you have many friends / a best friend / many lessons?

-          Do you have a sandwich at school?

-          What do you usually drink / eat at school?

-          What subjects do you like / dislike?

-          What languages do you study?

-          What do you think about your school?

-          Do you find school work hard or easy?

-          What is your favourite subject?

-          Who is your favourite teacher?

-          What would you like to do when you finish school?

-          Would you like to /go to / study in a different school?

-          Who in your opinion is your worst teacher?

-          What in your opinion is your worst subject?

-          Why do you study?

-          How do you think you could improve your relationship with your teachers?

-          Who do you think is the host stupid person in your class?

-          What time do you go to school in the morning?

-          What time do you go back home in the afternoon?

-          Would you like to have different subject?

-          Would you like to have different teachers?

-          Have you got any relatives, cousins, family members in your class / in your school?

-          Would you like to take part in more trips extracurricular activities?

           

SCHOOL LIFE II

-          Do you get along with all your teachers?

-          Where do you study?

-          What book are you reading at the moment?

-          Do you feel good in your class / group / school?

-          Have you failed any subjects this term?

-          Do you study hard enough?

-          What do you prefer: to work or to study?

-          Do you think your studies are going to help you in the future?

-          What do you do during the school break?

-          What do you do when a teacher is absent?

-          Who is your funniest teacher?

-          Do you go to school because you want to or because your parents forced you?

-          Is / are there any bullies in your class?

-          Do you like English / maths / P.E /?

-          How many students / teachers / are there in your class?

-          Do you have a private teacher?

-          What is the name of your French / maths / religion / teachers?

-          Are you punctual? / Do you arrive on time?

-          Do you hate any teachers?

-          Do you like writing on the blackboard?

-          Do you speak to all the students in your class?

-          Are you a good student?

-          Are you an active or a passive student in the class?

-          Do you ask the teacher about the things that you haven’t understood?

-           Have you got any problems with any teachers?

SCHOOL LIFE III

-          What teacher do you think is more boring?

-          Do you think your lessons are very difficult?

-          Can you concentrate easily?

-          Do you study with music on / the radio on / the television on /?

-          Do you think your English lessons are boring?

-          Are you repeating this academic year?

-          Do you ever play truant / skip lessons /?

-          How far is your school from home?

-          Do you have any trees in the school playground?

-          Do you like the atmosphere at this school?

-          What would you change in this school?

-          Do you have a good time at school?

-          Are you satisfied with your relationship with your classmates?

-          How many hours per day do you study at home / at school?

-          Do you like the way your teachers teach?

-          Why are you learning English?

-          What do you think about the headmaster / your P.E teacher?

-          Who, in your opinion ,is the most intelligent student in your class?

-          Who many boys and girls are there in your class / form?

-          Who do you come to school? By car / bus / bike / on foot?

-          Who is the fattest / oldest / thinnest / youngest / ugliest / most beautiful teacher in your school?

-          Do you do your homework?

           

SCHOOL LIFE IV

-          Is the life of a student easy?

-          Did you know your friends at school?

-          Do you feel happy with your exam results?

-          Do you like exams?

-          Do you enjoy the cultural week activities?

-          What do you think about your school friends?

-          How long ago did you start your primary school?

-          How long ago did you start studying English?

-          Do you think the school timetables are correct or o.k.?

-          What new subjects would you introduce in a new curriculum?

-          What do you do at school on a typical day?

-          Do you think you have a sexy teacher?

-          Can you smoke at school?

-          Is there a cafeteria in you school?

-          What is the name of your school?

-          Do you do project work / work in groups / -----?

-          Do you like E.S.O. / computer lessons/?

-          Are there any sporting events / competitions in your school?

-          How long have you been at this school?

-          How many subjects have you got in all?

-          Do you have cookery lessons?

-          Which sports do you practise at school?

-          How many hours per day do you spend at school?

-          Do you travel abroad?

-          What are you going to do when you finish school?

QUESTIONS ON THE CLASS ROOM (GAME)

-          What is written on the black board?

-          How many students have glasses on?

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-          How many lights / computers are on?

-          How many windows are there?

-          What is there on the teacher’s desk?

-          How many boys / girls are there in class now?

TEACHERS’ DILEMMAS

-          Should the mother tongue be spoken in the English classroom?

-          Should the teacher correct every mispronounced word?

-          Should this pupil pass or fail?

-          Should I pretend I am deaf / blind/speechless?

-          Should I turn a blind eye?

-          Make your own questionnaire

Who is your favourite____________?

What’s your favourite____________?

At what time do you usually____________?
Which do you prefer? ____________? Or ____________?

What type of ____________ do you like best?

How many ____________ do you have?

How would you describe your____________?

Could you describe your ideal____________?

What makes you____________?

Have you ever____________?

Are you worried about____________?

Where / when did you____________?

Do you believe in____________?

What’s the first thing you ‘d say to ____________ if you met them?

Can you____________?

How much ____________?

Make your questionnaire

1.-_________________________________________________?

2.-_________________________________________________?

3.-_________________________________________________?

4.-_________________________________________________?

5.-_________________________________________________?

6.-_________________________________________________?

7.-_________________________________________________?

8.-_________________________________________________?

9.-_________________________________________________?

10.-_________________________________________________?

11.-_________________________________________________?

12.-_________________________________________________?

Find the twelve questions

Several questions are possible for each answer

1.-_________________________________________________?

No, I’m not

2.-_________________________________________________?

No, I don’t

3-_________________________________________________?

Yes, they do

4.-_________________________________________________?

No, it isn’t

5.-_________________________________________________?

They are my friend’s

6.-_________________________________________________?

I wouldn’t do that if I were you.

7.-_________________________________________________?

Oh, yes she does

8.-_________________________________________________?

I was very sorry

9.-_________________________________________________?

She will be 18 next week

10.-_________________________________________________?

No, Never

11-_________________________________________________?

Yes, of course

12.-_________________________________________________?

Yes, we are

The famous question tags

She lives in Madrid _________________?

He speaks English well_________________?

It is a beautiful evening_________________?

They smoke far too much_________________?

You know him too well_________________?

Sheila has two sisters_________________?

He wishes to speak to you_________________?

There is very little difference_________________?

They are watching TV_________________?

She cut no ice_________________?

There are two schools nearby_________________?

They sang beautifully_________________?

Nobody saw that_________________?

Stop making a fuss_________________?

They were supposed to leave early_________________?

You must see him_________________?

You will be in class_________________?

She has taken two buses_________________?

You would study harder that way_________________?

They should be there by now_________________?

He had worked really hard_________________?

When can a question be a joke?

What did the ghost say to his girlfriend?

I love every bone in your body

Why did the ghost go to the disco alone?

Because he didn’t have the guts to ask anyone out

What did the girl say to the ghost?

You are dead annoying

What are you two favourite Shakespearean books?

Romeo and Juliet

Is slimming fattening?

(Irish diet book)

Who are these girl’s names on your calendar? April, May, June?

( A jealous wife to husband)

How do you like your boiled eggs? Fried or scrambled?

Would you like to come to my New Year’s eve party?

When is it?

Who was half-beast and half-man?

Buffalo Bill

Why did God give the Arabs the oil and the Irish the potatoes?

Because the Irish had first choice

What is the capital of Ireland?

100,000 pounds

Questions in advertising

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero finished speaking people said: “How well he spoke” When Demosthenes had finished speaking people said: “Let us march”?

How repetitive is repetitive?

Who can say which spoke is supporting the wheel?

What can you see? Just a chart with bars?

Does your ___________ work?

Which twin has the X?

Do you doubt this?
Why buy other X which do not work anywhere near as well?

Does she? Or doesn’t she? (Dye her hair)

Do you have tired blood?

Do you suffer from halitosis?

What so special about X ?

Do you know what X is?

Book titles in question form?

Hello…. And now what?

Who is afraid of Virginia Wolf?

Who moved my cheese?

For whom the bell tolls?

May I help you ? English in tourism

Who killed Roger Rabbit?

Whodunit?

How do they do that?
When a suggestion is a question

How about / What about a sandwich?

Why don’t we dance / go shopping / buy a paper?

How about / what about watching TV / locking all the doors?

Shall we play / have a swim / eat?

Shall we go by taxi or by train?

Why don’t you / we go to bed?

What about a game of football?

How about phoning them / ringing her?

What about having a haircut?

Shall we have the dog spayed / neutered?

Why don’t we count from 1 to 20 before deciding?

Why don’t you kiss him on the cheeks?

How about driving more slowly / on the right?

Why don’t we say there was nobody there?

When does a question become an insult?

What other problems do you have besides being unemployed, a moron and a dork?

John McEnroe to a tennis spectator

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can’t hear what they say?

Logan Pearsall smith

Do we need a two and a half hour movie about The Doors? I don’t think so

Dennis leery on Jim Morrison

How is it possible to play the harmonica, professionally for thirty years and still show no sign of improvement?

David Sinclair on Bob Dylan

Is this a railroad car or a dust car?

What do you mean the tip is not enough?

So what?

Do you want to freeze us to death?

Where did they teach you  to do things like that?

How many other people have you killed today?

Do you make your passengers take out special accident insurance?

Has your laundry run out of soap?

Is your staff all runaways from the asylum?

How many times a year do you wash your hands?

How many years has this salami been in stock?

Do you charge extra for the rust on these cans?

Do you paint your fingernails black or do you need a bath?

Is this supposed to be X or Y? (veal or tripe? Wine or vinegar?)

Was this omelette made with pterodactyl eggs?

Can’t you read a ticket? That seat is mine

How many ears have you cut off today? (to a barber)

Do you always sleep at the office?

How much the other side pay you to lie down?

Have you been deaf for long?

Can’t you count?

How long do you guarantee it before it collapses?

Has your father been released from prison yet?

Rhetorical questions

(A question asked only for dramatic effect and not to seek an answer)

Who cares?

Who made you so beautiful?

Why are you so stupid?

How long will we live?

When will we be happy?

Who knows?

Why do flowers smell so beautifully?

Why does poverty exist?

How are we to know who did it?

Who deserves this?

What am I going to do?

Who knows what I have been through?

What can we do?

How long are we going to put up with this?

The written imagination

Free yourselves through writing!

Don’t think twice, risk it, and get out of control!

Ask me a question… _________________________________?

What do you love?

What  / who do  you hate?

What would happen if_________________________________?

What / who are you afraid / scared of ?

Which character would you like to be ?

What do you like most about the night / morning?

What is your recurring nightmare?

What is your obsession?

How would  you  like to die?

Love questionnaire / Love Test (based on a students’ questionnaire)

Do you fancy anybody?

Do you go out with anybody?

Is he handsome? Is she beautiful?

Is he / she nice?

Do you like him/her?

Has he/she kissed you?

On the cheeks / lips?

Did you like it?

Would you like to kiss him / her again?

Did you meet him / her in the winter / summer?

Do you think he/ she likes you too?

Has he / she been out with other boys / girls?

Does he / she use perfume?

Is he  / she from Nerja / Spain?

Have you been to his  / her house?

Does he she like sports?

Does his / her name start with a vowel / consonant? Which one?

Is he / she over 15 years old

Has he / she said “ I love you”?

Do you know his / her family?

Have you received any presents from him / her?

Do you know his / her birthday?

Would you marry him  / her?

Health questions

Have you ever been operated on?

Do you get sick when travelling by car?

Do you suffer from any illness?

Do you often catch colds / the flu?

Do you do regular physical exercise?

Have you had any serious accidents?

Have you ever broken your arm / leg?

Do you suffer from any constipation / diarrhoea / Irritable Bowel syndrome?

Do you lead a healthy lifestyle?

Do you smoke / drink?

Do you take any medicines regularly?

How often do you have a medical check-up?

How often do you visit the dentist?

How often do you have your eyes tested?

Is there anything better than good health?

Has anyone in your family suffered from cancer / heart disease?

Do you take steps to lead a long and healthy life?

Have you ever had compulsive eating disorder / bulimia / anorexia?

Are you aware of the importance of a sound mind in a sound body?

3ºESO questions

How well do you think do you know X ?

Be truthful, be sincere

Do you…..?

Use perfume / deodorant  / eau de cologne everyday?

Change your underwear everyday?

Clean your teeth everyday?

Sing in the bathroom?

Ever talk to your self?

Ever sleep in the nude?

Get dressed before breakfast?

Prefer the beach or the mountains?

Prefer eating out / in?

Prefer numbers  / letters?

Prefer resting or sightseeing?

Use a nickname to refer to your friends?

Watch TV everyday?

Listen to the news?

Cry when watching a  soppy /sentimental film?

Eat between meals?

Are you ….?

Happy?

Easily influenced?

Have you got…?

Two cars / TV´s?

Many friends?

More than ten cousins?

Ready to ……

In love with somebody?

Money in store?

Prejudiced against gipsies, blacks, etc?

 Bach

What is the last thing you do before going to bed every night?

What is the first thing you do when you get up everyday?

What time do you usually go to bed at night?

What is the latest film you’ve ever seen?

What is the latest book you’ve ever read?

What is your favourite sport?

What is your favourite drink?

Have you ever been involved in a traffic accident?

Have you ever been to a nudist beach?

Have you ever phoned erotic telephone numbers/ a hotline?

Which place would you choose for a special occasion / to hold a heart to heart session?

How often do you swear?
Fieldwork II

Where do you live?

Are you a resident or are you a tourist?

Do you like Nerja…………?

Have you'visited other parts of Andalucia

Have you got any complaints about your stay…………?

What do y ou do in your spare time?

How do you like Spanish  food?

Do you practise any sport?

What do you think of the beaches………………?

How long are you going to stay in Nerja………..?

Have you  got a bike / mobile phone…….?

Would you like to live here for good?

Fieldwork III

Costa Animal Society (CAS)

We are trying to find out more about CAS. Would you mind answering some questions?

How many members are there?

How much do you pay to become a member?

How many volunteers work at the shop?

How many animals per year do you look after?

Who is your vet?

Do you have spanish volunteers?

What other activities do you organise?

What nationalities are the memebers?

Fieldwork IV

How old are you?

Do you live here?

Where do you live?

How often do you listen to the radio?

When do you listen to the radio in general?

Specific times?

Do you ever listen to the Sunshine Radio?

Do you listen to other radio stations?

If yes, which radio stations?

Where do you find out information about Sunshine Radio?

What do you like /dislike about Sunshine Radio?

Is there anything you specifically like about Sunshine Radio?

Is there anything you feel is missing from Sunshine Radio?

Do you have any other views on Sunshine Radio?

Are you in business in Nerja or the surrounding area?