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Questions about your Partner's Partner

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

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