Food Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom

Talking about food is an interesting topic for some, people talk about what they like to eat and what they don’t.

These food conversation questions will help you and your learners to engage in an interesting conversation.

Have a genuine conversation by asking the right questions.


Food Questions: Dislikes

These are some questions about allergies

  1. Do you have any food allergies?
  2. What foods makes you sick?
  3. What foods do you dislike?
  4. Have you ever eaten something that made you ill?

Food Questions: Cooking

These are some questions about cooking

  1. Are you a good cook?
  2. Do you like to cook? Why or why not?
  3. What dishes do you know how to cook?
  4. Do you know how to cook pasta?
  5. Do you know how to prepare a foreign dash?
  6. Do you know how to make Tacos?
  7. Can you cook well?
  8. Who cooks your food?
  9. What do you often cook?

Food Questions: Vegetarians

These are some questions about vegetarians

  1. Are you a vegetarian?
  2. Do you know any vegetarian?
  3. Have you ever eaten vegetarian food?
  4. What do you think about vegetarians?
  5. What are the different types of vegetarians?
  6. What are the health benefits of a vegetarian diet?
  7. Is it possible to get enough protein on a vegetarian diet?

Food Questions: Drinks

These are questions about food

  1. What’s your favorite drink?
  2. Do you drink coffee?
  3. Do you drink milk every day?
  4. Do you drink tea every day?
  5. How often do you go drinking?
  6. What kind of beverages do you usually drink?

Food Questions: Foreign Food

These are some questions about foreign food

  1. What foreign foods have you eaten?
  2. What foreign food would you like to try?
  3. Do you like Thai food?
  4. Do you like Chinese food?
  5. Do you like Spanish food?
  6. Do you like American food?
  7. Do you like French food?
  8. Do you like Italian food?
  9. What foreign food do you like?
  10. What do you think about foreign food?

Food Questions: Restaurants

These are some question about eating at restaurants

  1. How often do you eat out?
  2. What’s the most expensive dish you have ever eaten?
  3. Do you go to foreign food restaurants?
  4. What do you usually order when you go to restaurants?
  5. What do you usually drink when you go to restaurants?

Food Conversation Questions: Fast Food

These are some questions about your likes and dislikes when it comes to fast food

  1. How often do you eat fast food?
  2. Do you like eating hamburgers?
  3. How often do you eat at a fast-food restaurant?
  4. Do you usually go to fast food restaurants with your friends?
  5. Do you like going to fried-chicken restaurants?
  6. Do you make hamburger and French Fries at home?
  7. What do you like to drink with your hamburger or pizza?

Food: Losing and Gaining Weight

These are some questions about food, losing weight and gaining weight

  1. What do you usually eat to gain weight?
  2. What do you usually eat to lose weight?
  3. What do you think about diets?
  4. How many calories do you eat per day?
  5. Have you set goals about the number of calories you should eat?
  6. Do you have any plans to gain weight?
  7. Do you have any plans to lose weight?

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Manuel Campos

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