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In the first part of the exam, the interviewer will ask you and your partner several questions
about everyday topics. Here is a list of questions arranged by topic:
Sports
Leisure
Entertainment
Daily life
FREE TIME
1. Do you have enough free time?
2. Do you have free time on Sundays?
3. Do you have much free time during the day?
4. Do you have much free time in the evenings?
5. Do you have much free time in the mornings?
6. Do you like to watch movies? (...like to play tennis, ...)
Hobbies
33. Do you have a hobby?
34. What are your hobbies?
35. How long have you had your hobby?
36. Which hobbies are the most expensive?
37. Which hobbies are the cheapest?
38. Which hobbies cost nothing at all?
39. Which hobbies are the most popular in your country?
40. Is hunting a hobby or a sport in your country?
41. Which hobbies are the most popular with women in your country? With men?
42. Did you have any hobbies when you were a child?
43. Can you think of any hobbies which are popular with children and adults?
44. Do you think a hobby is different from a sport?
1. How old were you when you went on your first flight? Where did you go?
2. Do you like to travel by airplane?
3. What was the longest flight you have ever taken?
4. What seat do you prefer: window, center or aisle?
5. What are three things you're supposed to do before the flight takes off?
6. What do you like to do during the flight?
Does the plane provide anything to do to pass the time?
7. What are some movies you remember seeing on the plane?
8. What do you do when you experience turbulence?
9. Have you ever met anyone or established any relationships during a flight?
10. What should be done with obese people who practically take up two seats?
11. Can you sleep during the flight?
12. Have you ever seen a female pilot?
Why do you think that most pilots are men?
13. Would you like to be a flight attendant?
What are the benefits and /or downfalls?
14. Are most flight attendants female?
Is being a flight attendant considered a good job in your country?
What do you think are the qualifications?
15. Are planes really safer than cars? ( A British study shows that flying is 176 times safer than
walking, 15 times safer than driving and 300 times safer than a motorbike.)
16. Would you rather have a younger, more beautiful/handsome flight attendant or an older,
more experienced one?
17. What are the advantages of traveling by airplane?
What are the disadvantages?
18. Do you know someone who is afraid of flying in an airplane?
19. What questions should you ask when buying airplane tickets?
20. What is a group rate?
21. What is a charter flight?
22. What arrangements should you make for pick-up at the airport?
23. What things can you see in an airport?
24. What questions do they ask you when you check-in at the airport?
25. What questions do they ask you when going through immigration and customs at the
airport?
26. Have you ever seen an airplane crash?
27. Have you ever seen terrorists on the plane?
28. Have you ever met an annoying person during a flight?
29. Have you ever had an accident during a flight?
30. Have you ever work as a flight attendant?
31. Do you only fly one airline?
32. Do you think budget airlines are safe?
33. Do you like to fly? Why or why not?
34. What is the smallest airplane you have ever been on? How small was it?
Conversation Questions
Planning a Party
1. Where would you like to have the party?
2. Who is the party for?
3. Why are you throwing this party?
4. What kind of people go to parties? Obligatory guests? Guests of honor?
5. What are some ways of describing guests at a party?
6. What are some parties that you are expected to bring gifts?
7. Who will you invite?
8. Will you send out invitations?
9. What do you need to think about if you are having a BBQ party outside?
10. What time do you like for parties to start or to end?
11. Do you like going to parties with a date or by yourself?
12. What kind of decisions do you need to make when you plan a party?
13. Do you enjoy hosting parties at your house?
14. What are the characteristics of a good host?
If you go to a restaurant
and the waiter brings Do you like small
you the wrong order, children? Why?
what will you do?
In most countries,
women live longer than Are you afraid of
men. Why do you think getting old?
this is?
people.
What kind of
Describe your country’s
personality is good to
flag.
have in a friend?
better or worse?
Do you like to
What’s the worst injury
exercise? What do you
you’ve ever received?
do for exercise?
Do you prefer
Describe the landscape
mountains or beaches?
in your country?
Why?
Why do people
How do you stop the
immigrate to other
hiccups?
countries?
at first sight”?
If a classmate asked
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you for an answer to a
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you say?
would you do?
COMPUTERS
1. Are you computer literate?
2. Are you connected to the Internet?
a. Do you access the Internet with your computer?
b. Can you access the Internet from your home?
c. What is your favorite "news" site?
d. What Internet sites do you visit regularly?
3. Can your mother and father use a computer?
4. Do you have a computer?
a. Do you have a computer at work and at home?
b. Do you have a laptop or a desktop computer? Do you have both?
c. Do you use your computer when you do homework for school?
d. Have you ever studied English using your computer?
e. How many times have you upgraded your computer?
f. How powerful is your computer?
g. What company made your computer?
h. What kind of computer do you have?
i. What size is your computer screen?
i. What do you think is the best size to have?
j. Where do you use your computer?
k. Where in your room is your computer?
l. Why did you buy your computer?
5. Do you have a digital camera?
a. Do you send photos by email?
b. What kind of pictures do you take with your digital camera?
6. Do you have a scanner?
a. What kind of scanner do you have?
7. Do you have a web page?
a. What's the URL?
b. When did you start it?
c. How much time did it take to make?
d. How much time do you spend keeping it updated?
8. Do you know any computer programming languages?
a. How many computer programming languages do you know?
b. Which languages do you know?
c. Which language do you use the most often?
9. Do you read computer magazines?
a. Which computer magazines do you read?
10. Do you use a computer?
a. Are you good at using a computer?
b. Are you still using your first computer?
c. Did you learn to use a computer in high school?
EDUCATION
1. Where did you go to kindergarten?
2. Where did you go to elementary school?
3. Where did you go to junior high school?
4. Where did you go to high school?
5. Did you go to college or university?
o Where did you go?
o What did you study?
o How many years did you go?
o Did you work while you went there?
6. Did you enjoy going to elementary school?
7. Does your country have middle schools?
o What is the age that children begin school?
o How old are students they when they graduate?
8. Did you go to a good high school?
9. What do you remember about your teachers?
o Who was your favorite teacher?
o What teacher impressed you the most?
o Do you still stay in touch with your teachers?
o Did you have any teachers you didn't like?
10. How many students were in your high school?
11. Describe the students who attended your high school.
o Did they have a good influence on you?
o Did they make your childhood and teenage years harder or easier?
12. Did you make friends in high school that you still keep in touch with?
13. What subjects were you good at?
14. What subjects were you bad at?
15. Did you study a foreign language in school? Was it taught well?
16. Do you know anyone who attended a private school? Do private schools offer higher
quality education or are they just prestigious?
58. Can parents influence their children's schools? What can a parent do if he or she
disapproves of a teacher's decision?
59. Do children have a right to an education? Should education be free?
60. Does your country provide a good public school system?
61. What improvements does the school system need?
62. Do you think your country should spend more money on schools?
63. If a school gets more money, will the quality of education always improve?
64. What would happen if public schools were abolished? Could children still get an
education?
65. Once you graduate from a university should you stop learning?
66. What are some ways a person can continue to learn?
67. Would you ever vote for a politician who did not attend college?
68. What realistic changes would you make to your country's attitude toward education?
69. Why do students cheat during tests and exams? How do they cheat?
70. What is your attitude towards cheating? How should parents react? How should teachers
react?
71. Where do we learn the skills necessary to become a good student - in elementary,
middle or high school?
72. Should people go straight from school to a university, or do something different?
73. What is a "genius"?
74. Do teachers sometimes teach things that are not important?
75. Are there things your school does not teach that you think it should?
76. Are school uniforms good to have? Why or why not?
77. Would you ever want to learn a third language?
78. How important is curiosity in a student?
79. Can you teach someone who has no desire to learn?
80. What do you think about a gap year, is this something you would consider?
81. Should people go straight from school to University, or do something different?
82. Do you think it is necessary that there are windows in the classroom to provide for a
proper learning atmosphere?
83. What do you wish your teachers understood about you?
84. Do you think a person can become a genius, or are they just born that way?
85. What do you consider to be a "smart" or "slow" person?
86. Are things your school teaches that you think are not important?
87. Are school uniforms good to have? Why/why not?
88. Do prefer school uniforms or casuals better?
89. Would you ever want to learn a third language? [To be "trilingual"]
90. What do you consider "hardworking" or 'lazy"?
91. What is the role of schools in society?
92. Do you enjoy going to school? If so, why if not why?
93. What does your education mean to you?
94. What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of state and private schools are?
95. Are foreign languages part of the curriculum? If so, which languages?
96. Are most schools coeducational in your country?
97. Are there any subjects/classes you wanted to study but they weren't available at your
school/college?
98. Do you have difficulty with school work?
99. Do you think teachers are paid enough?
100. Do you think your school is a good one? Why/why not?
101. Do you think your teachers give too much homework?
IMMIGRATION
1. Why do people immigrate to other countries?
2. Is immigration from one country to another a problem? In what ways do you see it as a
problem?
3. Do you know any immigrants?
4. Do you think that immigrants are treated well in in most countries?
5. Do you think there is a relation between immigration and crime?
6. Should any government limit the number of immigrants entering the country? What would
be a good number?
7. Is local culture threatened by immigration?
8. How far should immigrants retain their culture?
UNEMPLOYMENT
1. Is unemployment a great problem where you live now?
o Do you know people who have lost their jobs recently?
2. What do you think the role of the government is in regulating the unemployment situation
in this country?
o How should the government help people who have lost their jobs?
3. When is the best time for a person to start looking for a job?
o Is it better to start job hunting while you are still studying and try to combine your
studies with work?
4. Can you remember what was your very first job? Can you tell us about it?
5. Do you think that at universities students get enough knowledge and practice to have no
difficulties when starting to work for some company?
o What should young people do to have enough qualification after graduation?
6. What are the most efficient ways to look for a job?
o Friends?
o The Internet?
o Newspapers?
7. How do you behave at a job interview to produce a favorable impression on the
employer?
8. Do you feel nervous or relaxed and confident at job interviews?
o Share your experiences.
9. What are some questions you have been asked in an interview?
o Have you ever been asked some questions which seemed really strange and
o funny to you?
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