A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like football?
2. Do you watch the World Cup?
3. Do you have a favorite team?
4. Do you play football?
5. Do you like watching sports on TV?
6. Do you know any famous football players?
7. Do you wear a team shirt?
8. Do people in your country love football?
9. Do you like scoring goals?
10. Is football popular at your school or work?
11. Do you watch sports with your family?
12. Do you think football is exciting?
13. Do you know what country won the last World Cup?
14. Do you like big sporting events?
15. Do you prefer playing or watching sports?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. How often do you watch football matches?
2. Which country do you support in the World Cup?
3. What do you know about how the World Cup works?
4. Do you think your country is good at football?
5. Where do people usually watch World Cup games?
6. Do you enjoy watching football with friends?
7. What is your favorite part of a football match?
8. Do you know any World Cup host countries?
9. Would you like to go to a World Cup match?
10. Do you think football players earn too much money?
11. What happens if a game ends in a draw?
12. Do you think the World Cup brings people together?
13. What do fans do when their team wins?
14. Do you follow any football clubs as well as national teams?
15. Would you like to visit the country hosting the next World Cup?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. Why do you think the World Cup is the most-watched sporting event in the world?
2. How does a country qualify for the World Cup?
3. What makes a great football team?
4. How do fans show support for their national team?
5. Should players born in one country be allowed to represent another?
6. How does hosting the World Cup affect a country?
7. What role does the manager play in a team’s success?
8. How do upsets and surprises make tournaments more exciting?
9. Is it important for a country to do well in the World Cup? Why?
10. How has technology changed the way we watch football?
11. What are the pros and cons of VAR (video assistant referee)?
12. Why do some players become global icons after the World Cup?
13. How do local businesses benefit when a country hosts the tournament?
14. Why do people feel so emotional when their team is eliminated?
15. Do you think penalty shootouts are a fair way to decide a winner?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. How does the World Cup affect national identity and patriotism?
2. Should countries with poor human rights records be allowed to host the World Cup?
3. How has commercialization changed the nature of the tournament?
4. Do wealthy nations have an unfair advantage in developing football talent?
5. How does media coverage shape public perception of the World Cup?
6. What are the long-term economic effects of hosting a major tournament?
7. How do footballers handle the pressure of representing their nation?
8. Should FIFA expand the World Cup further, and what are the trade-offs?
9. How does the World Cup serve as a platform for political statements?
10. Why do some strong club sides struggle at international tournaments?
11. How has women’s football grown alongside the men’s World Cup?
12. Does excessive nationalism at the World Cup cause more harm than good?
13. How do sponsorship deals influence what the World Cup looks and feels like?
14. What responsibilities do host cities have toward visiting fans?
15. How do underdog nations inspire people beyond sport?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. To what extent does the World Cup function as a vehicle for soft power diplomacy?
2. How does the tournament expose tensions between club loyalty and national duty?
3. Is FIFA’s governance model fit for purpose in the modern era?
4. How do broadcasters and streaming platforms shape the global consumption of football?
5. Does the World Cup reinforce or erode cultural differences between nations?
6. How should the football community address racism and discrimination at international tournaments?
7. What ethical obligations do sponsors have when associating with controversial host nations?
8. How does the World Cup reflect broader inequalities in global sport?
9. In what ways has social media transformed the fan experience during major tournaments?
10. Should athlete mental health be a central concern in tournament scheduling and format?
11. How do legacy infrastructure projects from World Cups affect host communities long-term?
12. Does the winner-takes-all narrative of sport distort how we measure a team’s true progress?
13. How do national football styles reflect wider cultural attitudes and values?
14. What does the commercialization of fan culture reveal about modern identity?
15. How should FIFA balance tradition with the need to make football more globally inclusive?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. How does the World Cup function as a site of contested national mythology and collective memory?
2. To what degree does geopolitical tension shape the experience and outcomes of international football?
3. How does the spectacle of the World Cup both reflect and perpetuate global capitalist structures?
4. Is the notion of national identity constructed through events like the World Cup essentially artificial?
5. How do post-colonial dynamics manifest in the relationships between football federations and emerging nations?
6. What does the enduring global appeal of the World Cup reveal about human tribalism and belonging?
7. How should we evaluate the ethical legitimacy of mega-events that generate vast displacement and ecological cost?
8. In what ways does the World Cup serve as a lens through which to examine race, class, and access in global sport?
9. How do media narratives around heroism and failure at the World Cup shape cultural attitudes toward success?
10. Does the universality of football obscure the deeply unequal conditions under which it is played globally?
11. How does the cyclical nature of the World Cup influence the construction of generational identity?
12. What philosophical tensions arise between individual athletic excellence and the demands of collective national representation?
13. How do host nations use the World Cup to project particular visions of modernity and progress?
14. Is the World Cup’s claim to unite humanity undermined by the nationalism it simultaneously inflames?
15. How does the commodification of football culture at the World Cup affect the authenticity of fan identity?
