Recent question Aug-2011

1. Describe an adventurous person that you know or read about. Please say
- Who is this person?
- Why do you find him/her an adventurer?
- What can you learn from him/her? - What do you consider adventurous/challenging?
. Describe one of your days off! please say
- Where would you go?
- With whom would you spend the day?
- What activities would you do?
- Please e"plain why you like a day off.- Do you think people need a day off?
- Do you like to spend a day off with friends or family?
- Who is more important in life! friends or family?
- Do you prefer #ust one long holiday or many days off?
$. Do you think money is important in life?
- Which is more important in your life! money or the relationship with family / friends?
- Do you think nowadays people are working more hours than before?
- What should be more important for people% earning money or building relationships within their family?
- Do men and women have different ways of spending leisure time?
&. 'alk about a country or town you would like to visit. Please say
- What country / town is it?
- With whom would you like to go?
- (ow do you plan to get there?
- Why do you want to go there? - Will people be traveling more in the future? Why or why not?
- )s technology helping to improve travel?
*. Describe a musical event that you have attended or seen on '+! please say%
- What event was it?
- Where was it?
- Did you en#oy it? - Do people in your country accept international music?
- Does your country see some importance in music?
- )s it common for children in your country to learn music?
- Do you think that music or playing an instrument should be taught in school?
- What art or craft did you learn in school?
- What art would you like to learn in the future?
,. - -et.s talk about photography. Do you like to take pictures?
- (ow often do you do it?
- What is your favorite type of photography?
- )s it common to take photos for people in your country?
- Does it vary for men and women?
- Do you prefer to buy pictures or postcards when you visit a place or to take a few photos of it?
- What are popular pastimes in your country?
- /re they different for men and women?
- Do men have more free time than women?
- Do you think the amount of free time has changed compared to your parents. generation?
0. Describe a leisure center in your city (a park, a cinema, a shopping mall or similar). Please say
- Where is it located?
- What amenities does it offer?
- Ho often do you go there?- What are the common leisure acti!ities in your country?
- What acti!ities do teenagers do in your country?
- Why do teenagers prefer to spend more time at home?
". 'alk about the recent news in media that made an impression on you. Please say
- Whom was it about?
- What happened?
- Why did you remember it?- What is your vision of the future media?
- What kinds of media do you know?
- What is the main difference between '+ and radio news?
1. Do people believe in numbers in your country?
- What are the most important numbers that someone should remember?
- (ow do you remember numbers?
12. 'alk about an educational program on '+. Please say
- What is the program about?
- (ow did you find that program?
- Why did you like/dislike this program?- Do you believe that people should watch that kind of programs?
- '+ ads are 3uite e"pensive. Why do you think that companies invest in this kind of ads?
- Do you think that advertising changes children.s behavior?
11. Do you live in a small town or a big city?
- Do you en#oy living there?
- What are the benefits of living in the city?
1. 'alk about help you have provided to someone. Please say
- Whom have you helped?
- Why did you help?
- (ow did the person benefit from it?- Did you ever mention to others helping that person?
- Did you help other people?
- Did you help any visitor in your country?
- Why do you think it is important to help visitors?
- Why do people help each other?
- (ow can members of a family help each other?
1$. Describe a child that you know. Please say
- What does he/she look like?
- What are your feelings for him/her?
- Who is he/she?- 4hould children play console or computer games?
- What are advantages and disadvantages of it? Why?
1&. Describe your regular walks! please say
- Where do you walk?
- Whom do you walk with?
- What do you see on the way?
- 5"plain why you are walking regularly.- Why does walking make people healthier?
- Why do people like walking in the morning?
- Do you think different ages have different ways to do e"ercise?
- What activities are better than walking for people who want to keep healthy?
1*. Describe the type of clothes you like to wear! please say
- Where do you buy clothes?
- (ow often do you go to buy clothes?
- (ow do you choose clothes?
- Why do you like to buy clothes?- Do you pay much money for clothes?
- (ow do people #udge others by their clothes?
- What is your opinion about fashion?
- Why do some people like fashion?
- What is the negative side of fashion?
1,. (ave you been to a live concert before?
- 6an you describe it?
- /re there any differences between live music and music played on a 6D?
- When was the last time you watched a concert on '+?
10. What is the importance of flowers in your country?
- Do they have some special meaning in your country?
- Do you know any particular flower that is important?
17. )s color important when you buy things? Why?
- Do you like dark or light colors? Why?
- (ow important were colors to you when you were a child?
11.
'alk about a character that you admire from your childhood. Please say
- Who was he/she?
- What was he/she like?
- What did he/she do?
- 5"plain why you admire this character.- What types of characters do adults usually admire these days? Why?
- Why do people still admire the character even if they know it.s not real?
- What are the characteristics of an actor that is widely admired?
- (ow much can a character from a movie affect our real life? Why?
2. What do you do for living?
- Who is more involved in household activities in your culture?
- Do you do some of it?
- Do you like it?
- Do people like outdoor activities?
- (ow much time do they spend on outdoor activities?
- (ow much time do you spend on outdoor activities?
- What do you do after that?
. 'alk about a planed holiday you were on! which you have e"tended for some reason. Please say
- When did it happen?
- With whom were you traveling?
- What was the reason for e"tension?
Recent question Sep-2011
1. Talk about an expensive thing you have bought. Please say
- What is it?
- Where did you buy it?
- When did you buy it?
- Why did you buy it?- Why do people buy a lot of things?
2. Do you think it is important that one likes his ob ? Why?
- !s it easy for people in your "ountry to get a ob they like?
- #o$ long have you been studying %nglish?
- When did %nglish be"ome important in your studies?
&. Do you like giving gifts?
- What type of gifts do you give to people?
'. - Tell me about your "ity.
- What is it famous for?
*. - Do you do household "hores?
- What type of "hores did you do as a "hild?
,. Talk about something that you are good at( please say
- When did you start doing it?
- #o$ did you be"ome good at it?
- #o$ does it make you feel?
0. Do many people play basketball in your "ountry?
- )re "hildren en"ouraged to learn basketball?
- What is the role of parents in developing su"h abilities in "hildren?
- Do you think tea"hers also play an important role?
- Do you think some "hildren are born *naturally gifted+?
- What are the problems of su"h "hildren?
- Do they also fa"e problems at s"hool? Why?
7. What is your favorite animal?
- Does anyone have pets in your country?
- What are the wild animals in your country?
1. Do you think it is easy to get information now! compared to the past?
- Do you think the )nternet is a reliable source of information?
- /re old people feeling encouraged to study new things?
- Would it be useful for the country?
- Does government need to provide services to pensioners?
12. )re people from your "ountry fond of food?
- Des"ribe your traditional dish.
11. Talk about a song that you like the most( please say,
- What song is it?
- Why do you like it?
- When did you listen to it first?
- When - $here are you normally listening to it?- Does musi" have impa"t on people from your "ountry?
- What do you think about live performan"es?
- .ompare live performan"e to re"orded musi".
- !s the !nternet good for musi" industry?
- Who is your favorite singer?
12. Do you live in a small to$n or a big "ity?
- Do you enoy living there?
- What are the benefits of living in the "ity?
1&. Did you help any visitor in your "ountry?
- Why do you think it is important to help visitors?
- Why do people help ea"h other?
- #o$ "an members of a family help ea"h other?
1'. 'alk about a trip that you would like to go on. Please say%
- Where would you go?
- (ow long would the trip be?
- Do you like to travel alone or with other people?- What in your opinion do people think about traveling
nowadays?
1/. Talk about the pla"e you live in.
- What do you like or dislike about your home?
- What is your favorite room?
- )re there any possible improvements that "an be done in your home?
10. Do you like to take pi"tures?
- #o$ often do you do it?
- What is your favorite type of photography?
- !s it "ommon to take photos for people in your "ountry?
- Does it vary for men and $omen?
- Do you prefer to buy pi"tures or post"ards $hen you visit a pla"e or to take a fe$ photos of it?
11. What are popular pastimes in your "ountry?
- )re they different for men and $omen?
- Do men have more free time than $omen?
- Do you think the amount of free time has "hanged "ompared to your parents+ generation?
12. Do people believe in numbers in your "ountry?
- What are the most important numbers that someone should remember?
- #o$ do you remember numbers?
13. Talk about an edu"ational program on T4. Please say
- What is the program about?
- #o$ did you find that program?
- Why did you like-dislike this program?- Do you believe that people should $at"h that kind of programs?
- T4 ads are 5uite expensive. Why do you think that "ompanies invest in this kind of ads?
- Do you think that advertising "hanges "hildren+s behavior?
26. What foods are popular in your "ulture?
- Do people eat as a group in your "ulture?
- !s it good for people to eat as a group?
21. Des"ribe a "hara"ter that influen"ed you in "hildhood. Please say
- Who is that "hara"ter?
- What does he-she look like?
22. Describe a walk that you have en#oyed. Please say
- When was it?
- Where was it?
- Whom did you go with?- 6ompared to the past do you think people are walking less nowadays?
- What are the benefits of walking compared to driving a car?
2&. Do people in your "ountry a""ept international musi"?
- Does your "ountry see some importan"e in musi"?
- !s it "ommon for "hildren in your "ountry to learn musi"?
- Do you think that musi" or playing an instrument should be taught in s"hool?
2'. Do you think national anthems may be bad for multicultural countries?
- Do you think globali8ation influenced the music in your country?
- )s there any impact on the traditional music?
Do you like the "olor s"heme of the pla"e?
- What "olors did you like as a "hild?
- What "olors do you dislike?
- What "olors $ould you apply in your house?
Recent question Oct.-2011
What do you like about your home?
- What do you dislike about your home?
- Do you want to change anything in your home?
- What is your a!orite "lace at home? Why?
Describe a amily unction you ha!e attended. #lease say- What was the unction?
- Who was there with you?
- $ow did you en%oy the unction? - What are the ad!antages and disad!antages o
li!ing in a %oint&big amily?
- What are the skills a child learns rom the amily?
- Discuss the im"ortance o amily.
- What is more im"ortant to you' amily or riends? Why?
Where do you li!e' in a small town or a big city?
- Why do you like this "lace?
- (re there any musical concerts in your city?
- Do you like them?
- $ow oten do you attend a li!e concert?
- When was your last !isit?
- Do you "reer a li!e concert or music on )D?
*alk about a "rogram that you saw on *+ and did not like. #lease say
- What "rogram was it?
- What was it about?
- Why didn,t you like it?
- What could ha!e been done to make it better?- What educational "rograms do
you watch on tele!ision?
- $ow oten do you watch them?
- What is the "ur"ose o ad!ertisements?
- What is the im"act o ads on children?
-. Describe a walk that you ha!e en%oyed. #lease say
- When was it?
- Where was it?
- Whom did you go with?- )om"ared to the "ast do you think "eo"le are walking less
nowadays?
- What are the beneits o walking com"ared to dri!ing a car?
.. - /s swimming "o"ular in your country?
- 0hould young "eo"le' es"ecially children' learn to swim?
- )an you swim?
- When did you learn swimming?
1. *alk about a song rom your childhood that you remember until now. #lease say
- What is it about?
- What is the signiicance o this song in your lie?
- What do you eel when you hear this song? - /s singing "o"ular in your country?
- What kind o songs do "eo"le sing together in your country?
- 0hould we encourage young "eo"le to sing?
- )an young "eo"le and adults share the same kind o songs?
- 0hould we learn to sing well to eel the song?
2. Describe an e3"ensi!e thing that you ha!e bought. #lease say
- What was it?
- $ow e3"ensi!e was it?
- Was it or yoursel or somebody else?
10. What "art o the day do you like best? Why?
- When do you unction best? Why?
11. *alk about a git you ga!e to another "erson' you should say4
- what the git was'
- who you ga!e it to'
- why you ga!e this git to that "erson' and
- why you think the "erson liked it. What do you think is better' gi!ing or recei!ing?
- Why is it sometimes diicult to gi!e "eo"le gits?
- Do you donate to charities?
- Do "eo"le still ha!e aith in charities?
- Do you think in the uture the number o charities will increase or decrease?
12. *alk about your a!orite sub%ect in "rimary&secondary school' "lease say
- what sub%ect it was'
- why you liked it and
- how long you ha!e studied it. - (re math and "hysics im"ortant sub%ects?
- Do you think that usage o the ad!anced technology at schools is beneicial or "u"ils,
education?
15. *alk about a childhood hobby o yours' "lease say
- what hobby it was'
- how you de!elo"ed this hobby'
- why you liked doing this. Do you think that hobbies are im"ortant?
- What do you think are the hobbies o youngsters in your country?
- What hobbies should children de!elo" that could hel" them as adults?
16. Describe any clothing gi!en to you as a git recently. #lease say
- Who ga!e you the git?
- What did it look like?
- $ow did you eel about it? - What is your o"inion about the "o"ularity o designer
clothing?
- Do you think it,s a good idea to gi!e and recei!e clothes as a git?
- Where are women o your hometown usually sho""ing?
- Why do you think designer clothes are e3"ensi!e?
- $a!e you e!er bought clothing on the /nternet?
- Do you think it is sae to buy clothes on internet?
- /s it good to sho" online?
17. Describe a amily unction you ha!e attended. #lease say
- What was the unction?
- Who was there with you?
- $ow did you en%oy the unction.
1-. - What are the ad!antages and disad!antages o li!ing in a %oint&big amily?
- What are the skills a child learns rom the amily?
- Discuss the im"ortance o amily.
- What is more im"ortant to you' amily or riends? Why?
1.. - Do you like meeting "eo"le?
- What are the common "laces where "eo"le "reer to meet?
- What were the "laces where "eo"le liked to meet in the "ast?
11. What s"orts did you like to "lay when you were a child?
- What things can children learn rom "laying s"orts?
- Would you like your uture children to "lay s"orts too?
12. - What are the qualities the bosses must ha!e so they will be ollowed by their
em"loyees?
- Do you think it is im"ortant or the boss and em"loyees to ha!e a good working
relationshi"?
- What do you think are the common com"laints o the workers?
20. *alk about your riend who was a good student.
- Why do you like him?
- $ow he was good at studies?
- Do you think he inluenced you to study hard?
21. *alk about a song rom your childhood that you remember until now. #lease say
- What is it about?
- What is the signiicance o this song in your lie?
- What do you eel when you hear this song? - /s singing "o"ular in your country?
- What kind o songs do "eo"le sing together in your country?
- 0hould we encourage young "eo"le to sing?
- )an young "eo"le and adults share the same kind o songs?
- 0hould we learn to sing well to eel the song?