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Proba orală – SPEAKING

1. Describe your best summer holiday.

2. Describe a famous tourist attraction in your country.

3. Describe your favourite film/pop star; give details about his/her physical appearance, character, lifestyle,
important events in his/her career.

4. Describe your ideal town/home.

5. Describe a place that exists only in your imagination.

6. Describe an outdoor place that you know well.

7. Describe some of your favourite places in your hometown.

8. Talk about your best memory from school.

9. Talk about a bad experience you had on holiday.

10. Talk about a personal experience that had a great impact upon your life.

11. Speak about what you do to keep fit and healthy.

12. Talk about hobbies and the benefits people can get from them.

13. Talk about the best holiday you have ever had.

14. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being famous?

15. What are the advantages and disadvantages of knowing a foreign language?

16. What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online?

17. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city?

18. What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets?

19. Some people like living in a house, while others prefer an apartment. Are there more advantages than
disadvantages to living in a house rather than in an apartment?
20. Some people say that computer games are a waste of time. What is your opinion? Support your opinion
by using specific reasons and details.

21. Students should not be allowed to have mobile phones at school. What is your opinion? Support your
opinion by using specific reasons and details.

22. Some people say eating meat is wrong. What is your opinion? Support your opinion by using
specific reasons and details.

23. In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea?
Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

24. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside?
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Proba orală – SPEAKING
Clasa a X-a

1. Describe a well-known person you admire.

2. Describe a famous person that you would like to meet.

3. Describe a festival you attended.

4. Speak about an important tradition in your country referring to its significance, preparations, activities and
your feelings related to it.

5. Speak about a book you have recently read. Include information about plot, characters, significance and
your overall impression about it.

6. Speak about a film you have recently watched. Include information about plot, actors, acting and your
overall impression about it.

7. Talk about your favourite TV show.

8. What are the pros and cons of using electronic books?

9. Will modern technology such as the internet ever replace the book or the written word as the main
source of information? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

10. What are the pros and cons of being a vegetarian?

11. What are the pros and cons of using mobile phones?

12. What are the pros and cons of living/studying abroad?

13. Give arguments for and against keeping animals in zoos.

14. Express your opinion about teenagers’ problems nowadays. Do you share any of them?

15. Express your opinion on the influence of television on people’s lives. Support your opinion by using
specific reasons and details.
16. Express your opinion on this statement: Students should not be allowed to have phones at school.
Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

17. What is your opinion on social networks? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

18. Some people say that humans are too dependent on computers. What is your opinion? Support your
opinion by using specific reasons and details.

19. Some people say that learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. What is
your opinion? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

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Clasa a XI-a

1. Describe the process of preparing for a holiday.

2. Describe and comment on the latest piece of news you have read/watched.

3. Can money buy us happiness? Express your opinion and bring arguments to support your answer.

4. What does advertising mean to you: information or manipulation? Give arguments to support your ideas.

5. It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. What is your opinion? Use specific
reasons and examples.

6. Some people say that homework should be banned. What is your opinion? Support your opinion by using
specific reasons and details.

7. Some people say that the damage caused to the environment is irreversible. What is your opinion on that?
Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

8. Some people say that tourism does more harm than good. What is your opinion? Support your opinion by
using specific reasons and details.

9. People have different ways of escaping the stress and difficulties of modern life. Some read; some
exercise; others work in their gardens. What do you think are the best ways of reducing stress? Use specific
details and examples in your answer.

10. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Games are as important for adults as they are
for children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

11. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific
reasons and examples to support your opinion.

12. Do you agree or disagree that progress is always good? Use specific reasons and examples to support
your opinion.

13. Give arguments for and against having tests in schools.

14. Give arguments for and against studying abroad.

Proba orală – SPEAKING

Clasa a XII-a

1. Describe a cultural event you have recently attended.

2. Bring arguments for and against globalization.

3. Are social networking sites good for our society? Give your opinion.

4. Is book learning or experience more significant in a person’s life? Why? Give arguments to support your

ideas.

5. Bring arguments for and against teaching art in schools.

6. Speak about the causes and effects of drug addiction. Why do you think people become so easily addicted

to something nowadays? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

7. Do movies/sports stars have a responsibility to be good role models? Why or why not? Support your

opinion by using specific reasons and details.

8. In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and

details to develop your ideas.

9. Should tests be banned in schools? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.

10. Do schools provide students with enough opportunities to be creative? Support your opinion by using

specific reasons and details.

11. How necessary is a university education? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.
12. What causes students to not be able to manage their time well? Support your opinion by using specific

reasons and details.