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25 conversation questions about landmarks

50 Conversation questions about landmarks

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Conversation questions about landmarks

Landmarks are all over the world. They are things that stand out in your visual environment and can be either natural or man-made. People use them to find their way and give directions. They are often also of cultural significance and sometimes have intended meanings and purposes behind them. Use these lists of landmarks questions to find out what people know and how they feel about monuments, structures, and natural places of importance.

For English learners, the most difficult terms in the first free PDF include – impressive, statue, monument, natural wonder, consider, exist, situated, restored, related to, visible, represent, and protected.

The first list of questions about landmarks are –

 

1 – What are five things that you would associate with the word landmark?

2 – Have any new landmarks been built in your country recently? What are they for?

3 – What do you think is the most impressive landmark in the world? Where is it?

4 – Do you prefer to see and visit man-made landmarks or natural ones? Why so?

5 – What is the closest landmark to your home? What does it look like?

6 – Can you think of any landmarks that have been destroyed? What happened to them?

7 – If you could build a giant statue, what would it look like and what would you call it?

8 – Why do you think that people and countries build monuments and landmarks?

9 – What would you say is the difference between a landmark and a natural wonder?

10- Is there any place or structure that people consider to be a landmark that you do not?

11- Can you think of any landmarks that exist in the ocean? Where are they situated?

12- Have you ever used a landmark to give directions to another person? What was it?

13- What is a landmark that has been fixed or restored? How was it done and why?

14- Does your country have any interesting landmarks that are related to food?

15- Who is a person that you believe should have a landmark named after them, and why?

16- What is a landmark event that has happened in your life? What did it change?

17- Can you think of any landmarks where tourism has had a bad effect or damaged them?

18- Do you know of any landmarks that have funny or strange names? What are they?

19- What’s a landmark you would like to make a painting or drawing of? Would it be hard?

20- Have you ever been somewhere where there were no visible landmarks? Where?

21- What is a landmark that represents something historical that you respect a lot?

22- Which country do you think has the most impressive landmarks? What are they?

23- What do you think is the most expensive landmark ever built in modern times?

24- How do you think the world would be different if there were no landmarks at all?

25- What natural landmarks are protected in your country? How are they protected?

25 discussion questions about landmarks
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Discussion questions about landmarks 2

Here is a second set of questions about landmarks in case you want to keep the conversation going. The most challenging words in this speaking activity include – ancient, mysterious, military, navigate, body of water, consider, controversial, invention, turning point, vandalized, altered, impressive, and archaeologist.

1 – How would you define the word landmark?

2 – What are 3 very ancient landmarks that you can think of? Who built them?

3 – How many famous landmarks can you name in one minute?

4 – Are there any landmarks that you think are mysterious? Why do you feel that way?

5 – What would be an interesting landmark that you would like to see built where you live?

6 – Are there any man-made landmarks in your country that you think are very ugly?

7 – What is an ancient landmark that was built for military reasons? When was it built?

8 – What would you say are the top ten landmarks in the world? Where are they?

9 – Have you ever used a landmark to navigate where you were in a city? What was it?

10- What bodies of water or waterfalls are considered major landmarks in your country?

11- If you could travel to Asia or Europe to visit landmarks, which one would you choose?

12- What landmark do you hope to visit in person one day? What would you do there?

13- Are there any landmarks that people you know think are controversial? Why is that?

14- What is an invention that you would say was a landmark turning point in history?

15- What would you use to build a monument if you wanted it to last over 1000 years?

16- Does your country have any landmarks that were built by a foreign nation?

17- What is an interesting landmark that has been constructed that looks like an animal?

18- Have any landmarks in your country ever been vandalized? Why did it happen?

19- What landmarks do you know of that are dangerous for tourists? Why are they so?

20- If someone were to build a monument for you, what would you want it to look like?

21- Has your country helped build a landmark for another country? What is it?

22- What interesting landmarks have you visited and taken photographs of?

23- Have any natural landmarks been altered or changed in your country? Why so?

24- What is the most impressive natural landmark in your country? Is it far from you?

25- How do you feel about archaeologists digging up ancient cities and buildings?

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Related activities

If you enjoyed the questions about landmarks, there are some useful related activities here that you may want to check out.

First of all, there are the world landmarks worksheets. These require learners to match famous landmarks with their names and countries.

For a fun further activity, have a look at the free printable country guessing game. This requires players to identify countries from pictures of landmarks and monuments around the world. There are 40 places to name if you can do it!

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