You
What is your (full) name?
Can I have your name please?
Could you tell me your full name please?
What shall I call you?
How can I address you?
Does your name have any special meaning?
Is your name important to you?
Do Chinese people like changing their name? Why?
Have you ever changed your name? Why or why not?
Why do so many people change their name?
4. Do you work or study?

Study
What are you studying?
What’s your major?
Why did you choose that subject?
What do you find most interesting about your course?
What is your favourite subject?
Is there anything you don’t like about your study?
What do you dislike about your study?
What do you hope to do after your graduation?
What are your ambitions for the future?
Do you hope to gain any qualifications?
What are the advantages of studying instead of working?

Work
Can you describe your job to me?
What do you do for a living?
How long have you been doing it?
Can you describe one of your typical working days?
What’s your daily routine on a working day?
Why did you choose to do that job?
What things do you enjoy about your work?  Why?
What do you think is the attraction of your work?
 What is your ideal job?
Is there anything you don’t like about your job?  Why not?
Do you want to change your current job?  Why or why not?
Are you willing to keep your job permanently? 
What are your plans for the future?

Your town/Hometown
Can you describe your town or village to me?
Tell me something about your hometown.
Where are you from?
Where is your hometown?
Where do you come from?
What is the name of the street you live on?
What kind of street do you live on?
What do you like about your town?
What is the weather like in your town?
What building is considered famous in your town?
Is there any emblematic building in your town?
What jobs do people in your town do?
What things are there to do in your town in your free time?
How has your town changed over the last twenty years?
What changes have taken place in your city in recent years?
Do you think it is better to live in the centre of town or outside in the country?  Why?

Family life
Do you have brothers or sisters?
If yes, do you get on well with them?
Can you tell me something about your family?
Who is the leader in your family?
Who has influenced you most in your family?
Do you live in a large family or a small family?
Do you prefer to live in a small family or in a large family?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a small family compared to a large family?
How much time do you manage to spend with your family?
What sorts of things do you like to do together with your family?
Do you get on well with your family?
Who are you closest to in your family?

Neighbourhood/Your accommodation
Do you live in a flat or a house?
Tell me about your current accommodation.
 Can you describe the house where you live to me?
Which do you prefer, flat or house?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of flat and house?
What is there to do in the area where you live?
What do you like about the area where you live?
How do you think your neighbourhood could be improved?

Holidays
What do you do when you have a holiday?
Who do you usually spend holiday with?
Where do you like to spend your holidays?  Why?
Can you describe a typical day in your holidays?
Why are holidays important to you?
If you could take a holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go?  Why?
What do people usually do during holidays in your town?