Conversation Questions
Childhood

A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.

Related: Childbirth, Children

• Did you have a happy childhood?
• What did you like to do when you were a child?
• What did you look like?
• Where were you born?
• When were you born?
• How old were you when you learned to ride a bicycle?
  • Did you have your own bicycle?
  • Do you remember who taught you to ride a bicycle?
  • Did you have a bad bicycle accident?
• Who was your favorite teacher? Why?
• What was your favorite subject? Why?
• What was your favorite game?
  • Who did you play it with?
  • Who gave it to you?
  • When did you like to play it?
• Do you remember anything about your personality when a child?
• Were you good at making friends?
  • How did you make friends?
  • Did you have a lot of friends?
  • What did you enjoy doing with your friends?
• What were some embarrassing situations when you were a child?
• Were you a good student?
  • Did you enjoy going to school?
  • Did you get good grades?
  • Did you enjoy doing your homework?
• What did you like about school?
• What didn't you like about school?
• Who was your best friend?
  • How did you meet this friend?
  • What did you do together?
  • Do you still do things with this childhood friend?
  • What other things can you tell us about your best friend?
• Were your parents super protective?
  • At what age could you go places by yourself?
  • Did your parents always tell you what to do?
• Did you play outside?
  • What did you like to play?
  • How long did you play outside a day?
  • Could you play outside all year long?
• Did you play on the streets?
  • Was it dangerous to play in the streets?
  • What kind of things did you do in the streets?
  • Did you ever have an accident while playing in the streets? What happened?
• When you were a child, what did you want to grow up to be? Did you want to be a mother or father? A firefighter? A doctor? A scientist?
• Can you remember specific things from your childhood clearly?
  • How old were you at the time of your first memories?
• What kind of food did your like?
  • Did you used to eat anything or were you a picky eater?
  • What foods did you like eating?
  • What foods didn't you like to eat?
  • Did you have any foods you hated?
• What was your favorite toy when you were a child?
  • Who gave you this toy?
  • Did it have a name?
  • Do you still have it?
• What was your worst punishment as a child?
• Where did you grow up? Did you move frequently? If so, why?
• Who took care of you when you were little? A parent? A grandparent? A nanny? A daycare center?
• How are you similar to your parents? How are you different?
• Describe the first memory you have of going to school.
• Do you think children today eat too much fast food and don't play enough sports?
• What childhood diseases did you have?
• Did you have any nickname? Tell us about it.
• Were you afraid of anything? What?
• What were your favorite cartoons and TV shows?

Sentences

• When playing a game...
  • You always wanted to win and if you didn't you cried.
  • You changed the rules just to win.
  • You stopped playing if you were losing.
• When sharing your stuff...
  • You never lent anything but you wanted to borrow things from the others.
  • You lent your stuff but you also had to borrow from the others.
  • You lent things to the other children and they never lent you anything.
• On your birthday, you'd like to receive...
  • toys
  • clothes
  • things for school
• When going to school...
  • Your mother had to take you to school and you always cried before getting there.
  • You had no problem going and soon started talking to friends deciding what you'd do at at school.
  • You went to school but nobody talked to you because you'd answer nothing and look at people with an angry face.

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