This chart provides visual prompts that support conversational skills and verbal cues that can be used to start a sentence in conversations.

The purpose of the questions is to support connection with another person and send a message that says, ‘I am interested in finding out more about you’.

For example, if a person is ready to share about their holiday experience, we can ask:

• Who did you spend time with?
• What did you do in your holidays?
• Where did you go on your holidays?
• When did you go on holidays?
• Why did you choose that place for your holidays?
• How did you like your holidays?

These prompts can also be used in reverse to support people with sentence starters when they share about themselves in regards to a particular topic. For example, if asked ‘what did you do in your holidays?’ a person can share along the lines of:

• Who they spent time with
• What they were doing on their holidays
• Where they spent their holidays
• When they went on their holidays
• Why they chose that place for their holidays
• How they liked their holidays