Oral test 2

Student A  Ask these questions. Answer your

partner’s questions. Discuss the topics. Use the Student B  Ask these questions. Answer your
conversation strategies. partner’s questions. Discuss the topics. Use the
conversation strategies.
Conversation strategies
• Show you agree with someone. Conversation strategies
Say: Right or I know. • Show you agree with someone.
• Explain what you mean and give examples. Say: Right or I know.
Explain what you mean: Use kind of like or a kind of. • Explain what you mean and give examples.
Give examples with like. Explain what you mean: Use kind of like or a kind of.
• Make a general statement. Give examples with like.
Use: or something / or anything. • Make a general statement.
1. What’s your middle name? Use: or something / or anything.
2. (Point to something in the class.) What’s this? 1. What’s your mother’s middle name?
3. Are your parents strict? 2. (Point to something you’re wearing.) What’s
4. When do you eat dinner? this?
5. What’s your favorite TV show? 3. Is your best friend funny?
6. What’s your neighborhood like? 4. Where do you usually eat lunch?
7. What’s the weather like right now? 5. Do you watch reality TV?
8. What do you need to do after class? 6. Are there a lot of restaurants in your
9. What can you do here on the weekends? neighborhood?
10. What did you do last night? 7. How is your week going?
11. What was your last vacation like? 8. What do you have to do on the weekends?
12. Are you a picky eater? 9. What can you do in this town in the summer?
10. What did you do after class last
week?
11. What was your first friend like?
12. How much coffee do you drink?
Student C  Ask these questions. Answer your
partner’s questions. Discuss the topics. Use the
conversation strategies.
Student D  Ask these questions. Answer your
Conversation strategies partner’s questions. Discuss the topics. Use the
• Show you agree with someone. conversation strategies.
Say: Right or I know.
Conversation strategies
• Explain what you mean and give examples.
Explain what you mean: Use kind of like or a kind of. • Show you agree with someone.
Give examples with like. Say: Right or I know.
• Make a general statement. • Explain what you mean and give examples.
Use: or something / or anything. Explain what you mean: Use kind of like or a kind of.
Give examples with like.
1. How do you spell your last name? • Make a general statement.
2. (Point to something in the class.) What are Use: or something / or anything.
these?
3. Are your friends busy? 1. How do you spell your first name?
4. When do you do laundry? 2. (Point to something you’re wearing.) What are
5. What TV shows don’t you like? these?
6. Is your neighborhood noisy? 3. Is your favorite actor nice?
7. Are you exercising these days? 4. What do you do in the mornings?
8. What do you like to do after class? 5. Do you watch sitcoms?
9. What can you do in this town in the winter? 6. Are there a lot of things to do in your
neighborhood?
10. What did you do last week?
7. What are your parents doing these days?
11. What was your first school like?
8. What do you want to do after class?
12. How many vegetables do you eat a
day? 9. What can you do in your neighborhood at
night?

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 10. What did you do before class?
11. What was your first teacher like?
12. What do you usually eat for
breakfast?

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