25 summer conversation questions.
Conversation questions about summer 2
Next, we have another set of questions about summer that are much more advanced than the ones above.
The most challenging terms for English learners in this speaking exercise include – look forward, shortage. drought, temperature, specifically, burnt, sidewalk, rank, preference, behave, water pistol, and squirt.
The summer questions part 2 are –
1 – What are 5 things that remind you of the summer season?
2 – Do you look forward to the season of summer? What do you do differently in this season?
3 – What kinds of food do you enjoy cooking and eating in summer? How are they cooked?
4 – Do you ever experience summertime water shortages or droughts in your country?
5 – Are there any sounds that make you think of summer? What are they?
6 – What sorts of temperatures do you get during summer where you live?
7 – Do you plan to buy anything for next summer? What would you like to buy and why?
8 – Can you think of any songs or poems that were written specifically about summer?
9 – If you were going to follow summer weather around the world, where would you go?
10- What is your favorite summertime hobby? Where do you do it and who with?
11- Have you ever burnt your feet on hot sand, a road, or a sidewalk during summer?
12- Where is a place that you know of where summer weather becomes unbearably hot?
13- What would be your dream way to spend a two-week summer vacation?
14- Do you ever buy ice during the summer? How much does a bag of ice cost where you live?
15- Would you rather spend a summer in the desert or a winter on a snowy mountain top?
16- Have you ever bought a special hat for a summer’s day out? What was it made of?
17- What is the hottest summer day that you can remember? What did you do that day?
18- Does summer ever get so hot that it is dangerous for people in your country? How so?
19- What is something that you never ever do in summer but do in other seasons? Why?
20- If you were to rank the seasons in order of preference, where would you rank summer?
21- In what ways do people where you live dress differently when summer comes along?
22- What kinds of fruits and vegetables grow well during summer where you live?
23- How do animals in your country behave differently in summer than in other seasons?
24- Do you own a water pistol? When was the last time you used it? What did you squirt?
25- During winter, some people build snowmen. What would a summer man look like?
Discussion questions about summer 3
Here is a third PDF and set of questions about summer that you can use for speaking activities and conversation starters.
The most difficult vocabulary in this set of questions include – prepare, associate, festival, likely, still, public, entry, break, reduce, and ill.
The summer questions are –
1 – What are 10 words that you would use to describe summer where you live?
2 – Can you think of any places where the weather feels like summer all year round?
3 – Do you ever prepare your home for the summer season? In what ways and why?
4 – Where do you like to go when the weather becomes very hot? What do you do there?
5 – What colors would you associate with the season of summer and why?
6 – Have you ever had several cold showers in one day because it was very hot?
7 – Do you have any fans or air-conditioning in your home? How often do you use them?
8 – How would you describe the summer weather in your hometown?
9 – Are there any summer festivals where you live? What are they called?
10- What kinds of animals are you more likely to see in summer where you live?
11- Are there any beaches, rivers, or waterfalls that you love to visit in summertime?
12- Does your local area get much wind during summer, or is the air mostly still?
13- What is a nice memory that you have of a summer’s day? Where were you?
14- In what ways do you think that people behave differently in summer than in winter?
15- What kinds of sports are played only in summer in your country? Why is this?
16- If you were to draw or paint a picture about summer, what would it look like?
17- Do you ever visit public swimming pools during the summer? What is the cost of entry?
18- Is it possible to sleep comfortably where you live during summer without electricity?
19- Do students get a summer break where you live? How much time do they get off?
20- Are forest fires a problem during the summer in your country? Where do they occur?
21- Do you ever get time off during the summer? What do you usually do with this free time?
22- What is something that you eat more of in summer than in other seasons? Why?
23- Do you like to have visitors and cook on a BBQ during summer? What do you cook?
24- What are some smart ways that people can build housing to reduce summer heat?
25- Has the summer heat ever made you feel ill? How hot was it at the time?
Further summer activities
To continue the conversation about summer, try introducing some of the hot idioms here at ESL Vault. See if your class can make example sentences and use them in grammatically correct sentences. Another idea is to ask your group to make a list of things that are hot.
You can also set a writing task where students can write about what they did last summer. This is also great for practicing using the past tense.
