TÁRSALKODÓ EXAM PREPARATION – B2

I. INTERVIEW
HOLIDAY:
• Do you think some fashionable holidays are too commercialized?
• How do you celebrate your birthday?
• What would happen if no one in your country worked during a 3-day holiday?
SCHOOL:
• Why do you think lifelong learning is important?
• How can you improve your foreign language skills outside the classroom?
• What advice would you give to someone who wants to learn English?
WORK:
• If you could your on buisness what would it be?
• Is there a job you wouldn't to do? Why not?
• Does school prepare you adequately for a working life? Why (not)?

II. ROLE-PLAY
Examinee: You are a Hungarian student and your English classmate (the examiner) wants to take
up a hobby and she/he asks for your help and advice. You are discussing the options
with her/him. 
 
Examiner: You are a British exchange student in Hungary and you want to take up a new hobby.
You are discussing the possibilities with your classmate (the examinee). 
 
• I have some free time and I want to start a hobby. What kind of clubs and
associations are there in our school and in this town where I can do something
interesting such as dancing, amateur theatre, caving, photography, pottery or
singing in a choir?  
• Ok then, what kind of hobby should I start and why? What about a hobby
I can do alone at home?  
• What hobby do you and your family members do?  
• What equipment do I need to do it? 
• Could you help me try this hobby? How should I start? 
 • Is it expensive? What costs are there if I want to do it? 
• What other meaningful ways are there to spend my freetime? 

III. PRESENTING A TOPIC

Look at the following pictures and ideas. You will have ONE minute to prepare and then TWO
minutes to speak about the topic.  
 
Talk about at least two ideas. The pictures are here only to help you. 
 
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
• small or large family
• favourite family member
• age when you start your own family