1 TOPIC: Personal identification and characteristics and family • Can you describe a member of your family? • What do you like most about your best friend? Why?Tell me more about it. • Would you change anything about your appearancethe way you look? WhyWhy not? • Are you going to study at university after you graduate? Tell me more about it.Why not? • Have you ever done anything your parents did not likewere really proud of? Tell me about it.Why not? • What would you do if you wanted to make your friend happycheer your friend up? Now, tell me about your family. Who are the members of your family? What do they like doing? What do your parents do? Are you interested in their work? Do you keep in touch with your distant relatives? Why?Why not? 2 TOPIC: Family and family activities • Who are you closest to from your family? Who do you like most from your family? Why? • Do you meet your distant relatives? On what occasion? Tell me about it. Why not? • Which family celebration is your favourite one? Why? Tell me about it. • How much time did you spend at your grandparents’ when you were a small child? Tell me about it.Why not? • Would you change anything about your parents’ behaviour? Why?Why not? • What should your future family look like? Tell me about it. Now, tell me about how you spend the weekends with your family. Do you spend a lot of time with your family? Why?Why not? Have your common activities changed since you were a child? How? Do you have the same interests as your parentsyour brothersyour sisters? Tell me more about it. 3 TOPIC: Housing and living – hometown and its surroundings • What does the place where you live look like? • Which room in your houseflat do you like the most? Why? • How do you spend your free time at home? • Would you change anything about your room? What?Why not? • Have you ever invited your friends to your home? On what occasion?Why not? • Where would you like to live in the future? Why?
1 TOPIC: Personal identification and characteristics and family • Can you describe a member of your family? • What you like most about your best friend? Why?/Tell me more about it • Would you change anything about your appearance/the way you look? Why/Why not? • Are you going to study at university after you graduate? Tell me more about it./Why not? • Have you ever done anything your parents did not like/were really proud of? Tell me about it./Why not? • What would you if you wanted to make your friend happy/cheer your friend up? Now, tell me about your family Who are the members of your family? What they like doing? What your parents do? Are you interested in their work? Do you keep in touch with your distant relatives? Why?/Why not? • • • • • • TOPIC: Family and family activities Who are you closest to from your family? / Who you like most from your family? Why? Do you meet your distant relatives? On what occasion? Tell me about it / Why not? Which family celebration is your favourite one? Why? / Tell me about it How much time did you spend at your grandparents’ when you were a small child? Tell me about it./Why not? Would you change anything about your parents’ behaviour? Why?/Why not? What should your future family look like? Tell me about it Now, tell me about how you spend the weekends with your family Do you spend a lot of time with your family? Why?/Why not? Have your common activities changed since you were a child? How? Do you have the same interests as your parents/your brothers/your sisters? Tell me more about it TOPIC: Housing and living – hometown and its surroundings • What does the place where you live look like? • Which room in your house/flat you like the most? Why? • How you spend your free time at home? • Would you change anything about your room? What?/Why not? • Have you ever invited your friends to your home? On what occasion?/Why not? • Where would you like to live in the future? Why? Now, tell me about your room Do you share your room with anybody? Do you like it? Why/Why not? What furniture/equipment you have in your room? Where is it? How much time you spend in your room? What activities you there? TOPIC: Housing and living – housing, household, household chores • Can you describe your flat to me? • What the surroundings/does the neighbourhood of your home look like? • What relationship you have with your neighbours? Tell me about it • Would you like to live in a village/in a big city? Why?/Why not? • Should teenagers have household chores? Why?/Why not? • If you could live in any home from a famous TV series, which would it be? Why? Now, tell me about the household chores in your family Are there any chores you have to do? Tell me more about it./Why not? What about the other members of your family? What chores they have? What is your least favourite housework? Why? / What housework you not mind doing? Why? TOPIC: Everyday life • What you usually in the mornings? Tell me something about it • Where you usually spend your evenings? Why? • How your weekdays differ from your weekends? Tell me something about it • Have you ever had to any housework you don’t like/dislike? Tell me something about it./Why not? • Should students study every day? Why/not? • If you had the chance, what would you change about your daily routine? Why? Now, tell me about your typical weekday When does it usually start? What you in the morning? How you travel to school? What you in the afternoon/in the evening? TOPIC: Education • What is your favourite subject at school? Why? • What you like most about your school? Tell me more about it • Did you enjoy your graduation ball? Why?/Why not? • In your opinion, will traditional schools be replaced by online studies/by computers? Why?/Why not? • Should students in Czech schools wear uniforms? Why?/Why not? • If you could study anything you like, what would you choose? Why? Now, tell me about your typical English lesson How often you have English lessons per week? Do you think it is enough? What are the activities you during the lessons? Tell me more about them / Which you like most? What you find the most difficult about learning English? Why? TOPIC: Education and society • What you like most about your school? Tell me about it • Did you go to a nursery school/kindergarten? Tell me about it / Why not? • What is your typical school day like? Tell me about it • Do you prefer to study languages or other subjects? Why? • Would you like to study abroad at some point? Why?/Why not? • In your opinion, what will change at schools in the future? Tell me about it Now, tell me about your school Where is it? What subjects you study there?/What is your favourite/least favourite subject? Why? What would you like to change about your school? TOPIC: Free time and entertainment – sport • Do you any sport? Tell me more about it / Why not? • Did you like your P.E lessons at school? Why?/Why not? • Should everybody sports? Why?/Why not? • What you think about adrenaline sports? • Would you like to become a professional sportsman/sportswoman? Why?/Why not? • What would you if someone got injured during a sport activity? Now, tell me about your sport activities How often you sport? With whom? What equipment you need? Do you prefer individual or team sports? Why? TOPIC: Free time and entertainment – culture and arts • Do you like going to the cinema? Why?/Why not? • Do you prefer seeing a film in the original language with subtitles or its Czech version? Why? • In your opinion, what is better: seeing a film or reading a book? Why? • What was the best/worst film you have ever seen/you have seen recently? Tell me about it • Would you like to meet a famous film star? Whom and why?/Why not? • If you were a film star, what kind of films would you like to play in? Why? Now, tell me about your last visit to a concert or to another cultural event When and where was it? What kind of music was played? Did you like it? Why?/Why not? 10 TOPIC: Free time and entertainment – hobbies, interests, social events • What you like doing in your free time? Tell me about it • Who you spend your free time with? Why?/How? • How are you going to spend next weekend/your summer holidays? • Are there any hobbies/activities you would like to try/learn? Why? • Why is free time important for people? • If you had more free time, what would you like to do? Now, tell me about your favourite free time activity What is it and how often you it? Do you need any special equipment to it? Who you it with? 11 TOPIC: Interpersonal relationships and multicultural society • Where you usually meet your friends? Why?/Tell me more about it • Who is more important to you – your family or your friends? Why? • Is it hard for you to apologize when you make a mistake? Why?/Why not? • Who was your best friend at school? Tell me more about him/her • What things should friends never do? Why? • Who would you invite to your birthday party if you could invite anybody in the world? Why? Now tell me about the activities you with your friends or classmates How often you meet them?/Would you like to meet them more often? Where you usually meet? What you like doing together? 12 TOPIC: Travelling – holidays, trips • How you usually spend your winter holidays? • Do you prefer going on holidays with your friends or your family? Why? • How did you spend your holidays when you were a small child? • What are the advantages/disadvantages of package holidays/travelling on your own? Why? • Should students have less free days/holidays than they have now? Why? Why not? • If you had enough money, which foreign country would you like to visit? Why? Now, tell me about your dream holiday Who would you like to spend it with? Why? Where would you like to go? Why? What activities would you like to do? 13 TOPIC: Travelling and transport • How you travel to school? Tell me about it • What means of transport you like most when travelling on holiday? Why? • What are the advantages/disadvantages of travelling by public transport? • Should everybody have a driving licence nowadays? Why?/Why not? • What has been your longest journey so far? Tell me about it • Would you use public transport more if it was free? Why?/Why not? Now, tell me about the journey to your last winter or summer holiday How did you travel? / What means of transport did you use? Who did you travel with? Was it OK? / How long was the journey? Would you use the same means of transport on your next holiday? Why?/Why not? 14 TOPIC: Health and body care • What you to keep yourself healthy? • Do you read magazines or newspaper articles about health? Why?/Why not? • What would you recommend to someone who has flu? • When were you last ill? Tell me more about it • Would you like to work as a doctor/a nurse? Why?/Why not? • If you saw a car accident, what would you do? Now, tell me about the things or activities you or could to keep fit Do you like the activity, or you it only because it is good for your health? How often you it?/Where?/With whom? Do you anything that is not good for your health? 15 TOPIC: Food and healthy diet • Do you always eat dinner with your family? Why?/Why not? • In your opinion, what food is unhealthy/healthy? Why? • Can you imagine becoming a vegetarian? Why?/Why not? • Should everyone know/learn how to cook? Why?/Why not? • Have you ever been on a diet? Tell me about it?/Why not? • What Czech food/meal would you miss most if you lived abroad? Why? Now, tell me about your last visit to a restaurant Who did you go with? On what occasion? What you usually order when you eat out? Do you have a favourite (kind of) restaurant? Why you like it? 16 TOPIC: Food and drink – gastronomy • Do you prefer to eat out or at home? Why? • What you think about fast food restaurants? • When did you last go to a restaurant? Tell me about it • Would you like to work as a waiter/a waitress/a cook in a restaurant? Why?/Why not? • What shouldn’t you in a restaurant? Why? • Where would you take your friends if you wanted to invite them for a good meal? Why? Now, tell me about your favourite place to eat out Where is it? How can you get there? What kind of food they offer?/What is your favourite dish there? How often/On what occasions you visit it? 17 TOPIC: Shopping and lifestyle • Do you like going shopping? Why/not? • What is your favourite shopping place? Why? • Where you get the money you spend in the shops? Tell me something about it • What was the last thing you bought for someone else? Why/Where did you buy it? • Have you ever bought anything on-line? Tell me something about it./Why not? • Would you buy anything in a second hand shop? Why/not? Now, tell me about the best present you have ever bought for someone Who did you buy it for? Why did you buy it? Where did you buy it? 18 TOPIC: Job and occupation • What is your ideal job? Why?/Tell me more about it • Would you like to have your parents’ job? Why?/Why not? • Which is more important for you: to be paid well or to enjoy your work? Why? • Have you ever had a summer/part-time job? Tell me more about it./Why not? • Should teenagers take a part-time or a summer job? Why?/Why not? • What would you if you couldn’t find work in your field/in your hometown? Now, tell me about your future career What job have you chosen for your future career? Why? Would you like to start working after you graduate or would you like to study more? Why? What skills you need to this job? Why? 19 TOPIC: Services – public transport and means of communication • Do you use public transport? Why?/Why not? • What you think are the advantages/disadvantages of public transport? Why? • What is your best/worst experience travelling by public transport? Tell me about it • Have you ever taken a taxi? Tell me more about it./Why not? • Should public transport in big cities be free? Why?/Why not? • If you could, what would you improve about public transport in your town/city? Why? Now, tell me about how you communicate with your friends or classmates How you usually communicate with your friends? Why? Do you use modern technologies like mobile phones, the internet, etc to communicate? Do you write letters? Why?/Why not? 20 • • • • • • TOPIC: Services and lifestyle Do you often go to the hairdresser’s/ to the post office? Tell me about it./Why not? When you are on holiday in another town or abroad, you like sending postcards? Why?/Why not? Where can tourists exchange money/buy a phone card/stay overnight in your hometown? Tell me about it Have you ever borrowed a book from a library? Tell me about it./Why not? When you went on your last holidays, did you travel with a travel agency? Why?/Why not? If you could change anything about the services in your hometown, what would it be? Now, tell me about the place where you stayed on your last holiday Where was it? / Who did you go with? What did you like/dislike about the place? Why? Would you recommend it to your friends? Why?/Why not? 21 TOPIC: Society and mass media • Do you watch news on TV? Tell me more about it./Why not? • Where you find information when you need it? Why?/Tell me more about it • Have you ever read a magazine in English? Tell me more about it./Why not? • Which modern technology could you not live without? Why? • How did the people in the past spend their evenings without a TV? What you think? • Should TV commercials for cigarettes and alcohol be banned? Why?/Why not? Now, tell me about the type(s) of mass media you use in your daily life Which media you use every day? Why you use them? Which media can you not live without? Why? 22 TOPIC: Society – customs and traditions • What is your favourite (family) celebration/holiday? Tell me about it./Why? • Are you/Is your family interested in/good at keeping traditions? Tell me about it./Why not? • When you were a child, what kind of presents did you like to get? Tell me about it • Do you think giving money instead of buying a real present is a good idea? Why/not? • Should children learn about traditions and customs at school or at home? Why? • Which of your typical traditions or holidays might be surprising for foreigners? Why? Now, tell me about the celebrations or traditions you keep in your family What holidays/special days you celebrate in your family?/What traditions you keep? What is your (least) favourite celebration? Why?/Tell me something about it What food and drinks are typical for this celebration? / Who you celebrate it with? 23 TOPIC: Society – life in today’s society • What do/don’t you like about the place where you live? Why? • In your opinion, what is the greatest invention of the 20th century? Why? • What are you going to after you graduate? • How you think people’s lives will change in 50 years’ time? • Should everyone nowadays have a driving licence? Why?/Why not? • If you could change anything about the life in your hometown, what would it be? Why? Now, tell me about how you and your friends spend your free time Do you have any common hobbies with your friends? Tell me more about them Have you ever done any charity work or helped other people? Tell me about it./Why not? How will you spend your free time after you finish secondary school? 24 TOPIC: Geography and nature • What kind of weather you like the most? Why? • What was the weather like yesterday? • What is your favourite winter activity? Tell me something about it./Why? • What does the typical weather in autumn look like in the Czech Republic? • Do you depend on weather reports/forecasts on TV/on the internet? Why?/Why not? • Which season would you like to cross out from/leave out of the calendar? Why? Now, tell me about your least favourite season of the year What season is it, and why don’t you like it? What type of weather would you prefer instead during this part of the year? Why? What activities you like doing at this time of the year? 25 TOPIC: Geography and nature – environment • Do you/Does your family recycle? Tell me something about it./Why not? • Would you like to learn more about protecting nature at school? Why?/Why not? • When did you last go to the zoo? Tell me about it./If you haven’t been, would you like to? Why/not? • Should people stop driving cars in cities and towns? Why?/Why not? • Do you think the environmental situation will improve/get better in the future? Why?/Why not? • If you had a lot of money, would you give it to an environmental charity? Why/not? Now, tell me about the activities you can personally to help the environment Do you sort out waste? Why not? Do you save water/energy? How? Tell me more about it Have you ever taken part in an event organized by ecology activists? Tell me about it./Why not? ... anything you like, what would you choose? Why? Now, tell me about your typical English lesson How often you have English lessons per week? Do you think it is enough? What are the activities you... me more about them / Which you like most? What you find the most difficult about learning English? Why? TOPIC: Education and society • What you like most about your school? Tell me about it • Did... start? What you in the morning? How you travel to school? What you in the afternoon/in the evening? TOPIC: Education • What is your favourite subject at school? Why? • What you like most about your