STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘rubbish’? |
(2) | Do you create a lot of rubbish? |
(3) | Do you always put your rubbish in rubbish bins? |
(4) | Do you think your country produces too much rubbish? |
(5) | Have you ever bought something and then thought it was rubbish when you got home? |
(6) | Is there a lot of rubbish in the streets in your town? |
(7) | Do you prefer the word ‘rubbish’, ‘trash’ or ‘garbage’? |
(8) | Have you ever said “That’s rubbish!” in English when you disagreed with what someone said? |
(9) | Why is there so much rubbish on TV? |
(10) | What will happen when we run out of land to use as rubbish dumps? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | What are the laws in your town concerning the recycling of rubbish? |
(2) | What music do you think is total rubbish? |
(3) | Which person in the world do you think usually talks absolute rubbish? |
(4) | What’s the difference between rubbish and litter? |
(5) | What does “to rubbish” someone (or their ideas) mean? Have you ever rubbished someone or have you ever been rubbished? |
(6) | Are there newspapers in your country that often print a load of rubbish? |
(7) | Have you ever thought “He’s/She’s a rubbish actor / football player / singer”? |
(8) | What’s the solution to the world’s rubbish problem? |
(9) | How often should rubbish collection take place? |
(10) | What city have you been to where the streets were full of rubbish? |