Month: September 2018

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STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1)What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘pet’?(2)Do you like pets?(3)How many pets have you had?(4)Is it important for children to have a pet?(5)Why do people have pets?(6)Do you think it’s unfair to keep animals in the home – shouldn’t they be in their natural habitat?(7)Do you know anyone with an unusual pet?(8)Is it wrong to spend money on pets and pet food when so many people are starving?(9)Do you like visiting pet shops?(10)What animal do you think makes the best pet?
 (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1)Do pets make good gifts?(2)Do people usually choose good names for their pets in your country?(3)What do you think of restaurants and stores aimed at pets?(4)What problems do pets create for people?(5)Is a spider or a snake really a pet?(6)Why do some people prefer pets to children?(7)What do you think of people who dispose of their pets because they are too much trouble?(8)Do you think pet owners are often similar to their pets?(9)What do you think of the idea of virtual pets, like Tamagotchi?(10)Are pets good value for money?

THE DISCUSSION ON CHOCOLATE

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1) Do you like chocolate?
(2) Which country do you think makes the most delicious chocolate?
(3) Do you like getting chocolate as a present?
(4) Do you know how chocolate is made?
(5) How much chocolate should children eat?
(6) Is chocolate part of any celebrations in your country?
(7) Do you think chocolate is healthy?
(8) Who do you think are the world’s biggest chocolate eaters?
(9) Why is chocolate so often associated with romance?
(10) What would the world be like without chocolate?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1) What do you know about the history of chocolate?
(2) Did you eat a lot of chocolate when you were a child?
(3) Why do you think so many people are addicted to chocolate?
(4) What is your favourite brand / bar / kind of chocolate?
(5) Would you like to eat some chocolate right now?
(6) Do you have a favourite chocolate TV commercial?
(7) How can the word ‘chocolate’ be a countable and uncountable noun?
(8) Have you read the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’?
(9) Does eating chocolate change our feelings?
(10) What are your earliest memories of chocolate?