A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like sweet food?
2. What is a big cake?
3. Do you eat dessert after dinner?
4. What is a cold ice cream?
5. Do you think sugar is bad?
6. What is a birthday treat?
7. Do you like fruit desserts?
8. What is a chocolate bar?
9. Do you think desserts are happy food?
10. What is a small cookie?
11. Do you make desserts at home?
12. What is a fancy restaurant?
13. Do you eat dessert every day?
14. What are three types of desserts?
15. Do you think desserts are important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between a dessert and a snack?
2. Why are desserts often eaten after a big meal?
3. What are the good things and bad things about eating a lot of sugar?
4. How can a person make a healthy dessert?
5. Should all schools ban sugary desserts?
6. Why is it important to control portion sizes of desserts?
7. Do you think desserts taste better when shared?
8. What is the purpose of decorating a dessert?
9. How does the culture of a country affect its popular desserts?
10. What is the difference between a hot and a cold dessert?
11. Do you think desserts are a comfort food?
12. What are the problems when desserts become an addiction?
13. When is the best time to eat something sweet?
14. What are two differences between a pie and a cake?
15. How does the presentation of a dessert affect its taste?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely sharing a large dessert at the table?
2. How does the price of sugar affect the cost of desserts?
3. Should the government require all packaged desserts to clearly label sugar content?
4. What is the difference between an everyday dessert and a celebratory dessert?
5. Do you believe that sweet taste is a universal pleasure?
6. What are the challenges of making a beautiful dessert without using artificial colors?
7. How does the focus on low-fat desserts affect the taste?
8. What is the idea of a “guilty pleasure” dessert?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some cultures eat very sweet desserts and others eat mild ones?
10. How does a lack of self-control affect overconsumption of desserts?
11. What are the steps for properly making a basic dessert from scratch?
12. What is the value of passing down old family dessert recipes?
13. Should public media highlight the risks of high sugar consumption?
14. What are the reasons why some people feel they need something sweet after every meal?
15. How does the tradition of a holiday (like Christmas) influence the types of desserts made?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to order a dessert even when you are full?
2. What are the moral problems when desserts are marketed aggressively to children?
3. How does constant social media showing of elaborate desserts affect cooking expectations?
4. Should restaurants be legally required to offer a sugar-free dessert option?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of eating a sweet food as a reward.
6. Who is responsible for finding healthier alternatives to sugar in desserts?
7. What is your view on the practice of deliberately making desserts look like savory food (trompe-l’œil)?
8. Evaluate the role of pastry chefs in modern culinary art.
9. How does the concept of “food cravings” relate to desserts?
10. Discuss the concept of “intuitive eating” in the context of sweet foods.
11. What are the problems with having very different portion sizes for desserts in different cultures?
12. What are the legal differences between general sugar consumption and an official health risk?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of dessert is mainly to signal the end of a meal?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that people understand the health risks of excessive sugar?
15. How does the rise of vegan and gluten-free diets affect dessert recipes?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the price of healthy, low-sugar desserts is often higher than traditional ones?
2. What is the right way to think about a dessert company’s moral duty to reduce sugar in its products?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of indulgent dessert recipes that become viral?
4. When should the government impose a special tax on all highly sugary desserts?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using hyper-realistic food dyes to make desserts more appealing?
6. How does the focus on quick dessert consumption affect the long-term, slow tradition of fermentation and natural sweetness?
7. Discuss the impact of major corporate mergers on the diversity and quality of mass-produced desserts.
8. How should leaders use tax incentives to promote the production of fruit-based desserts?
9. What is the idea of “food neophobia” (fear of new foods) and its relation to dessert choices?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when children grow up with a constant expectation of high sweetness?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a company’s sugar marketing caused health harm?
12. How does the search for total personal pleasure conflict with the need for long-term health?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the equal access to enjoyable, healthy sweet treats for all citizens?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they are very critical of a homemade dessert?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of fruit required in all school lunch desserts?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s biological craving for energy and their psychological association with comfort?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all non-naturally occurring sugar from mass-market desserts?
3. How does the concept of “indulgence” change when technology allows perfect taste replication without sugar?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use personalized data to target dessert advertisements?
5. How do historical views of scarcity and luxury affect modern consumption of elaborate desserts?
6. How can communities maintain their traditional dessert recipes when global health trends push for low-sugar alternatives?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control the sugar content of food and allow the individual total choice.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who suffer from conditions related to working in high-sugar environments?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “celebration” to mask unhealthy eating habits?
10. What did old thinkers say about moderation, pleasure, and the moral use of food that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human bakers if AI can perfectly create and customize any dessert recipe?
12. How do people use the idea of “treating myself” to avoid discussing their emotional reliance on sweet foods?
13. How does the experience of a major dietary change improve a person’s understanding of taste and health?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to demand that restaurants eliminate artificial colors and flavors?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, healthy, zero-calorie dessert, how would that fundamentally change human eating habits?
