P1-S Speaking Exam Practice

This PPT includes practice questions for Speaking Exam. The exam consists of two
parts. Part 1 includes Personal Experience/Opinion questions, and Part 2 includes
Personal Preference/Agreement-Disagreement questions. Please show each student a
question both from Part 1 and Part 2 for practice.
 PART 1- PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE/OPINION
Part 1 Questions

In this part, students will be asked to describe a personal experience

or to express their opinion on a certain topic.
Preparation Time: 45 seconds
Response: 1-1,5 minutes
1. Describe the most important day in your life and explain why
it was important to you. Include specific details and examples
to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
2. Describe the most interesting trip you have ever taken. Explain
why it was the most interesting. Include specific details and
examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
3. Describe an event in the history of your country and explain
why you think it is important. Include specific details and
examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
4. Where would you like to be professionally in ten years?
Include specific details and examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
5. What does your dream house look like? Include specific details
and examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
6. What is your favorite food? Include specific details and
examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
7. What is your ideal career? Include specific details and
examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
8. Often a bad situation teaches us an important life lesson.
Describe an important lesson that you learned from a bad
situation. Include specific details and examples to support your
answer.

Part 1 Questions
9. Describe a teacher who has positively impacted your life.
How has he or she influenced you? Include specific details and
examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
10. Describe a person from history whom you admire. Include
specific details and examples to support your answer.

Part 1 Questions
 PART 2- PERSONAL
PREFERENCE/AGREEMENT-
DISAGREEMENT QUESTIONS
Part 2 Questions

In this part, students will be asked to talk about their preferences and/or to
agree or disagree with a given statement.
Preparation Time: 45 seconds
Response: 1-1,5 minutes
1. Which one do you prefer when you disagree with your friends:
speaking face to face and through phone calls or sending an email
and text message? Give specific reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It
is always best to state your honest opinion, even when you
know that others disagree. Give specific reasons to support
your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The
government should not spend money to save endangered
animals. The money has to come from private sources. Give
specific reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Some people now believe that animals should enjoy similar
rights to human beings and be respected as humans are. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Part 2 Questions
5. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Some people
believe that watching football games at home is a waste of
time. Give specific reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
6. Imagine you are the member of two clubs in your school, but
you have to quit one because you have a lot of schoolwork to
do this semester. Which one would you prefer to quit: hiking
club or speech and debate club? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer.

Part 2 Questions
7. Some people think that robots will replace medical staff
(doctors, surgeons, nurses) in the future. Others think that
medical staff will never be replaced by robots. Which
statement do you agree with? Give specific reasons to support
your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
8. Which do you prefer? Go and see a doctor as soon as you
realize there is something wrong or wait and see if your
symptoms get worse? Give specific reasons to support your
opinion.

Part 2 Questions
9. Which do you prefer? Drive your own vehicle to places or
take public transportation? Give specific reasons to support
your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
10. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? The best
means of transport for big cities is the ferry. Use specific
reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
11. When students are reading, some of them choose the books
from the reading list which their schools give. Others choose
books by themselves. Which do you prefer? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.

Part 2 Questions
12. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? The movie
version of a book is never as good as the book itself. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Part 2 Questions
13. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Iconic
buildings are an important part of a culture. Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.

Part 2 Questions
14. Which do you prefer? Living in an apartment building or
living in a house? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer.

Part 2 Questions
15. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? It is
important to follow international news regularly. Give specific
reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
16. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Globalization has affected cultures negatively. Give specific
reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
17. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It
is a good way to learn about a country’s culture by watching
TV. Give specific reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
18. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? It is better to
live in a culturally diverse country. Give specific reasons to
support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions
19. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
People should travel abroad if they want to improve their
language skills. Give specific reasons to support your
opinion.

Part 2 Questions
20. Do you prefer to be taught by experienced teachers or
new teachers when you are learning a new language? Give
specific reasons to support your opinion.

Part 2 Questions