ESL Conversation Cards

Thank you for your purchase! I hope you and your students enjoy
these activities. They are great as warm ups in the beginning of class
and can also be used as writing prompts. Be sure to laminate the cards so that
you can use them year after year. -Christina

ESL Conversation
Conve
versation
ve
e Cards for
fo
o Speaking Practice
Pract
tice include 72 cards.
There are 9 topics divided by colors:
Light Blue - “Getting to Know You”
Red - “Food”
Orange - “Your Neighborhood/ Housing”
Yellow - “Free Time”
Black - “Feelings/Emotions”
Green - “The Past”
Blue - “Holidays”
Purple - “The Future”
Turquoise - “If…” (Conditional)

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 Who is someone
you admire? Tell me about a
What do you very important
admire about person in your
this person? life.

Have you ever Who is your

had a best favorite relative?
friend? Tell me Tell me about
about this person. this person.
 Tell me about What kind of music
your family. Is do you like? Who is
it big or small? your favorite singer
Do you have or music group?
siblings? When do you usually
listen to music?

What country is What are your

your family from? hobbies? Is there
What is it like? a new hobby that
How is it different you are interested
from the U.S.? in?
 Do you like to eat How often do you go
in restaurants? to the supermarket?
How often do you How are the
go to restaurants? supermarkets here
different from those
Tell me about your
in your country?
favorite one.

Do you eat more

Have you ever been
healthful food or
junk food? What are on a diet? Why do
your favorite you think obesity is
healthful and a big problem in the
unhealthful foods? U.S.?
 In your home
What American foods
country, what does
do you like? Which do
one usually eat for
you like the least?
breakfast, lunch and
How is food in the
dinner? Do you eat
U.S. different from
dessert in your
food in your country? country?

Do you like to Are you a good

cook? Who do you cook? Do you ever
cook for? What is watch cooking
your favorite shows on television?
meal? How do you Which ones?
make it?
 Do you live in a house,
How long have you
a townhouse, a condo
lived in your or an apartment? Tell
house? What is me about your house.
your neighborhood How many bedrooms
like? and bathrooms are
there?

What do you like Can you

best about your recommend an
interesting place to
neighborhood?
visit near your
How is it different
house? Are there
from other places parks near your
you have lived? house?
 Do you live in the Is your house neat
city, the country or or messy? How
the suburbs? Where about your
would you rather bedroom? How
live, in the city or the often do you clean
country? Why?
your room?

Do you know most

of your neighbors?
Do you get along Describe your
with them? Is it dream house.
important for you
to know them?
Explain.
 Do you have a lot Do you like to read?
of free time? What do you read?
What do you like to Books? Magazines?
do in your free Newspapers? Do you
time? Who do you prefer to read in
like to spend your English or another
free time with? language?

How often do you go

to the movies? Do How do you usually
you prefer going to spend your
the movie theater Sundays? Do you
or watching a movie like to relax on
at home? What is
this day?
your favorite movie?
Do you like to shop? Do you like to
Where do you usually exercise? What do
go shopping? How you do for exercise?
is shopping in this Do you think it is
country different important to
from your country? exercise everyday?

Do you watch
Do you like sports?
television often? Do
you prefer watching What sports do you
T.V. in English or play? What is the
your home language? most popular sport
What is your favorite in your country?
show?
 What makes you
happy? When do What are some
you feel most things that
happy? Who makes annoy you?
you happy?

Have you felt What makes you

stress recently? nervous? Do you
What is something have a nervous
that makes you habit? For example,
feel “stressed do you bite your
out”? fingernails?
What makes you What makes you
angry? Who sad? Do you cry
makes you when you are
angry? How do sad? When was
you act when you the last time you
are angry? were sad?

What makes you If you are feeling

laugh? Is there sad or angry, what
something or do you do to feel
someone that better? How do you
can always make help others feel
you laugh? better?
 When were you Who were your
born? Where friends when you
were you born? were a child? Did
What kind of you have a best
baby/toddler/child friend? What did
were you? you do together?

Tell me about your What has been

best vacation. one of the
Where did you go? happiest days of
Who went with you? your life? Tell
Why was it great? me about it.
 When was the last
time you ate in a Tell me about
restaurant? Where your best
did you go? Who did birthday. How did
you go with? What you celebrate?
did you eat?

Tell me about a Tell me about your

time when you first day of school
were very scared. this year. Were
What happened? you nervous?
Excited?
 How do you
What is your celebrate New
favorite holiday? Year’s Eve? How is
How do you it celebrated in
celebrate it? your home
country?

Does your family Tell me about a

have any special strange holiday
holiday traditions? tradition that you have
heard of. Do you have
Do you eat special any strange holiday
foods or go to a traditions in your
special place? country?
 What is your How do you
favorite holiday celebrate
food? How do you Independence Day
make it? On which here? How is it
holiday do you eat celebrated in your
it? home country?

Do you celebrate Tell about the best

Mother’s Day or gift you have ever
Father’s Day? Do received. Tell
you think these about the best gift
holidays are you have ever
necessary? given.
What do you want
How will computers
to do in the
look in the future?
future? What job
What will they be
do you want? How
able to do? How
much money do
about cellphones?
you want to earn?

Where do you want

What do you
to live in the
future? Do you plan on doing
want to stay in this next weekend?
area? Do you want Next summer?
to move?
 Will you get
married one day? How will your life
When will you get be different in 5
married? Will you years? In 10
have children? years?

How do you How will you use

think the world English in your future?
will be different Will you continue
to study English?
in 20 years? In Will you learn a new
100 years? language?
If you could have If you could be
a super power, an animal, which
what would you animal would you
choose? Why? be? Why?

If you could meet If you could be

a famous person, famous for
whom would you
something, what
choose? What
would it be?
would you ask this
person? Why?
 If you could
If you won a have a special
million dollars, talent, what
what would you would it be?
buy? Why?

If you could live If you could

anywhere, have any job,
where would what would it
you live? Why? be? Why is this
your dream job?