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    Sample interview questions for Task 1 of the intermediate Speaking Test

    1 Personal information and family

    • What have been the best moments of your life so far?


    • Could you tell me about your family?
    • Would you rather be an only child or have brothers and sisters? Why?
    • How often and on what occasions do you see your relatives?
    • Could you tell me about your favourite relative?
    • What kind of family would you like to have in the future?
    • How do you share housework in your family?
    • Do you think children should help with the housework? Why and how? / Why not?
    • What are some of the things that your family usually do together?
    • How are weekdays different from weekends in your family’s life?
    • What are your plans for the future?

    2 Man and Society

    • What are you like as a person?


    • Could you tell me about your best friend?
    • What is important about a friend for you?
    • What family occasions do you celebrate in your family and how?
    • How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
    • What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
    • Do you try to follow the latest fashion? How? / Why not?
    • Could you tell me about the shopping habits in your family?
    • Do you prefer shopping in a small shop or a big supermarket/hypermarket/shopping mall?
    Why?
    • What kind of people do you like to spend time together with?

    3 Our Environment

    • Could you describe the area where you live?


    • Would you rather live in a big city or in the country? Why?
    • Could you describe your house/flat and the rooms in it?
    • Which is your favourite place at home and why?
    • Could you describe the home you would like to have in the future?
    • What do you and your family do to protect the environment?
    • What kind of weather do you like the most/the least? Why?
    • Which season of the year do you like best/the least? Why?

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    4 School

    • Why did you choose to study in this school?


    • What do you like most about your school?
    • What are some of the things you would change about your school?
    • What are your favourite subjects/lessons at school and why?
    • What is an ideal teacher like for you?
    • What are some of the best memories of your school years?
    • What do you think? How can you use your English in the future?
    • How is it best to learn English? What has worked for you? Why?
    • What do you like most about learning languages?

    5 Work

    • Could you tell me about the job you would like to have in the future?
    • Would you like to be self-employed or an employee? Why?
    • Have you ever had a summer job? If yes: Could you tell me about it? / If no: Would you
    like to have one this summer? Why/Why not?

    6 Life-style

    • What is an ordinary week-day of yours like?


    • How are your week-days different from weekends and holidays?
    • How do you think your days will be different after leaving secondary school?
    • How healthy is your life-style? What should you do differently?
    • What do you normally have for your breakfast / lunch / dinner?
    • How healthy is your diet? Why do you think so?
    • What does your family usually eat and drink on special occasions (e.g. Christmas, Easter,
    birthdays)?
    • Where do you like to eat? Why?
    • Do you prefer traditional restaurants or fast-food places? Why?
    • Could you tell me about an illness you have had?
    • Have you or someone in your family ever had an accident? If, yes, tell me about it.

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    7 Free-time and entertainment

    • How do you try to keep fit?


    • How important is sport in your family?
    • What sports are you interested in? Why?
    • What do you like doing in your free-time?
    • Could you tell me about a film you have seen recently?
    • Could you tell me about your family’s TV viewing habits?
    • What are your favourite TV programmes and why?
    • Which do you prefer: watching a film on TV/on video or watching a film in the cinema?
    Why?
    • What are your favourite places for going out?
    • What does music mean to you?
    • Tell me what you read. Where and how often do you read that/those?

    8 Travelling

    • What’s your favourite means of transport and why?


    • What do you think of the traffic in your area/town? How would you improve it?
    • Could you give me directions to the nearest shop/your home from here, please?
    • Could you tell me about a holiday you enjoyed a lot?
    • What kind of holiday do you prefer and why?
    • What kind of accommodation and what way of travelling do you prefer when you go on
    holiday? Why?
    • What do you like doing when you are on holiday?
    • Could you tell me about your dream holiday?
    • How do you prepare for a holiday?

    9 Science and technology

    • How do you think our life is easier nowadays than it was in the past?
    • How do technological devices make your family’s life easier?
    • What technological devices would you not like to live without? Why?

    © 2005 EXAMINATIONS REFORM TEACHER SUPPORT PROJECT, BRITISH COUNCIL HUNGARY

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