Animals as Pets English Conversation Questions EFL ESL

You can use the conversation questions below about animals as pets to practice English speaking with your students, with your friends or on your own.

1. Do you like pets?
2. How many pets have you ever had?
3. Which pets have you had so far?
4. Do you have a pet now?
5. When did you have a pet?
6. Where did you keep your pet?
7. What were the names of your pets?
8. What is the name of your pet now?
9. How do you spend time with your pet?
10. Are you thinking about having a pet?
11. What are the advantages of having a pet?
12. What are the disadvantages of having a pet?
13. What is the best pet to have?
14. What do you think about animals sold as pets?
15. Do you think it's good to have pets? Why or why not?
16. What are some extreme pets?
17. Would you consider having a spider as a pet?
18. Would you consider having a snake as a pet?
19. Would you consider having an iguana as a pet?
20. Should children have pets? Why or why not?
21. What is your dream pet?
22. Which pet do you like the most in the movies?
23. If you could pet a fantasy creature, which one would you choose?
24. Have you ever been bitten by a dog? If so, how did it happen?
25. Have you ever been to a farm? How did you like it?
26. Have you ever been to a zoo? What animals did you see there? What did you think about it?
27. Do you think zoos should be closed down?
28. What would you teach your pet if you had one?
29. What is the largest pet you have ever seen?
30. What is the smallest pet you have ever seen?
31. What is the best pet you have ever seen?
32. What is the worst pet you have ever seen?
33. What is the best dog breed? Why?
34. Do you think animals can understand humans?
35. Is it possible to communicate with animals?
36. Do you think animals communicate with each other?
37. Do you think animals have souls?
38. Would you want to be a pet animal?
39. If you were a pet animal, which one would you be?
40. What do you think about birds which are kept in cages as pets?
41. Would you want to be in a cage if you were a bird? 
42. Do you like birds as pet animals?
43. Which bird would you want to have as a pet?
44. Do you like cats? 
45. Have you ever have a cat as a pet animal? If so what color was it?
46. Do you like having cats as pet animals?
47. Would you consider having a cat as a pet animal?
48. Do you think it is easy to have pets in apartment buildings?
49. Would you consider living in a house to have pets?
50. Would you consider having several pets?
51. What does your parents think about having pets?
52. Would your parents allow you to have a pet in your apartment? Why or why not?
53. Have your parents ever had pets in your house?
54. Have you ever lived in a house and kept pets?
55. Have you ever kept pets in your garden?