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Discussion Questions about Ideas

Ideas

What are they? Notions, Opinions, Thoughts, Opinions, Views.

Examples of ideas: You should treat others as you treat yourself. Let's go shopping. I think I will buy a car. I think he is a bad man. If I put a piece of paper under the cup, I won't dirty the table.

What is a good idea you have had? What was the best idea you ever had?

Where do you get ideas?

What kind of ideas do you need now?

What kind of ideas do most people want?

Do you ever have bad ideas? What was the worst idea you have ever had?

What is the craziest idea you have had? What ideas did you have in your youth?

What is an idea you disagree with?

Do the people in power have good ideas?

Have you walked into someone's house and gotten an idea for your house?

Does walking into stores give you ideas?

Tell me an idea that you got from a teacher or friend or parent.

Do you like to debate ideas?

What is an idea you have now?

What is an idea you got today? Recently?

What are some of the greatest ideas of history? What are some of the worst?

What do you call people who have good ideas?

What are some jobs where people have to have ideas?

Do students learn to have their own ideas when they go to school?

Who had the greatest idea in history? What was the idea?

Whose ideas were most influential?

Whose ideas have influenced you the most in life?

How do ideas come to you? Do you make them! Does a special power give them to you?

Does an idea suddenly come to you? Do you stop what you are doing and write it down?

Exercise: Have students finish this sentence as quickly as they can:

I have an idea, let's _____________________!

I think it would be a good idea if _______________________!

Expressions and idioms using the word "idea:"

Bright Idea!

Rough idea.

flirt with the idea

put ideas into someone's head

the very idea!

What's the big idea?

I haven't the faintest idea!

Not a good idea!

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ESL Discussion Questions about Heaven

Heaven

What is it? What is its opposite?

What images come to mind when you hear the word "heaven?"

What is the purpose of heaven? Who goes there? Who doesn't?

Do you think that you will go to heaven?

Who is in charge of heaven?

How to get into heaven?

What is the procedure to get into heaven?

Who works in heaven?

What's it like in heaven?

How is heaven different from earth?

What would you miss above heaven if you were in earth?

What languages are spoken in heaven?

Can you feel anger or sadness in heaven?

Can you smoke in heaven? Do you sleep in heaven? Do you use the WC?

Are there rules in heaven?

Do you have any responsibilities in heaven?

Is heaven more enjoyable than an I-phone?

How does everyone look in heaven? Do they look old or young?

Do the Chinese sing songs about heaven?

Do you believe in heaven? Why? Why not?

What is your idea of heaven? Heaven should be a ________________________________.

What is the first thing you would do when you got to heaven?

Is there a heaven on earth? Can living people experience heaven? When do you think you are in heaven in your life?

The heavenly moments. Are they long or short?

Expressions using heaven

For heaven's sake!

A marriage made in heaven.

A match made in heaven

Heaven forbid

The heavens opened

Thank heavens

in seventh heaven

He smells to high heaven

move heaven and earth

Heavens to Betsy

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ESL Discussion Questions about Gifts (updated)

Gifts

What are they?

What other names do we have for them?

What was the best gift you ever received?

What do you wish you were given as a gift?

Is it better to give gifts or receive them?

What is the best gift you ever gave to someone?

Have you ever received gifts you didn't like?

What was the worst gift you ever received?

What do you do when you received an inappropriate gift? Can you get angry at the gift-giver?

Is it okay to pass on your gift to someone else?

Is giving gifts an easy thing to do? How can we go wrong when we give gifts?

Is gift-giving an art or science?

Do you sometimes wish people didn't give you gifts?

Can gifts be traps? That is, can gifts put you in a situation where you are obliged to do something?

In what situations do we give gifts?

What do we expect when we give gifts?

At what times of the year do we give gifts?

When do you like to give gifts?

Do the Chinese love to give gifts?

What gifts would you like to get from a foreigner?

Is bribery a form of gift-giving?

Have you ever received a gift from an anonymous person? Have you ever given a gift anonymously? Why give anonymous gifts?

Do you like to surprise people with gifts?

Have you ever given a gift to a stranger?

Santa Claus is a famous gift-giver in the West? Are there famous or legendary Chinese gift-givers?

What gifts are given to: teachers, beautiful woman, old people, mothers, fathers, children, graduates, newly-weds, new parents, and foreigners?

Expressions and idioms using the word "gift:"

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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Have the gift of gab

God's gift to women

Have a gift for doing something

Look a gift horse in the mouth