ADVANCED 1 FINAL ORAL EXAM: QUESTION BANK (UNITS 1-8) CYCLE

4-2020

1. What kind of people do you like as friends? What kind of people would
you rather meet?
the people that I like as friends, I like the people that are not very serious
person they are very funny and calm.
I would prefer to meet very funny people who like to play basketball or
baseball and who are very responsible

1. What kind of people do you like as friends? What kind of people would
you prefer to meet?
the people that I like as friends, I like the people that are not very serious
person they are very funny and calm.
I would prefer to meet very funny people who like to play basketball or
baseball and who are very responsible

2. What is the ideal friend like? Name one positive and one negative quality.

My ideal friend is a person who is very responsible and very funny. I would
like my ideal friend to be a calm person but not very serious.

My friend's name is Sandy and she is a very honest and responsible person but
sometimes she is very serious and she is also late for meetings

3. What is your opinion about (job: being a freelance journalist/flight

attendant/tour guide/ veterinarian/clothing
designer/teacher/architect/taxi driver/nurse)? Do you think (job 1) is
more/less interesting than (job 2)? Does (job 1) have better/worse
hours/salary than (job 2)? earns more/less...? . is better paid/isn't as well
paid as..?

What is your opinion about (job:

freelance journalist /
In my opinion, being a freelance journalist is very complicated because you
have to know how to communicate in different languages to be able to write a
noricia.

Flight Attendant /
In my opinion, being a flight attendant is very interesting and entertaining
because I can travel on a plane and see many beautiful places and meet many
people.

tour guide /
My opinion about being a tour guide is very interesting because you can travel
to many tourist places and meet many people.
veterinarian /
My opinion about being a veterinarian is a very interesting and beautiful job,
because you can help many animals with their diseases.

clothing designer /
in my opinion being a clothing designer is a lot of fun because you can create
beautiful new clothes.

teacher /

in my opinion being a teacher is very entertaining and stressful because you

have to prepare the classes for the students

architect /
In my opinion, being an architect is very exciting because you use many
curious and interesting tools to fix different things.

cabbie /
In my opinion, being a taxi driver is very interesting because you can travel to
different places and meet many people.

nurse
In my opinion, being a nurse is very important because you help people who
have different diseases, and a nurse helps doctors in their work.

)?

Do you think (job 1) is more / less interesting than (job 2)?

I think (work1) is more interesting than (work2) because it is much more

entertaining and important

Does (job 1) have better / worse hours / pay than (job 2)?

I think (job1) has more hours than job (job2)

I think that (job1) has a better pay than (job2) because it is a bit more
important

earn more / less ...? .

I think (job1) earns the same amount of money as (job2), because both are
important jobs

Are you better paid / not as well paid as ...?

I think that (work1) is better paid than (work2) because it has more hours of
work

4. Do you like to do favors for other people? What don't you mind doing?
What bothers you? What things do you not mind lending? What things
will you not lend under any circumstances? Why?

Do you like to do favors for other people?

I like to do favors for other people as long as the favors are simple and not
complicated.

What don't you mind doing?

I don't care when I have to lend my class notes to my classmates.

What bothers you?

It bothers me when I have to play basketball on a rainy day, because it could

make me sick.

It bothers me when I have to do a lot of homework in one night.

What things do you not mind lending?

the things that I would not mind lending are little money or my cell phone
because a little money can help people and my cell phone can be used by my
friends

What things will you not lend under any circumstances? Why?

the things that I would not lend under any circumstances are my credit card
and my laptop

I would not lend my credit card because they could steal all my money,
also I would not lend my laptop because it contains all my information and I
would not want to lose it.

5. (To elicit statements using the past perfect with the simple past or past
continuous, ask a student to talk about a coincidence, lucky break,
dilemma, or emergency.) Tell me about a coincidence/lucky break that
happened to you.

About 2 or 3 years ago when I was dancing in a dance group, my friends and I
were having lunch when I remembered that I forgot to bring money for lunch
and when I looked at the ground, I found a 10-dollar bill, and with that money
I was able to pay for food, I think it was a coincidence to find that money or a
lucky break.

6. Have you ever found yourself in a predicament/an emergency? Tell me

about it.

A few days ago I was in an emergency, I needed to register my enrollment for

the university but there were electrical disconnection problems in my city, and
I had to travel to the city of Quito to legalize the enrollment but I arrived very
late and finally did the enrollment process extraordinary.
 7. Tell me two people/things you'd really miss if you moved to a foreign
country. What would you be homesick for? Who would you e-mail
regularly? What would you be fascinated by? What would you be
nervous about?

7. Tell me two people / things that you would really miss if you moved to a
foreign country.

If I moved to a foreign country, two people that I would miss my mother and
my best friend because they have supported me and helped me with many
problems.

What would you feel nostalgic about?

Something that I would feel nostalgic about is missing the traditional food of
my country because it is very delicious.

Who would you email regularly?

My parents are the people I would send the emails to regularly, so as not to
worry them while I am away from home.

What would fascinate you?

Something I would be fascinated about is knowing the typical food and the
parks and tourist places, because I like to walk through many beautiful places
and learn about different cultures.

Why would you be nervous?

The language of that country is something I would be nervous about, because I

will not speak it correctly and I will not be able to follow directions.
8. Is there a foreign country you would like to live in? Why? Does it have any
interesting customs? Are there any special customs that foreign visitors should
know about in your country?

8. Is there a foreign country you would like to live in? Why?

A foreign country that I would like to live in is France because it has beautiful
landscapes and many tourist places. I would also like to know the customs and
traditions of that country.
but I would like to know more about the eifel tower

Do you have any interesting customs?

I don't have interesting customs, but when I and my family go on a trip it is the
custom to bring some souvenirs or sweets for our friends.

Are there special customs that foreign visitors should know in your country?

I think there are special customs that foreign visitors should know, for
example.
If your friends invite you to a party, you are expected to help with the party
preparations.

9. What are you expected to do in your country if you're invited to a friend's

house? What are you supposed to do?

9. What are you expected to do in your country if you are invited to a friend's
house?

When you are invited to a friend's house, you are expected to bring a small
gift,
and it is not acceptable to be late.

What are you supposed to do?

you are supposed to be respectful to your friend's entire family.
and you are supposed to be a punctual and responsible person.

10. Thínk of three damaged items that you own or that are in the classroom.
Describe the damage. How can they be fixed?

10. Think of three damaged items that you own or are in the classroom.
Describe the damage. How can they be fixed?

the window in my house is broken, the window needs to be repaired.

the walls are stained, the walls need to be painted

the lights are damaged, the lights need to be replaced.

the window is broken, the window needs to be repaired, it can be fixed by

changing the glass

the walls are stained, the walls need to be painted, the walls can be fixed with
paint.

the lights are damaged, the lights need to be replaced. lights can be fixed by
changing lights

11. Think of three things that keep going wrong in your classroom or in your
house. Describe what is wrong. How can each be fixed?

the alarms are damaged. There is some damage to the circuits. The alarms
need to be repaired, it can be fixed by changing the circuit boards.

the ceiling is stained, there are some stains on the ceiling, the ceiling needs to
be painted and washed. the ceiling can be fixed painting it.
The light switch is damaged, there is some damage to its connections, the light
switch needs to be changed. these switches can be fixed by fitting a new light
switch

12. What environmental problems do you think are most serious in

Quito/Ecuador? Describe the problems. What is/are being
damaged/threatened? What has/have been damaged/threatened?

The most serious environmental problem in Quito is air pollution, our air is
being polluted by excess cars in the city, pollution is affecting people's health
and causing diseases.

The most serious environmental problem in Ecuador is pollution, the ozone

layer is being damaged by pollution, pollution causes global warming and
increasing temperature

13. What are some of the consequences of destruction of the rain forests? What
are the best ways to deal with the problem?

tropical forests are being destroyed by cutting down many trees,

the consequence of the destruction of tropical forests are increased air
pollution, or increased global warming

the best way to stop the destruction of rainforests is to talk to the government
or plant more trees to conserve the forests.
 1. My ideal friend is Sandy, a fun and very calm person, she is also a very special
person for me because she accompanies me to many fun places.

1. my ideal friend is a person I can trust when I have a lot of problems

2. My opinion about being a tour guide is very interesting because they can travel to
many tourist places and meet many people.

3. I don't mind doing homework on rainy days.

it bothers me to go out to play in the rain

4. If I go to a foreign country I would really miss my mother and my best friend

because they have supported me and helped me with many problems

5. A foreign country that I would like to live in is Paris because it has beautiful
landscapes and many dishes of food that I do not know.

6. When you are invited to a friend's house, it is customary to bring a small gift