Discussion Questions
Buying
Student A
- If you go to a shopping mall, what do you like to buy?
- Would you like to take your children with you when you have to go and buy something, or would you like to leave them at home?
- Do you need help when you need to buy a present for a friend?
- What do you think schoolchildren like to buy if their parents give them pocket money?
- Can you name something that you used to buy, but don’t buy anymore?
- What is your next big purchase?
- Do you like to wander around in shopping malls late at night?
- They say that women buy up to 90% of all household goods. Do you think it’s true? Why?
- If you have enough money to buy a trip to space, when would you like to go – two years later, five years later, or 10 years later?
- If your spouse gives you pocket money, what would you like to buy?
Student B
- Are you good at buying presents for your family and friends?
- Did you ever buy any presents for your teachers in school?
- Did you use to go shopping with your mother when you were a kid?
- If you want to go and buy clothes for yourself, do you like to go alone or do you like to take a friend with you?
- If you have a little bit of extra money, what do you like to buy?
- If you have enough money to buy an electric car, what would you buy?
- Which day of the week do you think is the best to go and buy your groceries?
- What do you have to buy every month that you don’t like spending your money on?
- If you have enough money to buy another house somewhere in the world, where would that be?
- On a scale from 1 to 5, how much do you like the presents which other people buy?
