Topic I: Study

Part I:
1. What do you study?
2. Where do you study that?
3. Why did you choose that subject?
4. Is it a popular subject in your country?
5. Do you like that subject?
6. Do you get on your colleagues?
7. What was your first day like?
8. What are the main aspects of your subject?
9. If you had the chance, would you change subject?
10. Do you plan to get a job in the same field of your subject?

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Topic 2: Home
Part I:
1. Where is your home?
2. Do you live in a house or flat?
3. Who do you live with?
4. Are there many rooms in your home?
5. What is your favorite room?
6. How are the walls decorated?
7. What would you change about your home?
8. Do you plan to live there in the future?
9. What is your neighbourhood like?
10. Do most people live in houses in your country?

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Topic 3: Work
Part I:
1. What is your job?
2. Where do you work?
3. Why did you choose that job?
 4. Is it a popular job in your country?
5. Do you like your job?
6. Do you get on well with your colleagues?
7. What was your first day like?
8. What responsibilities do you have at work?
9. If you had a chance, would you change your job?
10. Do you plan to continue with your job in the future?

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Do you think job satisfaction is more important than salary when choosing a job?
What skills do you think are needed to get a good job these days?
Do you think women should be able to do all the same job that men do?
How has technology changed the way we work?
What is the difference between white collar and blue collar jobs?
What jobs do you think are more valuable to society?
Topic 4: Hometown
Part 1:
1. Where is your hometown?
2. Do you like your hometown?
3. Do you often visit your hometown?
4. What is your hometown like?
5. What is the oldest place in your hometown?
6. What is there for a foreigner to do or see in your hometown?
7. How could your hometown be improved?
8. Has your hometown changed much since you were a child?
9. Is there good public transportation in your hometown?
10. Do you think your hometown is a good place to bring up your children?

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Topic 5: Weather
Part I:
1. What is the weather like today
2. What is your favorite weather today?
3. Do you like the weather in your country?
4. Is the weather the same in all parts of your country?
5. Does the weather ever affect the way you feel?
6. Does the weather in your country ever affect transportation?
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Topic 6: Television
Part I:
1. Do you often watch television?
2. What sorts things do you watch on your television?
3. What is your favorite television program?
4. Do you ever watch foreign programs or films?
5. What did you watch on television when you were a child?
6. Do you think children should watch television?

Part II
Part III
How has television changed our lives?
Do you think television influences the way we think?
Should children be allowed to watch a lot of television?
Are people on the television famous?
Do you think famous people have a responsibility to act as role models for the younger generation?

Topic 7: Shopping
Part I:
1. Do you like shopping?
2. What is your favorite shop?
3. Do you prefer shopping alone or with the others?
4. What kinds of shops are there where you live?
5. Have you ever bought anything online?
6. Do you think men and women have different opinions about shopping?
Part II:
Describe your favourite shop
 Where it is
 How often you go there
 What it sells
 Explain why you think it is a good shop

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Topic 8: Pet
Part I:
1. Do you have a pet?
2. Do you like animals?
3. What is your favourite animal?
4. What is a popular pet to have in your country?
5. Did you have a pet as a child?
 6. Why do people have pets?
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Topic 9: Neighbours & Neighbourhood

Part I:
1. Do you like your neighbours?
2. Are neighbours usually close to each other in your country?
3. What is your neighbourhood like?
4. Do you think your neighbourhood is good place for children?
5. How could your neighbourhood be improved?
6. Do you think it is important to have good relationship with your neigbours?
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Topic 10: Leisure Time

Part I:
1. What is your favourite leisure activity?
2. What did you enjoy doing in your free time as a child?
3. Do you prefer to spend your free time with other people or alone?
4. What is a common leisure activity in your country?
5. Do most people in your country get two days off a week?
6. Do you think leisure time is important?
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Topic 11: Hobbies

Part I:
1. Do you have a hobby?
2. What equipment do you need for it?
3. Do you think hobbies should be shared with other people?
4. Did you have a hobby as a child?
5. What hobbies are popular in your country?
6. Why do you think people have hobbies?
Part II:
Describe an interesting hobby
 What it is
 What kind of people do it
 How it is done
 Explain what you think it is interesting
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Topic 12: Going Out

Part I:
 1. Do you often go out in the evening?
2. What do you like to do when you go out?
3. Do you prefer going out on your own or with friends?
4. How often do you go out in a week?
5. Where do most young people like to go out in your country?
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Topic 13: Flowers

Part I:
1. Do you like flowers?
2. What is your favourite flower?
3. When was the last time you gave someone flowers?
4. Do any flowers have a special meaning in your country?
5. Why do you think women like flowers more than men?
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Topic 14: Evenings

Part I:
1. What do you often do in the evenings?
2. Do you do the same thing every evening?
3. Do you prefer to spend your evenings with family or friends?
4. Do you ever work or study in the evenings?
5. What is a popular activity for young people in your country in the evenings?
6. Do you do the same thing in the evenings as you did when you a child?
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Topic 15: Dictionaries

Part I:
1. Do you often use a dictionary?
2. What do you use dictionaries for?
3. What kinds dictionaries do you think are most useful?
4. Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?
5. What kind of information can you find in a dictionary?
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Topic 16: Computers

Part I:
1. Do you often use a computer?
 2. How do you usually get online?
3. Do you prefer desktops or laptops?
4. What do you use your computer for?
5. Do you think it is important to learn how to use a computer?

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Topic 17: Childhood

Part I:
1. Did you enjoy your childhood?
2. What is your first memory of your childhood?
3. Did you have a lot of of friends when you were a child?
4. What did you enjoy doing as a child?
5. Do you think it is better for children to grow up in the city or in the countryside?
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Topic 18: Art

Part I:
1. Are you good at art?
2. Did you learn art at school when you were a child?
3. What kind of art do you like?
4. Is art popular in your country?
5. Have you ever been to an art gallery?
6. Do you think children can benefit from going to galleries?

Part II:
Describe a piece of art you like:
 What the work od art is
 When you first saw it
 What you know about it
 Explain why you like it
Part III:
1. What kind of art do you enjoy?
2. What are the tradition art forms in your country?
3. What makes a good painting?
4. Do you think children should study art at school?
5. How can children benefit from learning art?
6. How has art changed in the last few decades in your country?

Topic 19: Birthdays

Part I:
1. Do you enjoy your birthdays?
 2. Do you usually celebrate your birthday?
3. What did you do on your last birthday?
4. Can you remember birthday you enjoyed as a child?
5. Do most people celebrate their birthdays with a party in your country?
6. Which birhdays are considered important in your cuuntry?

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Topic 20: Clothes

Part I:
1. Are clothes important to you?
2. What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
3. Do you ever wear traditional clothes of your country?
4. Where do you usually buy your clothes?
5. Have you ever worn a uniform?
6. Do most people in your country follow fashion?
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Part III:
1. Can clothing tell you much about a person?
2. Why do some companies ask their staff to wear uniforms?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having uniforms at work?
4. When the people wear traditional clothing in your country?
5. How has clothes fashions change in your country over the last few decades?
6. What is the differences between clothes that young people and old people like to wear?

Topic 21: Daily Routine

Part I:
1. When do you usually get up in the morning?
2. Do you usually have the same routine everyday?
3. What is your daily routine?
4. Do you ever change your routine?
5. Is your routine the same today as it was when you were a child?
6. Do you think it is important to have a daily routine?

Part II
Describe a time of the day you like
 What time of day it is
 What you do at that time
 What you are usually with
 Explain why you like it
Part III
Topic 22: Family & Friends
Part I:
1. Do you spend much timw with your family?
2. Who are you closest to in your family?
3. Do you prefer spending time with your family or friends?
4. Who is your best friend?
5. Are you still friends with people from your childhood?
6. Is family important in your country?

Part II
Describe a member of the your family you get on well with
 Who it is
 What relationship you have to that person
 What that person is like
 What you do together
 Explain why you get on so well

Part III
1. Is family important in your country?
2. How has the size of the family changed in the last few decades in your country?
3. How do you think the family will change in the future?
4. What role do grandparents play in the family in your country?
5. What do you think should be responsible for the care of the elderly, the family or the
government?

Topic 23: Food

Part I:
1. What is your favourite food?
2. Have you always liked the same food?
3. Is there any food you dislike?
4. What is a common meal in your country?
5. Do you have a healthy diet?
6. What do you think of last food?

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Part III:
1. Do you think diet is important?
2. What is a balanced diet?
3. What is the typical diet of people in your country?
4. Do many people eat in restaurants in your country?
5. Why do some people enjoy eating out?
6. What is the difference between restaurant food and home cooked food?
Topic 24: Happiness
Part I:
1. Are you a happy person?
2. What usually makes you happy?
3. Does the weather ever affect how you feel?
4. What makes you feel unhappy?
5. Do you think people in your country are generally happy people?
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Topic 25: Internet

Part I:
1. How often do you go online?
2. What do you use the internet for?
3. How do you get online?
4. Do you have your own computer?
5. What’s your favourite website?
6. Do you think children should be allowed unsupervised to access the internet?

Part II:
Describe a useful website
 What it is
 How often you visit it
 What kind of site it is
 What kind of information it offers
 Explain why you think it is useful

Part III:
1. Do most people have a computer at home in your country?
2. Do you think all information on the internet is true?
3. How can people find reliable information on the internet?
4. How has the internet changed the way we live?
5. How has the internet changed the way we work?
6. Do you think the internet is safe for children to use unsupervised?

Topic 26: Music

Part I:
1. Do you like music?
2. What’s your favourite type of music?
3. Can you sing?
4. Did you learn music at school?
5. If you could learn a musical instrument, what would it be?
6. Do you think music is important?
Part II
Describe a song you like
 What kind of song it is
 What the song is about
 When you first heard it
 Explain why you like it
Part III

Topic 27: Newspapers

Part I:
1. Do you usually get your news?
2. Do you often read the newspapers?
3. What kind of news do you usually follow?
4. How do most people get the news in your country?
5. Do you think international news is important?
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Topic 28: Reading

Part I:
1. Do you often read?
2. What is your favourite kind of book to read?
3. Do you often read newspapers?
4. Do you have any e-books?
5. What books did you read as a child?
6. Do you think it is important to encourage children to read?
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Topic 29: Sport

Part I:
1. Do you like sport?
2. What’s your favourite sport?
3. Do you often watch sport on TV?
4. Did you play sport as a child?
5. What is the most popular sport in your country?
6. How do most people in your country keep fit?
Part II:
Describe a sports you would like to learn
 What it is
 What equipment is needed for it
 How you would learn it
 Explain why you would like to learn this sport
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Topic 30: Transport
Part I:
1. How did you get here today?
2. What is your favourite mode of transport?
3. Do you ever use public transport?
4. Do you like the transport system in your country?
5. What is the difference between taking a bus and taking a train?
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Topic 31: Law

Part I:
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1. Do you think that people obey the law all the time?
2. Do people being a policeman in your country?
3. What qualities should a police officer have?
4. Why some people prefer to be a lawyer?

Topic 32: Cellphones

Part I:
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1. For children, what age do you think is suitable to allow them to use cellphones?
2. Is it popular for children to use cellphones in your country?
3. What do teenagers in your country use cellphones for?
4. What are the advantages or disadvantages of using cellphones?
5. Why are many people addicted to apps?

Topic 33: Universities

Part I:
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1. Should all students pay for their university education?
2. Is higher education too expensive in your country?
3. What advantages do universities bring to society?
4. How should students spend their summer vacations?

Topic 34: Leadership & Politics

Part I:
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1. Can leadership skills be taught?
2. Do some people are born to be leaders?
 3. What should a leader do to remain popular?
4. Why are elected politicians often so unpopular?

Topic 35: Social Network

Part I:
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1. What social network do people in your country usually use?
2. What are some good points about social networking?
3. What are some bad points about social networking?
4. What type of information should you put on social networking sites?

Topic 36: Toys

Part I:
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1. Do you think play with electronic toys has a good influence on kids?
2. Which do you think is better, for children to play with toys alone or with other kids?
3. Are there differences between toys for girl and for boys?
4. Why do parents buy lots of toys for their children?
5. What are the differences between today’s toys and old toys?
6. What factors should you keep in mind while purchasing toys?
7. Do you allow children to buy toys of their choice?

Topic 37: Time Management

Part I:
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1. What is the main reason people cannot have enough time to do?
2. How can people balance their time for working and their private life?
3. Do people nowadays have more pressure time than before?
4. Is it important for people to relax during a day?
5. Do people control their time wisely when they are older?
6. Modern technologies make people use time up or reduce time?

Topic 38: Handwriting

Part I:
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1. Is handwriting still important?
2. What are the disadvantages of handwriting?
3. Is it impossible to improve school student’s handwriting once they have established a style?
4. Is being left-handed the cause of problem?
5. Are handwriting problems more common in boys?
 6. What is the future of handwriting?
7. Do you think that handwriting express personality?

Topic 39: School Subjects

Part I:
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1. Can computers help us in math areas?
2. What is the first subject learned by children in childhood?
3. What methods can be applied to make math class more interesting?
4. How do schools teach math in your country?
5. What are advantages and disadvantages by using calculator?
6. Do you think students should choose subjects they like?
7. What subject would be added to high school?
8. What is the most useful subject?
9. Can students in your country choose their favorite subjects?

Topic 40: Politeness

Part I:
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1. Are people more polite with non-family members than they are with their parents?
2. Are people today as polite as people were in the past?
3. Why is it important to show respect to others?
4. How do people show politeness in your country?
5. How do you deal with impolite people?
6. What kinds of behavior are not polite?

Topic 41: Plan

Part I:
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1. Which do you prefer? Having plans or having no plans?
2. In general, do you think planning is important?
3. Why do people make plans?

Topic 42: Retirement & Old Age

Part I:
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Part III:
1. When should people start saving for retirement?
2. At what age should people retire from work?
3. Why do some companies encourage early retirement?
4. What problems can people face after retirement?
 5. How important are retirees to your country’s economy?

Topic 43: Life Experience

Part I:
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1. What can people learn from mistakes?
2. Can mistakes help people to be more successful?
3. How to avoid making mistakes?
4. What is the best way to gain experience in life?
5. Do you agree that we learn best from our mistakes?
6. Can we gain life experience from books and movies?
7. Which is more important, experience or potential?

Topic 44: Invention & Creativity

Part I:
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1. What creative activities did you like to do when you were young?
2. Why do people like to copy others’ ideas these days?
3. What is the best way to cultivate children’s creativity?
4. Do you think creativity can be learned?
5. Why does art help to nurture creativity?
6. Which invention has transformed your country most?
7. Do you think intelectual property laws are too strict?
8. How long should someone be able to profit from an idea?
9. Should all medicines be free to manufacture?

Topic 45: Decisions

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1. What is the most important factor in decision-making?
2. Do you think adults always make better decisions than children?
3. Do you like to make quick decisions?
4. What can people can learn from wrong decisions?
5. Should parents make decisions for their children?