Conversation Questions
Living Arrangements and Dream House
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
- Do you like spending time at home?
- Where do you live and lived before?
- Who do you live with?
- When you were a child, did you have to share a bedroom with your siblings?
- Did you like it or did you want your own room?
- Which part of town do you live in?
- What are good and bad areas to live in your town?
- What would be your ideal living arrangement?
- house in a city
- flat
- studio
- cottage
- castle
- Why?
- What part of your country would you ideally like to live in?
- capital
- big city
- small town
- seaside town
- village
- countryside
- mountains van island
- Why?
- If you could buy land and build your dream house, what would it look like?
- old fashioned
- modern
- big
- small
- flat
- spacious
- one floor
- two floors
- How many and what rooms would it have?
- cellar
- hall/corridor
- living room
- bedrooms
- kitchen
- bathrooms
- study
- guest room
- TV room
- library
- balcony/veranda
- conservatory
- attic, roof
- How big would they be?
- Which room is the most important for you in your home?
- How would you decorate it inside?
- wood
- metal
- glass
- carpets
- tiles
- paintings
- mirrors
- musical instruments
- what kind of furniture
- sofas
- table and chairs
- fireplace
- animal skins
- What colors and lightening would you use?
- Do you collect a lot of things?
- Is it important that your house is ecologically friendly?
- Is it important to have a garden/lawn?
- Do you keep plants inside your house? Why or why not?
- Do you like having guests / sleepovers in your house?
- Do you like spending time in other peoples' houses?
- Do you like house parties?
- Do you like keeping animals in you house?
- Is it important to keep your house very clean or do you feel more comfortable with a bit of an 'organized chaos'?
- If you could change one thing about your current house to make it more comfortable, what would it be?
- How difficult is it to get a mortgage and buy your own house in you country?
- How many generations should live together do you think?
- When is good time for children to move out of their parents' house?
- Have you ever shared a house/flat with your friends?
- Was it a good experience?
- Are there any rules in your house that make peoples' lives easier?
- What are they?
- If you have lived abroad, what living arrangements have you experienced there?
- Did you like them?
- Do you like staying in hotels? Why or why not?
If you can think of another good question for this list, please add it.
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