English in Mind

Placement test

Oral test question banks

Introductory questions

Whats your name? How do you spell it?

Where are you from?

Do you like learning English?

Starter A1
Questions Goals (with Students Book unit)

Do you have any brothers and sisters?

1 Talk about your family (5)
Tell me about your family.
Do you watch TV or listen to music?
2 Talk about free-time activities (5)
What do you do in your free time?
Do you work or study? What do you do every day?
3 Talk about routines (9)
What time do you usually get up?
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
4 Talking about your house or apartment (12)
Tell me about the place where you live.
5 What did you do yesterday? Talking about the past (14)

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Level 1 A2
Questions Goals (with Students Book unit)

Tell me about the things you like doing.

6 Talking about likes and dislikes and activities (3)
(Playing computer games? Going shopping?)
Talk about what you did yesterday.
7 Talking about past activities and events (6)
(Did you go out? What did you do?)
Whats your favorite food?
8 Talking about food (8)
(What do you like eating? What dont you like?)
Where are you going for your next vacation?
Talking about future intentions and vacation activities
9 (Go to another country? Go to the beach?)
(10 and 13)
What are you going to do there?
Which cities or countries have you visited?
10 Talking about experiences (16)
Tell me about one place that you really liked.

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Level 2 A2
Questions Goals (with Students Book unit)

Do you like sports? (Are you more interested in watching

11 sports or doing sports?) Which ones? Would you like to Talking about sports and the Olympics (4)
go and watch the Olympic Games? Why? / Why not?)
Tell me about what problems there are with the
environment now. What can we do to help the
12 Talking about the environment (5)
environment? What do you do? (Recycling? Walking
instead of going by car?)
Tell me about school. Which subjects do you / did you
13 like at school? Which do / did you dislike? Why? Which Talking about school subjects (11)
subjects do you want to continue studying in the future?
How important is music in your life? Tell me about the
14 kind of music you like. (When do you listen to music? Talking about music (12)
Can you play any musical instruments? Which ones?)

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Level 3 B1
Questions Goals (with Students Book unit)

Tell me about the kind of work that people in your

family do. What kind of work would you like to do
15 Talking about work and jobs (5)
when youre older? Why?
(Would you like to be a teacher? A doctor?)
Tell me about what you like watching on TV.
16 (What kind of TV shows do you like? Do you watch reality Talking about TV shows (7)
shows? Why? / Why not?)
Tell me about the kind of food you usually eat.
17 (Do you ever eat fast food? What are the Talking about food (9)
advantages and disadvantages of eating fast food?)
Who do you go to when you need help and advice?
18 Who do you ask? (Your friends? Your family? Your Talking about problems and getting advice (14)
teacher?) Who gives you the best advice? Why?
Tell me about what things make you happy.
19 (Is it your family? Your friends? Things you do in your Talking about happiness (16)
spare time? Your classes?) Why do they make you happy?

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Level 4 B2
Questions Goals (with Students Book unit)

What kind of sports are extreme sports? Can you give

some examples? (e.g., snowboarding? parachuting?)
20 Talking about extreme sports (3)
Do you do any extreme sports? Would you like to try any?
Why? / Why not?
What kind of things did you use to do in your spare time
Talking about past habits
21 when you were younger? (e.g., go to a playground? play
Talking about things that are in and out of fashion (6)
soccer?) Do you still do any of those things now?
What do you think life on Earth will be like in fty years?
22 What will be different? What will be the same? Making predictions about the future (8)
(e.g., food, transportation, homes, jobs)
Tell me about the best present youve ever received.
23 (When did you get it? Who was it from? What made it so Talking about kindness, and giving presents (10)
special?)
Tell me about the different languages you can speak.
24 (How did you learn them? Why?) Why is it important to Talking about language (11)
learn other languages?
Would you like to be famous? Why? / Why not? Are you
25 Talking about fame (12)
interested in the lives of famous people / celebrities?

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