Family; English Conversation Questions EFL & ESL

You can use the conversation questions below to practice English with your students, with your friends or on your own:

1. What is your father's name?
2. What is your mother's name?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? If yes, how many?
4. Are you the oldest child in your family?
5. What are the names of your siblings?
6. What does your father do?
7. What does your mother do?
8. What do your siblings do?
9. Tell me about your father's hobbies.
10. Tell me about your mother's hobbies.
11. Tell me about your siblings' hobbies.
12. Tell me about the personality of your father?
13. Tell me about the personality of your mother?
14. Tell me about the personality of your siblings?
15. Do you spend much time with your family? If yes, what do you do?
16. What are your favorite activities as a family?
17. Do you always have dinner with your family.
18. Do you spend time with your siblings? If yes, what do you do and where do you go?
19. Tell me about your grandparents.
20. Tell me about your uncles and aunts.
21. Tell me about your cousins.
22. Tell me about your nephews and nieces. 
23. Who do you look like the most in your family?
24. Do you have a favorite person in your family? If yes, who is he/she? Tell me about him/her.
25. Are your parents strict? Do you have strict rules at home?
26. Do you help your parents with the house chores? If yes, what do you do?
27. Do your siblings do house chores? If yes, what do they do?
28. Would you prefer a nuclear family (a small one) or extended family (a big one)?
29. What are the advantages of a nuclear family?
30. What are the advantages of an extended family?
31. Would you prefer living in an apartment or living in a house with your family?
32. What should a perfect family be like? Tell me about a perfect family.
33. What would you change about your family if you had the opportunity?
34. What is the hardest thing to do in a family?
35. Do you sometimes have arguments with your father or mother? If yes, about what?
36. Should there be rules in a family? If yes, what should be the rules?
37. Would you be a strict parent if you had children?
38. Would you prefer to live with your parents if you were married? Why or why not?
39. What makes a person a good father?
40. What makes a person a good mother?
41. What makes a person a good child?
42. What makes a person a good husband?
43. What makes a person a good wife?
44. What makes a person a good grandparent?
45. What makes a person a good sibling?
46. Would you prefer to live in a city or in the countryside to raise a family?
47. Describe a typical family in your country. How is it?
48. Do you think the concept "family" is important for society? If so, how?
49. Do you think families should be educated specially? If yes, then how?
50. Do you believe that a good family always raises good children? Why or why not?