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title: "English Speaking Practice for Kids: Free Questions Aloud"
description: "Easy English speaking questions for kids aged 6 to 14, read aloud. Your child answers, records on your device only and listens back. Free, no sign-up."
canonical: https://learn.askpoppy.ai/speaking-practice/english-speaking-practice-kids/
last_updated: 2026-10-28
---

# English speaking practice for kids: listen, answer, play it back

Simple English questions read aloud by your browser, in three levels from about age 6 to 14. Your child answers out loud, hears the recording straight away and tries again. Free, no account, and nothing is uploaded. Best done together, five to ten minutes at a time.

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Free, no account. The question is read aloud by your browser's own voice, and your answer is recorded on your device only: it is never uploaded, and it's gone when you close the page unless you save it. Made by the Ask Poppy team.

Question set

Answer time1 minute2 minutes3 minutes5 minutes10 minutes15 minutes

Thinking time firstNone15 seconds30 seconds1 minute

Press **New question** to start.

Your question (stays on this device)

Your answer is recorded in this browser only. Nothing is uploaded, and the recording disappears when you leave or reload the page.

### Play it back

[Save the recording to this device](#) ·

### Self-check while you listen

## How to do it together (5 to 10 minutes)

1. **Listen together.** Press read aloud. If your child doesn't understand, play it again before explaining.
2. **Answer out loud.** Short answers are fine at first. Aim for one more sentence each time.
3. **Listen back and find one good thing** they said, then one word to try again.
4. **Answer again.** The second go is almost always better, and kids notice.

## Question sets

### Easy: me and my world (about 6 to 9)

1. What is your name, and how old are you?
2. What is your favourite animal? Why do you like it?
3. What did you eat for breakfast today?
4. What colour is your bedroom? What is in it?
5. Who is in your family?
6. What do you like to play after school?
7. What is the weather like today?
8. What is your favourite food? Is it sweet or salty?
9. Tell me about your best friend.
10. What do you want to be when you grow up?

### School and everyday life (about 9 to 12)

1. Describe your school to someone who has never been there.
2. What is your favourite subject, and what did you learn in it this week?
3. Tell me about a trip or holiday you remember well.
4. Explain how to play your favourite game.
5. What would a perfect Saturday look like for you?
6. Describe a film or book you liked. What happened in it?
7. What do you do to help at home?
8. If you could visit any country, where would you go and why?

### My opinion (about 11 to 14)

1. Should children have homework? Give one reason for and one against.
2. Is it better to live in a city or in the countryside?
3. Should children have their own phones? From what age?
4. What is the most useful thing you learned this year, and why?
5. Are video games good or bad for children?
6. Should everyone learn to cook at school?

## Why speaking out loud helps

Recalling words without looking is the practice that makes vocabulary stick ([testing beats rereading](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/roediger-karpicke-2006-test-enhanced-learning/)), and short sessions spread over the week tend to beat one long one ([spacing beats cramming](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/cepeda-2006-distributed-practice-meta-analysis/)). For a child, the bigger win is confidence: hearing themselves get better from the first try to the second.

In Norway? English is a school subject from year 1, and oral skills are one of its basic skills. Vi har også [en side på norsk om å øve på muntlig engelsk](/no/muntlig-engelsk/).

**Want your child to have someone to talk English with?** Ask Poppy is an AI tutor you can talk to. You answer out loud, it asks the next question based on what you actually said, and it gives hints rather than model answers. **Free, 30 messages a day** on iPhone, iPad and Mac; unlimited is optional at $3.99 a week or $9.99 a month (US). Like any AI it can make mistakes. (Disclosure: this site is made by the Ask Poppy team.)

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## Questions

### How can my child practise speaking English at home?

A few minutes most days works better than a long session once a week. Ask simple questions they can answer about their own life, let them answer before you help, and praise the attempt rather than correcting every word. Recording and listening back makes it a game.

### What age is this for?

The easy set suits roughly 6 to 9 year olds who know some English; the school-life and opinion sets suit about 9 to 14. A parent should sit with younger children, read the question together and help with the record button.

### Should I correct my child's mistakes?

Pick one at most. Repeat the sentence back correctly ("Oh, you went to the park yesterday?") instead of stopping them. Being understood matters more than being perfect at this stage.

### Is there an AI my child can talk to in English?

Several voice AI tools can hold a conversation, but most general chatbots require users to be 13 or older. For younger children, use a tool with child profiles and a parent view, and stay nearby. We make Ask Poppy, which has both.

### Is the recording uploaded?

No. It stays in this browser tab on your device and is deleted when you leave or reload the page.

## Related

- [Voice AI for young kids (5 to 9): options and cautions](/best-ai/voice-ai-tutor-for-young-kids/)
- [IELTS-style speaking practice (Parts 1 to 3)](/speaking-practice/ielts-speaking-practice/)
- [Practise a class presentation out loud](/speaking-practice/class-presentation-practice/)
- [How to make ChatGPT give hints, not answers](/guides/chatgpt-hints-not-answers/)
- [How to track homeschool hours](/guides/track-homeschool-hours/)

## More speaking practice

- [Speaking practice: any subject, presentations, interviews](/speaking-practice/)
- [IB oral practice: IO, TOK-style and command terms](/speaking-practice/ib-oral/)
- [Oxbridge-style interview practice](/speaking-practice/oxbridge-interview/)
- [IELTS-style speaking: Parts 1 to 3](/speaking-practice/ielts-speaking-practice/)
- [English speaking practice for kids](/speaking-practice/english-speaking-practice-kids/)
- [Class presentation practice](/speaking-practice/class-presentation-practice/)
- [Explain it back (written Feynman self-check)](/explain-it-back/)
- [Learn out loud: 7-day challenge](/learn-out-loud/)

## Research behind this

- [Testing beats rereading (Roediger and Karpicke, 2006)](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/roediger-karpicke-2006-test-enhanced-learning/)
- [Spacing beats cramming (Cepeda et al., 2006)](https://research.askpoppy.ai/papers/cepeda-2006-distributed-practice-meta-analysis/)

Plain-language summaries at [research.askpoppy.ai](https://research.askpoppy.ai//)

By **Simon Dreyer**, founder of Ask Poppy · Last updated 28 October 2026 · [How we write these pages](/about/)

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