Questions
Vocabulary
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1. Do you live in a big or small family?
2. Would you like to live in a big family?
3. What do your family do?
4. Do you live with your parents?
5. Would you like to spend more time with your family?
6. What family members do you live with?
7. What does your family usually do at weekends?
8. Do you like going out with your family? Why?
9. Who would you most like to go on holiday with?
10. Can you tell me about your family?
11. Now are you enjoying family life?
12. Where are your parents from?
13. Why anti when did they come here?
14. Do you live in a one-parent / single-parent family?
15. What kind of jobs get very high salaries in your country?
16. Who's the breadwinner in your family?
17. Do you usually have a family get-together?
18. Do you often see your family at weekends?
19. Do you have strict parents?
20. Are your grandparents alive??
21. Do you think your parents are proud of you?
22. Who do you like in your family more? Why?
23. Can you get along with your parents / brothers and sisters?
24. Have you got any step-brothers or sisters?
25. Who does your brother / sister take after?
26. What's your brother like?
27. Do you know the family next door?
28. What's the relationship between you and Mr. Watson?
29. Where does your mum work?
30. Do you live by yourself or with your family?
31. Is your family with you?
32. What do your parents do for a living?
33. is the generation gap between you and your parents a big problem for you?
34. Are your grandparents still alive? Can you tell me about them?
35. Are you married? What does your husband ! wife do?
36. Are you happy with the life you have with your husband wife?
37. Can you get along with your in-law?
38. Do you agree with arranged marriages?
39. What do you think of polygamy?
40. Where and when did you get married Do you remember how you felt at that time?
41. How would you describe your lifestyle?
42. Do you have any English speaking friends?
43. Do you live close to your family? Can you tell me about your fame members?
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1. I live in a one-parent family / single-parent family.
(a family where the children live with only one parent)
2. I really enjoy my family life.
(the way a familiy lives)
3. I come from a big family of eight children.
(the group of people who are related to you)
4. I grew up on a farm.
(develop from being a child to being an adult)
5. I grew up knowing that my elder brother would take over the family business one day.
(the job your parents and probably your grandparents used to do)
6. Nuclear family
(a family consisting of mother, father and their children)
7. Extended family
(all the people in a family including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.)
8. Family background
(the sort of family you come from)
9. She's / he's family (infml)
(used to say that someone is related to you)
10. A large household
(all the people who live in one house)
11. My domestic life isn't very happy.
(connected with the private family home)
12. I live on my own. I haven't got any family.
(the group of people who are related to one another)
13. We've got the same name but are not related.
(the way you are connected)
14. He lives with us, but he's not related / unrelated.
(a person who is not a member of your family)
15. He is a close / distant relative of mine.
(near or not in a family relationship)
16. I really take after my mother.
(to look like or be like a parent or older member of your family)
17. All the men in our family are bald. I support it's hereditary.
(a quality which is passed from parents to children)
18. All her children are very artistic. It must run in the family.
(something which is passed from parents to children and their childrens' children / a common feature in a family)
19. Bringing up / raising children is never easy.
(to look after children in a family until they are adults and to teach them how to behave)
20. My parents really tried to give me a good upbringing.
(the way somebody is brought up)
21. My father recently lost his job, so my mother's the main breadwinner now.
(a person who earns all or most of the money in family)
22. I need a job, so I can support my family.
(to have enough money to be able to look after a family)
23. I am getting married next year and hope to start a family straight away.
(have children)
24. My father is really a family man.
(a man who enjoys being at home with his wife and children)
25. He's got some fatherly concern and duties.
(behaving like a father)
26. Motherhood really suits her.
(the state of being a mother)
27. She is a motherly sort of person.
(behaving like a mother)
28. Danny is my foster brother.
(having different parents, but being brought up in the same family)
29. My step father is a nice man.
(the man who is married to your mother but is not your father)
30. Paul is my big brother / older / elder brother.
(older than you)
31. Anna is my little sister / younger sister.
(younger than you)
32. We're identical twins.
(twins who look exactly the same)
33. My twin sister is a dentist.
(either of the children who have the same parents and are born at the same time)
34. She doesn't get on well with her in-laws.
(the parents of your husband or wife)
35. Next of kin
(your closest relative, who should be told if you are injured or killed)
36. I closely resemble my father.
(to be closely similar to, or look like someone)
37. You can see the resemblance between Susan and her sister.
(a similarity between two things, especially in the way they look)
38. He bears a remarkable resemblance to my father.
(to be or look somebody / something else)
39. My parents live apart from each other.
(if married people decide to separate, then they live apart)
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5/25/09
Speaking _jobs
What do you do?
Questions about jobs
Vocabulary
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1. What do you do?
2. What's your job?
3. What do you do for a living?
4. What are your main responsibilities?
5. What do you do every day?
6. What are your duties?
7. What is your daily routine?
8. What does your job involve?
9. How many people does your firm employ at present?
10. Can you have some time off whenever you want?
12. Why don't you apply for another job?
13. Have you filled in the application form?
14. If they offer you a well-paid job. will you take it?
15. How much holiday do you get / How many weeks holiday do you get?
16. What are normal working hours for most office jobs in your country?
17. What kind of jobs get very high salaries in your country?
18. What is the minimum amount of income tax you have to pay?
19. What jobs often involve shiftwork? Would you like to do one?
20. Is flexi-time common in your company?
21. What are your working hours?
22. Do you do / work any overtime?
23. Teachers don't earn very much, do they? Why (not)?
24. When were you last promoted?
25. Why / When did you apply for this job?
26. Why did you take an early retirement?
27. Why did you resign?
28. Did they give you a lot of training before getting the job from the company?
29. Did you do / go on any training courses for this job?
30. Have you been promoted since you started in the comply?
31. Do you normally get a good pay rise at the end of each year?
32. How do you feel about your future prospects in the company?
33. Are you happy in the job or do you feel is time for a fresh challenge in another company?
34. What exactly are your duties as a nurse?
35. Who do you work for?
36. Are you usually busy at work?
37. What do you find difficult about working there?
38. Can you describe your place of work?
39. What do you like about your job?
40. Do you usually cover for a colleague when he is on leave?
41. How do you find visiting a lot of people / clients?
42. Who will take your place when you leave? How do you feel about this?
43. What kind of jobs are you good at?
44. Can you tell me about your boss? What kind of a person is he / she?
45. Have you ever had any serious problems at work?
46. Do you work at the moment? Tell me about the work you do.
47. Have you ever had any other jobs?
48. Would you like to do the same job as your mother / father?
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1. I'm a / an (+ job).
e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder
2. I work in (+ place or general area).
e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social
3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).
e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international bank
What your job involves
4. I'm in charge of
e.g. a big company
5. I'm responsible for
e.g. some workers in that department
6. I have to deal with
e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly
7. I run
e.g. the company / a restaurant
8. I manage
e.g. a shop in downtown
Daily duties / routines
9. I have to go / attend (fml)
e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences
10. I visit / see / meet
e.g. patients / clients
11. I advise
e.g. people / clients and give them help...
12. It involves
e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time
Getting a jop
13. It's not easy to get / find work
e.g. in big cities / round these parts
14. I'd love to do
e.g. marketing / this kind of work
15. It's difficult to make a living as a / an
e.g. freelance writer
16. I've been offered a job
e.g. in that company / in London
17. I've applied for a job
e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department
Working hours
18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five
(regular working hours in Britain)
19. I do / work shift work.
(nights one week, days next)
20. I am on flexi-time.
(flexible working hours)
21. I have to do / work overtime.
(work extra hours)
22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job.
(part of a day or a few days a week)
23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time.
(work too much)
24. I took early retirement.
(retire at 55 in Britain)
25. I am on / take sick leave.
(a period spent away from work, etc. because of illness)
26. I am on / take maternity leave.
(expecting a baby)
27. I gave up work
e.g. in order to study
28. I was laid off (infml)
e.g. when the factory went bust
29. I was made redundant.
(no longer needed and therefore out of work)
30. I was dismissed (fml)
e.g. for refusing to obey orders
31. I was fired (infml)
e.g. for always being late
32. I am on / off duty.
(to be working / not working)
Other useful phrases
33. We usually take a break
e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes
34. We normally knock off work (infml)
e.g. about 5:30 p.m. and go off to a resataurant nearby
35. I get some rest.
(a period of time when you relax after working)
36. I was rather inexperienced
e.g. for that kind of work
37. I have a lot of experience
e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem
38. I am sufficiently qualified
e.g. for this position
39. This is a job requiring
(a period of time when you relax after working)
40. I try to be hardworking.
(work hard)
41. I'm quite competent
e.g. at my job
42. I try to work efficiently.
(work quickly without making mistakes and wasting time)
43. Efficiency is very important
e.g. in my job
44. A lot of people do voluntary work.
(you want to do it and you're not paid)
45. I was promoted.
(get a higher position)
46. It is a demanding job.
(needing a lot of effort, care, skill)
47. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for
e.g. her while she is off sick
48. I am acting
e.g. as a manager for the next couple of months
49. I will take the place of
e.g. our manager when he leaves
50. Ithis morning shift takes over from
e.g. the night shift t 9 a.m.
51. It is greate teamwork
e.g. that helps get the job done on time
52. We teamed up
e.g. with another group to finish our project
53. We cooperate
e.g. with a German firm on this project
54. I was employed
e.g. as a secretary for a couple of months
55. I do casual work.
(not regular, usually paid hourly)
56. I'v got a temporary job
e.g. working in a newspaper office
57. This factory has 200 employees.
(a person who is employed)
58. The staff
e.g. are so polite and friendly
59. They promoted
e.g. me to office manager
60. I'm on leave
e.g. at the moment because...
61. The post has been vacant
e.g. for some time
62. I turned it down.
(to refuse one's offer)
Payment
63. I am paid
e.g. every months and this pay goes directly into my bank account monthly
64. My salary
e.g. is 20.000$ a year
65. I earn
e.g. 200$ a week as a hairdresser
66. With many jobs you get holiday pay and sick pay.
(when you're off duty or ill)
67. I'm going to a pay rise.
(my pay goes up)
68. My average income
e.g. has risen 2% this year
69. I'm poorely paid / badly paid / don't earn much.
(I'm paid very little money)
70. I have a high income / earn a lot / am well-paid.
(I'm paid a lot of money)
71. My take-home pay / net income is 150$.
(money left after deductions)
72. My gross income is more than that.
(before deductions)
Questions about jobs
Vocabulary
===================
1. What do you do?
2. What's your job?
3. What do you do for a living?
4. What are your main responsibilities?
5. What do you do every day?
6. What are your duties?
7. What is your daily routine?
8. What does your job involve?
9. How many people does your firm employ at present?
10. Can you have some time off whenever you want?
12. Why don't you apply for another job?
13. Have you filled in the application form?
14. If they offer you a well-paid job. will you take it?
15. How much holiday do you get / How many weeks holiday do you get?
16. What are normal working hours for most office jobs in your country?
17. What kind of jobs get very high salaries in your country?
18. What is the minimum amount of income tax you have to pay?
19. What jobs often involve shiftwork? Would you like to do one?
20. Is flexi-time common in your company?
21. What are your working hours?
22. Do you do / work any overtime?
23. Teachers don't earn very much, do they? Why (not)?
24. When were you last promoted?
25. Why / When did you apply for this job?
26. Why did you take an early retirement?
27. Why did you resign?
28. Did they give you a lot of training before getting the job from the company?
29. Did you do / go on any training courses for this job?
30. Have you been promoted since you started in the comply?
31. Do you normally get a good pay rise at the end of each year?
32. How do you feel about your future prospects in the company?
33. Are you happy in the job or do you feel is time for a fresh challenge in another company?
34. What exactly are your duties as a nurse?
35. Who do you work for?
36. Are you usually busy at work?
37. What do you find difficult about working there?
38. Can you describe your place of work?
39. What do you like about your job?
40. Do you usually cover for a colleague when he is on leave?
41. How do you find visiting a lot of people / clients?
42. Who will take your place when you leave? How do you feel about this?
43. What kind of jobs are you good at?
44. Can you tell me about your boss? What kind of a person is he / she?
45. Have you ever had any serious problems at work?
46. Do you work at the moment? Tell me about the work you do.
47. Have you ever had any other jobs?
48. Would you like to do the same job as your mother / father?
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1. I'm a / an (+ job).
e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder
2. I work in (+ place or general area).
e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social
3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).
e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international bank
What your job involves
4. I'm in charge of
e.g. a big company
5. I'm responsible for
e.g. some workers in that department
6. I have to deal with
e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly
7. I run
e.g. the company / a restaurant
8. I manage
e.g. a shop in downtown
Daily duties / routines
9. I have to go / attend (fml)
e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences
10. I visit / see / meet
e.g. patients / clients
11. I advise
e.g. people / clients and give them help...
12. It involves
e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time
Getting a jop
13. It's not easy to get / find work
e.g. in big cities / round these parts
14. I'd love to do
e.g. marketing / this kind of work
15. It's difficult to make a living as a / an
e.g. freelance writer
16. I've been offered a job
e.g. in that company / in London
17. I've applied for a job
e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department
Working hours
18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five
(regular working hours in Britain)
19. I do / work shift work.
(nights one week, days next)
20. I am on flexi-time.
(flexible working hours)
21. I have to do / work overtime.
(work extra hours)
22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job.
(part of a day or a few days a week)
23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time.
(work too much)
24. I took early retirement.
(retire at 55 in Britain)
25. I am on / take sick leave.
(a period spent away from work, etc. because of illness)
26. I am on / take maternity leave.
(expecting a baby)
27. I gave up work
e.g. in order to study
28. I was laid off (infml)
e.g. when the factory went bust
29. I was made redundant.
(no longer needed and therefore out of work)
30. I was dismissed (fml)
e.g. for refusing to obey orders
31. I was fired (infml)
e.g. for always being late
32. I am on / off duty.
(to be working / not working)
Other useful phrases
33. We usually take a break
e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes
34. We normally knock off work (infml)
e.g. about 5:30 p.m. and go off to a resataurant nearby
35. I get some rest.
(a period of time when you relax after working)
36. I was rather inexperienced
e.g. for that kind of work
37. I have a lot of experience
e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem
38. I am sufficiently qualified
e.g. for this position
39. This is a job requiring
(a period of time when you relax after working)
40. I try to be hardworking.
(work hard)
41. I'm quite competent
e.g. at my job
42. I try to work efficiently.
(work quickly without making mistakes and wasting time)
43. Efficiency is very important
e.g. in my job
44. A lot of people do voluntary work.
(you want to do it and you're not paid)
45. I was promoted.
(get a higher position)
46. It is a demanding job.
(needing a lot of effort, care, skill)
47. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for
e.g. her while she is off sick
48. I am acting
e.g. as a manager for the next couple of months
49. I will take the place of
e.g. our manager when he leaves
50. Ithis morning shift takes over from
e.g. the night shift t 9 a.m.
51. It is greate teamwork
e.g. that helps get the job done on time
52. We teamed up
e.g. with another group to finish our project
53. We cooperate
e.g. with a German firm on this project
54. I was employed
e.g. as a secretary for a couple of months
55. I do casual work.
(not regular, usually paid hourly)
56. I'v got a temporary job
e.g. working in a newspaper office
57. This factory has 200 employees.
(a person who is employed)
58. The staff
e.g. are so polite and friendly
59. They promoted
e.g. me to office manager
60. I'm on leave
e.g. at the moment because...
61. The post has been vacant
e.g. for some time
62. I turned it down.
(to refuse one's offer)
Payment
63. I am paid
e.g. every months and this pay goes directly into my bank account monthly
64. My salary
e.g. is 20.000$ a year
65. I earn
e.g. 200$ a week as a hairdresser
66. With many jobs you get holiday pay and sick pay.
(when you're off duty or ill)
67. I'm going to a pay rise.
(my pay goes up)
68. My average income
e.g. has risen 2% this year
69. I'm poorely paid / badly paid / don't earn much.
(I'm paid very little money)
70. I have a high income / earn a lot / am well-paid.
(I'm paid a lot of money)
71. My take-home pay / net income is 150$.
(money left after deductions)
72. My gross income is more than that.
(before deductions)
Speaking _ Favourite news channel
Part One
Good morning. My name is … could you tell me your name please?
Please show me your identification/ passport? Thats fine thanks you.
Do you work or are you a student?
What subject are you a studying?
Why did you choose that subject?
Are there things you dont like about it?
Now Id like to ask you a few questions about transport systems in your hometown
What is the most popular transport system in use? Talk about its reliability, frequency and fare.
Do you have any problems using the public transport?
Part Two
Your topic
I'd like you to tell me about your favorite news channel
You should say
What is it
How often do you use it?
And explain why you like it.
Part Two B
What do you think for ordinary people the most effective media to get news is?
Whether all people will be interested in national or international news in your country.
Part 3:
Compare the people's attitude to media between now and the past 20 years?
Should we trust the journalists?
What do you think what a good journalist should be?
Good morning. My name is … could you tell me your name please?
Please show me your identification/ passport? Thats fine thanks you.
Do you work or are you a student?
What subject are you a studying?
Why did you choose that subject?
Are there things you dont like about it?
Now Id like to ask you a few questions about transport systems in your hometown
What is the most popular transport system in use? Talk about its reliability, frequency and fare.
Do you have any problems using the public transport?
Part Two
Your topic
I'd like you to tell me about your favorite news channel
You should say
What is it
How often do you use it?
And explain why you like it.
Part Two B
What do you think for ordinary people the most effective media to get news is?
Whether all people will be interested in national or international news in your country.
Part 3:
Compare the people's attitude to media between now and the past 20 years?
Should we trust the journalists?
What do you think what a good journalist should be?
Speaking _ Learning English
Part One
Good morning. My name is … could you tell me your name please?
Please show me your identification/ passport? That’s fine thanks you.
Where are your from?
Do you have a large family or a small family?
Can you tell me something about them
Now I'd like to ask you a few questions about your family
How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
What sorts of things do you like to do together?
Do you get on well with your family? Why?
Part Two A
I'd like you to tell me about your learning English
All right? Remember, you have only 1 or 2 minutes for this so doesn't worry if I stop you. I'll tell you when. Can you start speaking now, please?
You should say
When and where you study English
What English course do you like best?
And explain why it is important for you.
Part two B
Why are you study English?
Do you think learning English will benefit to your first language study?
Part 3:
We've been talking about household equipments and I'd like to discuss with you one or two question related to this. let's consider:
What do you think is the best way to study English?
What is the most difficulties do you think of teaching of English in you country?
How this can be solved in the future?
Good morning. My name is … could you tell me your name please?
Please show me your identification/ passport? That’s fine thanks you.
Where are your from?
Do you have a large family or a small family?
Can you tell me something about them
Now I'd like to ask you a few questions about your family
How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
What sorts of things do you like to do together?
Do you get on well with your family? Why?
Part Two A
I'd like you to tell me about your learning English
All right? Remember, you have only 1 or 2 minutes for this so doesn't worry if I stop you. I'll tell you when. Can you start speaking now, please?
You should say
When and where you study English
What English course do you like best?
And explain why it is important for you.
Part two B
Why are you study English?
Do you think learning English will benefit to your first language study?
Part 3:
We've been talking about household equipments and I'd like to discuss with you one or two question related to this. let's consider:
What do you think is the best way to study English?
What is the most difficulties do you think of teaching of English in you country?
How this can be solved in the future?
Speaking_ a household equipment
Part One
What is your hometowns shape? Can you describe it for me
What is your hometowns history?
Do you prefer going out or staying at home? Why?
What will do if you go out?
Part Two A
I'd like you to tell me about an equipment of your household (such as computer, television, refrigerator, Mobile Phone and so on).
You should say
What it is?
What do you do with it?
And explain why it is important for you.
Part Two B
Will you always keep it?
Is it worth much?
Part 3
Could you please explain with some examples about the changes of technology which are used by people in our daily life between now and the past 20 years?
Whether those equipment you've ever mentioned in your examples is used in you home?
How about other Indian families?
Do you think the technology will have what development in the future?
Do you think it is important?
How often do you access internet?
Do you have a computer?
What is your hometowns shape? Can you describe it for me
What is your hometowns history?
Do you prefer going out or staying at home? Why?
What will do if you go out?
Part Two A
I'd like you to tell me about an equipment of your household (such as computer, television, refrigerator, Mobile Phone and so on).
You should say
What it is?
What do you do with it?
And explain why it is important for you.
Part Two B
Will you always keep it?
Is it worth much?
Part 3
Could you please explain with some examples about the changes of technology which are used by people in our daily life between now and the past 20 years?
Whether those equipment you've ever mentioned in your examples is used in you home?
How about other Indian families?
Do you think the technology will have what development in the future?
Do you think it is important?
How often do you access internet?
Do you have a computer?
5/24/09
Speaking_ A newspaper article recently read
Interview
- What is your name
- Do you work or study
- What do you study
- Why did you chose this course
- Do you like swimming
- Are there places where you can go to swim near your home
Cue card
Describe a newspaper article you recently read, you should say:
- What news paper was it in
- What was it about
- Why you remembered this article
Discussion
- Do you think that journalists twist the facts to make the story more interesting?
- Why do you think people buy magazines?
- Do you find the information in magazines relevant to your age group?
- What is your name
- Do you work or study
- What do you study
- Why did you chose this course
- Do you like swimming
- Are there places where you can go to swim near your home
Cue card
Describe a newspaper article you recently read, you should say:
- What news paper was it in
- What was it about
- Why you remembered this article
Discussion
- Do you think that journalists twist the facts to make the story more interesting?
- Why do you think people buy magazines?
- Do you find the information in magazines relevant to your age group?
Speaking_ A famous Person
Interview
- Tell me your full name.
- Tell me how I should call you.
- Tell me where you live.
- What do you like about your city?
- Does your town have a place where to swim?
- Do people in your town like swimming?
- Do you think swimming is useful and why?
- When people in your country give presents?
- Do you think it is important that present is expensive?
- Have you ever made a gift by yourself?
- Is it hard for you to choose the present?
Cue card
WHO WOULD BE THE FAMOUS PERSON YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN YOUR LIFE.
How did you know about him/her?
What's s/he famous for?
Why you'd like to meet him/her?
What would you do if you met him/her?
Discussion
- Would you like to be famous?
- Why do you think people want to be famous?
- How do you think, do famous persons have privacy? How much of it?
- Do all famous persons have a lot of money?
- What is the difference between famous persons in the past and in nowadays? (this was difficult one for me, because I honestly couldn’t tell it even in my mother tongue)
- What famous person should have to be adored by teenagers?
- Tell me your full name.
- Tell me how I should call you.
- Tell me where you live.
- What do you like about your city?
- Does your town have a place where to swim?
- Do people in your town like swimming?
- Do you think swimming is useful and why?
- When people in your country give presents?
- Do you think it is important that present is expensive?
- Have you ever made a gift by yourself?
- Is it hard for you to choose the present?
Cue card
WHO WOULD BE THE FAMOUS PERSON YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN YOUR LIFE.
How did you know about him/her?
What's s/he famous for?
Why you'd like to meet him/her?
What would you do if you met him/her?
Discussion
- Would you like to be famous?
- Why do you think people want to be famous?
- How do you think, do famous persons have privacy? How much of it?
- Do all famous persons have a lot of money?
- What is the difference between famous persons in the past and in nowadays? (this was difficult one for me, because I honestly couldn’t tell it even in my mother tongue)
- What famous person should have to be adored by teenagers?
5/17/09
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?
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?
www.examsreform.hu
© 2005 EXAMINATIONS REFORM TEACHER SUPPORT PROJECT, BRITISH COUNCIL HUNGARY
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.
www.examsreform.hu
© 2005 EXAMINATIONS REFORM TEACHER SUPPORT PROJECT, BRITISH COUNCIL HUNGARY
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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