Work

Do you work or study?

Tell me about your job

What do like about your work?

What things would you like to change?

Study

Do you work or study?

Tell me about your studies. What do you study?

What do you like most about your studies?

What are you planning to do with your studies in the future?

Home

Do you live in a house or a flat?

Can you describe it?

What is the best thing about it?

What would you like to change about it?

Home town

Describe the town or city you live in now

What do you like about it?

What do most people do for work in your town or city?

How would you improve it?

Animals

What animals are there in your country?

Do you have a favourite? What is it?

What do people use animals for in your country?

What is the attitude of people to animals in your country?

Films

Do you enjoy watching films? Why/why not?

Do most people watch films at home or at the cinema in your country?

How often do you watch films?

Would you like to be in a film? Why/why not?

Going to school

At what age do most people leave school in your country?

Do you think this is a good age to leave?

What was your favourite subject at school? Why?

What subjects are the most important? Why?

Reading

Do you read a lot?

What kind of things do you read?

When is your favourite time for reading?

Do people in your country like reading?

Computers

Do you use a computer? What for?

Do you like using it?

Are there a lot of computers in your country?

What jobs do computers do better than people?

Families

Can we talk about your family now? Are you happy to do that?

Do you have a small or big family? Tell me about them.

How often do you see your family?

What kind of things do you do together?

Are most families in your country big or small?

Animals

What animals are there in your country?

Do you have a favourite? What is it?

What do people use animals for in your country?

What is the attitude of people to animals in your country?

Sport

What sports do you like?

Do you prefer to play or watch?

What sports are most popular in your country?

What sport would you like to learn? Why?

Describe a celebration that you were involved in

You should say

Where and when it took place

Why people were celebrating

What happened

and explain why you remembered this celebration

You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes.

You have one minute to think about what you are going to say.

You can make some notes if you wish.

Rounding off question

Do you enjoy celebrations?

Describe a children’s story you have read

You should say

When you read it

What happens in the story

Why you remember it

and say if you liked the story or not

You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes.

You have one minute to think about what you are going to say.

You can make some notes if you wish.

Rounding off question

Do you think children still read this story?

Describe a happy event in your life

You should say

When it happened

Who you were with

What you did

and say why it made you happy

You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes.

You have one minute to think about what you are going to say.

You can make some notes if you wish.

Rounding off question

Have you been able to repeat this event?

Technology
What has been the impact of technology on your life? On your country?
Can you compare the role of technology in our lives now and 10 years ago?
What role do you think technology will have in society in 50 years?
What role does technology have in education in your country?
Is technology always a good thing?
Do you think technology needs to be controlled?

Advertising
What are some of the negative aspects of advertising?
How effective is advertising in your country?
How does the internet affect advertising?
What role does advertising have in influencing how we buy things?
How does advertising influence us?
Is advertising always a bad thing?
How do you think advertising techniques have changed in the last 50 years?
How do you think advertising will work in the future?
How much advertising is there in your country?
Do you think too much money is spent on advertising?

Leisure and free time
How much free time do people have in your country?
How important is free time?
Do people get enough free time in your country?
What is the impact of working too much?
Is leisure time always beneficial?
How much free time do people have in your country compared with 50 years ago?
How will this change in the future?
What is the impact on people of not working?

Sport
Do people play enough sport?
How has sports changed in the last 50 years?
Is sport too commercial?
What impact does international sport have on relationships between countries?
Should more money be spent on sport?
Why are sports so popular?
Is sport important?

The media
What is the most popular form of media in your country? Why?
What is the most effective form of media?
Do you think the news is reported impartially?
Do you think that there is too much bad news?
How do you think the different forms of media will change in the future?
How much influence do you think the government should have over the news?
Is censorship necessary? When?
Do media organisations have too much power?

Education
How effective is the education system in your country?
How well do you think education prepares people for life?
How would you improve the higher education system in your country?
How are young people influenced by their teachers?
Can teachers have a negative as well as a positive influence on their students?
How do you think the role of teachers will change in the future?
How has the role of teachers changed in your country in the last 20 years?
What subjects do you think are lacking in your country's education system?
What role do parents have in formal education?

Families
How important is the family in your country?
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of large families?
How can your family influence your development as a person?
How will families change in the next 50 years?
Is family more important than friends?
What lessons do you learn from your family?
Do most people prefer to take advice from family or friends?

Art
How important is art? (in your culture)?
What are the most effective forms of art?
How has art changed in the last 50 years?
What has been the impact of technology on art?
How does art help preserve the culture of a society?
What will art look like in the future?

Learning
What things should parents teach children and what things should schools teach them?
Who should decide what children learn?
How important is to continue learning throughout life?
What things will it be important to learn in the future?
Is it more difficult for adults to learn than children?
At what age do we learn the most things?
Do we learn our most important lessons in the classroom or outside it?

Memories
How important are memories?
How do we record memories?
What makes something memorable?
Is it important to share our memories with others?
Do you think memory is selective? Do we remember some things and forget others?
Which kinds of memories do you value most?

Food
How important is food to you? Why?

Do we think too much about food?

Do we spend too much money on food?
Do you think food and eating habits are changing in your society? How?
Has the way people buy food changed?
How important is it to eat in a healthy way?
Should we spend more money teaching people how to eat better?
What will food look like in the future?