A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you sleep at night?
2. What is a bed?
3. Do you like to dream?
4. What is a long sleep?
5. Do you wake up early?
6. What is a dark room?
7. Do you feel tired now?
8. What is a quiet sound?
9. Do you like to nap?
10. What is a pillow?
11. Do you need a lot of sleep?
12. What is a good habit?
13. Do you sleep with the window open?
14. What are three things that help you sleep?
15. Do you think sleep is important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between sleeping and resting without sleeping?
2. Why does your body need sleep every day?
3. What are the good things and bad things about sleeping late?
4. How can you prepare your room for better sleep?
5. Should doctors ask patients about their sleep habits?
6. Why is it sometimes hard to fall asleep?
7. Do you think dreams have a real meaning?
8. What is an alarm clock?
9. How does technology (phone light) stop you from sleeping well?
10. What is the difference between an early bird and a night owl?
11. Do you think it is healthy to sleep for only five hours?
12. What are the problems when you have to wake up very early?
13. When is the best time to take a short nap?
14. What are two things that stop people from sleeping?
15. How does sleep affect your memory and learning?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking a roommate to be quiet at night?
2. How does the amount of sleep you get affect your mood the next day?
3. Should companies let workers take naps during the workday?
4. What is the difference between normal dreaming and a nightmare?
5. Do you believe that sleep is more important than work or school?
6. What are the challenges of sleeping well when you travel across different time zones?
7. How does the feeling of stress stop you from relaxing enough to sleep?
8. What is the idea of a “sleep cycle”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when students are expected to study late into the night?
10. How does drinking coffee or tea late in the day affect your sleep?
11. What are the steps for creating a perfect bedtime routine?
12. What is the value of spending a full eight hours sleeping every night?
13. Should the government pay for research into better ways to treat sleep problems?
14. What are the reasons why older people often need less sleep than young people?
15. How does the temperature of the room change the quality of your sleep?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to appear as if you don’t need much sleep (“hustle culture”)?
2. What are the moral problems when a company’s schedule forces workers to get too little sleep?
3. How does chronic lack of sleep affect a person’s ability to drive or operate machines safely?
4. Should people who suffer from severe sleep disorders be given special work accommodations?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having vivid, repeated nightmares.
6. Who is responsible for educating the public about the dangers of sleep deprivation?
7. What is your view on the practice of using sleeping pills regularly?
8. Evaluate the role of sleep tracking apps and devices in improving sleep quality.
9. How does the scientific study of sleep stages (REM, non-REM) help us understand memory?
10. Discuss the concept of “sleep hygiene” and its importance for overall health.
11. What are the problems with shift work (changing work times) and its effect on the body’s clock?
12. What are the legal differences between falling asleep at work due to illness and due to carelessness?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of sleep is mostly for the brain to clean itself?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that hospitals and long-distance transport workers are not too tired?
15. How does the amount of natural light you see during the day affect your sleep cycle at night?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that society often sees long working hours (and thus short sleep) as a sign of success?
2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to protect citizens from sleep-related health problems?
3. How do the laws of different countries affect the scheduling of work hours and mandatory rest periods?
4. When should doctors or sleep clinics use advanced technology to change a person’s natural sleep cycle?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using animals for sleep deprivation studies?
6. How does the focus on continuous productivity affect the natural human need for periods of rest and downtime?
7. Discuss the impact of living in areas with continuous light (like the Arctic) on human sleep patterns.
8. How should leaders use scientific data on sleep debt to set new policies for schools and businesses?
9. What is the idea of “social jetlag” and how does it affect mental health?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when fewer people are getting adequate sleep?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a crime was committed due to severe lack of sleep?
12. How does the search for total control over one’s body conflict with the natural need for unconscious rest?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the quality of sleep, even if the duration is slightly shorter?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they know they are too tired to drive safely?
15. Should the government enforce special noise limits during nighttime hours to protect public sleep?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s conscious identity and their thoughts and actions during sleep?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the human need for sleep through advanced science?
3. How does the concept of time change for a person who is constantly using technology to track and optimize their sleep?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how companies use personal sleep data collected by smart devices?
5. How do historical views of dreams (as prophecy or madness) affect modern psychological treatment?
6. How can communities adapt to living in areas where noise and light pollution make sleep difficult?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop viewing sleep as a waste of time and see it as vital biological labor.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who are punished for being less productive due to a diagnosed sleep disorder?
9. How can we stop the problem of using blue light technology when it is known to harm natural sleep cycles?
10. What did old thinkers say about the subconscious mind and its role during the night that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human medical staff if AI can perfectly diagnose all sleep disorders?
12. How do people use the idea of “biohacking” to avoid discussing the fundamental human need for rest?
13. How does the experience of lucid dreaming change a person’s idea of what is real and what is controllable?
14. What is the power of international health organizations to set global standards for minimum sleep requirements?
15. If scientists could perfectly record and replay your dreams, how would that fundamentally change your private life?
