A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like summer?
2. What is a hot day?
3. Do you go to the beach?
4. What is a long holiday?
5. Do you like ice cream?
6. What is a bright color?
7. Do you wear light clothes?
8. What is a swimming pool?
9. Do you like long days?
10. What is a fast storm?
11. Do you feel happy in summer?
12. What is a fun game?
13. Do you drink cold water?
14. What are three summer activities?
15. Do you think summer is the best season?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between summer and spring?
2. Why is the sun up for a longer time in summer?
3. What are the good things and bad things about very high temperatures?
4. How can people stay cool without using air conditioning?
5. Should all students have a very long summer break?
6. Why is it important to use sun cream?
7. Do you think people are more social in the summer?
8. What is the purpose of a summer music festival?
9. How does extreme heat affect older people?
10. What is the difference between sunstroke and heat exhaustion?
11. Do you think summer vacations are a necessity?
12. What are the problems when there is a drought in summer?
13. When is the best time to go swimming in the ocean?
14. What are two differences between a city summer and a country summer?
15. How does the excitement of summer affect work productivity?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking a host to turn on the air conditioning?
2. How does the price of travel change during the peak summer season?
3. Should the government provide cooling centers for poor citizens during heatwaves?
4. What is the difference between a planned summer vacation and a spontaneous trip?
5. Do you believe that summer encourages healthier eating habits?
6. What are the challenges of managing work when everyone wants to be on vacation?
7. How does the memory of past summers affect your current mood?
8. What is the idea of “summer slide” in student learning?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some people get a long summer break and others get none?
10. How does the abundance of fruit and vegetables affect local markets?
11. What are the steps for properly preparing your car for very hot weather?
12. What is the value of spending time doing nothing in the summer?
13. Should public media criticize people who work too much in the summer?
14. What are the reasons why some people feel depressed in the summer?
15. How does the long summer break affect the rhythm of the school year?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to have an exciting or exotic summer vacation?
2. What are the moral problems when excessive water use for lawns causes local shortages in summer?
3. How does the focus on beach bodies affect people’s self-image in the summer?
4. Should city governments be allowed to ban all outdoor fires during a summer drought?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having a highly unstructured summer schedule.
6. Who is responsible for promoting safe swimming practices in public pools and oceans?
7. What is your view on the practice of using high-energy air conditioning units?
8. Evaluate the role of summer in supporting the tourism and hospitality industry.
9. How does the concept of “peak season” affect local workers and resources?
10. Discuss the concept of “sun worship” and its historical relevance to summer.
11. What are the problems with having very different rules for noise levels in summer (parties, festivals)?
12. What are the legal differences between time off for a summer holiday and time off for sickness?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of summer is mainly to recharge the human body and mind?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that outdoor workers are protected from extreme heat?
15. How does the increase in natural light affect people’s sleep patterns?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the cost of air conditioning places a huge burden on the energy grid in summer?
2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to protect citizens from extreme, dangerous heat?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of summer activities and destinations that become trends?
4. When should the government consider mandatory limits on water use during a severe summer drought?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using weather manipulation (cloud seeding) to create rain?
6. How does the focus on temporary summer jobs affect the long-term job market?
7. Discuss the impact of climate change on the future predictability of summer weather and extreme heat events.
8. How should leaders use the public’s desire for outdoor activity to promote local parks and recreation?
9. What is the idea of “tourism fatigue” in popular summer destinations?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the traditional, cool summer season disappears?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a heat-related illness was a workplace failure?
12. How does the search for total fun conflict with the need to conserve resources in a dry summer?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the equal access to cool, shaded public spaces for all citizens?
14. What are the simple moral rules a tourist should follow when visiting a fragile summer ecosystem?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of mandatory vacation time every worker must receive?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s desire for the “perfect summer” and the reality of the season?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the long summer break for students to improve learning efficiency?
3. How does the concept of “relaxation” change when all leisure time is documented and shared online?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how companies use personal data about summer travel plans?
5. How do historical views of summer (as a time of famine or plague) affect modern preparedness?
6. How can communities maintain their public water supply when summer demand is constantly increasing?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control the heat and accept the natural cycle of the planet.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who are forced to work outdoors in life-threatening heat?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “tourism” to justify excessive environmental damage?
10. What did old thinkers say about pleasure, idleness, and the value of a non-productive break that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human hotel workers if AI can perfectly manage all tourism logistics?
12. How do people use the idea of “summer fun” to avoid discussing their financial debt from vacation?
13. How does the experience of extreme heat improve a person’s understanding of climate fragility?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to demand that water resources be managed for public need, not private profit?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, temperate climate everywhere on Earth, how would that fundamentally change the joy of summer?
