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Stimulating question sets for ESL discussion classes. Suitable for low-intermediate to advanced ESL
Students can practice using 'during' and 'while' with this new set of targeted discussion questions
During and While Conversation Questions English as a second language students should choose between 'during' and 'while' to ask and answer these discussion questions correctly.
Discuss the flora, fauna, and geography of our surroundings with this new question set:
Natural World Conversation Questions Discussion questions about the flora, fauna, geography and natural forces that surround us. For example, what types of birds live near you?
Talk about boxing, kung fu, self-defense, and more, in this new set of questions: Fighting Sports
Fighting Sports Conversation Questions ESL Discussion: Have you ever been in a fight? Have you studied any martial arts? Did you take part in any tournaments or contests?
There is now a discussion question set based on food idioms https://printdiscuss.com/food-idiom-conversation-questions/
There is also an accompanying post where you can find examples and simple explanations for the idioms: https://printdiscuss.com/blog/food-idioms-with-examples-and-meanings/
To go along with Internet, Video Games, and Technology, we now have Computers Conversation Questions: https://printdiscuss.com/computers-conversation-questions/
Talk about the American election with your students (redesigned for 2024): https://printdiscuss.com/american-election-conversation-questions/
I wrote about the best grammar books for ESL teachers, here:
My Favorite ESL Grammar Books Short descriptions of four of the most useful English grammar-related books that I use on a regular basis.
There's a new discussion topic on Print Discuss: Rich and Poor https://printdiscuss.com/rich-and-poor-conversation-questions/
There is a now a question set for practicing some specific past tense language https://printdiscuss.com/used-to-and-would-past-conversation-questions/ ..and a related blog post: https://printdiscuss.com/blog/understanding-used-to-would-get-used-to/
A new set of targeted questions is up on Print Discuss. Help students practice using suggest and recommend: https://printdiscuss.com/subjunctive-suggest-recommend-conversation-questions/
The latest discussion topic on Print Discuss feels long overdue:
Beauty and Appearance Conversation Questions ESL Discussion: Does a person’s character affect how beautiful they seem? How important are personality traits like confidence, kindness, or intelligence?
All the verb tenses are now represented on Print Discuss. Here is the question set for Future Perfect Continuous:
Future Perfect Continuous Conversation Questions Future perfect continuous verb tense practice questions for ESL students, such as "Your friends come over to your house for a dinner party. How will you have been preparing for the event?"
We nearly have discussion questions for each of the verb tenses in English. The latest edition is past perfect continuous
Past Perfect Continuous Conversation Questions Past perfect continuous verb tense practice questions for ESL students, such as "How long had you been lying under the sun?"
Kings, queens, and castles. The latest topic on Print Discuss is Royalty:
Royalty Conversation Questions ESL Discussion: Does your country have a royal family? If not, did your country have a royal family in the past, and what happened to them?
Now Past Perfect verb tense questions are available on Print Discuss!
Past Perfect Conversation Questions Past perfect verb tense practice questions for ESL students, such as "How long had the lady felt ill before she decided to go to the doctor?"
In a recent post, I wrote about wanting to have discussion practice for all the verb tenses in English on the site: https://printdiscuss.com/blog/discussion-practice-for-verb-tenses/ That goal is closer. Print Discuss now has Future Perfect Conversation Questions: https://printdiscuss.com/future-perfect-conversation-questions/
A new discussion topic: NAMES https://printdiscuss.com/names-conversation-questions/
The latest topic on Print Discuss is Mental Health. Check out the discussion questions: https://printdiscuss.com/mental-health-conversation-questions/
Two new posts on Print Discuss: Sports Idiom Conversation Questions and the accompanying Sixteen Sports Idioms with Meanings and Examples!
https://printdiscuss.com/sports-idiom-conversation-questions/
https://printdiscuss.com/blog/sixteen-sports-idioms-with-meanings-and-examples/
Hello, I've added a blog to Print Discuss. I'll use it to add helpful vocabulary to questions sets and to share teaching ideas 🙂 Take a look: https://printdiscuss.com/blog/
I've put together an eBook of conversation question sets. There are 30 topics from the website with pictures and vocabulary. Take a look here:
Print Discuss ESL Conversation Questions This eBook (PDF) contains 30 popular conversation topics from printdiscuss.com. That's more than 550 of the most thought-provoking conversation questions around.Each set of questions has been reviewed and updated (2023) and comes with an image for eliciting and activating language. Useful words with...
Phrasal verbs are one of the keys to speaking English like a native speaker. There are many, and this question set has a few of the most common:
https://printdiscuss.com/common-phrasal-verb-conversation-questions/
Help students get used to common sentence patterns. In these questions, phrases are followed by a preposition and a gerund. https://printdiscuss.com/preposition-gerund-conversation-questions/
Give students a chance to practice making future continuous tense sentences with this new set of questions https://printdiscuss.com/future-continuous-conversation-questions/
Discuss heroes, real and imagined, with this new set of conversation questions: https://printdiscuss.com/heroes-conversation-questions/
Another sentence pattern: practice verb + infinitive with this new set of questions~ https://printdiscuss.com/verb-infinitive-conversation-questions/
Practice the verb + gerund pattern with this new set of questions~! https://printdiscuss.com/verb-gerund-conversation-questions/
Talk about fame, celebrity, and advertising with this new set of conversation questions: https://printdiscuss.com/fame-and-publicity-conversation-questions/
This new question set is all about working out https://printdiscuss.com/exercise-conversation-questions/
Each of these discussion questions includes a common idiom. https://printdiscuss.com/common-idiom-conversation-questions/