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a) Advertisements ..................................................................................................... 1
b) Art ......................................................................................................................... 1
c) Birthday ................................................................................................................ 1
d) Communication .................................................................................................... 2
e) Flower ................................................................................................................... 2
g) Noise ..................................................................................................................... 3
h) Gifts ...................................................................................................................... 3
i) Singing.................................................................................................................. 3
j) Walking ................................................................................................................ 4
k) Hometown ............................................................................................................ 4
PART 2 .......................................................................................................................... 5
I. PEOPLE ..................................................................................................................... 5
1. Describe a person who onced moved to live with you (new) .................................. 5
II. PLACE...................................................................................................................... 9
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9. Describe a place near water (such as a river, a lake) that you enjoyed visiting. ... 10
10. Describe a place (city/village) you have been to that was polluted. ..................... 11
III. OBJECT................................................................................................................ 12
11. Describe an old thing that your family has kept for a long time (new) ............. 12
13. Describe a piece of local news that people were interested in ........................... 13
17. Describe a product you bought which made you very happy. ........................... 17
20. Describe a toy that you received when you were a child. .................................. 20
21. Describe an interesting article that you read from a magazine .......................... 21
25. Describe an occasion when you ate a kind of food for the first time (new) ...... 24
27. Describe a method that helps you save money (new) ........................................ 25
29. Describe an activity you did when the school ends (new) ................................. 27
30. Describe a time when you share something with others (new) .......................... 27
31. Describe an experience you take notes when you study (new) .......................... 28
33. Describe a dinner that you had with your friends. ............................................. 29
35. Describe the first time you communicated with someone ................................. 31
37. Describe a sport you have learnt for the first time. ............................................ 32
38. Describe an occasion when the weather changed your plan. ............................. 33
V. ABSTRACT............................................................................................................ 34
41. Describe your favourite season or time of the year (new) ................................. 35
45. Describe a time when you had to work hard to achieve a goal. ......................... 38
PART 1
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a) Advertisements
Are there many advertisements in your country?
Do you think there are too many advertisements? (in society/on TV/in magazines and
newspapers/on the street)
b) Art
Are you good at art?
c) Birthday
Do people in Vietnam celebrate Birthdays?
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Do you prefer birthday parties with your friends or with your family?
d) Communication
How do you usually keep in touch with members of your family?
e) Flower
Do you like flowers?
f) Letters or emails
Do you write many letters or emails‘?
What sorts of letters or6 emails are the most difficult to reply to?
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What kinds of emails (or letter) do you receive that make you feel excited?
g) Noise
Are you ever bothered by noise?
Do you think there is more noise in people’s lives today than in the past?
h) Gifts
Do you like to receive gifts? (Why?/ Why not?)
i) Singing
Do you like music?
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j) Walking
Do you like walking?
Do you think walking in the countryside is better than walking in the city?
k) Hometown
What is your hometown?
Are there any changes happened in your hometown? Do you like it? Why?
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PART 2
I. PEOPLE
NEW
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Do you like to live with people about your age or older than you?
What would you do if your neighbors are noisy all the time?
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Has there been a change in the characteristics that leaders should have?
Many women are earning more money now, does it mean that they can be leaders
now?
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Who he/she is
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How often are you together with other members of your family?
What do you think are the benefits of doing things together such as walking in the
street together as a family?
Do people do things together as a family when you have festivals in your country?
Do people do things together as a family when you have holidays in your country?
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What do you think are the differences between neighbors and friends?
What are the differences between adults and children in making friends?
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When was the last time you found it hard to accept an apology?
II. PLACE
NEW
What is it business
Part 3:
What are the differences between big companies and small companies?
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What it is like
Why it is famous
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What kind of places of interest do people in your country often like to visit?
Do you think that a person’s age affects what they consider to be “a place of interest”?
What modern-day place do you think that people in the future will consider
interesting?
Do you think that places of interest often also have some educational value?
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9. Describe a place near water (such as a river, a lake or the ocean) that
you enjoyed visiting
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What are differences in using water between industrial zones and domestic areas?
Do you think many countries will face with water scarce in the future?
10. Describe a place (city/village) you have been to that was polluted
What the pollution was like (or what kind of pollution it was)
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What are the main dangers to the environment in your country/where you live?
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III. OBJECT
NEW
11. Describe an old thing that your family has kept for a long time (new)
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What’s the difference between visiting museums and watching pictures of objects
online?
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Do you use free APPs or the ones that you need to pay for?
Do you like to look for new APPs or just keep using the old ones?
Do you think high-tech products such as computers are naturally more useful in your
daily life?
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Do you think newspapers and magazines will disappear with the popularity of the
Internet?
Do you think that the media can report the news about celebrities?
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What is the most important thing you pay attention to when you choose clothes?
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What are the differences between men and women in choosing clothes?
What are the differences between the young and the elder in choosing clothes?
What are the differences between clothes people wear nowadays and 20 years ago?
Do you think men care more about women’s appearance than women do about men’s?
What animal it is, where it lives (or, you have seen it)
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Why do some people think that keeping pets is good for children?
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What are some of the ways in which animals are used in your country?
Did animals play a more important role in your country’s economy in the past?
Do you think animals will play an important role in the economy in the future?
17. Describe a product you bought which made you very happy
What it is,
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How have people’s spending habits changed over the past 20 (50) years?
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What it is
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What are the differences between the gifts people received 10 years ago and
nowadays?
What are the differences between the gifts children received 10 years ago and now?
Can you imagine the gifts children will receive in the future?
Can you describe the way people send each other gifts?
What are the differences between Vietnamese and Westerners in sending gifts?
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What are the differences between TV programs nowadays and 20 years ago?
Do many young people in Vietnam take movie of TV stars as models and adore them?
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What is the function of the photograph of the author on a book or the performer on a
CD?
What are the similarities and differences between a good photograph and a good
painting?
21. Describe a toy that you received when you were a child
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How do you think a child can benefit from playing a child’s game?
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Is there any difference between the games played by city children and those played by
children in the countryside?
Do you think it is good for parents to buy expensive toys to their children?
22. Describe an interesting article that you read from a magazine or from
the internet
What it is about
IV. EVENT
NEW
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Which one you prefer, several short trips and one long trip?
When it was
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Do you think that men and women have different attitudes to getting married in your
culture?
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What are differences between wedding in Vietnam today and that in the past?
Do you think it’s important to marry someone who has the same level of education as
you do?
When it happened
What happened
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Do you think it’s good to show your emotions when you’re angry?
Why do you think men tend to show their emotions less than women?
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26. Describe an occasion when you ate a kind of food for the first time (new)
When it happened
How was it
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How can people improve their diet to enjoy lifelong good health?
When it happened
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Where it happened
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Which one do you prefer to use, credit card or debit card? Why?
What it is
Do you like it
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How can contact with a new language and culture benefit your understanding of your
own?
What are the effects of increasing international mobility on people’s sense of cultural
diversity?
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30. Describe an activity you did when the school ends (new)
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Do you think that schools for younger children (e.g. 5-year olds) and older children
(e.g. 15-year olds) need different types of buildings?
31. Describe a time when you share something with others (new)
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And explain why you shared it or how you felt when you shared it
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What’s the reason that children don’t like to share with others?
What methods should be taken to enable people to share their transportation tools in
cities?
If you have to share a room with others, do you think a clear rule is needed?
32. Describe an experience you take notes when you study (new)
When it happens
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Do you think that children should learn practical and artistic skills at school?
Can having practical and artistic skills help develop people’s characters?
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In the future, do you think certain practical and artistic skills may be lost?
Which practical and artistic skills do you wish that you had?
Do you think we can learn practical and artistic skills from books or do we really need
teachers?
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What are the differences between happiness nowadays and the past?
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Why do you think people go to restaurants when they want to celebrate something?
Which are more popular in your country: fast food restaurants or traditional
restaurants?
Some people say that food in an expensive restaurant is always better than food in a
cheap restaurant – would you agree?
Do you think there will be a greater choice of food available in shops in the future, or
will there be less choice?
What effects has modern technology had on the way food is produced?
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36. Describe the first time you communicated with someone in a foreign
language
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How can you persuade a person who doesn’t want to learn a foreign language?
Which language do you think will become the dominant language in the future (apart
from English)?
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What are the differences between neighbor’s relationship between the city and the
countryside?
38. Describe a sport you have learnt for the first time
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What are the differences between men and women in doing or watching sports?
Do you consider star athletes have good role for young people?
When it was
Where it happened
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Do you think there are any problems with the world's climate now?
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Would you like to live in a place where the climate never changes?
V. ABSTRACT
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What it was
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What is it
Is it a common personality
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Do people choose friends and partners with similar personalities to their own?
How much can events change the personality we are born with?
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What season do you think is most suitable for work and/or study?
Has the weather in your country changed much in the past few years?
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who benefits from this law (or, who is affected by this law)
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Do you feel that traffic congestion is better or worse than it used to be?
Do you think only the government has the power to manage the problem of traffic
jams?
Overseas, some governments have increased the sales tax on cars as a way to
discourage people from buying cars. Do you think that’s a good idea?
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How do you think people will get their news in the future?
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45. Describe a decision you took a long time to take (A difficult choice you
ever made)
And explain why it took you a long time to make the decision.
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Are there any traditional skills in your city? What are they?
What are the differences between what your parents learned and what you learned in
the childhood?
46. Describe a time when you had to work hard to achieve a goal.
When it happened
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Do you think it's better to have clear aims for the future, or is it best to take each day
as it comes?
People often say that goal setting is necessary for success. Do you agree with this?
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