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Questions for your Partner

  1. What were you doing this time last year?
  2. What will you be doing this time next year?
  3. What do you hope you will have improved by the time you finish this course?
  4. What do you think will happen during this course?
  5. What do you do?
  6. How long have you been working/studying at your present job/course?
  7. Remember the last time you were interrupted at work/study. What had you been doing before you were interrupted?
  8. What would you change about your job/school if you were in charge?
  9. When did you choose your job/school? Is there any one thing that had happened to make you choose your line of work/field of study?
  10. What would you have done if you hadn't chosen your current profession/field of study?
  11. What are you currently working on/studying?
  12. How long have you been doing your favorite hobby?
  13. What did you use to do that you now miss?
  14. What must have been the reason for your stopping what you used to do?

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