2g – Speaking exam 1 – October 2023 – Unit 1, Unit 2

Obligatory questions (use examples in sentences):

1. What is the difference between dynamic and state verbs? Can you give an example?
2. What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix? Can you give an example?
3. Which expressions may be used to agree with a positive statement and which expressions
may be used to agree with a negative statement? Show this with an example.

Optional questions:
1. What kind of technological device couldn’t you live without and why?
2. What’s your favourite TV series of all time?
3. Tell me about a summer job you would like to do using your skills and abilities.
4. Do you think it’s easy or hard to buy fashionable presents for friends?
5. Who is the hardest person you know to buy a present for?
6. Do you ever buy clothes as presents for anybody?
7. Do you think it is good to have a break from your routine sometimes?
8. When was the last time you wore brightly-coloured clothes? Why, what happened?

Vocabulary (explain the meaning of the words and phrases in English - use paraphrasing,
synonyms or examples):
Unit 1: to go with the flow, to feel comfortable in your own skin, carefree, down-to-earth,
rebellious, shallow, vain
Unit 2: drop out of something, take on a challenge, opponent, referee, take after somebody, try
something out, look up to someone, talk somebody into, put somebody off