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SPEAKING TEST 16 PART I

Let’s talk about your habits

Examiner speaking: What is your typical day like?

- I get up at 7 o’clock then go to work at 7:30 I will be ready at my own desk at about 8 o’clock At 12, I often eat my lunch box prepared from home After finishing work at 5pm, I head home I have dinner with my family at 7 pm Before going to bed at 10 o’clock, I take a shower, watch TV and read my favorite book What a boring day, isn’t it?

Examiner speaking: Do you have any habits that annoy other people?

- I think my habit of keeping the TV volume a bit too loud annoys my family They often shout “turn it down or I’ll break it!” at me

Examiner speaking: What do you usually do when you are upset?

- Sometimes I listen to upbeat music to cheer myself up, but sometimes I like to listening to sad songs that really suits my mood at that time

Examiner speaking: What’s the weather like today?

- Today it’s a bit too cold and windy Elderly people and children can easily get sick these days

Examiner speaking: Do you prefer hot or cold weather? Why?

- I prefer cold weather to hot weather Because in hot weather I feel very uncomfortable I hate sweat Moreover, in winter, my skin becomes prettier I love winter fashion too

Examiner speaking: Could you recommend some activities to do in different kinds

of weather?

- In hot weather, you can go swimming, play beach volleyball, or play in waterparks While in cold weather, you can go to the gymnastics, go jogging and running in the morning You can even go skating

PART II

Situation: A group of people is planning a trip from Thai Nguyen to Ha Giang Could you suggest the best means of transport? Which do you think is the best choice?

There are THREE options for you to choose:

- Train

- Boat

- Coach

The answer: I choose coach because coach is safe, cheap and comfortable The

distance from Thai Nguyen to Ha Giang is about 250 km and it takes about 4.5 hours

or 5 hours to travel Going by coach is relaxing and the cheapest among the three options You can even sightsee through the coach window Moreover, you can reach almost exactly where you want to arrive at by coach because it is easy to travel in roads Travelling by train is noisy and more costly and boats can give you seasickness which is really awful More importantly, you have to take taxies or buses from train station or boat port if you want to reach the place

PART III: TOPIC DEVELOPMENT (~ 5 mins)

Topic: Reading should be encouraged among teenagers

1 What is the difference between the kinds of books read by your parents’

generation and those read by your generation?

2 Do you think that governments should support free books for all

people? 3 In what way can parents help children develop their interest in

reading?

=> Reading is an important skill that all parents need to encourage their children to

master A person who can read well is more likely to perform well in school, graduate from college, and get a higher paying job Obviously, reading expands a child’s vocabulary, introduces them to different writing styles and techniques, requires them

to understand complex ideas, and exposes them to new ideas and knowledge that covers a wide variety of topics

1 What is the difference between the kinds of books read by your parents’ generation and those read by your generation?

Due to different time and circumstances, our parents’ generation and our generation have distinguised kinds of book to read My parents often read books about Vietnamese histories, about Uncle Ho, about how to do proper offerings to the ancestors, while I like reading romantic, detective novels, newspapers on economy, technology, entertainment, celebrities, etc My parents’ generation tends to like Vietnamese traditional things or something in the past while my generation loves books about updated and modern things

2 Do you think that governments should support free books for all people?

Not really I think governments should support free books for poor people in difficulties, for those who can just afford their basic needs For other people, books should not be free because books are of precious intellectual property, people should pay to read and master the knowledge

3 In what way can parents help children develop their interest in reading?

- Parents can provide a good role model by reading themselves and reading often

to their child

- They can provide varied reading materials: some for reading enjoyment and some with information about hobbies and interests, for example, about animals, drawing, cooking, etc

- They can encourage activities that require reading, for example, cooking (reading a recipe), constructing a kite (reading directions), etc

- Establish one evening a week for reading (instead of watching TV)

SPEAKING TEST 17

PART II

Let’s talk about your cooking

Examiner speaking: Who does the cooking in your family?

- Everyday, my mother and I do the cooking in my family

Examiner speaking: Do you think cooking is a task that only women should do?

Why?/ Why not?

- In my opinion, cooking is a task that both men and women should do because the men should help the women cook whenever they are busy in their jobs or assist them for the family’s parties or celebrations

Examiner speaking: Do you like cooking by yourself? Why?/ Why not?

- I strongly like cooking because it helps me to improve my own skills of cooking and I am very glad when I try my best to cook for meals for my family

I think all members in my family are also happy to enjoy them

Now, let’s talk about TV programs

Examiner speaking: What’s the worst TV programs you’ve ever seen?

- I find TV programs very interesting and useful so I think they are not too bad

Examiner speaking: How much TV do you watch every day?

- Because I am very busy in work so I don’t have much time to watch TV I only wacth TV in the evening with my family

Examiner speaking: What are some advantages of watching TV?

- Nowadays, television has become the most popular media of human There are many advantages of watching TV At first, TV programs provide us with useful information about science, nature, society, entertainment, etc Secondly, by watching TV, we can see many things happened all over the world Finally, watching TV helps us relax after strained working hours

PART II: Situation: Your brother is going to hold his wedding He would like you

to give advice on who should be invited Which do you think is the best choice? There are THREE options for you to choose:

- All acquaintances

- Only close people

- Only the ones that invited you to their weddings

The answer: In my opinion, only inviting close people is the best choice for my

brother’s wedding As you can see, the wedding is seemed to be the most important event in life, therefore, inviting close people such as relatives, neighbors or close friends to the wedding has become a general rule The presence of close people will make you happy from their congratulations and they may help you to prepare for your wedding

Two left choices are really unreasonable Inviting all acquaintances may make your family confused Your family can not control the number of guests invited to the party and accommodate them considerately Inviting only the ones that invited you to their wedding makes your wedding no longer significant in the event that you don’t want to invite them for any reason Moreover, there is a bad case that they come to the party as a duty or responsibility when they only give you an envelope with money and come back home

PART III: TOPIC DEVELOPMENT (~ 5 mins)

Examiner speaking

Topic: Too much TV can harm children

- How much TV is enough for children?

- Do you think that governments should limit the programs for children? Why?/ Why not?

- How can parents control what their children watch on TV?

Affect children’s behaviour

=> There are some negative sides of watching TV a lot among children The first point I want to say here is that watching TV can affect children’s behavior Nowadays,

TV programs show a lot of violent scenes that make children tend to imitate their actions and become more aggressive This is very dangerous because the children’s behavior becomes out of control and they can break the laws Moreover, watching TV

a lot can make the chidren’s eyes tired because they have to look at the screen for a long time in a short distance This thing can cause some problems to their eyes Next, the children who spend much time sitting in front of TV become more passive and lazier They rarely move their body parts and they become a coach potato that is one of the main reasons for over weight problems Besides some disadvantages of watching

TV such as affecting children’s behavior, causing eye-diseases or overweight problems, I think watching TV too much result in poor social development Children who watched excessive television as less cooperative, less imaginative, less enthusiastic about learning, and less happy than those who watched little or no TV

1 How much TV is enough for children?

In my opinion, children should spend less than one hour watching TV in their free time

2 Do you think that governments should limit the programs for children? Why?/ Why not?

Government should develop the useful programs that help children develop comprehensively and some entertainment programs should be encourage for relaxing them after strained studying hours Government should limit violent programs that are not good for children because those programs affect their behavior

3 How can parents control what their children watch on TV?

I think there are some ways that help parents control what their children watch on TV The first way is that parents should choose the suitable channels that are appropriate for children’s age and give them the fixed time to watch everyday Moreover, parents should find the ways to lock the bad programs that can have a bad effect on chidren’s development More importantly, parents should create healthy enviroment for chidren

to play and study from the outside world by encouraging them to take part in outdoor activities that make children heathier and more active, dynamic rather than watching

TV at home Finally, parents should give some punishment to chidren if they don’t obey parents’ rules

SPEAKING TEST 18

PART I

1 Let’s talk about money

Examiner speaking: How much did you spend last week?

- As usual, I spend 300,000vnd per week But last week, I had to buy a gift for my mother for her birthday Therefore, the total amount of money I spent last week was 800,000vnd

Examiner speaking: What do you spend most of your money on?

- I spend most of my money on books because I like reading Each month, I use the considerable amount of money to buy some books of my favorite authors

Examiner speaking: Can money buy happiness? Why?/ Why not?

- In my personal opinion, money cannot buy happiness Money can buy things that make us feel good in the short time Money just helps us cover our needs For example, when we are hot and we need an ice cream, we can use money to get it, then we feel happy However, when we don’t feel hot, eating an ice cream will not make us happy anymore

2 Let’s talk about shopping.

Examiner speaking: What is your favorite place to shop?

- I like to go shopping at a small shop near my department because it takes me few minutes to go on foot and it has reasonable prices

Examiner speaking: What was the last thing you bought for someone else? Where

and why did you buy it?

- Last Saturday was my mother’s birthday Because it’s winter, I bought her a wool scarf of a famous brand at the mall It was blue, which was my mother’s favorite color Having seen this gift, she was extremely happy

Examiner speaking: Do you prefer going shopping on your own or going with

other people? Why?

- I tend to go shopping with my friend especially whenever I go to buy clothes We

go window shopping before deciding what we buy She is really an expert in shopping She gave me a lot of useful advice I am very excited to go shopping with her

PART II: Situation: Your brother would like you to give him some advice on how

to lose weight Which do you think is the best choice?

There are THREE options for you to choose:

- Skip meals

- Use drugs

- Exercise regularly

The answer : The best way to lose weight is to exercise regularly Firstly, doing

exercises helps reduce belly fat and strengthen the muscles Moreover, exercises allow more energy released and help us stronger and healthier Jogging or going to the gym every day is the good method

Nowadays, some people often skip their meals or use drugs as the ways to lose weight These are acceptable in a short time because they can have negative influences on our health If people don’t eat any of three meals in a day, they tend to die of eating and therefore they can eat much more in the next meals without control As a result, they become fatter Using drugs can be able to affect negatively to center nervous system and social activities such as low thinking and memory, ineffective work, easy mistake making,… In conclusion, it is necessary to exercise every day to maintain a nice and healthy body

PART III:

Topic: Online shopping is a convenient way for people to buy things

- Have you ever bought something online? Which?

- Do you think that online shopping will be more popular in the future? Why?/ Why not?

- Are there any disadvantages of online shopping?

=> Hello Ms/Mr… Today, it’s my pleasure to be here and talk to you about the topic: online shopping – a convenient way to buy things My talk will be divided into four parts according to four reasons why people like online shopping

People like to buy things through online shops for some reasons Firstly, online shopping helps people save time Instead of walking along the street and going to the many shops to choose the satisfying things, we now just stay at home and select products very fast through online shopping Moreover, there are thousands of products available in the online shops We just go to the website, type key words, then we can see the images and information of products we need Another reason that makes online shopping more popular is competitive price Because of the availability of products in the Internet, shoppers set their prices in the most reasonable way to gain most profit and catch much attention of customers Based on the price set, customers can easily compare the prices of each product and choose the one they prefer Finally, online shop’s owners don’t need to charge rent so the price of products in online shops tend

to be cheaper than that of products bought in the other shop

That’s all of my talk Thank you for listening

1 Have you ever bought something online? Which?

I usually visit online shops to buy clothes, shoes or accessories I am a worker so I don’t have much time to go window shopping

2 Do you think that online shopping will be more popular in the future? Why?/ Why not?

I believe that online shopping will be more popular in the future because of its all advantages Online shopping helps people save time selecting thousands of products and purchase the things at the cheap and reasonable prices

3 Are there any disadvantages of online shopping?

When buying something online, customers only look at the images of products, customers cannot try them before buying So if they decide to buy and this product does not fit, they cannot be repaid money There are a number of unreal online shops When customers buy products online and pay on the credit card, they receive products with lower quality than these they see on advertisement Even worse, they can receive nothing at all Therefore, when buying online, customers should take care of such situations