BẠN ĐÃ CÓ TRONG TAY BỘ ĐỀ IELTS SPEAKING NĂM 2018 CHƯA?

Outlook English tập hợp các đề thi Speaking đã ra từ đầu năm 2018 đến thời điểm tháng 4/2018. Hãy cùng tham khảo để ôn tập thật tốt cho kỳ thi sắp đến của mình nhé

Fighting!

PART I

HOMETOWN/ TOWN YOU’RE LIVING IN

Where do you come from? /In which part of town do you live? /Tell me something about the place where you grew up/ Why are you living there?
How long have you been living in your town? /Do you plan to live in your hometown in the future? /How long are you going to stay here?
Do you like your hometown? What do you like the most about your town? /Is it a good place to live? /What makes your town interesting? What is good about your place? What is the most interesting place in your hometown?
What was the neighborhood like? /Do you prefer living in a city or a rural area? /Why did you come to this city and how? What are the cities that you have been so far? How long have you been at “X” city? How was the experience there?
Where do people go to when they visit your hometown? /Are there places for tourists to visit in your hometown? Would you recommend any? /Do you have any important historical building in your town? Do people still show an interest in historical places and public parks?

ACCOMMODATION

Where do you live? / In which part of town do you live? Do you live with family or alone? / In which part of the country do you live? Is the place you are living your birthplace? How far is your place from this place? Compare your place with the area where the test is taken? / How far is it from your college to where you live? Why do you think it is easy or hard to live there? Why?
What type of accommodation is it? /Do you like it? Which is your favorite room in your place? /Do you plan to continue living there in the future?
What facilities are near your place? / What are the nearby facilities? /Describe your area? What are the benefits of living in this area? /Is you house close to a university?
What do you like the most about it? What do you dislike about this place? /What is special/ interesting about your place? /What do you like in that area? Do you want to stay there and recommend it to others?
What is the neighborhood like? / What kinds of people do you meet in your area? Where do your friends live?

JOB/ TRAINING

Do you enjoy your work? What qualifications do you need to do this job? /Why were you qualified for this job? /Have you ever done a part-time or full-time job? What are your work hours? Do you like your job? Why? What profession you wanted to be when you were young? Why? Are you satisfied with your work?
What is your role in your work? What are your responsibilities at work?/What kind of work do you do at your job? / Will this job provide you with more practical knowledge in the future or not? What skills you are required in your job?
Why do you think training is important for your work? /Did you get any training for the work that you are doing currently in your office? Did you take any prior training for your current job? Do you plan to do something more to improve your current role? Do you want to get any training to enhance that skill? /What kind of training did you receive in your workplace? Do you think it is necessary to up skill yourself for your job? Do you need any training for your job? /Do you think you need training in the future to meet your job purpose? What are types of training that you want to have in future?
How do you travel to work? /How much time does it take you to go to work? What are the most important skills for doing your job?
Have you ever work remotely for a company in a foreign country? /Have you been to that foreign country? / Would you like working or living in that foreign country?
Which professions do you think are good? /How is the environment in your office?

TRAVELLING/ TRANSPORTATION

How did you travel today for the speaking test? / How did you reach here today? Did you face any problems on the way? /Will it take the same amount of time as a normal day? /How far do you live from the test center? How do you get to your college? Was it easy to come here today? What do you usually do on you way?
How do you travel to work? / How do you commute to work? How do you travel on a daily basis? How long does it take you to travel to work? /What do you do while travelling to work? How did you travel to work?
Do you often use public transport? /Do you take public transport to work?
Do you like long travelling? Do you like long distance travel? Do you like to travel by planes? Have you ever been on flights? /Do you want to go to space?

STUDY

What do you study? /Why did you choose this subject?/ What do you like about this course? What qualifications will you receive after studying this? /Is there any additional learning required for your work?
Do you enjoy studying with your friends? Do you make friends with people you study with? /Did you have friends at college?

STORIES

Do you think stories help us in our life? /What types of stories do you think are helpful in leading today’s society?
Do you agree that all of us are natural storytellers? /Would you like to become a story teller? /Do you think technology would benefit storytelling? And in which ways?
Which do you think is better, watching a story on screen or reading it in a book?

NAME

What’s your full name? /What should I call you? Is your name common in your country?
What’s the meaning of your name? /Do names in your country always have meaning? What do you think influences/ decides the names in a culture? What do people do to give a name to the baby? Who gave you that name?
Why were you names this name? Why did your parents give you this name? Who generally give names in your culture and how? /How are children named in your country? What are some of the common names? Are there any common names in your culture? Has there been a change in names people choose over generations?
Do people do anything specific when deciding a name or naming a baby? Are there ceremonies for naming babies? What special gifts do people present during naming ceremonies?

COMMUNITY/ YOUNGSTERS

What do you think about interacting with youngsters in your area? What types of activities do youngsters generally like to do? Do you often communicate with teenagers? How do you think about life of a teenager?
How often do you meet up? /What were the things you liked doing in your teenage days? What do teenagers do in your country? What is the best part of being teenager?
Do you know any teenagers? /What activities are there for teenagers in your hometown? What do you think about teenagers’ fashion? Do you pay attention to teenagers’ fashion? Do you agree with teenagers’ fashion trends?

DICTIONARIES

Do you prefer manual or e-dictionaries? /Are they helpful? Are dictionaries useful? What type of dictionaries do you use? How frequent do you use dictionaries?
Can you write a dictionary? What do we need to do to write a dictionary? /Do you think it would be interesting to write a dictionary?
If someone gave you a dictionary as a gift, how would you feel? /Is dictionary a good present?

MUSIC

Do you like music? / What kind of music do you like? Did you like listening to music before? / What type of music did you listen to before? Did you listen to music when you were younger? Do you think you listened to more music when you were young?
Will the taste of music change in the future? Do you prefer buying CDs or downloading music online? How has music changed?
Why do people listen to music? /What kind of music do people in your country prefer?
Do you think listening to music while working or playing is a right thing? / Do you like listening to music while studying or working?

SLEEP

Is sleeping important for the body? How long do you sleep everyday? What do you do before sleeping? How many hours of sleep is enough for you? What do you need to have a good dream/ sleep? /Do you think it’s a good idea to sleep in the daytime?
How long do elders need to sleep on a daily basis? Who do you think sleep more, old or young people? / Is it important for elderly people to sleep more hours than adults? Why?

HOSPITALITY/ FORMALITY

Do you usually receiver guests at your home? Do you often visit other people at their homes?
What do you usually do when people visit you? / What do you usually give people when you visit their houses?
Do you think people nowadays are more formal?

MEALS/ EATING OUT

Do you eat breakfast? / At what time do you eat it? / What about other meals? What is your meal routine? Have your eating habits changed from the past? Which meal is important to you and why? What are the different type of meals you eat? How has your eating habit been changed since your childhood? How many meals do you take per day?
Whom do you like eating meals with? Do you like eating alone or with someone?
Do you prefer cooking your own meals or eating out? / Do you usually eat out?

TEACHERS/ SCHOOL

Who was your favorite teacher? /Why did you like this person?
Do you still remember your first day at secondary school? How was your first day in high school? Did you enjoy your school days?
Do you still get in touch with your former classmates? /Do you still remember your friends from school?

ANIMALS

Do you like animals? Have you ever had a pet?
What’s your favorite wild animal from your country? Why? Which wild animal would you like to see? Why? Do you think it’s important for children to see wild animals? Why?
Do you go to zoos? / Have you been to a zoo before? /Why do you go to zoos? /What’s your opinion on zoos? /Should children be encouraged to go to zoos?

NEWSPAPER/ NEWS

Do you like reading newspapers? / Do you read newspaper? Why do/don’t you read newspaper?
Have you ever read newspaper online? Do you prefer online newspapers? Why? What are the advantages of reading newspapers online? Do you prefer reading news on the internet or in newspapers?
Does someone in your family read newspaper? Who else read newspapers in your home and why? Who read newspaper in your house when you were a child?
What do you read? /What part of newspaper do you read first?
Do you like discussing news with your friends? /Do you discuss news with your friends?
Do you prefer reading local news or international news? / Do you prefer listening to world news or local news? / Do you read international news? Is it important to read international news?
Do you watch news on TV? /Would you like to become a reporter and tell people the news? Do you like to work as a journalist?

GIFTS AND PRESENTS

Do you often give people gifts? Do you like to receive presents? /Which is your favorite present? When was the last time you received a gift? /When was the last time you gave someone a gift? / Which was a gift that you received but didn’t like? Have you been given a gift that you didn’t like? What did you do?
On which occasions do you give people gifts? /What do you often give people as a gift? Which is the most popular gift in your country? /Why do people give each other gifts? On what occasions do you give or receive gifts in your culture? When are gifts usually given in your country?
Do you like to select gifts for others? Why? / Do you often get gifts from your friends? Why? When? Which gift you didn’t like? Are you good at choosing presents? Why? Do you think gifts have to be given just on the special occasions?

FRIENDS

Do you have friends at work? Why? /Do you make friends with your co-workers? / Do you make friends with your classmates? Do you think friends at workplace are better than your childhood friends? What is that? What type of relationship do you have with the people you work with? Are there any friends you made recently? Do you have same friends as you had in primary school? Why? Why are friends important? Do you chat online with your friends? Why?
Do you have many friends? Do you prefer having lots of friends or just a few close friends? /Is it important to have friends?
What are the qualities of a friend? /Who do people need friends? /How often do you make friends?
How well do you know your friends from primary school?
What do you often do with them? What do you do when meeting with friends from primary school?

WRITING

Do you like writing? What do you usually write? /How do you usually write? /Do you like writing by hand or using computer? Do you write on a daily basis?
Will the usage of writing change in the future? What do you think about the future of writing?
What are the important skills a writer should have?

TIME OF THE DAY/ MEALS

What time of the day do you work the most effectively? What time of the day do you feel the most energetic? What time of the day do you prefer to work? Why do you work at night? Do you work better in the morning or afternoon?
Are you a morning person? / Do you get up early? What time do you usually wake up?/What time do you usually go to bed? At what time do you prefer to have your meals? /With whom do you want to have meals? How do you tell time? / How do you manage your time on a daily basis?
Do you worry about getting late when going to an event? Do you spend lots of time at home? Do you like to spend more time at home? Do you think time now is less important than it in ten years ago?

LIFESTYLE/ FITNESS/EXERCISING

How often do you do physical activities? What do you do to keep fit? /Do you exercise? What do you do to make yourself look attractive? What types of physical activities do you do now? Do you enjoy doing physical activities every day? Do people exercise/ do physical activities these days? Will people do exercise in the future?
Do you think exercise is important? Do you think you will exercise more in the future? Which is your favorite type of exercise? Do you use any facilities to stay fit? How far are the facilities from where you live? Do you see yourself being active in 10 years from now?
What do you think about young individuals’ lifestyle? Do you think young people like sports? Do you think young people in your country exercise? Why/ why not?
Are there any outdoor physical activities you did in your childhood? Where do you like to go for outdoor activities? What types of exercise did you do in college? What physical activities did you do in school? Do you think universities should offer facilities for physical activities? Do you think universities in your country offer enough facilities for physical activities? What sort of physical activities you used to do during your school time?
Do you think everyone should do physical activities? Are people fit and do exercise in your country? Was it the case during your parents’ time?

WEATHER/ RAIN

Do you like rain or not? Which is your favorite season in your country? /Do you think most people like rain or not?/ Why do some people like rain? Does rainy weather make you happy?Does it rain frequently in your city?
What do you do when it rains? /Does the behavior of people change when it is raining? How can rain change moods of people? What is the effect of rain to you?
Have you ever walked in the rain without a raincoat? /Have you ever been caught in the rain? /Have you ever been outside in the rain without a raincoat or an umbrella? /Can you share an experience when you got drenched by rain? Do people like it if it rains when they need to go out for an important work?

COMPUTERS/ PHONE

How do you use the Internet and computer? How computer uses have changed? /Which one do you prefer, computer or mobile phone? Which one do you think is better to use? Do you use computer or mobile phone? How often do you use it? Do people in your country use mobile phone? For what purpose do they use it? Do you use computer at work? Do you think the use of computers and internet will change in the future?
Do you use apps? What is your favorite app? /Which apps you don’t have and would you like to have? What app do you want to have? Which apps are popular among young people in your country? Tell me about an app on mobile phone and computer? Which do you prefer – computer apps or phone apps? /Is it often easy for people in your country to get the applications they want?
Can you create a new app? Would you like to create/develop one? /Will you design an application? /Why are you interested in computer science?
In the future do you think we will rely on computers even more than we do today? Did we rely on computer less in the past than we do today?

BOAT

Do you often travel by boat? / Have you been in a boat? /Do you like it? How do you feel about it? Would you like to have/own a boat? Why/ why not? /Have you ever learnt boating? Do you like to have a vacation on a boat? Why did you go on the boat? Do you plan to take any future vacation on boat?
Do people in your country love travelling by boat? /Status of boat as transportation medium in your country. Do you think a lot of people travel on boat in your country?

FAMILY

What do you do at home when you spend time with your family? How do you spend time with old people in your family? Do you play sports with your family members? What time of the day do you usually spend with your family? What are the set of activities that you do with your family?
Do you think the way you interact with your family has changed over the years? How did you spend time with your family when you were younger? How do you spend time with your family today? Are the activities you do now different from those you did as a child? / How does the time you spend with your parents differ from childhood? What was the best time of your childhood? What are activities that you have done with your family in your childhood? Do you feel that there is a change in the way you spend your time with your family now?
Do your friends also like spending time with their grandparents?
What activities did you do with your family on holidays when you were a child? What holiday locations you’d like to go with your family in the future? How were your family vacations when you were younger? Are they different from your family vacations now?

ACTIVITIES

What do you do at home? / Do you prefer staying at home or going out? Do you see yourself as an outgoing person? /What outdoor activities do you do? / What are the outdoor activities people usually do in your country? What will you do with your family when you get older? What did you do at homes when you were young? Have those activities changed when you are older?
Are the activities you do now different from those you did as a child? What activities did you do in your childhood? / What activities did you like most when you were a child?/ What activities did you do with your older family members? Did you enjoy those activities? What do you do during your spare time? Do you like spending it alone or with family/friends?

HOLIDAY

What did you do on holidays when you were a child?/ How did you spend your holidays in your childhood? How was going on holidays as a child different from going on holidays as an adult?
Do you plan to go on holidays in near future? Do you like travelling long distances? Why or why not? Where do you want to travel with your family in the future?

COMMENDATION/ APPRECIATION

Is it important to give children commendation? /How should adults give children commendation?

CELEBRITIES/ FAMOUS PEOPLE

What kind of people are famous in your country? Why? Do you want to become a famous person? Why? /What factors or things that make people famous?
Why are there so many fans and followers? /Why are there so many fans and not many leaders? /Why do people like to follow others?
Some famous people remain famous for a long time, why? / Some celebrities are famous for just a period of time, why?

ADVERTISING

Are there many advertisements these days? Why do we watch advertisements? / Can you remember any adverts when you were a child?
Do you like advertising products by celebrities? Is it a good things to use celebrities in advertisements? What is one commercial you remember from when you were a child?
Do you often buy things you see in commercials? / Do you usually buy anything after seeing TV commercials? Are you more likely to buy something if it is being advertised by a celebrity you like?

SHOPPING (ONLINE)

Has trends of shopping changed from past?

PUNCTUALITY/ TIME-TELLING

How do you tell time? /How do you keep track of time? What do you do to be on time?
Do you think it’s important to be punctual? /Do you think it used to be more punctual in the past than nowadays? Do you think punctuality is more important now than in the past?
What are some reasons for people’s not being on time? What do you usually do while you have to wait for somebody? Why people should be on time? Is elder people working on time? Do you work on time?
Do you think appointment or given time while meeting someone is important to maintain? In your country, what do people do to keep appointment time? What have you done when you reached early at the appointment?

SPORTS/ OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

What do you usually do outdoor? Do you enjoy outdoor activities? Have your outdoor activities changed since childhood? Do you have friends who also like being outdoor?
What were some outdoor/ sport events that you have attended? What sports do you play? Why? What do you think about the changes in sports now and when you were young?

LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Why do children like going out to play?
Has the trend changed in recent times? Is it a positive or a negative change?

IELTS

In Ielts, which part do you find interesting?

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PART II

- Describe a facility that you would like to have in your town.

- Describe a leisure facility that you would like to have in your hometown.

- Describe a specific rule of your school that you were against.

- Describe an unusual meal you had.

- Describe a device (not phone or laptop) that you use often.

- Describe a time you saved money for something.

- Describe your favorite season.

- Describe a public place you visited recently.

- Describe an ideal parent. / Describe somebody you know who you think is a good parent.

- Describe a traditional clothing in your country.

- Describe a traditional thing from your country.

- Describe an exciting book that you have read. / Describe your favorite book.

- Describe a story somebody has told you recently.

- Talk about a good service (customer service) from a shop or a company that you received recently.

- Describe a thing that you bought recently.

- Describe your favorite piece of furniture.

- Describe your favorite school subject. / Describe a school subject you were interested in learning. / Describe a science subjects you studied in secondary school/ Describe a subject you enjoyed studying at school.

- Describe a difficult decision you’ve made in your life.

- Describe a car journey you recently had.

- Talk about a country that you’d like to live or work or study in.

- Describe a furniture you purchased recently.

- Describe a time when some visitors visited your place.

- Describe something you bought recently that made you very happy.

- Describe a very popular person (you know).

- Talk about a way to live healthily. / Describe a habit which keeps you healthy (what/ how it impact your heath/ will you introduce it to others?).

- Describe an activity that you do to stay healthy/ fit.

- Describe a difficult situation that you were in. (did you discuss it with others?)

- Describe a piece of knowledge that you didn’t get from school or knowledge./ Describe a thing which is not taught in schools and university but still needs to be learned.

- Describe something you taught to a friend or a relative.

- Describe a subject you learned not at school or in college.

- Talk about the furniture in your home (traditional or modern/ made from what/ who decides to buy)./ Describe a kind of furniture you have at home?

- Describe a time when you received commendation. / Describe a time when someone made a positive comment about you. / Describe a situation where you received a positive feedback. (Who gave the feedback? / Why do you receive that positive feedback?)

- Talk about your biggest achievement/ an achievement that you are proud of.

- Describe a recent decision that you’ve made.

- Describe a situation in which you had to be polite.

- Describe a moment when someone took a photograph of you.

- Describe a time when you had to save money for a trip.

- Describe an argument you had with someone (and how you managed to be polite).

- Describe a story someone told you and you remember.

- Talk about a place in your area that you like.

- Describe a time you were glad you had your mobile phone with you.

- Describe a situation that you received an important letter.

- Describe a businessperson you admire.

- Describe your idea of a perfect vacation.

- Describe a toy you had when you were a child.

- Describe a TV program you like/ Describe a TV program you watch

- Describe a time you went out with your friends.

- Describe a letter you received recently.

- Describe a traditional product in your country.

- Describe a tourist spot you like the most in your city/ town.

- Describe an occasion when you helped someone.

- Describe an important event in your life.

- Describe a river/ a body of water that you like.

- Describe a time when you taught someone something.

- Describe a day that you enjoyed very much but didn’t have to spend much money./ Describe a special day you celebrated but didn’t spend much money

- Describe a celebration you attend every year./Describe an event that you recently celebrated

- Describe an important person you have known or heard of.

- Describe a place that people go to to listen to music.

- Describe your idea of an ideal house.

- Describe a person from another country that you’ve heard about./ Describe a person you would like to know or already know from another country./ Describe a foreign person who you found interesting.

- Describe a photo that was taken of yourself/ Describe a memorable photograph (who took it? Where was it taken? Why do you like the picture?

- Describe a country that you’d like to visit.

- Describe an advertisement that you like.

- Describe a time you had a visitor.

- Describe a city or a place in your country that you have visited with your friends.

- Describe an important individual from another country that you admire.

- Describe a garden you visited in your younger days.

- Describe an important invention other than computer.

- Describe an activity you love doing with older people in your family.

- Describe a time you enjoyed the company of an elderly person.

- Describe a foreign friend of yours.

- Describe an interesting person you met who comes from a foreign country.

- Describe a successful sportsman

- Describe an important historical event (why it is important/ when and where was it/ what is your attitude to it)

- Describe a piece of technology that you use (not computer or phone)

- Describe an interesting place where tourists do not usually visit? (Where is it?/ when you visit here? Why people dislike to visit here? Why it is interesting?)

- Describe a new building (What it is? How long does it take to construct? What was the site before the building is established?)

- Describe a story that someone told you.

- Describe someone who knows a lot about something.

- Describe the lasted development (e.g. park, shopping mall, road etc.) in your town where you live? (What impacts made by the latest development? What is there before the development? / How long did it take to complete? Benefits you have because of this developments) (Follow-up questions: What is your opinion about new development? / Governments have some rules and regulation to construct a building. What do you thing with it is important to have regularity authority? What about the design of a building, is that effect by these rules?)

- Describe someone who has just made a decision

- Describe a shop or company which is good for the services.

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PART III

YOUNG GENERATIONS/ TECHNOLOGY

How do young people in your country spend time? And where?
How would younger generations interact with technological advancements? Do you think technological advancements would impact youngsters’ lifestyle? Do you think younger generations would make the most out of the upcoming technologies?
What are the most popular devices in your country? Do they make life easier? Do you think technology has given us less or more free time? Who should teach people how to use devices, especially elderly people? Were the devices simpler before? Do you think technologies have made our work better? Do you think people’s way of life has changed after the invention of computers?
Does technology give people more leisure time and create new jobs? Do you think technology will allow people to stop working in the future? Will technology replace people at workplaces in the future?
How does internet affect our life? Compare the world without modern technologies and the world today? How is your job affected by modern technologies?

COMPUTERS/ INTERNET/ PHONE

Do you think computers are essential for children? What do you think most people use mobile phone for? According to you for what purposes should phone be used?
Which is more important for children – good facilities or good teachers? Why? Do you find the internet useful to learn something? Why?
Is there any difference how people of different age groups use mobile phones? What are the disadvantages of the fast speed of communication (through phone)?
Do you think phone has affected family time? Have you experienced any incident which made you annoyed about having a phone?

BOAT SAILING

Have you ever learnt boat sailing? /Would you like to learn in the future? Who would be interested in this activity?
Is it popular in your country? Is travelling by boat popular in your country?
On which occasions do you travel using a boat? What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by boat?

RESTAURANTS VS. HOME-MADE FOOD/ MEALS

Are people having more junk food these days? Which is better home-made food or junk food? / Is home-made food quality also deteriorating these days? How?
Why do people like to go to restaurants? Why do people prefer to go to restaurants? /Is it worth the money that people pay? Do you prefer home-cooked foods or foods in restaurants? Why? / What are the differences? Is the amount of money to paid for restaurant food justified?
What other than food attracts people to restaurants? What are the benefits of cooking at home? Have people’s eating habits changed over the time?
In European countries in the restaurants the most important thing is food, then service and afterwards design. It’s not like that in your country. Do you agree?
What are the advantages of food transportation? /How has science and technology affected the food industry?

RULES

Do you think there should be rules at workplaces? Must work hours be mandatory? What do you think about strict workplace dress code? Why are rule important? Are the rules in the school changed since then? Maximum working hours rule is acceptable or not? Dressing rules in working place are acceptable or not?
Should there be rules at home? /Have there been changes in home rules that our parents had and what we have now? Don’t you think teenagers should be given free hand instead of strict rules at home?
Why are rules made? /Is there any rule you would like to add to the rule list in your school? Do you think all rules are applicable with all age groups in your school? Do you think students should define rules?

SAVING MONEY

How do people in your country usually save money? Who tend to save money more? Men or women? Why do young people save money? For what do young people save money?
Are you the type of person who saves money? Is saving a culture in your country? How can children be taught about saving money? Should the government spend more money on international aids?

WEATHER

Which season do you prefer, summer or winter? /What do people usually do in winter? How does the weather change in your country from January to February?
What are the new jobs that extreme weather produce? How do people find it to work in extremely cold or hot weather? In which weather conditions is it comfortable to work? How do extremely cold or hot weathers help people?
Do children enjoy extremely cold weather? What is the weather in your country like? /Can weather affect people’s jobs? Does weather affect people’s moods?

LIVING ENVIRONMENT/ CITIES/ COUNTRYSIDE

Do you think city people get lonely? Do you think city people are more individualistic?
Do you think mega cities will be good places to live in in the nearest future?
How can you measure a city/country’s quality of living?

PLACES/ IMMIGRATION

Where do people in your country like to spend their time? Which is important, living in a good condition or getting a good job?
What features make a place suitable for living? Why do people look for places to live and work? Which one is of greater importance – place to live or work? Are there things that can be done to make a place good for people to live and work?
Why do people like to immigrate to a foreign country? Do old and young people visit the same places?
Why do older tourists love enormous places to visit? / What do you know about space tourism?

PARENTS & CHILDREN/ FAMILY

What makes up good parenting skills? Do you think good parenting is inherited or learned? Do you think parenting has changed in these modern times? Do you think it’s important for children to play games with their parents? Do you think the amount of time children spend with their parents is reducing when compared to the past? Do you think children need to spend more time with their parents? Do you think children should spend equal amount of time for both of their parents? What skills do you think are important in parenting? Do you think parenting requires new skills now than in the past?
What must parents teach their children? Who is more responsible of bringing up children, fathers or mothers? How important is it for a child to grow up in an extended family or with grandparents? What are the benefits of grandparents if they stay with their grandchildren? Do you think that both parents should take care of children? What do teenagers expect from their parents? Do you think governments should have a role in parenting?
Did both parents worked outside in the past? Do you think both parents’ working has an impact on their children? How do working parents in your country take care of their children? Do you think working parents allow their children to watch too much TV? What do you think teenage children go to their parents for? How much freedom should parents give to their teenage children?
Do you think parents in your country are putting too much pressure on their children? Is it different between young children and teenagers? Which do you think is better, spending time with them indoors or outdoors? Do you think parents need to spend equal amount of their time with their children?
Do you think parents’ allowing children to watch TV is ok? Do people go for family picnic these days? What’s the importance of such activities? Do you think parents should allow children to watch all the TV programs that they want?

TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

Do you like traditional clothes? What color do you like? What benefits do they bring a nation? Which one is of better quality? Modern or traditional clothing?

TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS

What kinds of products are popular in your country? Are the traditional products still used today? Do the traditional products have better quality than the ones made now? Have the government made an effort to promote traditional products? Do you think governments should support our traditional products? How do you think globalization will affect traditional products?

READING/ MOVIES

What can be done to develop reading habits among children? Who do you think read more, boys or girls?
Do younger people like to read different books than the elderly? What are the different types of books people read? /What types of books do people in your country prefer to read? What kind of books do people read in your country? Why do more people read novels in your country?
Does reading fictions benefit children? Is reading fiction books better than non-fiction ones? Which is better for kids – reading or spending time with friends? Why should kids be encouraged to read? Is it good and how it will help children if we allow them to read books? Is better to read for children or they should read for themselves?
Would you like to recommend the books you read to others? Is it good to make movies taking the stories from books? Is it good for old people to read? Why and what should they read? Do you like to share information taken from books with your friends? Do young and old read the same type of books? How has the way people read books changed?
Does gender matter when it comes to reading books? In your country do most people like reading? Is it important to read history novels? Are there any drawbacks/benefits? Which types of books are famous among younger and older people in your country?
Is it interesting to watch a movie after reading a book or reading a book after watching a movie? Do you prefer to watch movies based on novels rather than reading books?
Movies don’t consist of all parts of a book. What are the reasons behind it? / Some people think movies based on novels are not as good as books. Do you agree? Do movies based on novels encourage children to read more?

SPENDING TIME/ GOING OUT

Which is better – spending time with family or friends? Where do people in your area spend their time? Which is better for kids – reading or spending time with friends? Why do people go out with their friends? Do people give enough time to their kids? Why? How they manage child care when they work outside?
What are the interesting areas for people to go out in your hometown? Do you think people nowadays spend less time with their families, especially women?
How do you think people could spend more time with their families? Do you think people are spending their free time in a correct manner?
Do you think people should go out more often? Should people spend more time at home or going out? What are the impacts of digital technologies on people’s spending time habits? Will this have effects on the future?
What do you feel about staying at home and entertaining using digital technologies? Do you think it’s important to spend time with family?
Do you think children should be allowed to travel alone or with friends? How will this affect their adulthood? What do families do nowadays?

BUSINESS/ CAREER/ COMPANIES/ CUSTOMER SERVICE

Is it easier to sell products face-to-face or through the phone? Is service better in expensive shops? What are the qualities of a person who works as a seller? What qualities should a business person have? What makes a workplace to be the good one? Can the consumers put pressure on the company for the services? You think expensive company is not good at service, why?
Walt Disney once said, “the harder I work, the luckier I guess”, do you agree? Do you think experience is more important than academic qualifications? In the past people spent their whole career in just a company. Do you think it was a good thing?
Do you think people should be hard-hearted in order to be successful in their career? Is it crucial for a businessman or woman to have a business degree? What are the differences between face to face services and on telephone?
What are the characteristics of someone who works in customer service? Is reputation required for a company? How should employees be valued for their work? Which businesses attract young people today?
Do you want to become a businessman in the future? Is customer service important for companies? Do customers have the ability to bring a change to companies’ policies?
What do you think about the saying “Customer is the King”? Would you like to work as customer service representative? Employees should take time away from work. Do you agree or disagree? Do employers give time away from work to employees? Do you think salary is important? How do you measure job satisfaction? Would you take a well-paid job or a job that you enjoy? How does salary matter in job satisfaction?

SHOPPING/ CONSUMERISM

People tend to buy lots of things these days compare to the past. What do you think about this? Is there any difference between buying things from a shopping mall and buying things from street markets? How can we persuade people to buy their local products? Why do people like to buy international products?
People these days throw away things when they are damaged instead of repairing them. What do you think about this? Why do people buy things? Do people buy more nowadays than in the past? Do you think the malls will ever disappear?
Do you prefer to buy things online or in shopping center? Do you think advertising influences people? In your country do people prefer buying from shops or in the street? Has people’s attitude towards shopping changed compared to the past? Do you like shopping? Why is shopping important? Why is consumerism changing?
Do you recommend shops with good services to others? Do you return to shops that provide good services? Do you think the size of the company determines the quality of services they give? Do you think that the price of a product is as important as the service you get when buying it?
What do you think matters most to consumers? Do you think consumers can influence/ change a company’s policy on their services or products? Do you think companies can benefit from suggestions made by consumers? What are the differences of shopping choices between rich and poor people?

ADVERTISING

Do you like products being advertised? Do you get impacted by advertisements? Are there a lot of ads in your city? Do you remember one ad from when you were a child?
Do you like famous people appearing in advertisements? What are the impacts of social networks on advertising? Do you think customers are empowered by advertising? Do you think ads are necessary for a product? Why do people use celebrities in their ads?
Is it a good idea to use celebrities in ads? Do you think people change their opinions when they see ads? Why? How much do ads influence people in your country? Do you think businesses should spend money on ads and what are the benefits of it?
Do you buy a product looking at an ad? How is social media impacting the types of ads? Compare ads on TV and ads on the internet. Should children be allowed to watch ads? What kinds of ads are popular on TV?

FURNITURE / HOME

Do visitors like your furniture? What points should you keep in mind while selecting a furniture? Who usually buy furniture in your country? On which occasions do people purchase furniture? Do you think people spend a lot on furniture these days? Why do they do so?
Do you remember a time when you purchased a piece of furniture before an occasion? What are the factors that can influence the making of furniture? What qualities do manufacturers of furniture need to possess?
Do you think the climate influences the types of furniture produced or purchased? What do you think about the interior design of a building? What are the qualities of a person to design a furniture? Where do you usually buy furniture? What are the different materials that furniture is made of? What do you think are the qualities that a designer should have to be successful?
Do your friends like your furniture? Why do you think people change furniture? Do you plan to change your furniture sometime soon? Why do you think people design their house? What has hanged in the way people decorate their homes and the materials they use?
What are the differences between furniture in offices and in homes? What are the differences between houses of old times and now? What are the problems people have to face when they build a house?
What are the impacts that people have when they select a house? Why do people choose to live in posh areas? Does locations where people live represent their personalities? What kind of personalities that people living in the countryside have?

MAKING DECISIONS

When is the best time for a person to take a decision about their life? Are you good at decision making? Can teachers help students in making career decisions? Why do you think so? Why are children bad at making decisions? Do you think parents are the best people to educate children for making decisions? What is the best age to make decisions?
Do you think international organizations take culture into consideration when they make any decision? Do you think parents should decide for their kids? How are children affected when parents make decisions for them? Do you think families should be involved in making decisions about the future of their children? Why children are considered not efficient in making decisions? What personal qualities are important to make good decisions? Should cultural differences be taken into consideration n process of making decisions? Give an example.

SCHOOL/ EDUCATION/ TEACHING/ LEARNING/ TRAINING

Who was your favorite teacher in high school? Tell me about your first day of your high school. Which one do you think is more important in education, good teachers or facilities? What training should children be given related to job in their school?
How do you think teaching methods in a country are determined? What does your country aim for while selecting education topics? How is English taught in your country? Talk about role of schools and parents in education?
Why do you think there are differences among different countries’ education systems?
Do you think parents should be involved in determining education topics? Would you think differently if parents in consideration were well-educated people?
Can young people teach older people? Do you prefer teaching by showing or telling? Which skills need long term training? What are effects of practice on training? Can anyone learn to do anything?

TRANSPORTATION

Which mode of transportation do people usually use nowadays? What types of transports are available in your country? What type of transports do people use in your country? What are the issues that people in your country have to face when using public transport? How can governments be benefited from public transportation?
What need to be done to improve the transports in your country? Do you think in the future transports like robot cars will be used?
What will be the advantages? What should the government do to improve the transports?
Do you think we should become more independent of fossil fuels? Is it important for people to have good driving skills? What’s the importance of public transport? What is the importance of teaching traffic rules among school children?

APPRECIATION/ COMMENDATION/ FEEDBACK

Have you got an appreciation recently? Who appreciated you?
What did you do to deserve that? Have you appreciated anyone for their good work? Are feedbacks important to children?
Is it important to shower children with positive feedbacks always? What are benefits of giving feedbacks? When should people be given positive or negative feedbacks? Why are feedbacks important? How do you give feedbacks to adults?
What are advantages of positive feedbacks? What about negative feedbacks? How people take positive feedbacks compared to negative feedbacks? Explain a situation where people give a false positive feedback.

HOSPITALITY

Do you like receiving visitors? Have visits to someone’s home become more formal now? Would you prefer staying at a hotel or a friend’s place in a new city? What services do hotels provide these days? What kind of training should be provided for staff at hotels?
If you plan to stay at a hotel, what kind of facilities do you expect? How important do you think it is for host country to take care of the visitors?

HAPPINESS

POPULARITY/ CELEBRITIES/ RECOGNITION

Do you want to become popular? What make celebrities famous? What does it take to be a popular person? People without talent only stay famous for a very short time don’t you think? Are celebrities good examples for young people? Do popular people have free time to spend for themselves? Are they happy or sad? What types of celebrities are there in your country? What makes some people stay famous for longer time than others? What kind of people are famous in your country?
Why do you think some kids are more popular than others in school? Why are some teachers more popular than others? Do you believe that popular kids have more friends at school? Do you think teachers must be popular? Do children like popular teachers? Why? Is there any disadvantages of being famous?
Why do youngsters follow sports celebrities? What can they learn from them? Are there any differences between sports now and in the past? How important is public recognition? Does everyone want public recognition?

LEADERSHIP

Why do you think some people want to become leader while others want to follow? Why do most people these days try to follow someone rather than lead?
So people will not have a chance to improve and they’ll stay with what they’re born with?

HEALTH/ CLEANLINESS/ STRESS/ FITNESS

Do you think it’s important to live in a clean environment? How can workplace stress be reduced? What are the roles of the government in maintaining a clean environment?
What are some of the things that people in your country do to stay healthy? Do women and men differ in the methods they use to remain healthy? How conscious are people in your country about health? What steps has the government taken to increase their awareness? What form of exercise do people in your country do? How do they aces facilities for exercise? How can their awareness be increased? Is exercise very important for health? How have things changed in terms of health awareness in your country?
Do you think it’s important for children to be taught about taking care of their health? Does the government in your country contribute to improving the health of individuals? How?
What are some of the ways to minimize stress at work among employees? Do males and females use the same fitness options? Is lack of fitness sole responsibility of individuals?
What is the basis for individuals to choose from various fitness options? What is the role of government with respect to people’s health? How will the government identify individuals who are not healthy? How can they help them?

FEELINGS

How do children hide their feelings when they are telling truths or lies? How do you express your feelings?

SCIENCE/ LEARNING

Do you think it’s important to know something new? In which way science has changed in the last decade? Is it hard for old people to learn new knowledge/ skills? Do you think is there any age for learning? What do you say about learning of older generations? Do you think there are any life skills which older population needs to learn? What do you think how importation is it to learn continuously in life? Why?
What role do scientific researches play in our society? How has scientific research benefited our society? Should governments regulate scientific research? Do you think researching is a good or bad thing? How can scientists stop global warming?

ACHIEVEMENTS/ GOALS/ MOTIVATION

What are the world’s most important achievements? Is it necessary to have long term goals in life? Is it okay to stop achieving after experiencing repeated failures?
How can employees be motivated in their job? What can we modify or improve to make employees work better?

CAMERA/ PHOTOGRAPHY

Why has camera become an important feature of mobile phones? Do you think it is essential to have a camera on mobile phones? Do you think it is essential to have a camera on your mobile?
What do you think about digital cameras? Which do you prefer – phone camera or digital camera? What are the reasons why everyone is a natural photographer nowadays? Do we need professional photographers nowadays?
What should news reporters consider when taking photographs? Is there a need for one to be a professional before he or she can take a good picture? Do you think taking pictures in a new place can reduce the experience that the person ought to have?
Do you like seeing pictures on the screen or pictures printed out? Do you think it is important to print out the pictures? / Do you prefer taking pictures by using a camera or a mobile phone? How will you rate the quality of pictures now and they before?

POLITENESS

What is the difference between politeness and friendliness? Are you generally a polite person? Is it tough to be polite or is it natural? Do you often have to try to be polite? Is it necessary to be polite today?
Are people polite in your country? In your culture, how do people show their politeness? Why do you think people from other countries may or may not be polite to locals? Do you think cultural differences affect politeness?
As a visitor, how polite should a person be? How should we deal with foreigners politely? What’s the difference between being polite at home and outside? Is it important to be polite with family or strangers?
Do you think people tend to be polite when they need something? Why some people prefer to not be polite at home and think it’s okay?
Do you think our politeness is based on your needs? Is it true that one can be polite with others but not friendly with them? Is children’s politeness affected by how rude or polite adults are?

STORYTELLING

Is it good to tell stories to kids? What is the difference between stories 40 years ago and today’s stories? Why do kids prefer watching instead of reading stories?
What kinds of stories do you think is popular among young children? What kinds of stories do you think are popular among adults? Do you think everyone is a natural story teller? Do you think it’s helpful to teach children using stories?

LETTERS

How important are letters? How has letter writing changed over the years? What information can be gained from past letters

HOLIDAYS

What do you think people should prepare before travelling? Why is a good vacation expensive? Do you prefer spending your holidays at home or away from home? What factors influence people when choosing their vacation destinations?
Do you think vacations are necessary for working people? Why? What kinds of benefits do employers get when sending their employees on vacations? Why do some people like to work more than taking a vacation?
As you were talking about rat race among people, how important is it for people to go away from rat race for a vacation? Do different people like different types of vacation? Why do you think so? How different would a young person and an old person want their holiday be like? Can you describe any of your vacations that you like the most? Do you think employees in a company need to go on a vacation? Wouldn’t that be harmful to the company? How would it be beneficial?

TOYS

Do you have many toys? Is it good for children to play with toys?
Why do parents buy lots of toys for their children? What factors should you keep in mind while purchasing toys? What should be considered when choosing toys for children? Do you allow children to buy toys of their choice? / Should children be allowed to choose toys by themselves?
Are there differences between toys for girls and for boys? What are the differences between today’s toys and old toys? Do you think there is a connection between toy industry and cartoon film industry?

HISTORY/ MUSEUMS

Why should people learn history? Why do you think museums are important? Do you believe learning from past events has an effect on our decisions?
Many people think that young people don’t pay attention to history. Why/ why not? How can we encourage younger generations to visit museums? Why is it important to learn from history or failures?
Many people tend to what historical films rather than traveling to historical places. Why/ why not?

TV SHOWS

ZOOS

FASHION

GROUPS

Do you think visiting tourist places is more enjoyable when going with a large group or a small group? If you go in a small group it would help you get to know each other more compared to a large group.
What do you think? Is it more beneficial for an expat to join a group of his national community or their countries’ groups? What are the advantages of joining a group of your nationality?
How can a person learn from doing volunteering works? Do you think small charity aids are better than international aid organizations?
What are the benefits of international aids? What are the impacts of international aids on the relationships between countries? How can international aids be funded through government or private sectors?

VOLUNTEER/ CHARITY

How can a person learn from doing volunteering works? Do you think small charity aids are better than international aid organizations?
What are the benefits of international aids? What are the impacts of international aids on the relationships between countries? How can international aids be funded through government or private sectors? What do you think about voluntary service and paid service? What do you think an organization can do to improve the skills of a voluntary worker?

EVENTS/ CELEBRATIONS

What are the important events in your country? Why is it important to celebrate national events? Tell me about a national event in your country and how you celebrate it?
Do you prefer attending online events or going to events in person? Are there any national events celebrated in your country? International celebrations. Tell me about an international event happening in your country? What benefits has it given to the country? Why don’t you think that the technology can be a good platform to attend an international event rather be present there?
How do people celebrate events in your country? How were they celebrated in the past? What do people do during national holidays? Do people prefer to enjoy by making noises or not during these holidays? Don’t you think that the government is wasting money on such even instead of spending it on education and health?

OCEANS AND RIVERS

What is the importance of rivers and oceans? Why oceans haven’t been exploited the way they should be?
What types of employment can be generated with respect to rivers? What are the advantages of using rivers as a mode of transportation? What are the disadvantages? How are oceans impacted due to human activities?
What are sport activities in rivers? What about swimming activities in rivers? How often do children swim in your country? Should children be taught to swim? What are jobs in rivers?

SOCIAL NETWORKING

What are the advantages of using social networking sites? Are they used for connecting with relatives and friends only or also to connect with unknown people?
Can you tell me about an event when people in your country meet? When people in your country meet, what do they usually do? Do you think it’s a good idea to know a new person when you are in a large group of people?

HELPING

Do people help each other now compared to the past?
What can parents do so that their children help each other?

TEACHING

Do you like to teach teenagers? How can teenagers teach people? Do you think teenagers are good teachers of technology as compared to teachers of other age groups?
To whom do you usually teach? What are the qualities of a good teacher? What are the skills that take a long time to learn? Why? Why is it difficult and takes a long time to learn a foreign language?
Is it better to explain things through practice or theory? Do you think schools should teach students through more practice? What are the things youngsters can teach elderly people?

INTERNATIONAL

Do you think it’s important to be employed by a multi-national company? Do you think brand is important? Do you think international brands are important? Do you think that the country and people of famous international brands benefit from them?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of working for international companies? What are the advantages of having international companies in the communities? Why do you think brands become more popular these days? Do you think foreigners are valued more than locals in workplaces?
Have you lived in a different country? Do you think that is important to know the culture and traditions of a different country before visiting? Is it important to know/read about a country before visiting? Is it important to know people before visiting a country? Is it important to make friends from other countries? What benefits can you get from going to another country? Do you know many people from other countries? Is culture a barrier to relationships? Does making friends from different country help you learn about their country’s culture? Some people just go to country without reading about it, what are the pros and cons of that?
Do you think international games are important? Do sports enhance relationships between countries? How? Do you believe that events such as sport events will help countries cooperate?

MUSIC/ COMMUNICATION/ CULTURE

How often should children listen to music? What benefits do children obtain from listening to music? Why?
Do you think technology has improved music? Why would people post their songs on the internet for free? Do you think getting music from the internet should be free? With the improvement of technology, can everyone make music?
Why are young people fascinated with Western culture? Where traditions should first learned, from home or school? How about young people’s perspective about traditions and culture?

GARDENS

NEWS/ WATCHING TV

News channels only show bad news, why? Why news channels publish bad news more than good news and achievements?
Should children watch animals in zoos or on TV?
How do people usually get news these days? What types of TV shows do people in your country watch? Do they still depend on TV? What kind of people still watch TV programs?
What do you think about educational programs? What do you think about education through TV for children? Should it be made more interesting? Should children watch TV? Are they good? What do you think about using them in schools? Is it a good or bad trend? Can they replace teachers one day?

OLD PEOPLE

What do you like the most about spending time with elders? How do children like to spend time with elders?
Do you think teenagers respect elders in the present world?

LEISURE

Are group leisure activities better than individual ones?
Why do old people not play games like they did in the past?

SPORT

What is your favorite sport? What is the most common sport in your country?
What are the qualities of a good sportsman? Should a sportsman follow a special food system? Is that a good thing in your country to be a sportsman?
Is it easy to discover a child’s talent at an early age?

INSPIRATION

What is your inspiration?
Have you inspired anyone and how?

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