Talk about experiences: 100 questions for English language learners!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to life experiences and life lessons. With this set of 100 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions in English.

Questions are grouped together in similar language forms, though this set specifically addresses forms commonly used but not always addressed in textbooks. From standards like the present perfect tense to more colloquial yet grammatically correct prompts, these questions allow students to encounter natural English and respond to it in their own ways.

Language patterns and prompts include:

Have you ever been…?
e.g. Have you ever been to North America?, Have you ever been to a romantic city?

Superlatives in questions
e.g. What’s the most beautiful place you have been to?, What’s the strangest experience you have had?

Quantifying experiences with frequency statements
e.g. How many countries have you visited?, How many exams have you failed?

Life experiences
e.g. What is your earliest memory of school?, Who has affected your life the most?

“Did you ever…?”
e.g. Did you ever have an imaginary friend?, Did you ever see something you can’t explain?

….and more!

These cards are designed for intermediate levels and above, but are suitable for all learners depending on language goals and careful selection of language by sets.

They are appropriate for all ages of learners from early teens onwards, including adult learners. Some topics will be more appropriate for specific ages, though all will elicit discussion between learners.

These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing their fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences and the things they have learned in their lives.

These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English patterns in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives.

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Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!