There are a plenty of different sites that will tell you what

kinds of questions to ask before marriage, and what facts

you absolutely must know about your significant other, to
gauge if youre serious about them. Here are 55 quick,
straightforward questions that you should be able to
answer about your partner, if youre in a long-term
relationship:
1. What is their mothers maiden name?
2. What color are their eyes?
3. What is one place they desperately want to travel to?
4. What do they regret about their family life?
5. What foods can they absolutely not stand?
6. Do they shower in the morning or at night?
7. Have they ever voted?
8. What type of chocolate do they prefer?
9. Is there a certain nickname they absolutely hate to be
called?
10.

Where is their family from?

11.

Is their family religious?

12.

Do they want a cat or a dog?

13.

Which friend have they known the longest?

14.

What childhood memory do they always bring up?

15.
Do they think of themselves as extroverted or
introverted?
16.
Do other people think of them as extroverted or
introverted?
17.

Do they want children?

18.
What do they think of long term commitments,
marriage, etc.?
19.

Do they like foreplay?

20.

Are they a light sleeper?

21.

Do they like to cuddle while they sleep?

22.

Which celebrity do they find most attractive?

23.

How do they wind down at the end of a long day?

24.

Do they drink every day?

25.

Would they ever want to live abroad?

26.

Do they still have their wisdom teeth?

27.

What do they like on pizza?

28.

Do they have severe allergies and what are they?

29.

If they went to college, what did they study?

30.

Do they believe in God?

31.

Whats their favorite sex position?

32.
In an ideal world, how many times a week would
they want to have sex?
33.

Whats their least favorite part of their current job?

34.

What are they currently reading?

35.

Are they conscious about saving money?

36.

What is their ideal date night?

37.

Where were they born?

38.

How do they take their coffee?

39.
What is the one thing you could say to make them
start arguing with you?
40.

What is their astrological sign?

41.

What is their favorite season?

42.

What amount of PDA are they comfortable with?

43.

What is their go-to drink order?

44.

How old were they when they lost their virginity?

45.

What are their porn preferences?

46.

Are they confrontational?

47.

How often do they use social media?

48.

Do they have condiment/hot sauce preferences?

49.

What makes them insanely impatient?

50.

What is their go-to form of exercise?

51.

What is their dream job?

52.

What is their favorite meal?

53.

Who is their closest friend currently?

54.

What is the one thing that gets them off every time?

55.

Do they like celebrating their birthday?

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.

1. How old would you be if you didnt know how old you are?

2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?

3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we dont like and like so many things we dont do?

4. When its all said and done, will you have said more than youve done?

5. What is the one thing youd most like to change about the world?

6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?

7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?

8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?

10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?

11. Youre having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend
of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?

12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?

13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?

15. Whats something you know you do differently than most people?

16. How come the things that make you happy dont make everyone happy?

17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? Whats holding you back?

18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?

19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move
and why?

20. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?

21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

22. Why are you, you?

23. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?

24. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right
near you?

25. What are you most grateful for?

26. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?

27. Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?

28. Has your greatest fear ever come true?

29. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?

30. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?

31. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?

32. If not now, then when?

33. If you havent achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?

34. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best
conversation ever?

35. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?

36. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?

37. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?

38. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?

39. Do you feel like youve lived this day a hundred times before?

40. When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly
believed in?

41. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?

42. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or
famous?

43. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?

44. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?

45. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?

46. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

47. When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?

48. What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?

49. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or
the day before that?

50. Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you
letting others make them for you?

English Conversation Questions

Warm-up Question:
How long have you been studying English? How old were you when you first learned some English?
Vocabulary List

ESL Conversation Questions:

1. Why do you study English?
2. Do you enjoy speaking in a language that is not your mother tongue?
3. How well do you speak English? Is it possible to learn to speak English like a native speaker
does?
4. What level of English would satisfy you? What learning goals do you have?
5. How did you feel about English at school? How was it taught?

6. Is English easier or more difficult to learn than other languages? Why do you think so?
7. Do you speak any languages other than your native language and English? What do you like
about those other languages?
8. When it comes to English, what are your strengths and weaknesses? Choose from vocabulary,
grammar, fluency, pronunciation, reading, listening, writing, and idioms. Which do you most want to
improve? Why?
9. Have you taken any standardized English tests such as TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS? Did studying
for these tests help you to improve your English?
10. English is widely spoken as a second language around the world. Why is this?
11. Many native English speakers do not learn to speak other languages well. Should they? Why?
What are the benefits of learning another language?
12. Many languages have adopted English loanwords. Which words in your language are
borrowed from English?
13. Are there any words from your native language that are commonly used by native English
speakers? What are they?
14. Will technology eliminate the need to learn other languages? How?
15. What study tips do you have for people who want to improve their English? What is the best way
to improve quickly?
16. Do you watch television shows in English to help improve your English skills? How effective is
this method? What shows can you recommend?
17. What is your favorite word in English? What do you like about it?
18. Is it important to learn slang or swearwords in English? Why or why not?
19. How do you feel when you speak with a native speaker of English?

20. Will English be replaced as a global language? How long will this take? Which language will be
the next global language?

How to respond to "How are

you?", "What's up?", and
other conversation starters
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There are a few questions that English speakers ask at

the beginning of a conversation. These questions are
simple tools to find out if there are any interesting
topics to discuss.
You've certainly heard these questions, but you might
be confused about how to answer. Here's a list of
common answers to the questions "How are you?",
"How's it going?", "What's up?", and "What's
happening?"

How are you?

Fine.

This is a simple, straight answer. If you don't say

anything else, though, it might be a signal that you
don't want to continue the conversation.
Not bad.

This is a more friendly-sounding answer than "fine".

Fine, thanks.

This answer is formal. You might answer this way if

someone you don't know, like a waiter at a restaurant,
asks how you are.
Very well, thanks.

A person who likes to be grammatically proper might

answer this way. Technically, the question "How...?"
should be answered with an adverb. However, a lot of
English speakers don't know or care about this. The
people who do are "by the books" types who insist on
using grammatically correct language.
Pretty good.

If you don't care as much about grammar, you can

answer "Good" or "Pretty good". It's more common and
much, much more casual.
Great! How are you doing?

This is an enthusiastic, excited response. It's always

good to ask a question back to the other person if you
want to continue the conversation.
I'm hanging in there.

This answer makes it sound like you're having a tough

day.
I've been better.

People usually give positive answers to the question

"How are you?" If you give a negative answer like this
one, it usually means that you want to tell the listener
your sad story. So they'll usually ask what's wrong:
A: How are you?

B: I've been better.

A: What's wrong?

B: I just found out that I'm being laid off.

How's it going?
This question is similar to "How are you". The answers
discussed above all work for "How's it going?" as well.
Here's another answer that will also work for "How's it
going", but not for "How are you?"

It's going well.

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Interesting Questions to Ask People

Personal
What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep?
Are you a giver or taker?
Describe yourself in one sentence.
What is one thing you would change about yourself and why?
What is your middle name?
What are you thinking about right now?
What is important for you in life, love or money?
What are your hobbies?
Whats the first thing you notice when meeting someone new?
Do you have any nicknames?
What movie title would you pick as your life story?
Whats one of your worst habits?
Hypotheticals
If your house was on fire, what's the one thing you'd want to take with you?
If money was no object, what would you be doing with your life
What would you like to change about the world?
What would a utopian society be to you?
If you had to give yourself a new name, what would it be?
If you knew you only had a day left to live, what would you do?
Past
What did you want to be when you were a kid?
What's the best advice you received?
What's the worst advice you ever received?
What have you learned in this past week?

 What was the last thing you thought about last night?
What is your earliest memory?
What was your childhood like?

101 Conversation Starters

(Also see How to Start a Conversation)

Ice Breakers
Where did you grow up?
Do you have any pets?
Do you have any siblings?
Do you know what your your name means?
What type of phone do you have?
What did you do this past weekend?
What are your plans for this weekend?
What do you like to do in your spare time?
What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep?
What is your middle name?
What was the last thing you purchased?
What is your favorite holiday?
What is your favorite day of the week?
If you could meet anyone in history, who would it be?

 What do you like to do to relax?

Are you a saver or a spender?
Do you play any instruments?

Childhood Questions
What was your favorite children's book?
What is your first childhood memory?
What type of kid were you (e.g. spoiled, rebellious, well-behaved, quiet,
obnoxious...)?
What is one thing you miss about being a kid?
What did you want to grow up to be when you were younger?

School/Work Topics
Where did (do) you go to school?
What was (is) your favorite subject?
What was (is) your least favorite subject?
What's the first thing you do after school/work?
Were you the class clown or teacher's pet?
What do you do for a living?
What is your dream job?
If you had $10 million, would you still be working/going to school?
What was your least favorite job that you've ever had?
What is something that you have gotten in trouble for at school/work?
Relationship Questions
What is the first think you notice about a guy or girl?
Have you ever been in love?
Do you believe in soul mates?

 What are your turn offs?

Do you believe in love at first sight?
Do you prefer short hair or long hair on a guy/girl?
What do you look for in a guy/girl?
Who was the last person you called?
Would you rather be rich and never find true love or be poor and find true love?

Sports Conversation Starters

Who is your favorite athlete?
How often do you exercise?
What is your favorite sports team?
Do you play any sports?

Vacation Questions
Where was the last place you went on vacation?
Where do you plan on going for your next vacation?
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
What countries have you traveled to?
What was your worst vacation experience?

Food/Drink Topics
What is your favorite drink?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite meal of the day?
Are there any foods that you dislike or will not eat?
Are there any foods that you would like to try?

 What is your favorite restaurant?

What is your favorite pizza topping?
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
What did you have for dinner last night?
What is the signature dish that you cook?

Entertainment Topics
Who is your favorite actor?
What is your favorite movie of all time?
What was the worst movie you've ever seen?
What is your favorite TV show?
What was the last movie you've seen?
What type of music do you like to listen to?
Who is your favorite music artist?
What was the last book you read?

Personal Questions
Who do you look up to?
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
What are you scared of?
What is the best piece of advice you've received?
What do your parents do for a living?
What is your biggest regret?
What is your most embarrassing moment?
What is the craziest thing you've ever done?
What are some of your short-term goals?

 What are some of your long-term goals?

Misc. Conversation Starters

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Tell me about your first car.
Do you drink coffee or tea?
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could have only 1 item, what
would it be?
Do you believe in luck?
Do you play video games?
Do you believe people are inherently good?
How often do you shower?
What is your favorite board game?
What is your favorite charity?
Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Do you prefer cats or dogs?
Would you prefer to live in the city or a rural area?
What is your favorite season?
Do you speak any other languages?
Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
What is the best thing that happened to you during the past week?
What is the worst thing that happened to you during the past week?
Do you sing in the shower?
What is the most valuable thing that you own?
What would you do if you only had 24 hours left to live?