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sample questions

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Sample interview questions for Task 1 of the intermediate Speaking Test

1 Personal information and family

What have been the best moments of your life so far?
Could you tell me about your family?
Would you rather be an only child or have brothers and sisters? Why?
How often and on what occasions do you see your relatives?
Could you tell me about your favourite relative?
What kind of family would you like to have in the future?
How do you share housework in your family?
Do you think children should help with the housework? Why and how? / Why not?
What are some of the things that your family usually do together?
How are weekdays different from weekends in your family’s life?
What are your plans for the future?

2 Man and Society
What are you like as a person?
Could you tell me about your best friend?
What is important about a friend for you?
What family occasions do you celebrate in your family and how?
How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
Do you try to follow the latest fashion? How? / Why not?
Could you tell me about the shopping habits in your family?
Do you prefer shopping in a small shop or a big supermarket/hypermarket/shopping mall?
Why?
What kind of people do you like to spend time together with?

3 Our Environment
Could you describe the area where you live?
Would you rather live in a big city or in the country? Why?
Could you describe your house/flat and the rooms in it?
Which is your favourite place at home and why?
Could you describe the home you would like to have in the future?
What do you and your family do to protect the environment?
What kind of weather do you like the most/the least? Why?
Which season of the year do you like best/the least? Why?
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4 School

Why did you choose to study in this school?
What do you like most about your school?
What are some of the things you would change about your school?
What are your favourite subjects/lessons at school and why?
What is an ideal teacher like for you?
What are some of the best memories of your school years?
What do you think? How can you use your English in the future?
How is it best to learn English? What has worked for you? Why?
What do you like most about learning languages?





5 Work

Could you tell me about the job you would like to have in the future?
Would you like to be self-employed or an employee? Why?
Have you ever had a summer job? If yes: Could you tell me about it? / If no: Would you like to have one this summer? Why/Why not?

6 Life-style
What is an ordinary week-day of yours like?
How are your week-days different from weekends and holidays?
How do you think your days will be different after leaving secondary school?
How healthy is your life-style? What should you do differently?
What do you normally have for your breakfast / lunch / dinner?
How healthy is your diet? Why do you think so?
What does your family usually eat and drink on special occasions (e.g. Christmas, Easter,
birthdays)?
Where do you like to eat? Why?
Do you prefer traditional restaurants or fast-food places? Why?
Could you tell me about an illness you have had?
Have you or someone in your family ever had an accident? If, yes, tell me about it.
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7 Free-time and entertainment

How do you try to keep fit?
How important is sport in your family?
What sports are you interested in? Why?
What do you like doing in your free-time?
Could you tell me about a film you have seen recently?
Could you tell me about your family’s TV viewing habits?
What are your favourite TV programmes and why?
Which do you prefer: watching a film on TV/on video or watching a film in the cinema?
Why?
What are your favourite places for going out?
What does music mean to you?
Tell me what you read. Where and how often do you read that/those?

8 Travelling
What’s your favourite means of transport and why?
What do you think of the traffic in your area/town? How would you improve it?
Could you give me directions to the nearest shop/your home from here, please?
Could you tell me about a holiday you enjoyed a lot?
What kind of holiday do you prefer and why?
What kind of accommodation and what way of travelling do you prefer when you go on
holiday? Why?
What do you like doing when you are on holiday?
Could you tell me about your dream holiday?
How do you prepare for a holiday?

9 Science and technology

How do you think our life is easier nowadays than it was in the past?
How do technological devices make your family’s life easier?
What technological devices would you not like to live without? Why?

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