Get Your Students Talking

ESL Conversation Questions

We’ve organized everything from A to Z so you can find a topic that interests you. Each one is packed with 75 questions, making it the perfect tool for a quick warm-up or a deep dive.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Accidents
Addiction
Ads
Adventures
Africa
Aging
AI
Airplanes
Ambitions
Anger
Animals
Animation
Antiques
Anzac Day
Appearance
Apps
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletes
Australia
Autumn

B

Badminton
Baking
Bali
Ballet
Bangkok
Barbecue
Barbie
Baseball
Basketball
Bastille Day
Biochemistry
Birth Control
Birthdays
Black History Month
Blogging
Board Games
Body Language
Body Positivity
Bodybuilding
Books
Boredom
Bowling
Boxing
Boxing Day
Brands
Brazil
Breakfast
Brexit
Buddhism
Budgets
Bungee Jumping
Burning Man
Business

C

Camping
Canada
Cancel Culture
Cannabis Day (4/20)
Capitalism
Cars
Cartoons
Cats
Celebrities
Charisma
Charity
ChatGPT
Cheating
Chemistry
Chernobyl Disaster
Children
China
Chinese New Year
Chocolate
Christmas
Cinco de Mayo
Cities
Cleaning
Cloning
Cocktails
Coffee
College
Colors
Columbus Day
Comics
Commuting
Competition
Complaints
Computers
Conflicts
Consumerism
Cooking
Corruption
Countries
Creativity
Crime
Crowdsourcing
Cryptocurrency
Cultural Differences
Cultural Shock
Cyberpunk
Cybersecurity
Cycling

D

Dakar Rally
Dancing
Darwin Day
Dates
Dating
Daylight Saving Time
Days of the Week
Debt
Democracy
Denmark
Deserts
Dia de los Muertos
Dictators
Diets
Digital Marketing
Digital Nomads
Dining Out
Dinosaurs
Directions
Disabilities
Discrimination
Diversity
Divorce
Diwali
DNA
Dogs
Doomscrolling
Drama
Drawing
Dreams
Driverless Cars
Driving
Drones
Drugs
Dystopia

E

Earth Day
Earth Hour
Earthquakes
Easter
Eating
Ecology
Economics
Education
Eid Al-Fitr
Elections
Electric Cars
Elephants
Email
Emotions
Empathy
Energy Sources
Engineering
Environment
Ethics
Etiquette
Euphemisms
Europe
Events
Evolution
Exams
Exercise
Extroverts

F

Failure
Fake News
Fame Culture
Family
Farming
Fashion
Fear
Festivals
FIFA World Cup
Films
Finance
First Impressions
Fishing
Fitness
Flowers
Food
Football
Forensics
Forests
Forgiveness
Formula 1
France
Friendship
Furniture
Future

G

Games
Gardens
Gender Roles
Generations
Genetic Engineering
Geography
Germany
Getting to Know Each Other
Ghosts
Gifts
Girls
Globalization
Goals
Golden Week
Good Friday
Graffiti
Greed
Grocery Shopping
Groundhog Day
Gym

H

Habits
Hair
Halloween
Handicrafts
Hanukkah
Happiness
Health
Heart Month
Hiking
Hippies
Hipsters
History
Hobbies
Holi Festival
Holidays
Hollywood
Homework
Hong Kong
Hospitality
Hotels
Household Chores
Houses
Human Rights
Humor
Hurricanes

I

Ice Cream
Ice Skating
Illness
Imagination
Immigration
Independence Day
India
Influencers
Information
Insects
Instruments
International Women’s Day
Internet
Introverts
Intuition
Inventions
Invitations
Islands
Italy

J

Japan
Jeans
Jewelry
Job Interviews
Jobs
Jokes
Journalism
July 4th
Justice

K

Karaoke
Kayaking
Kindness
Kings
Knitting
Kobe Bryant
Koningsdag
Kung Fu
Kyiv

L

La Tomatina
Labor Day
Lakes
Lantern Festival
Latvia
Laughter
Leadership
Leap Year
Learning English
Legends
Leisure
LGBTQ
Life Milestones
Literature
Lithuania
London
Loneliness
Los Angeles
Louis Riel Day
Love
Luck
Lunar New Year
Luxury

M

Magic
Makeup
Making Plans
March Equinox
Mardi Gras
Marketing
Markets
Marriage
Martin Luther King
Masculinity
Matcha
May Day
Meditation
Memorial Day
Memory
Mental Health
Michelin Guide
Midsummer
Minimalism
Misinformation
Money
Months
Moods
Moon
Mornings
Mother’s Day
Motorcycles
Mountains
Movies
Multitasking
Museums
Music

N

Names
National Parks
Nature
Negotiations
Neighbors
Nepotism
Netflix
Networking
New Year
New York City
News
Nightlife
Nike
Nobel Prize
Noise
Nostalgia
Novels
Numbers
Nutrition

O

Oceans
Octoberfest
Office
Oil Painting
Olympics
Online Shopping
Opera
Optimism
Oranges
Origami
Oscars
Owls

P

Painting
Pandemics
Paranormal
Parenting
Paris
Parties
Parts of the Body
Patience
Peer Pressure
Personal Space
Pets
Phobias
Photography
Pilgrimages
Pizza
Places in Town
Plants
Playgrounds
Podcasts
Poetry
Politics
Pollution
Prices
Pride Month
Privacy
Problems
Procrastination
Protests
Public Transport
Punctuality
Puzzles

Q

Quantum Physics
Quarantine
Queens
Quick Meals
Quizzes

R

Rain
Rainforests
Ramadan
Reading
Recipes
Recycling
Regrets
Relationships
Relaxation
Restaurants
Riddles
Risk-taking
Rites of Passage
Rivers
Road Trips
Robots
Role Models
Rosa Parks Day
Routine
Rules
Running

S

Safety
Same-sex Marriage
San Fermín
School
Science
Sculptures
Self-Care
Self-Defense
Self-Esteem
Shopping
Siesta
Skiing vs Snowboarding
Sleep
Sleepcations
Small Talk
Smartphones
Snow
Social Media
Solar Eclipse
Songkran
Space
Spain
Sports
Spring
St. Patrick’s Day
Stand-up Comedy
Star Wars
Stars
Startups
Staycations
Stereotypes
Street Food
Success
Summer
Sunsets
Super Bowl
Superpowers
Superstitions
Surfing
Survival Skills
Symbols
Symptoms

T

Taiwan
Tattoos
Taylor Swift
Tea
Technology
Tennis
Thailand
Thanksgiving Day
Theatre
Therapy
Thomas Edison
Tiananmen Square Protests
Tickets
Time
Time Management
Time Travel
Tipping Culture
Tiradentes Day
Titanic
Tokyo
Toys
Traditional Medicine
Traditions
Trains
Travel
Trees
Trust
TV Shows

U

UFOs
Ukraine
Ukulele
Underwater Life
United Kingdom
Universe
Universities
Upcycling
Urbanization
USA
Utopia

V

Vacations
Valentine’s Day
Vampires
Van Life
Vegetables
Vegetarianism
Vehicles
Vesak
Veterans Day
Victory in Europe (VE) Day
Video Games
Vietnam War
Villages
Vintage
Violins
Volcanoes
Volleyball

W

Waitangi Day
Walking
Water
Weather
Weddings
Weekends
Wildlife
William Shakespeare
Wine
Winters
Wolves
Wonders of the World
Work
Work-Life Balance
Working from Home
World Cancer Day
World War I
World War II
World Whale Day
Writing

X

X (formerly Twitter)
X-mas
X-Men
X-rays
Xenophobia

Y

Yachts
Yearbook
Yellowstone
Yoga
Youth
YouTube

Z

Zen Philosophy
Zero Waste
Zip Lining
Zodiac Signs
Zombies
Zoomers
Zoos
Zumba