A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like your chair?
2. What is a wooden table?
3. Do you have a favorite piece of furniture?
4. What is a comfortable bed?
5. Do you like soft sofas?
6. What is a lamp?
7. Do you move your furniture often?
8. What is a small shelf?
9. Do you like modern style?
10. What is a heavy piece of furniture?
11. Do you keep furniture clean?
12. What is a glass table?
13. Do you think furniture is important?
14. What are three materials for furniture?
15. Do you like old furniture?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between a sofa and an armchair?
2. Why does good furniture cost a lot of money?
3. What are the good things and bad things about buying used furniture?
4. How can a small table be useful in a small room?
5. Should schools buy comfortable furniture for students?
6. Why is it important for a chair to support your back?
7. Do you think furniture should be designed for beauty or for function?
8. What is the purpose of a dining table?
9. How does the size of the room affect the type of furniture you buy?
10. What is the difference between antique and vintage furniture?
11. Do you think furniture affects your mood?
12. What are the problems when you have too much furniture in one room?
13. When is the best time to replace old furniture?
14. What are two differences between furniture for inside and outside?
15. How does the color of your furniture affect the feeling of the room?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking a friend to help you move heavy furniture?
2. How does the history of a piece of furniture make it more valuable?
3. Should the government set standards for the safety of children’s furniture?
4. What is the difference between furniture that is easily assembled and furniture that is built fully?
5. Do you believe that buying durable (long-lasting) furniture is a responsibility?
6. What are the challenges of designing furniture that is both beautiful and practical?
7. How does the quality of your office chair affect your work productivity?
8. What is the idea of “ergonomics” in furniture design?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some people spend huge amounts of money on unique designer furniture?
10. How does a lack of comfortable seating affect social gatherings in a home?
11. What are the steps for properly cleaning and maintaining wooden furniture?
12. What is the value of repairing a broken piece of furniture instead of replacing it?
13. Should public libraries invest more in comfortable reading chairs?
14. What are the reasons why some people prefer metal furniture over wooden furniture?
15. How does the concept of “form follows function” apply to furniture design?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to have expensive or branded furniture in your home?
2. What are the moral problems when furniture is made from materials that harm the environment (e.g., non-sustainable wood)?
3. How does the focus on quick, temporary styles affect the quality and lifespan of furniture?
4. Should people who design furniture be legally required to consider recycling when they design?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having a single, highly valued piece of antique furniture.
6. Who is responsible for finding new uses for old, unwanted furniture?
7. What is your view on the practice of giving new furniture a fake “old” look?
8. Evaluate the role of social media in quickly spreading furniture trends globally.
9. How does the constant need for new furniture affect the waste management system?
10. Discuss the concept of “multipurpose furniture” (e.g., a sofa that becomes a bed).
11. What are the problems with having very different standards for furniture safety in different countries?
12. What are the legal differences between buying new furniture and custom-ordering a unique piece?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of furniture is mainly to define and organize the space we live in?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that furniture is made with safe, non-toxic finishes?
15. How does the history of a culture (e.g., Japan, Scandinavia) influence its furniture design?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the cost of high-quality furniture often prevents low-income people from having a comfortable home?
2. What is the right way to think about a designer’s moral duty to choose local, sustainable materials?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of mass-produced furniture that becomes dominant?
4. When should governments limit the use of non-recyclable plastic or composite materials in furniture?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using child labor to produce cheap furniture overseas?
6. How does the focus on quick replacement affect the traditional skills of carpentry and upholstery?
7. Discuss the impact of flat-pack furniture logistics on global supply chain efficiency.
8. How should leaders use the design of public furniture (benches, tables) to promote social interaction?
9. What is the idea of “heirloom quality” and its long-term economic and emotional value?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when people have no emotional connection to the objects they own?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a designer’s idea was stolen (intellectual property)?
12. How does the search for total convenience conflict with the need for furniture that lasts 50 years?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the health benefit of ergonomic furniture, not the style?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when buying furniture made from endangered wood?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the warranty (guarantee) period on all new furniture?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s relationship with a tool and their relationship with a piece of art (furniture)?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the private ownership of large furniture and move to a shared rental system?
3. How does the concept of “permanence” change when technology allows furniture to be easily moved, assembled, or changed?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how companies use personal data about home furnishings to predict consumption?
5. How do historical views of craftsmanship and material authenticity affect modern design criticism?
6. How can communities maintain their traditional cultural styles when global furniture giants are everywhere?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to design comfortable furniture and allow the body to adapt naturally.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who are forced to lift and move excessively heavy furniture?
9. How can we stop the problem of using cheap furniture to promote a culture of waste and disposal?
10. What did old thinkers say about domestic life, material comfort, and virtue that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human manufacturing if 3D printing can create custom furniture in every home?
12. How do people use the idea of “affordability” to avoid discussing the ethical costs of mass production?
13. How does the experience of a perfectly designed piece of furniture change a person’s expectation of their environment?
14. What is the power of a consumer movement to demand greater transparency about furniture material sources?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, ergonomic chair that adapts to any person, how would that fundamentally change the need for many different designs?
