Conversation Questions
Cities
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
- Why do you like living in the city?
 - What are some of the advantages of living in a city?
 - What are some of the disadvantages of living in a city?
 - Do you know the neighbors who live near you?
 - What's your favorite city? Why?
 - What city do you live in?
- What part of this city do you like the best?
 - Can you describe the city?
 
 - What aspects of life in the city would you complain about?
 - What do you think should be done to improve living condition in cities?
 - What are some differences between living in the city and living in the country?
 - What size city is best to live in? Why?
 - What are the names of two big cities in Europe?
 - What are the names of two small cities in Europe?
 - Would you prefer to live in a really old historical city, or a really new modern city?
 - If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?
 - Did you grow up in the city or in the country?
 - Would you enjoy designing a new city ?
 - Do you walk alone at night in your home city?
 - Would you want to be the mayor of your city?
- What would you do?
 - How would you change things?
 - Do you think you could make big changes in your city?
 
 - Would you want to be a member of the city council of your city?
 - What monuments of your city do you consider the most impressive? Why?
 - Do you like modern cosmopolitan architecture?
 - How would you describe the architecture of your city?
 - Which cities do you feel safe in?
 - Which cities have the best bus services/taxis/metro?
 - How can we make our cities safer places to live?
 - Do you think that each city should have their own laws or could all cities share the same general laws?
 - What would you do if you were in charge of a city? How would you improve it?
 - Do you know if your city has a disaster plan for earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, etc? 
- If so, what is the plan?
 - In your opinion, is it a good/sufficient plan?
 - What changes would you make?
 
 - Do all the cities in your country or the U.S. have the same educational system?
 - Can you suggest some good tourist sites to visit in your city?
 - Does your city have a professional or semi-professional sports team? 
- How many teams are there?
 - What are sports?
 - What are the team's names?
 - Do you go and watch some of these sports? How much does it cost?
 - Do some of these teams win championships?
 
 - What are you doing to reduce the amount of pollution in your city?
- Does your city have any laws about dealing with pollution?
 - Do you follow them?
 - How do you sort garbage in your city?
 - Do you recycle on a regular basis?
 
 - If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?
 - Would you enjoy designing a new city?
 - Can you name two cities in twenty different countries around the world?
 - Do you think some cities are becoming too large? Why?
 - What are some tourist attractions in your city?
 - What are some historical places in your city? Have you visited them?
 - What's the most prestigious university in your city?
 - What are the major problems in your city? 
- What are some long term problems?
 - What are some recent problems?
 - What is your city doing to solve these problems?
 - What do you think should be done to solve them ?
 - What are you doing to help solve these problems?
 
 - Where's the trendiest area in your city? Do you enjoy going there?
 - who are some famous personalities from your city?
 - What would you do to improve some aspects of your city?
 - Which city's sports team do you cheer for?
 - Is your city very cosmopolitan?
 - What are some cosmopolitan cities around the world
 - What is the most important part of a city?
 - Who is the local government head in your city?
 - Which cities would you like to visit in your home country?
 - Which cities would you like to visit around the world?
 
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