Get to know each other better – ask questions
How can we get to know the people we have around us better? By asking questions!
Getting to know someone better – ask questions
Did you know that already as a child you start to bond with the people closest to you?
Feeling that we know other people and that we are not alone is important to everyone. Why is this? How can we get to know the people around us better? You need to become good at asking questions!
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Good questions for different situations
Here are some questions you can use in different situations and with different people. You can ask these questions when the time is right or as a “get to know you” game, where everyone answers (including you).
With parents
- What was your best moment today?
- What would you spend money on if you won 10 million in the lottery?
- Is there anything you wish you were really good at?
With grandparents
- What food are you really good at cooking?
- Who would you most like to meet in the whole world? What would you say to them?
- Tell me one thing that you are grateful for.
With friends
- If you could have anything you wanted as a birthday present, and you didn’t need to think of the cost, what would you choose?
- How would you describe your dance style?
- What do you think about when you go to sleep at night?
With teachers
- What’s the best thing that happened today?
- If you could change one thing about the country you live in, what would it be?
- What is your favourite film?
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Conversation starters
Identity and personality
- What celebrity would you like to trade lives with?
- Which three qualities would you say describe you?
- Tell me about a time when you had the giggles.
- Tell me about a time when you were scared.
- What is the biggest compliment you’ve ever gotten?
- Which would you choose: a walk in the woods or running a timed 60 metres? Why?
- What is your favourite season and why?
- What is your favourite dinner dish?
- Is there a specific career that you really don’t think you’d be good at?
- What questions do you wish someone would ask you?
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Conversation starters
Dreams for the future
- What is your favourite free time activity right now?
- What do you think you will be doing in your free time in 10 years?
- Tell me three positive things about yourself.
- What would you like to do when you grow up, and why?
- What do you think the world will look like in 10 years’ time?
- Where do you think you will be living in 20 years?
- Which country would you most like to travel to today, and why?
- What charity would you like to support, and why?
- If you were to become really rich as an adult, what would you spend your money on?
- Would you like to travel into space? Why/why not?
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Sources:
- Kvam, Kjersti:
Bedre kjent-boka (2021)
Oslo. Cappelen Damm.
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