ESL Questions Cats
Cats
Covering everything from ancient Egypt to modern cat videos, these 75 questions examine what cats mean to us, from behavior and care to culture and history.
Beginner
Do you have a cat?
Do you like cats?
Do you want a cat?
Have you had a cat?
Have you petted a cat?
Have you held a kitten?
Is a cat expensive?
Is your cat friendly?
Is your cat black?
What color is your cat?
What do you feed cats?
What is your favorite cat?
Does your family have a cat?
Does your cat sleep a lot?
Are cats lazy animals?
Are there wild cats?
Are you allergic to cats?
Who feeds your cat?
Who do you know with cats?
Can cats climb trees?
Can cats swim?
Can you hold a cat?
Did you ever adopt a cat?
How old is your cat?
Where do cats sleep?
Intermediate
Have you ever owned a cat?
Do you prefer cats or dogs? Why?
What would you do if your cat got lost?
How do you think cats see humans?
Have you noticed how cats behave differently in various situations?
Would you adopt a cat from a shelter?
Do you think cats are more independent than dogs?
What is the strangest behavior you have seen from a cat?
Have you ever been scratched by a cat?
How much should people spend on cat care?
Do you believe cats have feelings?
Would you rather have an indoor or outdoor cat?
Have you researched cat breeds?
Do you think cats are good pets for children?
What makes a cat affectionate?
Have you ever tried to train a cat?
How do you feel about keeping cats as pets?
Would you consider a less common cat breed?
Do you think cats understand punishment?
What would change your mind about cats?
Have you observed territorial behavior in cats?
Do you think cats have personalities?
How important is the cat-human bond?
Would you adopt multiple cats?
What is your ideal cat lifestyle?
Advanced
If cats domesticated humans instead of the reverse, what would that relationship look like?
Why do we accept cats killing wildlife but judge ourselves for eating meat?
Is keeping a cat indoors a form of imprisonment, or responsible pet ownership?
Why does cat content dominate the internet when we claim to prefer dogs?
Can a cat truly consent to living with humans, or are they trapped by dependency?
Why do we anthropomorphize cats while denying they have inner lives?
Is the cat-human relationship transactional, or is there genuine affection?
If cats are obligate carnivores, is it ethical to feed them processed pet food?
Why do we celebrate wild cats but criminalize domestic cat colonies?
Can you measure a cat's quality of life, or is it just assumption?
Why are "crazy cat lady" and "cat guy" treated so differently culturally?
If cats did not purr, would we care about them less?
Is the declawing debate really about the cat, or about property?
Why do we expect cats to behave like small humans instead of accepting they are alien?
Can adopting a cat from a shelter actually save a life, or does it just move the problem?
Why is it acceptable to breed cats but controversial to breed humans?
If your cat has a terminal illness, who decides when it dies?
Does the cat industry profit more from health or from human emotional attachment?
Why do some people hate cats despite never actually being around them?
If cats can cause allergies but provide mental health benefits, whose health matters more?
Is cat ownership a luxury, a necessity, or an addiction?
Why do we allow cats to kill billions of small animals annually without protest?
Can you love a cat ethically while it kills everything it touches?
If cats become invasive species, do we have the right to cull them?
What does our relationship with cats reveal about how we see ourselves?