PRACTICAL ENGLISH COVID AND GATHERING

                         QUESTIONS, groups 9+6 joined class Oct. 26, 2020



  1 Are you afraid of catching coronavirus?

  2 Are you afraid of spreading covid-19 to someone near and dear?

  3 How’s life in the pandemic different for you now than in the spring?

  4 How does the idea of studying your entire first year online make you feel?

  5 Explain your current lifestyle to a distant 19-century
ancestor.



  6 Define what crowdfunding is.

  7 Do you find targeted advertising on social media useful or invasive? Why?

  8 Have you found a niche in the market or had a startup idea? What would the project be?

  9 What qualities should a good boss have?

10 Define what crowdsourcing is.

11 What are the benefits of online friendships?

12 Are social media important for you now in the pandemic?

13 Give a synonym of French origin for threat starting in m-. How does it differ from warning?

14 How does current hyper-connected existence affect young teens‘  characters?

15 Define what empirical evidence is.

16 Kdo jsou v říši zvířat drones? Translate the question into English and answer it.

17 What is the ideal number of guests you’d invite to a party? Why?

18 Do you often host people in your (parents‘) house?

19 What are the three best qualities of a host(ess)?

20 What are the three best qualities of a houseparty guest?

21 The worst thing a party host(ess) can do.

22 The worst thing a party guest can do.

23 What is the best venue for a brainstorming session with 5 pals?

24 Have you ever worked on a project online? How did it go?

25 Are you the type of person organising class reunions? What qualities must he/she have?

26 What is the ideal size of a language class? Why?

27 Have you ever had one-to-one tutorials? What in? Would you recommend it?

28 Do you think extremely extro- and introverted people can get along and collaborate effectively?
What must each party do to make it work?

29 Have you done any voluntary work in the pandemic?

30 Would you be able to look after a healthy senior citizen?

31 Would you be able to look after a toddler?

32 Can you remember the best-composed party of people you have ever been a member of?

33 Do you know what argumentative fallacy is?