Topic: 1

Describe an advertisement that you remember

• What is it?
• When and where you saw it?
• What happens in it?

Follow ups:
1. Where usually do we see adverts?
2. Are there any advertisements at school?
3. Are there some inappropriate adverts, like that of a condom?
4. Why does the government allow such ads?
5. Do you think it is bad for children?
6. Do parents complain about it?

Topic: 2

Describe an occasion when the vehicle you were traveling in broke

down

• When was it?

• Where did it happen?
• Who was with you?

Follow Ups

1. Who likes to travel more? Older people or younger people?

2. Are there fewer people using private cars because of improved
public transport.
3. What do you think needs to be improved in public transport?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of private transport?

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 Topic : 3

Talk about a singer or musical band (favourite singer/musical band)

you enjoy listening to

• Who is it?
• Why do you like listening to their music?

Follow ups.

1. Does music industry prefer to make more money than producing

good music?
2. What kind of music do people like at different ages?
3. What kind of music is popular in your country now and what kind
will be popular in future?
4. Do people learn to sing nowadays?
5. Do you think the most popular singer is the best one?

Topic: 4

Describe a water sport that you would like to try in the future

• What is it?
• Where you will do it?
• Whether it is easy or difficult?
• Why would you like to try it?

Follow ups.
1. Which is the most popular water sport in your country?
2. Why do people like to do things near water?
3. Do you think schools should teach students to swim and why?
4. Are there many schools teaching swimming?

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 Topic: 5

Describe an occasion when you got up extremely early

• When did you get up early?

• Why you got up early?
• What did you do?
• How you felt about it?

Follow ups.

1. What kind of people usually get up early? And why?

2. Is it easier for older people to get up early than younger people?
3. What are the benefits of getting up early?
4. What effect does sleeping late has on a person’s lifestyle?

Topic: 6

Talk about a prize you want to win

• What prize it is?

• Why do you want to win?
• What will you do to win it?
• Why do you want to win?

Follow ups.

1. What rewards can children get from school?

2. Should parents push their children to get prizes?
3. Is it good for children to compete for prizes at school?
4. What kinds of rewards can companies offer to their outstanding
employees?

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 Topic: 7

Talk about a time when you gave advice to someone

• What was the advice?

• To whom did you give?
• How was that person benefited?
• How did you feel?

Follow ups.

1. What kind of advice do parents give to their children?

2. How do experts give advice to others? (e.g a doctor gives advice
to patients)
3. What advice do parents give to teenagers about making friends?
4. Whose advice is more helpful? Parents’ or friends’?

Topic: 8

Talk about a problem solved through the Internet[OR]

Describe a time when you searched for information from the

internet [OR]

A website which helped you to do something/website you visit

often Which site is it?

• Which site is it?

• How did you know about it?
• How did it help?

Follow-ups:

1. What are the reasons why people use the internet?

2. What influence can or does the internet have on children?
3. Who in your family uses the site?
4. Will the internet replace the teacher?

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 5. Can the internet help children in their study?
6. Some people say that different age groups have different tastes on
the internet content, what do you think?
7. Will downloading music or movies for free cause a problem?
8. What kind of people don't use the internet and what are the
disadvantages that those people suffer because they don't use the
internet?
9. Which website mostly people use for entertainment in your
country?

Topic: 9

A person you think has interesting ideas and opinions

• Who this person is?

• How you know this person?
• What kinds of ideas and opinions he has?
• How do you think of this person?

Follow ups

1. When do children begin to have their own ideas?

2. Why are there more and more differences between children and
their parents?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of setting rules for
children?
4. Is there someone with good ideas that has changed many people’s
lives?

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 Topic: 10

Describe a time when you enjoyed your visit to a park or a garden

[OR]

Describe a garden you visited regularly during your young age

[OR]

Talk about a garden you have recently visited.

• Where it is located?
• What it looked like?
• When did you visit this garden?
• What did you do there?
• What was the most interesting thing about this garden?

Follow ups:

1. Do people prefer more these places now than in the past?

2. Do you visit this garden now?
3. What sorts of natural sites like mountain and lakes are there in
your country?
4. Are public gardens very important in India? What do you think are
the benefits of having gardens in the city?
5. Are there many public gardens in India?
6. Do you think there are enough public gardens in your hometown?
7. Very often, public gardens are not designed in a simple way but,
instead, are laid out in a rather complex way. Why do you think this
is the case?

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 8. Do you think governments should provide public gardens for
people to visit?
9. What do people do when they go to a public garden?
10. How do people of different age groups use public gardens?
11. What are the benefits of park in the city?
12. Which age group likes to visit the park more?
13. How could people in the city make sure there is a good park
in the city?

Topic : 11

Describe a skill that takes long time to learn.

• Which is it?
• Why does it take long time to learn?
• How it can be learnt?

Follow ups:

1. What age will make it difficult for a person to learn a skill?

2. Will the age of 5 or 20 be better?
3. Who will you learn a skill from, friends, teachers or parents?
4. I will learn from anyone who is willing to teach me patiently. I can
also learn from the YouTube videos on the net.
5. Do you think boys and girls should learn the same skills?
6. Why do boys tend to have better critical thinking skills?
7. Why do girls like shopping?
8. Do you like to learn new skills constantly?

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 9. What's the most difficult thing for learning?
10. Where can we learn practical skills, from?
11. What kinds of communication skills are important?
12. Should old people read books?
13. What's the most important skill a person needs to have?
14. What is the most important practical skill in modern society
15. Which one is more important, cooking or driving a car?
16. What kind of job require practical skills?

Topic: 12

Describe a person who speaks foreign language well

• Who is it?
• How you know?
• Which foreign language his/her speaks?

Follow ups:

1. Is learning a foreign language important?

2. What benefits can a foreign language bring to one’s career?
3. Do you think English will be the mainstream language of the world
in future?.
4. When learning a foreign language, which part is easier? Speaking
or Writing?

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 Topic: 13

Talk about a historical building

• Which is the building?

• Where it is?
• How you know about the building?
• Why you think it is important?

Follow ups:

1. What kinds of buildings are popular in India now?

2. Compare old buildings and modern buildings. Which do people
prefer to live in?
3. How do people in India feel about old buildings?
4. Do old people and young people in India have the same attitudes
towards old building?
5. Is it important to preserve old buildings? (Why?)
6. What aspect of culture do old buildings reflect?
7. Do you think it’s worth the money to preserve old buildings?
8. How have buildings changed in the past few years?
9. Are expensive buildings a waste of money?
10. Is it important to design a building
11. Can natural calamities affect people living in tall buildings?
12. What has been the biggest change in your hometown in the
last few years?

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 Topic: 14

Describe a time you visited a place with friends.

[OR]

Describe a place where you often visit with friends and family

[OR]

Describe a long car journey you went on

• Where is it?
• What you did at this place?
• Who you went with?
• And explain why you want to visit it?
• Why do you go there?
• What do you like about that place?

Follow ups:

1. Who should people spend more time with? Family or Friends?

Why?
2. What is the difference between staying with friends and staying
with family?
3. Do people prefer being with a large group of people or with few
friends?
4. Has science and technology improved the relationship between
people?

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 Topic: 15

Talk about someone who encourages you to achieve goals

• Who is the person?

• How is he/she related to you?
• How does he/she encourage you?
• Something about that person which you like the most?

Follow ups:

1. Why it is important for teenagers to set the goals?

2. What will encourage children to learn more?
3. Do parents and teachers punish children nowadays?
4. Who do you think has greater influence on the goal-setting of
children? Teachers or parents?

Topic: 16

Describe an unusual vacation you had.

• What you did

• When and where you did it
• Who you did it with
• And explain why you think it was interesting or unusual.

Follow ups:

1. What are some popular attractions that people like to visit?.

2. Why do many people like to travel abroad?
3. What do people usually do during long holidays?
4. Do you think there will be more ecotourism in future?

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 Topic: 17

Describe your favourite clothes

• What is it like
• Who gave it to you
• When you wear it
• Explain how you feel about it

Follow ups:

1. What kinds of clothes do people wear after work?

2. What kind of clothes should people wear at work?
3. Do you think students need to wear school uniforms?
4. Where do Indian people buy clothes?
5. Does personality affect how people choose what to wear?
6. When should people wear formal clothes?
7. Do people wear formal clothes more often than before?
8. What clothes do university students wear for their graduation
ceremonies?

Topic: 18

Talk about a game show or quiz programme on Television

• What type of program is it?

• What is it about?
• How often do you watch?
• Is it popular in your country?

Follow ups:

1. What makes people laugh in your country?

2. Is comedy very popular in your country?

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 3. Which comedy TV shows are very popular in your country?
4. What do you think are the differences between seeing comedy on
TV and reading funny materials in a book?
5. Would you like to appear in a TV program?
6. Is comedy used much in advertisements in your country? Why?
7. Do you think funny advertisements on TV are effective?
8. What do you think are the benefit of laughter?
9. Do you think there are differences between what males and
females think as humorous?
10. What and how is the difference?

Topic: 19

Describe a time when you invited someone to have dinner at home

or a restaurant[OR]

Talk about an unusual meal [OR] Describe the meal you had with
friends or family

• Who organized this meal?

• Where you had it?
• What you talked about during the meal?
• And explain why you had this meal?

Follow ups:

1. Do you like to try new food?

2. What kinds of foreign food are popular in your country?
3. Do you like to cook at home?
4. Is it expensive to eat out in your country?
5. What is the difference between Indian food and western food?
6. Do you think having dinner at home is a good idea?
7. Do young people like to spend time with their families or friends?
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 9. Do you think people are less willing to cook food by themselves
these days compared to the past?
10. Do Indian people like to eat at home?
11. How often do Indian people eat out?
12. Why do some people like to eat alone?
13. Are there any disadvantages of eating outside?
14. What is the difference between having meals at home and in
a restaurant?
15. Why do some people keep eating healthy food even if they
already know the harm?

Topic: 20

Describe a time that children made you laugh

[OR]

Describe something a child did that made you laugh

• Who was the child?

• When did this happen?
• What did the child do?

Follow ups

1. What can make children laugh?

2. What do you think is the best age for people to have children?
3. Do you think people should be trained before they become
parents?
4. Do you think childhood is the most important phase in one’s
development?

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 Topic: 21

Describe a time when you heard a stranger talking over the phone

• When
• Where
• What were you doing at that time

Follow ups:

1. Some people like talking on phones in public transport, what do

you think about this situation?
2. What are the bad effects of talking over a phone in public
3. Why do people always break the rules.

Topic:22

Describe something that you brought home from a tourist place

• What is it?
• When did you buy it From?
• where did you buy it?

Follow ups:

1. What souvenirs people buy from tourist attractions?

2. Why do people like to take photos while travelling?
3. Is it good that the locals sell things to tourists?
4. What are the pros and cons of taking professional cameras when
travelling?

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 Topic: 23

Describe an occasion when you received an incorrect information

[OR]

Describe a time when you were cheated / when someone lied to

you / someone did not tell you the complete truth

• What was the incorrect information?

• When did it happen?
• Why did it happen?
• How you manage the situation?
• What was the occasion?
• Who was the person?
• What did he hide about?
• Why do you think he did not tell the whole truth?

Follow ups:

1. Do you think telling white lies are acceptable sometimes?

2. Do you think honesty is the only important quality that should be in
a person?
3. Do you think children should be taught honesty in young age?
4. Do you think being completely honest for all times cannot good?

Topic: 24

Describe a person you have seen who beautiful or handsome

• When and where did you meet this person?

• Talk about a personality?
• Why do you think this person is beautiful or handsome?
• How does his/her personality attract others?

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Follow ups:

1. Is it important to have beautiful appearance?

2. What is your definition of beauty?
3. Is it too easy to be beautiful?
4. Does/can someone face lots of pressure if she is beautiful?
5. What are the disadvantages of being beautiful?
6. Should clothes selling companies hire beautiful models?
7. Is looking beautiful a good thing or bad?
8. Companies or business shops hire beautiful models to stimulate or
increase their sale. Is it good or bad?

Topic: 25

Describe an intelligent person you know.

• Who is the person?

• What does he do?
• Why do you think he is smart?
• How do you feel about him?

Follow ups:

1. Are most intelligent people happy? Why?

2. Do you think intelligent people are selfish?
3. Do you think intelligent people are helpful?
4. Who do you think plays a more important role in children’s
education, parents or teachers? Why?
5. What qualities do you think a good teacher should have?
6. How do teachers help children in their education?
7. Why are some children more intelligent than others?

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 Topic: 26

Talk about an interesting old person you met

[OR]

Describe a person you wanted to be similar to when you were

growing up

• Who is this person?

• How you met him? How you know him?
• What you do with this person (optional)?
• Why you found him interesting?

Follow ups:

1. Do you think old people and young people can share the same
interest?
2. What skills can the old teach the young?
3. What skills can the young teach the old?
4. Do you think the old people should live with their family?

Topic: 27

Describe one of your grandparent’s jobs

• What it was?
• How long he or she had this job?
• How he or she got the job?
• Whether you would like to have this job?

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Follow ups:

1. What do you think is the most difficult job?

2. What are other difficult jobs?
3. Do difficult jobs deserve high salary?
4. Is it easy to find well paid jobs in your country?
5. Do you think it is beneficial to provide training to your employees?
6. Do you think robots would replace human workers in the future?

Topic: 28

Describe a kind of food that people eat during special events

• What it is?
• How is it cooked?
• Why do people eat it?
• Why you like it?

Follow ups:

1. Which food is generally popular in your country?

2. Why some people prefer planting food themselves?
3. Will there be more and more people planting food in future?
4. What kind of food is good for a party?
5. Do you think people should eat every meal with their family?

Topic: 29

A subject you did not like when you were at school but now you
find interesting

• What was the subject?

• Why you did not like it then?
• Why do you find it interesting?

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Follow ups:

1. What is your opinion of modern education?

2. What school subjects do you think are most important?
3. What subjects do you think will be most important in the future?
4. What school subjects do you think will be the most important in
adult life?
5. Which subjects do you think should be optional and which should
be compulsory?
6. What are the advantages of studying computing in high school?
7. In the west, high school students are allowed to choose many of
the subjects they study. Do you think it would be a good idea in
India?
1. 8.Do you think learning many subjects at one time is better or
learning one subject is better?
8. Do you think learning many subjects is beneficial for work?
9. What subjects are more practical to learn nowadays?
10. Do you think all teachers should have entertaining teaching
styles?

Topic: 30

Describe a time when you showed or taught a young person how to

do a thing

• Who was the young person?

• When it happened?
• What did you teach him/her?
• How did you feel after teaching?
• Do you think the young person was benefited?

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Follow ups:

1. What skills should be taught to children?

2. What can children learn from teachers and parents?
3. What are the skills that you wanted to learn?
4. What skills do adults need to have?
5. How can people be motivated to learn new things?

Topic: 31

A person you would like to study or work with

• Who is that person?

• Why would you like to study with him/her?
• What will you study?

Follow ups:

1. What kind of people do you like to study or work with?

2. Do you think managers can be friends with their subordinates?
3. Which one is more important for you at work, development in work
related skills or the recognitions from your supervisor?
4. Should children be allowed to choose whom they want to sit with
or it should be decided by the teacher.
5. Should children be involved in management activities of the
school?
6. How should one behave in office to get along well with others?
7. Is it important for children in school to get along well with others?

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 Topic: 32

Something you bought but did not use much

• What was the thing?

• When did you buy it?
• Why did you not use it?

Follow ups:

1. Are you an impulsive buyer?

2. Do you care about the pollution caused by packaging?
3. Do you pay attention to environmental protection?
4. Do people in your country care about waste classification?
5. How do you deal with items you do not use anymore?

Topic: 33

Talk about a newly built public facility (such as parks, cinemas etc)
that improves/influence local life quality in your city

• What the facility is

• Where is it
• How does it improve the life quality
• How you feel about it

[OR]

Describe a place such as a park or sports ground which has

developed in your city for the betterment of people

• Where is the place?

• How did you come to know about it?
• What difference has it made to the people?

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Follow ups:

1. What measures should be taken to deal with damage on public

facilities?
2. What are the differences between old facilities and new facilities?
3. What facilities do young people and old people like in your
country?
4. What is the difference between facilities in the countryside and the
ones in the cities?

Topic: 34

Talk about a friend or a person who recently got success

• Who is the person?

• When did he get success?
• How did you feel?
• Why do you think it is important?

Follow ups:

1. What kind of people are considered successful in the society?

2. What does it take to become successful?
3. What are the reasons for failure?
4. Do you think a university degree would guarantee one’s success in
career?

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 Topic: 35

Describe a person you wanted to be similar to when you were

growing up

• Who was the person?

• Where did you meet?
• In which circumstances did you meet?
• What were his/her physical attributes?
• What qualities have inspired you?
• How was the attitude of this person towards you and others?

Follow ups:

1. What kind of famous people do children like?

2. What good qualities do famous people have?
3. Do you think advertisements aimed at children should be endorsed
by famous people?
4. Can you compare the past and the present of children’s life?

Topic: 36

Describe an interesting historical period you want to know more

about

• Which is it?
• When did it happen?
• Why do you want to know more about it?
• How can you know more about it?

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Follow ups:

1. If you could go back in the past which historical event would you
like to change?
2. Do you think children are learning too much about history
nowadays?
3. Many children tend to get bored with history subject. Do you
agree?
4. How museums of the future will might portray the 21 st century?
5. Do you think local people and tourists should pay the same
amount to enter the museum?
6. Should museums be free of cost to enter?
7. How famous historical figures can serve as models for young
people?
8. Some people go against the idea of learning from the past
experience. What about you?
9. How can people get reliable historical information?
10. Do people in your city enjoy visiting historical places?
11. Why are historical items important?

Topic: 37

Describe a time when you found something that someone lost

• What did you find?

• When did you find?
• Where did you find?
• How did you return it back to its owner?
• How did you feel?

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Follow ups:

1. How can we avoid losing things?

2. Why can some people easily find lost things?
3. Generally what do people do when they find lost things?
4. Should parents teach children when they find lost things?
5. Should we preserve the item there itself?
6. Why do people vandalise historical things?
7. Why do some people like to collect things?
8. Do people like to collect things for maintaining memories?
9. What do you like to collect?
10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping
collections?

Topic: 38

Describe your idea of a perfect home or dream house

• Where it would be?

• How it would look?
• When would you like to have such home?

Follow ups:

1. Do most Indian people live in an apartment or house?

2. Do young people in your country like to live with their parents or by
themselves?
3. Do Indian people like to rent a place to live?
4. Would you like to live in a foreign country in future?
5. How is modern home design in your country different to that of the
past?
6. In your country what type of home do most people live in?
7. Do people prefer to live in modern homes or the older style
homes?
8. How are modern homes different to older homes?

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 Topic: 39

Things you usually do well /do regularly for your job or study

• What are the things?

• Where do you do?
• When do you do?

Follow ups:

1. What kinds of jobs need patient?

2. Do you think people need patient in their free time?

3. Do you think Indian parents should allow their children to do

whatever they want to do in their free time?

4. What is the routine of people in your country?

5. What are the routine activities that old people and young people in
your country do?

6. What do you like to do in your spare time?

Topic: 40

Describe a good law in your country What is the law?

• How you come to know about this law?

• Whom does it affect?
• Why is it good?

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1. Do you think this law is acceptable for people?

2. Is there any situation that people might disobey the law?

3. Do people like being a police officer in your country?

4. What qualities should a police officer have?

5. Why some people prefer to be a lawyer?

6. When people use phone while driving should they be caught?

7. Who can be a better lawyer a man or a woman?

8. Is it difficult to be a police officer in your country?

9. Should police officers any guns with them all the time?

Topic:41

An important decision you made with help of someone

[OR]

Describe a difficult decision that you once made

• What was the decision

• How are you made your decision?
• What were the results of the decision?
• Explain why it was difficult to make?
• Who helped you
• How he helped you

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1. Do you always ask for help when making decisions

2. Do you think teenagers are able to take decisions on their own

3. Why some can make quick decisions and some cannot?

4. What should national leaders consider when they make decisions?

Topic: 42

Talk about a thing you complained about something ( but finally

got a good result)

• What did you complain about

• Who you complained to
• When it happened
• What was the result and why you were satisfied with the result?

Follow ups:

1. When do people usually complain?

2. Can complaining help solve problems?
3. What other measures you should take to solve problems rather
than complain
4. What kind of people complaint
5. Do you usually get angry?
6. Do you think customers’ complaints will improve product or
services?
7. Is it necessary for companies to set up customer service?
8. Are there any disadvantages to set up customer service?
9. Would you buy things in the shops in which you have made
complaints before?
10. What product or services do people in your country like to
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 Topic: 43

Describe an outdoor sport that you haven't done yet and would like
to do in the future. Please say

• What activity is it?

• When and where would you like to do it?
• What special skills or equipment would you need?

Follow-ups:

1. How often do you play sports?

2. Should children spend more time playing sports?
3. Why do old people like to watch sport on TV?
4. Are there many sports programs on TV?
5. Do you think group sports are more useful than individual sports?

Topic: 44

Describe a time when you had to change your plan/ you changed
your mind

• When was it?

• What was the plan?
• Why you had to change it?
• How did you feel?

Follow-ups:

1. Do young people like to change plans?

2. What kinds of plans are practical?
3. Do old people often change plans?
4. What are the common reasons when people need to change
plans?
5. How would you tell your friends when you must change your plan?

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 Topic: 45

Describe a party / describe a party you attended or joined

• When was it?

• Who joined you?
• What happened in the party?

Follow ups:

1. Do children like to party?

2. Do adults like to party?
3. Do you like loud music in party?

Topic: 46

Describe a time you received horrible (bad) service. You should say

• When it happened
• Where did it happen
• Who you were with
• What happened
• Why the service was horrible

Follow ups:

1. What kind of services are bad services?

2. Why do some people choose to remain silent when they receive
bad services?
3. Who should be responsible for bad services?
4. As a boss, what would you do to prevent bad services?

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 Topic: 47

Describe a healthy lifestyle you know.

• What is it?
• How did you know it?
• What should one do to live this lifestyle? Why is it healthy?

Follow ups:

1. What can doctors do to help people to live healthy lifestyle?

2. What do people do to remain healthy in your country?
3. What kind of lifestyle is unhealthy?
4. How can schools teach healthy lifestyle?

Topic: 48

Describe a time when you enjoyed free time.

• When & where was it?

• What did you do?
• How did you feel about it?

Follow ups:

1. What do people like to do in their free time in your country?

2. What did people do in their free time in past?
3. Are all the people able to manage their free time?
4. Should parents organize their children’s free timings?
5. Is it important to have free time?

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 Topic : 49

Describe a person who helps others in his or her spare time

[OR]

Talk about a place where you spend time with your friends

• Who is he or she?
• How does he or she help?
• How did you feel?

Follow ups:

1. Do people nowadays help others more than in the past?

2. Who should teach children to help others? Parents or teachers?
3. In what kind of professions do people help others more?
4. Why are some people willing to help others?

Topic : 50

Describe a situation when you did not have enough time

• What were you trying to do when you didn’t have enough time
• Why was this task important to you
• What circumstances led to you not having sufficient time
• What did you do to improve the situation

Follow ups:

1. What could you have done differently

2. What was the outcome and was it positive or negative?
3. Did you take any corrective measures to avoid such situations in
the future? How did that help you or changes you saw in yourself.
4. How do you help others from your experience?

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 5. Is time management important?
6. Do you think most people can manage their time well?
7. Do you think successful people have better time management
skills than others?
8. What are the effective ways to manage time?

Topic - 51

Describe a family business

• What is the business

• What type of customers
• How you know it
• What product it sells
• Why do you like it

Follow ups:

1. Do you think governments should regulate exports?

2. Do you think globalization is a positive development?
3. How to be a successful businessman in your country?
4. Do people in your country like to work for big companies or small
companies?.
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having relatives in
a family business? Advantages
6. Is market research important for export business?
7. Is it important to be competitive and why?
8. In business, do companies need to be competitive?
9. Should companies promote competition and why?
10. What challenges and difficulties people face when they try to
have a successful small business?
11. What should be the government's’ role in how small
businesses are run?
12. Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofsmallbusinesses
comparedtolargecompanies?(
13. How can businesses benefit the community in which they are
located?
14. What are the advantages of exports?

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 15. What kinds of small businesses are most popular?
16. Why do some people open their own business?
17. What qualities does a small business owner need to have?
18. Are there many big companies in your country?
19. How can a small company grow big?
20. Should big companies donate more to charities?
21. Should big companies be punished more seriously if they
break the law?

Topic - 52

Talk about an equipment that was broken and you got repaired (or
which had a problem)

• What the equipment was

• What was the problem
• When and how you got it repaired
• How you felt about it

Follow ups:

1. What are the common home appliances that people use these
days?
2. Do you think modern technology makes people lazier?
3. What can people do to protect their equipment from technical
problems?
4. When an electronic item of yours does not work, would you repair
it or buy a new one?
5. Are you good at handling problems on your own?

Topic - 53

Describe about a faraway(remote) place that you would like to visit

• What place is it
• Where is it located
• How would you go there

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• Talk about tourist places in your country?

• What are the benefits of tourists to region
• What environmental effects are caused by it
• Why tourists throw their waste in tourist places
• Do people in your country want longer holidays? Why?
• Why do people like to stay at home?
• What activities do people do during holidays?

Topic – 54

Talk about a foreign language you want to learn (other than

English)

• What language would you like to learn

• Where will you learn this language
• Why you want to learn this language
• How will you learn this language

Follow ups:

1. What can people do to learn a second language?

2. Is it popular to learn English in your country?
3. What are the difficulties to learning a new language?
4. What is the best way to learn a new language?

Topic – 55

Talk about an interesting talk or a lecture

• When did you hear

• Where you heard it
• What was it about?
• Who was the speaker
• Explain why you think it was interesting

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Follow ups:

1. What kind of people are invited to give a speech?

2. On what occasion, one has to be a good listener?
3. Is listening to speeches important for children?
4. What is required to be a good public speaker?
5. Do Indian people feel nervous when it comes to public speaking?

Topic – 56

Talk about something that you borrowed from your friend

• What was it
• When did you borrow
• Whom you borrowed it from
• What you did with it
• Why you borrowed it

Follow ups:

1. Why do some people borrow things instead of buying them?

2. What would you do if people don’t return the money the borrowed
from you?
3. Why are people embarrassed when they borrow money from
others?
4. Do you often borrow things in your daily life?
5. What things you usually borrow from your neighbours?
6. How you like when some people borrow money from others?
7. What kind of problems are associated with borrowing things?
8. What is your opinion about the phenomenon of borrowing in
society?

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 Topic – 57

Describe a person whom you have never met but heard a lot about
him and would like to meet

• Who this person is?

• What this person does
• Why you think this person is interesting
• What you want to do with this person?

Follow ups

1. In what ways can we meet new people?

2. Do you think can we get some information from person’s dress
3. Do you think our guess about a person is always right?
4. Do you have many friends in your community?
5. Do people feel safe in India?
6. How does technology help in relationship between people?

Topic – 58

Describe a plant grown in your country that you think is important

• What it is
• Where it is grown
• Why is it important to your country

Follow ups

1. Do people in your country like to grow plants at home?

2. Do old people grow plants?

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 3. How do schools teach students to grow plants?
4. What is the main plant of your country?

Topic – 59

An exciting book you read or a book you read recently

• When you read it?

• What type of book is it?
• What is it about?
• Why did you find it exciting?

Follow ups:

1. Do people in your country like to read books?

2. What kinds of books are most popular in your country?
3. Do you think reading is important?
4. Do you think electronic books will eventually replace paper books?
5. Some people like to collect books. Why do you think they do this?
6. Is compulsory reading (in school) is a good idea?
7. What books do children read and what do adults read?
8. Why men and women prefer different books?
9. Why some books become internationally popular?
10. What type of books children read nowadays? What type of
books did children like reading in the past and what do you think
they will read in the future?
11. Do you think children have lost their interest in stories?
12. Can storybooks be an ideal gift for children?
13. What can be done to encourage the habit of reading among
children?

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 Topic – 60

Describe a famous person that you are interested in(foreign

celebrity you like)

• Who this person is

• How you know about this person
• What sort of life they had before they became famous
• How this person became famous
• And explain why you like this person

Follow ups:

1. Do you think a person who is famous is well liked? Why?

2. What do you know about celebrities?
3. Do you think celebrities are different in different countries?
4. Were they different in the past?
5. What does motivate people to become well known?
6. Do you think technology can help people interested in it, to
become well known?

Topic – 61

Describe a person who helps to protect the environment. You

should say:

• When it was
• Where you were
• What you did

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 • How you felt about it?

Follow ups:

1. What is the importance of environment education?

2. How to protect the environment?
3. Do you think it is necessary to make environment protection as a
subject in school?
4. Is it important to protect the environment?
5. Should schools teach students to protect the environment?
6. Do schools in your country teach students to protect the
environment?
7. Do companies in your country protect the environment and do they
have responsibilities to protect the environment?

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