IELTS

SPEAKING QUESTIONS
PART 1

Internal Circulation
PERSONAL QUESTIONS
1. What’s your full name?
2. What’s your name?
3. What’s your surname?
4. How old are you?
5. When is/was your birthday?
6. When were you born?
7. Where were you born?
8. Where you you live?
9. Do you live in a big city?
10. Do you live in the city centre?
11. Do you like your home town?
12. What is your job?

SCHOOL
1. Where is your school?
2. How do you go to school everyday?
3. Is it far from your house to your school?
4. How far is it from your house to your school?
5. Do you ride the bus to school?
6. Do you like studying?
7. What is your favorite thing (subject) to study at school?
8. What is your least favorite thing to study?
9. Do you have lots of homework to do each night?
10. Where do you prefer (like) to go when you need to study?

HOUSE
1. How many people are there in your family?
2. Do you all live in the same house?
3. What things do you like doing together?
4. Who is your favorite family member?
5. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
6. Which is your favourite room in your home? Why?
7. Who did the cooking in your family when you were a child?

FREETIME AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES:

1. What do you like to do for fun?
2. What type of activities do you like to do in your free time?
3. How much time do you spend at home?
4. Do you prefer to spend your free time at home? (Do you prefer to spend your time inside or outside?)
5. What do you do when you have some free time and you're at home?
6. Do you play sports? Which ones?
7. What is your favorite thing to do on the weekend?
8. Do you like to draw? What kinds of things do you draw?
9. What do you do when you get home from school?

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10. Do you like to do puzzles?
11. Does your family go on a vacation each year?
12. Where does your family go on vacation?
13. What is your favorite TV show? Why do you like it?
14. What is your favorite movie ever?
15. What was the last movie you saw? Did you like it or not? (Why?)
16. Do you like to read?
17. What is your favorite book?
18. What is your favorite computer game?
19. Do you like to play video games?
20. Do you like to go out to eat?
21. What is your favorite place to eat?
22. Do you like music?
23. What kind of music do you like?
24. What is your favorite song?
25. Do you like to dance?
26. Do you know how to play any instruments? Which one(s)?
27. Do you like cooking? Why?
28. What type of things can you cook?
29. What kinds of food are popular in your country?
30. Do you like walking? Why?
31. Do you like holidays? Why / why not?
32. Do you prefer to travel or stay at home?
33. Do you like parks?
34. How often do you visit parks?
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FRIENDS
1. Do you have a lot of friends?
2. How often do you see your friends?
3. Is there anything special about your best friend?
4. How long have you known your best friend? (Have you known each other long?)
5. What do you think is the best trait of a friendship?
6. What do you think is the best trait of a friendship?
7. Is it important to keep in contact with our friends when we’re in a relationship?
8. Do you prefer to spend time with your family or your friends?
9. Are your friends mostly your age or different ages?
10. Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends?
11. The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?
12. In what ways are your friends important to you?

MUSIC
1. What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
2. How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
3. Do you like any foreign celebrities?
4. Would you like to become a widely-known celebrity? Why?

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FOOD
1. What’s your favorite food?
2. Are there any food you dislike?
3. What are some traditional food in your country?
4. Do you have a healthy diet?
5. Who does the cooking in your family? Why?
6. Did you learn how to cook when you were younger?
7. Do you think Vietnamese people's diet is healthy?
8. Do you like tasting new food?
9. Are there any fruits or vegetables you don’t like?
10. Do you like cooking
11. What kinds of food do you particularly like?
12. Did you like chocolate as a child?
13. Do you think most people like chocolate? Why?
14. What kinds of food are most popular in your country?

MOVIE AND FILMS

1. Do you like watching films?
2. Do you prefer foreign films or films made in your country?
3. Do you like watch films?
4. What kinds of movies do you like best?
5. How often do you go to a cinema to watch a movie?
6. Do you like to watch movies alone or with your friends?
7. Do people in your country like to go to a cinema to watch a film?

MEDIA
1. Do your often read newspapers?
2. Do you prefer to read local news or international news?
3. Which is more popular where you live, newspapers or magazines?
4. Do you think newspapers will be very important to you in the future?

PETS
1. Why do some people keep pets at home?
2. Have you ever had a pet before?
3. Do you like to see animals in the zoo?
4. What is the most popular animal in Vietnam?

MORNING ROUTINE
1. What do you do in the morning?
2. Is breakfast important?
3. What is your morning routine?
4. Do you like to get up early in the morning?

READING
1. Do you like reading?

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2. Do you usually read for leisure or for work purposes?
3. What was your favourite book or story when you were a child?
4. Do you think it's important that children read regularly?
5. Do you like E-books?
6. Do you ever read professional books?

SLEEP
1. How many hours do you usually sleep at night?
2. Do you like to get up early in the morning?
3. How to have a good sleep?
4. Do you have a nap during the day?
5. How much sleep is best for you?
6. Is it necessary to take a nap every day?
7. Do old people sleep a lot? Why?
8. Do you like to get up early in the morning?
9. Do you find that sleeping in the afternoon helps you to work?
10. How to have a good sleep?

WEATHER
1. How is the weather today?
2. What’s your favourite kind of weather?
3. What is the climate like in your country?
4. Does the weather affect people’s lives in your country?

EMAIL
1. Do you use email?
2. Do you prefer using email or text messaging?
3. Do you think it’s important to reply to emails immediately after you receive
4. them?
5. At work or in your studies, do you often write things?
6. Do you often send emails?
7. How often do you send e-mails?
8. How often do you check your email?
9. Do you prefer to write by hand or on a computer?
10. Do you think emails are useful?
11. Do you think people will still write letters in the future?

CROWDED PLACE
1. What kind of places are crowded in where you’re living now?
2. Do you like crowded place?
3. When was the last time you were in crowded place?
4. Would you say people with the same interests usually get along with each other when they are in a
crowd?

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NEIGHBOR
1. How well do you know your next-door neighbours?
2. How often do you see them?
3. What problems do people sometimes have with their neighbours?

JOB
1. Do you work or study?
2. Is that a popular job in your country?
3. Are there anything special about your job?
4. Is there another type of job you would like to do?
5. Would you recommend your current job to other people?
6. What specific things do you do in your job?
7. What do you like most about your job?
8. Why did you choose that job?
9. Do you think this job has a bright future?
10. What are the most interesting and difficult part of your job?

COLLECT
1. Have you ever collected anything as a hobby? (What?)
2. What kinds of thing do people often like collecting?
3. Why do you think people collect certain objects?
4. Is there anything that you would like to collect in the future?

ENVIRONMENT
1. Is there anything in your hometown that is being polluted?
2. What causes pollution?
3. Have you ever done anything to help protect the environment?
4. Are there litter laws where you live? If so, what is the penalty for littering?
5. Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?
6. Do you think people should recycle newspapers? Why or why not?
7. Do you think there are lessons to learn from nature?
8. How has the world changed since you were a child? (technology, values, environment, health)
9. How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?
10. What are some things that can be recycled?
11. What are some things that your community is doing to help the environment?
12. What are some things which you recycle?
13. What are some types of pollution?
14. What are some ways that you can reduce pollution in this country?

SAVE MONEY
1. Did you save money when you were young?
2. Have you ever given money to other children?
3. Do you think parents should teach children to save money?
4. Do parents give pocket money in Vietnam?

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SHOES
1. Do you like shopping for shoes?
2. How often do you buy shoes?
3. What kinds of shoes do you usually buy?
4. What kinds of shoes do you usually wear?
5. Do you think the type of shoes someone wears reflects their character?

DESSERT / CAKE
Do you like desserts?
Do you like eating a cake?
How often do you eat cakes?
Have you ever made a cake?
Do you like sweets?
Is there a good variety of sweets in your country?

LAUGHTER
Do you usually make your friends laugh?
Are you the kind of person who makes people laugh?
When was the last time you laughed?
In what situations do people laugh?
Do you like to make people laugh?
Do you like watching funny TV shows?
Do you think it’s important for friends to have the same sense of humour?

PEN AND PENCIL

Do you usually use a pen or a pencil?
Which do you prefer, a pen or pencil?
When was the last time you bought a pen or pencil?
How would you feel if someone gave you a pen as a gift?

BEAUTY SCENERY
Does your hometown have beautiful views?
When you are travelling, do you like to stay in places with beautiful views ?
How would you feel living in a house with beautiful scenery?
Do you like taking photos of beautiful scenery on your smartphone?

MUSEUM, ART GALLERY / EXHIBITION

Do you like going to museums?
Have you ever been to an art gallery?
Are there any paintings on the wall of your bedroom?

NUMBERS
Do you often use numbers to do something?
Are you good at memorizing numbers?
What is your favourite number?

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Are you good at numbers?
Would you like to have a job dealing with numbers?

HISTORY
When you were a child, did you enjoy learning history?
Have you ever been to a museum to learn about history?
Have you ever watched movies related to history?
When was the last time you read a book about history?
Do you think history is important?

RUNNING AND WALKING

Do you like running?
Where do you usually go (for) running?
Have you ever done a long distance running?
Do you like walking?
Do you think walking is important?
Do you think walking in the countryside is better than walking in the city?
What could be done to improve the experience of walking in cities?

SCIENCE
Do you like Science?
Did you enjoy learning Science in primary or high school?
Do you think it’s important to study Science?
What kind of science did you learn at school?

SPENDING ALONE
Do you like to spend time by yourself?
Do you usually spend time alone?
What do you usually do when you spend time with yourself?
What did you do last time when you were alone?

WATER SPORTS
Do you like water sports?
Have you done water sports?
Would you like to do a water sport?
Are water sports popular in your country?

BREAK
How often do you take a break?
What do you usually do during a break?
Why do you need to take a break?
Do you prefer a long break or several short breaks?

TRUST

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Who do you trust most?
What kind of people do you trust?
Have you ever lost trust in somebody?
Do you trust artificial intelligence?

ISLAND
Have you ever been to an island?
Is there any island in your country?
Do you want to live on an island if you have a chance?
What would you like to do if you were on an island?

MAKEUP
Do you wear makeup often?
What does wearing makeup mean to you?
Do you give makeup kit as a gift?
What do you think when you see a man wearing makeup?

EATING
Do you eat out a lot?
Do you eat healthy food?
How often do you eat with your family?
Do you prefer eating at home or at a restaurant?

FOREST
When was the last time you went to a forest?
Would you like to go to the forest if you are free?

AMUSEMENT PARK
Do you like amusement parks?
How often do you go to an amusement park?
What do you usually do at an amusement park?

SUNSHINE
Do you like sunshine?
What do you usually do on sunny days?
Do you often use sunscreen?

TIREDNESS
What kinds of things make you tired?
What do you do when you feel tired?
Whom do you usually talk to when you feel mentally tired?
Do you like to talk to strangers when you feel mentally tired?

Social Media
Do you use social media websites?

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Do you like to use Facebook?
Do you prefer an information app or a chat app?
How did you first find out about social media websites?
Is social media very popular in your country?
Do you think social media will become more popular in the future?
Do you feel social media is more of a positive thing, or more negative thing?

Perfume
Do you like perfume?
Do you wear perfume?
How much money do you spend on perfume?
Have you ever given perfume as a gift?
Would you ever give perfume as a gift?

Borrowing
Do you like to lend things to others?
Would you lend money to someone else?
Have you ever borrowed money from someone else?
Have you ever lent a book to others?
How do you feel about others borrowing things from you?

Supermarket/ Street Market

Do you like visiting street markets?
Do you often go to the supermarket?
Are street markets very common in your country?
Would you be interested if you saw a street market in a foreign country?
Do people in your country prefer to shop at a street market, or in a shopping mall?
Are there many shopping malls in your living area?

Visiting Relatives & Friends

Do you often visit your relatives? (Why?)
What do you do when you visit them?
When was the last time you visited them? what did you do?
Do you (ever or often) go to your friends’ homes to visit them?
Families Activities
Do you often stay together with your family?
Do you prefer to stay with your family or friends?

Smile
Do you smile a lot?
When was the last time you laughed?
In what situations do people smile?
Do you smile when you are having your picture taken?
Can you sense if someone’s smile is fake?

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Time management/ Plan
Do you make plans every day?
Would you say you manage your time well?
What’s the biggest difficulty you have when managing time?
What’s the latest plan you made?

Garbage
What do you do when you see rubbish on the street?
Do you think it’s important to protect the environment?
How do you feel when you see someone throw litter on the ground?
Do you think plastic bags are a serious environmental problem?
Do you do anything to protect the environment?

Places to Play
Where did you play when you were a child?
Did you play at your friend’s home?
Did you prefer to play outside or inside when you were young?
Do you think it’s important for children to play outside?

Weather
What’s the weather like in your city?
Do you have a favourite type of weather?
Would you move to another city because of the weather?

Travel
Do you travel often?
What’s the most beautiful place you’ve been to?
Where would you like to travel for a vacation? (Why?)
Whom do you often spend the holiday with?
Do you prefer travelling alone or in a group?
How much travelling have you done?
What kind of places have you visited in your life?
When you visit new places, what do you like to do?
In which season do you prefer to travel?
What is the best season to travel in your country?

Transport
What kind of transport do you use most often?
How do you usually go to school/work?
How long does it take to travel to school/work?
How did you go to school when you were a child?
Do you prefer to use public, or private transportation?
Do you think you’ll use public transport more in the future?

Cities

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What cities have you travelled to?
Which city do you like to travel to?
Would you ever move to another city for work?
In what ways do you think a city can be designed to best suit the needs of pedestrians?
Who would you say uses public transport more, young people or old people?

Maths
Do you like maths?
Do you often use a calculator?
When did you start to use a calculator?
(Similar to above) How often do you use a calculator?
Do you think maths is important?
Do you think females (girls) are good at maths?
Some people think that maths isn’t needed in our life. What do you think?

Going out
Whom do you usually want to go out with?
How often do you go out with your friends?
Where do you like to go to when you are out with your friends?
Do you like to go out with a big group or just with some friends?

Reading
Do you like reading?
What kinds of books do you like to read?
Do you like E-books?
Do you ever read professional books?
Have you ever lent or borrowed a book?

Accommodation
Where are you living at the moment?
Whom do you live with?
How long have you been living there?
Are you planning to move to another area to live?
What do you like about the area around where you live?
Do you know many people living nearby?
What changes have you seen in this area since you have been living there?
What changes would you like to see in this area?

Study
What’s your major?
Do you like it?
Will you change it if you have a chance?
Which major will you change it to?
Is it different from what you had in mind?
Why did you choose that major?

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Smile
Do you like to smile?
How often do you smile?
Do you smile when you are having your picture taken?
When do people smile to others?
Can you sense (or feel, or tell) if someone’s smile is fake?

Reading
Do you like reading?
How often do you read?
Do you usually read for leisure or for work purposes?
What kinds of books do you like to read?
What was your favourite book or story when you were a child?

Apps
What apps do you often use?
Which do you prefer, an information app or a chat app?
Do you want to develop an app yourself?
Do you often use apps on mobile phones?
What kinds of apps do you expect in the future?

Perfume
Do you like perfume?
Do you use perfume?
Would you ever give perfume as a gift?

Sport
Do you like sports?
Do you often watch sports on TV?
How often do you play sports?
Do you prefer watching or playing sports?
What’s the most common sport in your country?
Do you think it is difficult to learn a new sport?
Are there many celebrity athletes in your country?
Did you prefer team sports or individual sports when you were young?

Travel
Do you like travelling?
Do you like to travel by air?
What do you think about travelling to outer space?
Where would you like to travel for a vacation? (Why?)
What would you prepare on a trip to the outer space?
Whom do you often spend the holiday with?
Do you prefer travelling alone or in a group?

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How much travelling have you done?
What kind of places have you visited in your life?
When you visit new places, what do you like to do?
In which seasons do you prefer to travel?
What is the best season to travel in your country?

Time Management
How do you organize your time?
Do you make plans every day?
Would you say you manage your time well?
Are you ever late for anything?
Do you think young people organize their time in the same way?
What’s the biggest difficulty you have when managing time?

Children’s Ideas
When do you think children start to have their own ideas?
Should parents follow their children’s ideas or should they say “No” to them?
Can children say no?

Places to Play
Where did you play when you were a child?
Did you play at your friend’s home?
Did you prefer to play outside or inside when you were young?
Do you think it’s important for children to play outside?

Cities
Do you like the city you are living in now?
Which city have you been to recently?
Do you prefer the city or the countryside?
What kinds of city do you like?
Which city do you want to go to?

Pets
Have you ever had a pet?
Do many people in your country have a pet?
Is there any animal you would like to have as a pet?
What animal(s) would you not like to have as a pet?

The Sky
Do you often look at the sky?
Do you know much about the stars and planets?
Can you see the moon and stars at night where you live?
Is there a good place to look at the sky where you live?
Do you prefer to look at the sky in the daytime, or at night?
Do school students learn much about planets and the stars (at school) in your country?

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Weather/ Season
Which season do you like best? /Do you have a favourite type of weather?
What’s the weather like in your city?
Are there four different seasons in your hometown?
Would you move to another city because of the weather?
Do you do different things in different weather (or different seasons)?
Would you prefer to live in a place that has the same weather all year, or a place that has four seasons?
Does the weather in your country change often?
Do you like it when it’s raining?
Do you feel the climate is changing?
Do you think the weather is more important to people who play sports?

Patience
Are you a patient person?
When are you impatient?
Do you think you are more patient now than when you were younger?
Do you think you will be more patient in the future?
Are you patient in your work or study?
Can you explain why some people are not very patient?
Do you think people should be patient?
How do you feel when other people are impatient?
Would you say young people are more patient than older people?
Can you give any examples of work that require patience?

Tea & Coffee

Do you prefer to drink tea or coffee?
When you go out do you most often drink tea or coffee?
When was the last time you drank some tea or coffee?
Which is more popular in your country, drinking tea or drinking coffee?
Do people in your country ever give tea as a gift?
When people in your country entertain guests do they usually drink tea or coffee?

Public Holidays
Does your country have many public holidays?
Do you have a favourite holiday?
Do you think there should be more public holidays?
What public holidays do you have in your country?
Would you say most people in your country know why you have those holidays?
What do people in your country do during the holidays?
Do you think these holidays are important?

Sharing
Do you like to share things with your friends?
When you were young, did your parents teach you to share with others?

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Is there anything that you would not share with others?
How do you think parents could encourage their children to share?
Are you willing to share your favourite possessions?
Do you think there will be a car-sharing in the future?

Letters & Emails

Do you use email?
How often do you use email (or, write emails)?
Do you prefer to use email or text messaging?
Do you think it’s important to reply to emails immediately (or, quickly) after you receive them?
Do you like to receive handwritten letters and cards?
Would you say your handwriting is easy for others to read?
Do you prefer to write on a computer or to write using a pen?
Do you think a person’s handwriting reflects their personality?

Drinking water
Do you like to drink water?
Do you prefer to drink bottled water or tap water?
Do you drink much water every day?
Do you prefer to drink hot water or cool (or cold) water?
How often do you have a drink of water?
Is bottled water very expensive in your country?
Would you say it’s important to drink water?
Have you ever had an experience of being thirsty, but not having any water to drink?

Street Markets
Do you like visiting street markets?
Are street markets very common in your country / where you live?
Would you be interested if you saw a street market in a foreign country?
Do people in your country prefer to shop at a street market, or in a shopping mall?
Are there many shopping malls in your living area?

Social Media
Do you use social media?
Do you like to use Facebook?
How did you first find out about social media websites?
Is social media very popular in your country?
Do you think social media will become more popular in the future?
In the future, do you think you will use social media more than you do now, or less?

Noise
What natural sound(s) do you like (the most)? (Why?)
What sounds do you dislike? (Why?)

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What sounds remind you of your childhood?
What (kinds of) music do you like the most?
Does your school have any quiet places for studying?
What are some places where there is a lot of noise?
Do you mind the noises? (Do the noises bother you?)
What type of noise do you come across in your daily life?

Dream
How long can you remember your dream when you wake up?
Do you like hearing others dream?
Do you think dream will affect life?
Do you often have a dream at night?
Have you had a bad dream before?
What was the strangest dream you have had?
What do you usually dream about?

Alone
When was the last time you were alone?
What do you like to do when you are alone?
Do you wish to have more time alone?
Is it important to have some time alone?

Efficiency
Do you prefer to study in the morning or in the evening?
Why do some people find it difficult to focus in the morning?
What do you do to improve your efficiency?

Street markets
Do you currently live in a house or a flat/ apartment?
Are street markets common in your country?
What is usually sold there?
Do you think people like street markets?

Transports
Do you know how to drive?
Do you have a car?
Do you drive your car very often?
Do you think everyone should get a drivers’ license?
Do you think driving skills are important?
How often do you hire a taxi?
When was the last time you travelled by taxi?

Sharing
Do you like to share things with your friends?

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Do you have anything to share with others recently?
Did your parents teach you to share with others when you were a child?
How do you think parents could encourage their children to share?
What kinds of things do you like to share with others?
Are you willing to share your favourite possessions?
Is there anything that you would not share with others?
Do you think there will be car-sharing in the future?

Colours
What colour do you like the most?
Do you usually wear clothes in your favourite colour?
What colour clothes did you wear when you were a child?
Did you have bright-coloured clothes when you were young?
Are there any colours you dislike?
Does the colour of things influence you when you are shopping?
Are there any colours that have a special meaning in your country?
Do you think different types of people like different colours?

Cooking / Food
Do you like cooking?
How often do you cook?
Do you usually eat at home or do you usually eat out?
Do you know how to cook?
Would you like to learn how to cook?
Can you explain why many people enjoy cooking?

Painting/Drawing
Are you interested in painting and drawing?
What do you like to draw?
Did you ever learn how to draw or paint?
Do you like to have pictures in your home?
If someone wanted to draw a picture of you, would you agree

Parks/ Gardens
Do you often go to a park or a public garden?
When was the last time you went to a park / public garden?
Can you suggest how the parks in your city could be improved?
Do you prefer a park with open space or recreational facilities?

Photos
Do you like taking photos?
How often do you take a photo?
How do you keep your photos?
Do you prefer to take pictures by yourself, or to have others take them for you?
Do you like to take pictures of your hometown?

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Teachers
Do you have a favourite teacher?
What makes a good teacher?
Do you think teachers should be strict?
In what ways do you think teachers and parents are different when teaching young people?
Would you like to be a teacher?

Watches
Do you usually wear a watch?
What kind of watch do you wear?
Do most people in your country (still) wear a watch nowadays?

Season
Which season do you like best? / Do you prefer a warm or a cool climate?
Are there four different seasons in your hometown?
Do you do different things in different weather (or different seasons)?
Would you prefer to live in a place that has the same weather all year, or a place that has four seasons?
Does the weather change often where you live?
Do you like it when it’s raining?
Do you feel the climate is changing?
Do you think the weather is more important to people who play sports?

Sunglasses
Do you wear sunglasses?
Have you ever lost your sunglasses?
Have you ever bought expensive sunglasses?
Where can you buy sunglasses?
Do many people in your country wear sunglasses?
Would you buy sunglasses as a gift for someone?

Rain
Does it always rain in your city?
In which season does it rain the most often?
What do you usually do on rainy days?
Have you ever forgotten to take the umbrella on a rainy day?

Names
Who gave you your name ?
Do you think your name is special?
What’s the origin of your name? (or your surname)
Do you like your name?
What do your friends call you?
Did your family have a certain (nick) name that they called you when you were a child?
What names are popular to give to babies in your country?

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