SPEAKING EXAM / 20 PTS

QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT DO YOU STUDY? WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO STUDY THAT CAREER? / WAS IT THE
CAREER YOU HAVE PLANNED TO STUDY?
2. WHAT’S YOUR CITY LIKE? / DO YOU LIKE LIVING IN YOUR CITY? WHY? WHY NOT?
3. TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. (DO YOU HAVE SIBLINGS? / WHO DO YOU
LIVE WITH?)
4. WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN YOUR FREE TIME? / WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE
TIME?
5. DO YOU THINK THAT LEARNING LANGUAGES IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR CAREER? WHY?
6. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOME VOLUNTARY WORK IN THE FUTURE? WHEN? WHERE?
7. DO YOU THINK SPEAKING IN PUBLIC IS VERY DIFFICULT? WHY?
8. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE STATEMENT ‘PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN HOW TO
SPEAK IN PUBLIC’? DO YOU AGREE OR DISSAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT?
9. DO YOU THINK POWER CORRUPTS PEOPLE? WHY?
10. PEOPLE USUALLY SAY ‘BEHIND EVERY POWERFUL MAN IS A POWERFUL WOMAN, IS
THIS TRUE?
11. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LOTTERIES? DO YOU THINK THEM ARE A GOOD OR A
BAD THING? WHY?
12. DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING FAVOURS? HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN SOMEONE
ASKS YOU FOR A FAVOUR?
13. DO YOU AGREE / DISAGREE WITH THE SAYING ’MONEY TALKS’? WHY? WHY NOT?
14. DO YOU AGREE / DISAGREE WITH THE SAYING ’MONEY DOESN’T GROWN ON TREES’?
WHY? WHY NOT?
15. DO YOU AGREE / DISAGREE WITH THE SAYING ‘MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING’? WHY?
WHY NOT?
16. DO YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT TO SAVE MONEY? WHY?
17. WHAT SORT OF ROLE DOES POETRY PLAY IN YOUR COUNTRY?
18. WHAT DO THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
- ADVERTISING IS LEGALISED LYING.
- ADVERTISING IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY.
19. DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM? WHY? WHY NOT?
20. TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THE ESSAY YOU HAVE WRITTEN.

USEFUL EXPRESSION DURING THE SPEAKING EXAM

ASKING FOR A MOMENT TO THINK/START – FINISH THE CONVERSATION:
- GIVE ME A MOMENT PLEASE.
- LET ME THINK.
- THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION, UHM….
- WELL…
- THAT’S ALL, THANK YOU