CIVILIZATION

1.Which famous person/celebrity from an English-speaking country would you recommend your friend
to follow on social media? Write your advice and explain your choice.

2. Your school library has asked you to recommend a movie/a book/a song that reflects the culture of an
English-speaking country. Write your advice and explain your choice.

3.Your school magazine has asked its readers to write about the English language as the most popular
language of communication in the world. Give specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

4. Your school magazine has asked its readers to write an article describing a museum from an English-
speaking country that they would like to visit. Write a description of your chosen museum that you
could send to the magazine.

5. Your school magazine has asked its readers to write an article describing their favourite capital of an
English-speaking country. Write a description of your chosen city that you could send to the magazine.

6.Your friend is going to visit the capital of an English-speaking country. He or she is passionate about
urban architecture. Recommend her or him a monument, building, square or street to visit by describing
it and explaining your choice.

7.Your school magazine has asked its readers to write an article on a national symbol of an English-
speaking country. Write a description of the selected symbol and explain what it symbolizes.

8. One of your younger relatives asked you to recommend them a novel written by an author born in an
English speaking country. Write them a note explaining why they should read the novel of your choice

9. Write a description of a popular sport in an English-speaking country that is not practiced in our
country.

10. Write a description of a monument from an English-speaking country that you would like to visit.
Explain why

11. Write a description of a museum from an English-speaking country that you would like to visit.

12. Write a description of an important historic event in an English-speaking country and its impact on
the country.

13.Your school would like to start a new foreign language festival. Suggest a writer or poet from an
English-speaking country that the festival could be named after. Explain your choice.

14. Imagine that you have the possibility to invite for dinner a politician from an Englishspeaking country
who passed away. Justify your choice and describe his/her impact on the development of his/her
country.

15. Give an example of a musician from an English-speaking country that you would like to invite to a
local music festival. Justify your choice and describe his or her impact on the development of our
civilization.

16. Write a description of the geographical features of an English-speaking country.

17. The mayor of your city/town/village would like to name a street after a famous woman from an
English-speaking country who made or has been making an impact on her country or our world. Make a
suggestion to your mayor describing her role and your attitude towards her

18. Which novel written by an author born in an English speaking country would you recommend your
best friend to read? Why?

19. Why is English language taught in a lot of countries all over the world?

20.Your local council intends to name a street after a famous historic figure that lived in an English-
speaking country. Recommend a personality and explain your choice.

21.Describe a tourist attraction located in an English-speaking country that you would like to visit, for
example, a museum, a monument, a park, a building and a church. Explain why you would like to visit it.

22. Imagine you have the possibility to visit the capital of an English-speaking country. Name the capital
and describe what you would like to visit there.

23. Your friends have decided to visit London next summer. They would like to visit another city in the
UK, but they need your advice to make a decision. Suggest a city in Great Britain, besides London, that
they should visit and explain what they could see in it.

24. Which sports have a long history in Great Britain and are practiced with enthusiasm? Describe at
least one of them.

25. Your local newspaper asked you to write an article about a tradition or holiday that is celebrated in
an English-speaking country, but not in your own country.

26. Your local newspaper asked you to write an article about a city or town of the USA that you would
recommend the readers to visit. Mention at least one sightseeing that is worth visiting and give a
reason.

27. Why is language considered to be the treasure of a nation?

28. What do you think makes the USA a country interesting for visitors?

29. Your city has decided to build a statue or monument to honour a famous person in your country.
Who would you choose?

30. How do changes in society influence people’s culture? What can slow down or speed up cultural
development?

31. If you were offered to travel around the world, where would you go and why?

32. Write some facts about the Higher Education Institutions in the USA.
ESSAYS
1. Why do some friendships break up? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

2. What activities do you consider waste of time? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

3. What is the importance of cultural activities in modern life? Justify your opinion. Present two
examples

4. What do you like about the culture of our country? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

5. Some people think that there are more disadvantages of automobiles than advantages. Agree or/and
disagree. Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

6. Why do some people choose to volunteer? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

7. What piece(s) of advice would you give to your own generation? Justify your opinion. Present two
examples.

8. Why do some people choose not to recycle? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

9. The older generations think that the younger generations read less than they do thus becoming less
educated. Agree or/and disagree. Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

10. Do you think it is important to follow fashion trends? Agree or/and disagree. Present two examples.

11. What does it mean to love the country you were born in? Justify your opinion. Present two
examples.

12. What makes your generation different from the other generations that went before you? Justify
your opinion. Present two examples.

13. Your school would like to start a new foreign language festival. Suggest a writer or poet from an
English-speaking country that the festival could be named after. Explain your choice.

14. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Schools should focus more on science and
mathematics than on humanities classes. Justify your answer. Present two examples.

15. Some students like to live with a roommate, while others prefer to live alone. What would you
prefer? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

16. There are people who consider that music is a universal language of all people. Do you agree or
disagree? Justify your opinion. Present two examples.

17. Should lyceum students have a part-time job? Agree or/and disagree. Justify your opinion. Present
two examples.

18. Some parents believe that pupils should not be allowed to use the Internet on their mobile phones
or other electronic devices in schools. Agree or/and disagree. Justify your opinion. Present two
examples.
19. Setting goals helps people to achieve success. Agree or disagree. Justify your choice and bring two
examples.

20. Some young people prefer to spend their holiday travelling while others prefer to stay at home.
What would your choice be? Bring two examples

21. Nowadays, some people consider that libraries are useless because we can find everything on the
Internet. Do you agree or disagree?

22. Why should government finance museums that some people consider just buildings that store old
things? Bring two examples

23. Some people think that it is better for children to grow up in villages. Do you agree or disagree?
Bring at least TWO arguments.

24.Describe a visit to a place which made a great impression on you. Explain why it affected you so
much.

25. Some people consider that responsibility is the key to success. Do you agree or disagree? Bring TWO
arguments or examples.

26. Some young people consider that they can learn more things from films than from books. Do you
agree or disagree? Bring TWO arguments.

27. Holidays honour people or events. If you could create a new holiday, what person or event would it
honour and how would you want people to celebrate it?

28. “Work keeps us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need”. Voltaire

29. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are important in life.

30. How do you see yourself ?