Speaking Part 1 | January – April 2024
FORECAST PART 1 (updated 9.1.2024)
1. Where you live
 Have you lived in your area for a long time?
 What do you like about the area where you
live now?
 Would you like to see any changes in the area
you live?
2. Work/Study
 What do you like about your studies?
 What do you need to study better?
 How much time do you spend studying every
week?
3. Your home
 What is your favorite room in your house?
 What did you like most about the house where
you grew up?
 What kind of home do you like to have in the
future?
4. Tea & Coffee
 Do people in your country like to drink tea or
coffee?
 Do you ever go out to drink tea or coffee?
 Would you offer a visitor to your home tea or
coffee?
 When was the last time you drank tea or
coffee?
5. Maps
 Do you often use maps on your phone?
 Have you ever used a paper map?
 Would you ever put a map on the wall in your
home when you were a child?
 Do you find it easy to read maps?
6. Clothes
 Do you spend a lot of time deciding what to
wear every day?
 Do you prefer comfortable clothes or smart
clothes?
 Were you allowed to choose your own clothes
when you were a child?
 What do you do with your clothes when you no
longer use them?
7. Geography
 Did you study geography at school?
 Is what you learned in geography very useful
to you now?
 Would you like to be a geography teacher?
 Are you interested in finding out more about
the geography of other countries?
8. Fish
 Is fishing popular in your country?
 Do you like fishing?
 Have you ever visited a place where you saw
lots of fish?
 Would you ever watch a TV programme or film
about fish?
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9. Robots
 How interested are you in robots?
 When you were a child, did you enjoy robot
films?
 Would you like to have a robot to help you at
home?
 Would you feel happy travelling in car with
automatic driving?
10. Gifts
 Have you ever received a really good present?
 Are you good at choosing presents for others?
 What kind of present would you buy for your
friend?
 Have you ever given someone a present that
you made yourself?
11. Helping others
 What kind of help do you give to other people?
 Did your family encourage you to be helpful
when you were a kid?
 Do you like to help people?
 When was the last time someone helped you?
12. Noise
 What loud noises can you hear around where
you live?
 Would you like to live in a less noisy place?
 Do you think it’s okay for people to make noise
in public places?
 Do you enjoy listening to loud music?
13. Films
 What’s your favorite kind of films?
 Did you go to the cinema when you were
young?
 Would you like to make a film yourself one
day?
 Do you think watching films is a good way to
spend time with friends?
14. Running
 Did you do much running when you were a child?
 What do you think of running as a firm of
exercise?
 When was the last time you ran?
 Are there any good places for running near
where you live?
15. Chatting
 Do you often chat with your friends?
 Do you prefer to chat with a group of people or
with only one friend?
 Do you prefer to communicate face-to-face or
via social media?
 Have you ever have disagreements with your
friends when you are chatting?
16. Musical instruments
 Do you know how to play any musical
instruments?
 Have you ever learnt about music at school?
 Do you think all children should have music
lessons at school?
 Do you think it is easy to learn play a musical
instrument?

17. Travelling
 Do you like travelling?
 How often do you go travelling?
 Where do you usually travel?
 How do you feel when you are travelling?
18. Transport
 How do you go to school?
 What’s the most popular means of
transportation in your hometown?
 How far is it from our home to school?
 Do you think people will drive more in the
future?
19. Sunglasses
 How often do you wear sunglasses?
 Would you spend a lot of money on
sunglasses?
 Would you buy sunglasses for someone else?
 Have you ever lost any sunglasses?
20. Feeling bored
 Do you often feel bored?
 Did you ever find school boring when you were
a child?
 What sorts of things do you find most boring now?
 What do you do to stop yourself feeling bored?
21. Colors
 Do you have any favorite color?
 Did you wear bright color when you were
younger?
 What color would you choose for the walls of
your room?
 Is the color of a car important to you?
 Do you think different types of people like
different colors?
22. Collecting things
 Have you ever collected anything?
 What things are popular to collect in your
country?
 How do people get things or their collections?
 Why do you think, in general, people collect
things?
23. Memory
 How often do you need to remember
something?
 Would you say you have a good memory?
 Do you forget things sometimes?
 Do you think memory is important?
24. Losing things
 Do you often lose things?
 What can we do to avoid losing things?
 Why do some people tend to lose things more
often than others?
 What will you do if you find something lost by
others?
25. Video games
 Do you like to play video games?
 Do you like playing video games alone or with
others?
 Do you think people play computer games too much?
 What are some differences in computer games
nowadays compared to the past?
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26. Crowded places
 Is the city you live in crowded?
 Do you like crowded places?
 When was the last time you were in a crowded
place?
 Do most people like crowded places?
27. Advertisements/ commercials
 Do you often remember advertisements that
you’ve seen?
 What do you usually do when an
advertisement comes on TV or the internet?
 Have you ever seen an advertisement you
really don’t like?
 Would you like to be in an advertisement one
day?
28. Cakes and other sweet things
 Did you enjoy cakes and sweets when you
were a child?
 Have you ever made a cake yourself?
 On what occasions do people in your culture
eat special cakes or other sweet food?
 Do you enjoy eating something sweet at the
end of a meal?
29. Spending money
 Do you spend a lot of money? What do you
usually spend money for?
 How do you save money?
 Do your parents give pocket money to you for
helping with the housework?
 Do you people in your country give money as
a gift to children?
 How do Vietnamese people generally make
payments?
30. Social media
 Do you often use social media websites?
 Do you think you spend too much time on
social media?
 When did you first use one of these websites?
 Is social media very popular in your country?
 What do people often do on social media?
31. Singing
 Do you like singing?
 Why do people sing?
 Have you ever had singing lessons?
 Do you think singing can bring happiness to
people?
32. News
 Do you usually watch or read news?
 Do you remember someone you learned about
from the news?
 Are you interested in the news of ordinary
people?
 How important is it to you to get news
everyday?
 Do you think what is said in the news is
correct?