This document contains questions to elicit personal information from an individual in several areas of their life. It asks about their family background, best friend, activities from the previous day, recent and upcoming holidays, food preferences, living situation, education, hobbies, and hometown. The questions are probing for details to build a profile of the person across professional and personal domains.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
 Where and when were you born?
 Are you married?
 Do you have a big family?
 What do you do?
 Where do you work / study?
 How many languages can you speak? How
well?
 What do you usually do in the morning/
afternoon/ evening?
YOUR BEST FRIEND
 What does he/she do?
 What languages does he/she speak? How
well?
 Is he/she married?
 Does he/she have a big family?
 What does he/she like doing in his/her free
time?
 What does he/she look like?
 What is he/she like?
YOUR FAMILY
 Talk about your family. Mention their
names, ages, jobs, where they live, what
they do in their free time, etc.
 Choose someone in your family: what
does he/she do every day?
 What does he/ she look like?
 What is he/ she like?
YESTERDAY
 What time did you get up?
 What did you do in the morning?
 What did you have for breakfast/lunch/
dinner?
 What did you do in the evening?
YOUR LAST HOLIDAY
 Where did you go? When?
 Who did you go with?
 How did you get there?
 Where did you stay? For how long?
 What was the weather like?
 What did you do/see/eat?
 Did you buy any souvenirs?
 Did you have any problems?
 Did you have a good time?
YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY
 Where are you going to go?
 Who are you going to go with?
 How are you going to get there?
 Where are you going to stay?
 What would you like to do there?
FOOD AND COOKING
 What’s your favourite dish? (e.g. paella)
 Is there any food you don’t like?
 Can you cook? How well?
 What do you usually have for breakfast?
 Do you like going out for lunch/dinner?
How often? Who do you go with?
 Do you sometimes eat fast food?
 Do you fancy foreign food?
YOUR HOME
 Do you live in a house or in a flat? Where is it?
 What do you like about it? What don’t you
like?
 How many rooms are there?
 Do you like your neighbours?
 Housework questions (page 154)
(I live in a —; it's in a neighbourhood called—; my
flat/house is bigger/smaller/lighter/more
comfortable than—; / would like to live in a
detached home; it would
have—)________________________

2. HEALTH
Do you usually get sick?
How often do you go to the doctor’s?
How often do you have a medical checkup?
Do you think you have a healthy lifestyle? What
should you do to improve your health?
SHOPPING
Where do you usually go shopping?
Name seven different shops. When was the last time
you went to a shop? Did you buy anything?
Do you like getting presents for your relatives or close
friends? Do you enjoy shopping?
Describe your clothes style and the clothes you're
wearing.
______
EDUCATION
Talk about your school years, your
favourite/worst teacher, classmates, subjects.
(my favourite teacher was..., be good/bad at
something, get on
well with someone, the best-----
I've ever had was...)
FREE TIME
What do you usually do in your free time?
What do you like doing or hate doing?
Talk about your hobbies, how often you practice
your hobbies and why you like doing it/them.
Which new hobby would you like to learn?
What sports do you like?
THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE
Talk about your home town (on the coast, in
the south of Spain, facilities, shops, crowded,
polluted, stressful, friendly)
What’s the weather like in your town in
summer/winter?
What’s it famous for?
Talk about the best and the worst things in
your town.
DESCRIBE A FAMOUS PERSON
Profession
Where and when was he/she born?
Talk about his/her private life
Talk about his professional life
Why do you like him/her?