Conversation Questions
What if...?

A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.

• If a classmate asked you for the answer to a question during an exam while the teacher was not looking, what would you do?
• If someone's underwear was showing, would you tell them?
• If the whole world were listening, what would you say?
• If you could ask God any one question, what would it be?
• If you could be a bird, what would you choose to be?
• If you could be a plant, what would you choose to be?
• If you could be an animal, what would you be?
• If you could be another person for a day, who would you be?
• If you could be invisible for a day what would you do and why?
• If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
• If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
• If you could date a celebrity, who would you choose?
• If you could have only one food for the rest of your life, which food would you choose?
• If you could meet any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
• If you could speak any other language (besides English) which language would you like to speak?
• If you could spend a day with any celebrity, who would it be and what questions would you ask that person?
• If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world for any length of time, where would you go?
• If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
• If you had 25-hour days (while everyone else continued to have 24-hour days), what would you do with the extra time?
• If you had one wish, what would it be?
• If you had the opportunity to be different, what would you change?
• If you had time machine, where would you go and why?
• If you had to choose between a wonderful romantic relationship that would end after only a year, or a so-so relationship that would last your entire life, which one would you choose?
• If you had to choose, would you give up your sight or your hearing?
• If you saw a robbery, would you report it?
• If you saw your zipper was down and people had noticed, what would you do?
• If you were a candy, what candy would you be?
• If you were a monster, what monster would you be?
• If you were a toy, what toy would you be?
• If you were abducted by aliens, would you tell anybody? Why or why not?
• If you were asked to choose which time you would like to live in, which century would you choose?
• If you were given a choice between being given great wisdom or great wealth, which would you choose?
• If you were given an opportunity to be born again, in which country would you like to be born?
• If you were given an opportunity to be born again, what kind of person would you choose to be?
• If you were given one million dollars, what would you buy?
• If you were given the opportunity to be born again, how would you change how you lived?
• If you were given three wishes, what would you wish for?
• If you were going to a deserted island and could only take three things with you, what would you take? Why?
• If you were invited to have tea with the Queen of England, what would say?
• If you were told that you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today?
• If you worked for a store and you saw another employee steal something, would you tell the manager?
• What kinds of problems would you have if you had to always tell the truth?
• Your doctor has just told you that you have a month to live, what would you do in that stretch of time?