Speaking Comprehension Test for 8thForm Students

1. Why are you learning English?

a) How will you use the English you learn?
b) Which of these do you do: attend English classes at school, learn English
with a tutor (private teacher) or study English yourself (on your own)?
c) What materials do you use for learning English?

2. What is your favorite healthy dish?

a) What is the most unhealthy food you can think of?
b) What do people need to eat more of?
c) Do you usually eat healthy food?

3. Do you prefer to text or talk on the phone? Why?

a) How many texts do you send a month?
b) What are the positive and negative effects of texting?
c) What is texting similar to?

4. Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?

a) About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?
b) Do you like shopping for new clothes?
c) Do you often buy new clothes?

5. Do you think students should be given more choice over what subjects they
study?
a) What would be the advantages of giving students more choice?
b) What would be the disadvantages of giving students more choice?
c) If you were given the choice what subjects would you study?

6. Family
a) What do you think is the most important thing to make a happy family?
b) How close are you to your extended family? (Cousins, aunts, great uncles
etc.)
c) How do you define the word “home”? Is it where you live? Where your
family lives or where you grew up?

7. What was your most memorable birthday?

a) What do you usually do to celebrate your birthday?
b) What gifts do you like to receive on your birthday?
c) Where is the best place to have a birthday party?
8. Movies
a) What is your favorite genre of movie?
b) Who are some of your favorite actors?
c) How often do you see movies?
d) What is the best snack to eat during a movie?

9. Personality
a) Describe your personality.
b) What kinds of people do you get along well with?
c) What personality trait would you like to develop?

10. Fast Food

a) How often do you eat fast food? What do you usually eat? Where?
b) What is your favorite fast food restaurant and why?
c) Does fast food taste good or bad? Why?
d) Why is fast food so popular?

11. Do you have any pets?

a) Did you use to have any pets when you were a child? If so, which ones? If
not , why not?
b) What do you think are the main reasons why people keep pets?
c) Do you think it is a good idea for children to have pets? Why(not)?

12. Do you like sports?

a) What sport(s) do you do?
b) Do you prefer doing sport or watching sport?
c) Do you think there are good sports facilities in your town?

13. What are some things you like to do in your free time?
a) Who would you like to be with when you have free time?
b) What would you do if you had more free time?
c) Is there something you wish you could do with your free time but can’t?

14. Describe your best friend.

a) How did you meet your best friend?
b) What is the biggest thing you have done to help a friend?
c) What are the benefits of having a best friend? How about the benefits of
having many friends?
15. A friend is visiting you from another city and you have only three hours to
show him or her your city or town.
a) Which places would you like to show your friend?
b) What would you tell your friend about your city or town?
c) Would you encourage your friend to visit again? Why or why not?

16. What kind of music do you like?

a) Have you ever been to a concert? Have you ever been to a rock concert?
b) Have you ever been to an orchestra concert?
c) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, what do you play? How long have
you been playing?

17. Do you like to travel? Why/why not?

a) What’s the best way to travel when you visit a country? Train, car, bicycle,
bus, some other way? Why?
b) If you could travel to another country, were would it be?
c) What’s the best way for a country to bring in more tourists?

18. What is your favorite season?

a) What are some things your family does in spring?
b) What is your favorite thing to do in summer?
c) What festivals or celebrations does your country have during the changing of
the seasons?
d) Where is the best place to be in summer? How about winter?

19. What are some examples of games?

a) Do you like to play games? If so, what kind: board games, video game, etc.?
b) What kinds of games are popular now?
c) What makes a good game?

20. Do you read many books?

a) How often do you read books?
b) Did your parents read to you when you were a child?
c) What are some of the advantages of books vs. movies? How about
the disadvantages of books vs. movies?