TOPICS FOR THE FIRST -TERM SPEAKING TEST- GRADE 9

SCHOOL YEAR: 2022-2023

PART I: PERSONAL INFORMATION (1-2 minutes) (0.5 point)
Examiner asks students 3 - 4 questions about their personal information (family, school, hobby,
etc...)
Good morning/afternoon
- My name is ......................................................... I am 14 years old and I am a student of Luong
Khanh Thien Secondary School. In my free time, I like listening to music, reading books and
chatting online with my friends…..
- My topic is number ..........., talking about................... Now I would like to start my topic.
Questions:
1. What is your name?
2. How old are you?
3. How are you?
4. What grade/ class are you in?
5. How many people are there in your family? Who are they?
6. What does your father/ mother do?
7. What does your father/ mother look like?
8. What does your father/ mother like?
9. Who do you like best in your family?
10. Do you enjoy school?
11. What’s your favorite subject at school?/ Why?
12. How many classes are there in your school?
13. How many students are there in your class?
14. How far is it from your house to school?
15. How do you go to school?
16. Who do you often go to school with?
17. What time do classes begin and end?
18. Do you eat lunch at school?
21. Tell me about your English teacher.
20. What do you usually do after school?
PART II: PRESENT A TOPIC (3-4 minutes) (1 point)
Examiner lets students choose a piece of paper (including a certain topic) and prepare in 2
minutes, then students present the topic in 3-4 minutes.
Topic 1
Tell your partner about one of the well-known traditional crafts in your hometown or in
other places of Vietnam.
You should base on the following suggestions:
- What is it?
- Where is its birthplace? Is this made only in your hometown or in other craft villages of
Vietnam as well?
- How are the products made? / How many stages are there? / What are the most
important/difficult stages?
- What benefits does it create for your village and for our country?
- What challenges are there for its development? (Environment, competition, etc.)
- Can you predict the development of the traditional craft in the future?
Topic 2
Talking about the city that you are living.
You should base on the suggestions below:
- What city is it?
- Where is it?
- What are the special things of the city?
- What are the good things of the city?
- What are the bad things of the city?
- Do you like your city? Why?
Topic 3
Suppose you are feeling stressed for a certain reason. Talk about it.
You should base on the suggestions below:
1. Imagine you have a problem at school or with your friends.
2. How do you think you can do to deal with the problem?
3. What do you think is the most important quality a person needs to be able to get along with
others? Why?
- What often make you feel stressed most?
- What do you often do to relax when you feel stressed?
- Do you often talk with someone when you are stressed? If yes, who? If no, why not?
Topic 4
Talk about children’s pastimes in the past.
- Tell three names of the traditional games children in the past often played
- Do you like playing these games? Why or why not?
- How do you think students in the past studied without facilities?
- Tell three facilities which were not available twenty years ago
- What would happen if that facility disappeared now?
- What was the life in the past without facilities like?
Topic 5: Tell your partner about one of the wonders of Vietnam that you have ever visited.
You should base on the suggestions below:
- What wonder is it?
- What type of wonders is it?
- When did you visit it? With whom?
- What are the main features of the wonder?
- What do you think about it?
Topic 6
Talk about some changes in your hometown.
- List different types of traditional and modern transport system in your hometown
- Is there anything that you prefer about the traditional or modern transport system where you
live?
- What kind of transport system do you prefer? Why?
- How do you feel about these changes?
PART III: FURTHER QUESTIONS (1-2 minutes) (0.5 point)
Examiner asks the students 2 further questions to make clear their presentation in part II or
questions related the topic the students have presented.