Questions to Ask Your Classmates

How it works

These questions to ask your classmates make a partner interview: one student asks, the other answers, and the asker writes it down. Choose grades 2 to 4, 5 to 8 or 9 to 12 and press Print this list.

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Set up the interview

The page opens on Grades 5 to 8. The first box under the button changes the grade band. The second box holds First week of school, a short set that ends with the line Introduce your partner to the class in three sentences.

Print it for a class

A closed Show example cover prints as a line to write on. The examples print on a last page, so copy only the first page for a class set. Partners swap roles and use a second sheet.

Tips

For grades 2 to 4, read the questions aloud once before partners begin.
Before a sheet is pinned up, check that it holds first names only.

Questions and answers

What are some good questions to ask a classmate?

Ones with a short, real answer: which story do you know almost by heart, which bell are you happiest to hear, what will you practice until it gets easy. None here asks about an address or who lives at home.

How does a partner interview work?

Two students sit together. One asks the printed questions and writes the answers, then they swap. At the end each student introduces the partner to the class in three sentences.

Which grades are the questions for?

Grades 2 to 12, in three bands. Grades 2 to 4 get short questions about games, lunch and recess. Grades 5 to 8 add school and memories. Grades 9 to 12 add goals, study habits and plans.

Can the finished sheets go on a wall?

The questions avoid addresses, birth dates, who lives at home and the names of pets, streets and birthplaces. Check that each sheet holds first names only before it goes up.

All 96 questions

Favorites 16

What do you wear when you want to feel ready for anything? A gray hoodie.
Which album or playlist is on right now for you? A study mix with no words.
Which animal would you sketch if you had to draw one? An otter.
Which chorus have you been humming this week? The closing number from last year's musical.
Which color do you grab first from a box of markers? Teal.
Which game do you run to at recess? Four square.
Which kind of video can you not stop watching? People restoring old tools.
Which lunch do you hope is in your bag? Leftover noodles.
Which meal can you make by yourself? Grilled cheese with tomato soup.
Which month would you repeat twice a year? October, for the leaves.
Which place in this town do you like most? The bench behind the library.
Which snack would you trade almost anything for? Cheese crackers.
Which sport looks hardest to you? Pole vault.
Which story do you know almost by heart? The one about the dragon school.
Which subject makes the hour go fastest? Science, on lab days.
Which tabletop game do you win most? Crazy eights.

Outside school 16

Do you have a job, a volunteer spot or a regular chore? What is it? I shelve books on Saturdays.
What are you learning that is not for school? How to skateboard.
What are you saving up for or working toward? A used bass guitar.
What can you do for an hour without looking at a clock? Draw maps of made-up places.
What do you and your friends do when there is nothing to do? Walk to the corner store and back.
What do you carry around that is not for school? A sketchbook.
What do you collect? Smooth rocks.
What do you like to climb, jump off or balance on? The low wall by the bike rack.
What do you like to make: drawings, food, videos, music or something else? Comics about my cat.
What do you practice or rehearse during the week? Trumpet, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
What have you made out of cardboard, wood or bricks? A fort with a working door.
What have you taught someone younger than you? How to tie a shoe.
What wakes you up on a weekend? The smell of pancakes.
Which bus ride, hike or drive do you still tell stories about? Camping, the year the tent leaked.
Which job at home is yours? Watering the plants.
Which part of the ride or walk home do you like best? The hill where the bus goes fast.

At school 16

How do you get ready for a big test? Flashcards on the bus.
What could you explain to me right now without notes? How to fold a paper frog.
What do classmates ask you for help with? Fixing a formula in a spreadsheet.
What do you do at recess when your friends are away? Shoot baskets.
What do you draw in the margins? Stairs that go nowhere.
What do you wish we did more of in class? Experiments.
What helps you learn: pictures, talking, moving or quiet? Talking it through.
What is your job when a group works together? I keep the list.
What rule would you add to our class? Everyone gets one free question a day.
When does the clock in a classroom seem to stop? The last ten minutes before the weekend.
Where do you like to sit in a classroom, and why? Near the side, so I can see everyone.
Which bell are you happiest to hear? The one before lunch.
Which cafeteria meal is the best one? Taco day.
Which class project are you proud of? A bridge made of craft sticks.
Which course do you wish this school offered? Woodworking.
Who or what do you turn to when homework makes no sense? My notes first, then a friend.

Pick one 16

Pick one: a brand-new notebook or one half full of doodles Half full of doodles.
Pick one: a bus trip to a cave or to a lighthouse The cave.
Pick one: a desk in the middle or a desk at the edge The edge.
Pick one: a free period at the start or at the end of the day At the end.
Pick one: a test on Monday or a test on Friday Friday.
Pick one: be the note-taker or be the speaker Note-taker.
Pick one: build a model or draw a map Draw a map.
Pick one: carry the lunch bin or hold the door Hold the door.
Pick one: draw the poster or give the talk Draw the poster.
Pick one: eat first or play first Play first.
Pick one: lab day or library day Lab day.
Pick one: pass out papers or erase the board Erase the board.
Pick one: present to the class or write a paper Write a paper.
Pick one: read it aloud or read it silently Silently, unless it is funny.
Pick one: sharpen pencils or water the plants Water the plants.
Pick one: yearbook staff or stage crew Stage crew.

When you were little 16

What could you do at age six that you were proud of? Ride without training wheels.
What did you build with blocks, sand or boxes? A castle with a garage.
What did you dress up as most often? A traffic light.
What did you want to be when you were five? A cement truck. Not the driver. The truck.
What did your eighth-grade self get wrong? That group work is always bad.
What do you miss about first grade? Story time on the rug.
What do you remember about your kindergarten room? A rug with the whole alphabet on it.
What got you a time-out in kindergarten? Cutting my own bangs.
What rule did you add to a game so it went your way? The floor is the ocean, and I am the lifeguard.
What was on your plate that you tried to hide? Peas, under the mashed potatoes.
Where did you think teachers went when school ended? Nowhere. I thought they lived at school.
Which noise at night did you invent a story for? The radiator. I decided it was a small dragon.
Which show did you watch over and over? One about a train.
Which toy went everywhere with you? A rabbit with one ear.
Which word could you not say right? Spaghetti.
Who showed you how to tie, zip or button, and how long did it take? My aunt. Shoelaces took all summer.

Hopes for this year 16

How will you help a classmate this year? Share my notes.
Introduce your partner to the class in three sentences. This is Sam. Sam builds model rockets and wants to learn the drums. Ask Sam about the goat.
What are you a little nervous about? Changing rooms between classes.
What do you need before you can do your best work? I need a minute before I answer.
What do you plan to do after this year ends? Work at the pool, then visit my cousins.
What do you want to be able to say in June? I read ten books.
What do you want to read, build or finish by summer? A model rocket.
What is a goal you have outside school? Run five kilometers without stopping.
What new thing do you want to learn to draw, play or make? Horses that look like horses.
What should a partner know about working with you? I talk while I think.
What should this class be known for by June? A garden that is still alive.
What will you practice until it gets easy? Long division.
What would make this a good year for you? One class I cannot wait for.
Which field trip do you hope we take? The aquarium.
Which topic do you hope comes up in science or history? Volcanoes.
Which unfamiliar class, club or room do you want to explore? The darkroom.

How this list was compiled

Written for this site on 2026-10-02 by the gamenightgenerator editors: 96 lines one student asks another in a partner interview, in the second person, each with one invented example answer that describes no real child. Own work; nothing was copied from another site, and no facts are stated. Screened for a sheet that may be pinned up: no question asks for an address, a full birth date, who lives at home, or the name of a pet, a street or a birthplace. The three grade bands are the editors' sorting by how much an answer takes to say and write, not a reading score. Licence: own work