Tuesday, July 17, 2012

ESL Discussion Questions about Secrets

What are they?

Is a secret the same as a mystery?

Do you have any secrets you want to tell the class?

Do you have many secrets?

Do you keep secrets from your family?

What kind of secrets do people have?

Why do people have secrets?

What kind of information should be secret?

What information is none of people's business?

Do different cultures have different kinds of secrecy?

What professions or organizations deal in secrets?

Why do people need to keep secrets?

What do you call people who like to reveal other people's secrets?

Have you revealed a secret you shouldn't have? Why did you do it?

Adjective of Secret. Secretive. Synonyms of Secretive: Discrete, Silent

Are you secretive? Do you know anyone who is secretive?

How do we communicate secrets? By code and whispers.

How can we get secrets from people? Torture.

Can we find secrets on the Internet?

Do you have a secret identity? Do you have a pen name? If not, give yourself a pen name.

A world without secrets? Is it possible?

Let's play the whispers game!

Have the students heard of blackmail?

Is there a secret to success?

Does your mother have secret recipes?

What is a secret hand shake?



Should the following information be secret?

I like eggs.

I have two girlfriends.

The guns are this location.

We have our soldiers in this location.

Those two boys are lovers.

I have a bad disease in my bladder.

I am mad at Bob because he took my pen.

Susan is pregnant.

I found a thousand rmb on the street.


Idioms and Expressions

Keep a lid on it.

Not a word!

This is between you and me.

This conversation never took place.

Keep it to yourself.

Keep it hush-hush!

For your ears only!

Don't spill the beans!


Your secret is safe with me

trade secret

open secret

make a secret of something

carry a secret to the grave

in secret

Mum's the word.

Zip your lips.

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