WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?

1. What are you like?

2. What kind of person do you like/ hate?
3. What is your favorite color?
4. Do you think animals can see color?
BREAKING THE ICE
1. Are you a student or are you working?
2. What do you do to improve your mood when you are in a
bad mood?
3. Do you have any pets?
4. Do you prefer to watch movies in the cinema or in your
home?
5. Do you usually achieve goals you set? Why or why not?
6. When do you want to retire? What do you want to do when
you retire?
MEET NEW PEOPLE
1. Do you like to kiss, shake or bow when you meet a new
person?
2. What will you say/ do when someone you meet is older/
younger than you?
3. Do you enjoy meeting new people?
4. Do you believe in love at first sight?
ON THE PHONE
1. Does it bother you when someone calls early in the
morning?
2. Does it bother you when someone talks too loudly?
3. What will you do if you call someone and the line is
engaged?
4. Do you think phones are important? How important are
phones?
THAT SOUNDS DELICIOUS
1. What do you usually have for breakfast/ lunch/ dinner?
2. What’s your favorite cooking method? Why?
3. What can you cook well?
4. Is there any food that you don’t like?
5. Where is the best place to eat in your town? Why is it
so good?
6. What unhealthy food do you love?
GOING OUT TO EAT
1. What do you suggest for someone who enjoys spicy food?
Why
2. What do you suggest for someone who is on a diet?why
3. Why do people like to eat in a restaurant?
4. Do you think bigger restaurants tend to be better than
small ones?
WHAT’ S THE WEATHER LIKE?
 1. What’s the weather like today? Do you like that kind of
weather?
2. Is your favorite season spring, summer, fall or winter?
Why?
3. What do you like to do on chilly days/ boiling hot
days?
4. How do you feel if it’s boiling hot/ chilly/ stormy?
5. Do you think that weather affects people’s behavior?
EXTREME WEATHER
1. If you’re outside during a thunderstorm, what should
you do?
2. If you’re inside during a thunderstorm, what should you
do?
3. What should you do to keep cool during boiling hot
days?
4. What should you do to keep cool during chilly days?
5. Is there any earthquake, typhoon, flood or volcano in
Vietnam?
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
1. Do you like surfing the Internet? Why/ Why not?
2. Why do you think people have hobbies? 
3. What hobbies are popular in your country?
4. Would you like to try something dangerous, like
skydiving or rock climbing?
5. What would you like to try before you die?
6. Did you have a hobby as a child?
IF I HAD MORE TIME
1. How much time do you spend shopping for groceries? What
do you often buy?
2. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
3. If you were rich, what new hobby would you start?
4. If you had more free time, who would you spend it with?
5. For girls: When you see a man or boy, which part of his
body will you notice first?
For boys: When you see a woman or girl, which part of
her body will you notice first?
6. What’s the first thing you’d look at if you saw me
naked?
CAMPUS LIFE
1. Who is your favorite teacher?
2. Tell me 3 things you like/ dislike about your school/
university
3. What is your major? Why did you choose your major? Do
you have any regrets?
4. Do you prefer living in a dormitory or living outside
your university?
5. Do you skip class very often?
 6. Do you often procrastinate?
JOBS
1. When you are looking for a job, what do you consider?
(Ex: salary, working hours, vacations, interesting
work, commuting time, colleagues or job security)
2. Should children go to work?
3. What is the most dangerous job?
4. What are some of the best jobs you can think of?
5. What is your dream job?
6. Do you prefer a cushy job with a low salary or hard
work with a high salary?
7. Do you think that job satisfaction is more important
than salary?
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
1. Have you ever seen one of those problems: crossing the
red light, not using turn signals, cutting someone off,
using your cellphone while driving, waving into the
other lanes or driving in zigzag shape?
2. Do you use a smartphone app to call a taxi or motorbike
taxi such as Grab or Bee?
3. What means of transport are popular in your country?
4. What is the longest trip you have ever taken by car?
5. How do you feel about spending time in rush hours?
6. What do you usually do when you are stuck in a traffic
jam?
7. Do you like to drive or to be driven?
8. How do you get around Hanoi?
TOURING A CITY
1. What do you do when you visit a new city?
2. How often do you travel?
3. What forms of transportation do you prefer to use when
you travel?
4. What is the biggest city you’ve ever visited?
5. Are you planning on going anywhere for your next
vacation? If so, where? Who will? How long will you
stay?
6. Have you ever been abroad? If yes, where have you been?
If not, which country would you like to travel the
most?
7. Could you live in another country for the rest of your
life?
8. Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why?
9. What’s the best way to travel in your country?
10. What souvenirs have you brought back from
travelling?
CITY AND COUNTRYSIDE
1. Which do you prefer, being indoors or being outdoors?
 2. What can you find in the city but not in the
countryside?
3. What can you find in the countryside but not in the
city?
4. Are there any must-see places in Hanoi?
5. What do you like about where you live? What don’t you
like?
6. Where do you live now? Have you always lived there?
7. What are some advantages of living in the countryside/
city?
FEARS AND CRIMES
1. How often do you go out alone at night?
2. How often do you use public transportation late at
night?
3. How often do you carry a large amount of cash?
4. How often do you make eye contact with strangers?
5. What kinds of fears are common in your country?
6. Are you afraid of ghosts/ heights/ flying?
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?
1. What countries have you travelled to? If you have never
been abroad, where do you want to go in the future?
2. Have you ever felt blue during the holidays? How was
it?
3. Why do people like travelling?
4. If your wallet was stolen during a trip, what would you
do?
5. If you lost your passport while travelling, what would
you do?
6. Have you ever felt blue during the holidays? How was
it?
7. What are some great places to travel to in your
country?
HOTEL SERVICES
1. What kind of room do you want to book, standard room or
deluxe room?
2. If you book a room in the hotel, how would you like to
pay, by cash or by credit card?
3. To help carry your bags, who do you call in the hotel?
4. To check if you have received mail or a package, who do
you call in the hotel?:
Get ARE YOU A TECHIE?
1. What do you use a laptop for?
2. Do you think that a dishwasher is important?
3. Among a refrigerator, an air conditioner and a water
heater, what do you think is the most important to me?
4. What are some advantages of having a smartphone?
5. What are some disadvantages of having a smartphone?
 6. Do you enjoy using technology?
7. How often do you use your phone to make calls?
8. How often do you use your phone to send and read
emails?
9. Which do you prefer, smartphone or laptop?
10. Which do you prefer, lose a wallet or lose your
phone?
11. Which do you prefer, Iphone or Android phone?
12. Which do you prefer, give up the phone or lose
some friends?
13. Which do you prefer, call or text?
ONLINE SHOPPING OR TRADITIONAL SHOPPING
1. What are the advantages of online/ offline shopping?
2. What is the thing that you have bought recently that
cost a lot of money?
3. When do you think everybody will buy things only
online?
4. What kind of problems can you have when you buy things
only online?
5. What is the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought?