Exam Situations

№1 Family 

1.  Let’s talk about family. What role does it play in each person’s life? 

2.  Are there any things that you do with your parents together? 

3.  What will you ask your British friend about his/her family? 

4.  What can you advise a person who wants to have a close and happy family? 

5.  Nowadays an average family has one child. 
From your point of view  how many children should there be in a family? 

№2 Family Traditions 

1.  Let’s talk about your family and family traditions. 

Do you have your own family traditions? 

2.  Are there any family traditions that you follow? 

3.  What will you ask a British teenage about his/her family traditions? 

4.  Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British friend? 

5.  Do you think it’s important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why? 

№3 Family Relationships 

1.  Let’s talk about family relationships. What can you tell us about your family?

 Do you get on well with your parents? What is your family for you? 

2.  Are there any things that you do with your parents together? 

3.  What will you ask your British friend about his/her family relationships? 

4.  What can you advise a person who wants to have a close and happy family? 

5.  They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other

 because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem? 

№4 Friendship and Relationships with Friends 

1.  Let’s talk about friendship. How important is friendship for you?  

2.  Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)? 

3.  What question can help you to understand if people are close friends or not? 

4.  What can you advise a teenager who doesn’t want to go to school because of bullying? 

5.  Nowadays teenagers have got up to 300 friends in Contact. What do you think about it? 

№5 Education 

1.  Let’s talk about Belarusian system of education. At what age do Belarusian

schoolchildren start and finish school? How long does a school year last? 

Do you take any exams? 

2.  Do you agree that schoolchildren must wear a school uniform? Why (not)?

3.  Ask me what problems I had when I was a student? 

4.  What would you advise a British teenager to do to prepare for an examination well? 

5.  Do you agree that having a good education is very important? 

№6 Studying at School 

1.  What can you tell me about your school? 

2.  Does your school differ from any other school you know? 

3.  Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil. 

4.  What would you advise a British teenager to do to prepare for an examination well? 

5.  Do you agree that having a good education is very important? 

№7 School Traditions 

1.  What can you tell me about your school traditions?

2.  Does your school have any special traditions? 

3.  Ask me about my school life. 

4.  Which school club would you advise your classmate to join? 

5.  Today some young people think that having a good education is very important. 

Do you agree with them? 

№8 Choosing a Career 

1.  Let’s talk about your future career. What kind of job would you like to have in future? 

2.  Do you want to have a part-time job, when you are a student? Why (not)? 

3.  What questions will you ask your future employer about your future job? 

4.  Give me some advice on how to behave at a job interview to create a positive 

impression on the employer. 

5.  Some people think that it is necessary to have good communication skills in order 

to get a good job. Do you agree with this? 

№9 Life in the City and in the Country 

1.  Let’s talk about life in the city and in the country. Where would you like to live? 

2.  Does the place where a person lives reflect his/her personality? Why (not)? 

3.  Your family is going to move. What questions will you ask your parents about 

your new flat/house? 

4.  Your friend doesn’t know what to choose: live in a city or in the country. 

Give him/her some advice. 

5.  They say that living in the country is better than living in a city. 

What do you think about this? 

№10 Types of Houses 

1.  Let’s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house /flat you live in. 

2.  Does the place where a person lives reflect his/her personality? Why (not)? 

3.  Your family is going to move.  What questions will you ask your parents about

 your new flat/house? 

4.  Your relative wants to decorate his/her flat. Give him/her some advice

 on how to furnish it. 

5.  What type of house would you prefer to live in. 

№11 Belarusian National Cuisine 

1.  Now let’s talk about food. What can you tell me about eating habits in Belarus? 

2.  Do you like cooking? Why (not)? 

3.  What questions will you ask a waiter when you are ordering a meal in café? 

4.  What national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus? 

5.  Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. 

What do you think about it? 

№12 Cuisine of an English-Speaking Country 

1.  Now let’s talk about food. What do people eat in Britain? 

2.  Do you know any British national dishes? 

3.  What questions will you ask a friend who has invited you to pot-luck parties? 

4.  What national dishes would you recommend a Belarussian to taste in Britain? 

5.  Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. 

What do you think about it?

№13 Shopping 

1.  Is Minsk a shopper paradise? Why (not)?
2.  Are you a shopaholic?
3.  What questions will you ask a shop assistant to help you to help you to choose a purchase?
4.  Advise me on how to make my own budget.
5.  Parents usually give pocket money to their children. 

How do you usually spend your pocket money?

№14 Leisure Time 

1.  Let’s talk about your hobbies. What do you like doing in your free time?

2.  Do you find it useful to read books? Why (not)?

3.  What questions can you ask a British friend about his/her free time?

4.  Give me some advice on what to do in my free time?

5.  Do you think it is possible to enjoy yourself without spending much money?

№15 Customs and Traditions 

1.  Now let’s talk about customs and traditions. 

What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Belarus?

2.  Are you proud of your national holidays and traditions?

3.  What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday celebration?

4.  What good manners will you recommend a British tourist to follow in Belarus?

5.  Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why?

№16 Customs and Traditions of an English-Speaking Country 

1.  Now let’s talk about customs and traditions. 

What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?

2.  Would you like to take part in a holiday celebration? Why?

3.  What questions can you ask a British teenager about his/her birthday celebration?

4.  What good manners will you recommend a British tourist to follow in Belarus?

5.  Do you think it is easy to organize a pot-luck party?

№17  Means of Communication 

1.  Let’s talk about mass media: TV, newspapers, radio. 

Which of these does your family like?

2.  Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?

3.  What questions will you ask people who live without a TV set, computer or radio?

4.  Unfortunately, I don’t have enough time to surf the net, but I’d like to do it.

 Which sites would you recommend visiting?

5.  Can the internet replace all the other means of mass media?

 What is your point of view?

№18 Healthy Way of Life 

1.  Let’s talk about sport and a healthy way of life. 

What steps do you follow to stay healthy?

2.  Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?

3.  What questions will you ask a person who keeps to a slimming diet?

4.  What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?

5.  Why is a balanced diet important for your health?

№19 Sport 

1.  Let’s talk about sport and a healthy way of life. What steps do you follow to stay healthy?

2.  Does smoking lead to serious health problems? What are they?

3.  What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?

4.  What can you advise a person who doesn’t know what kind of sport to take up?

5.  What benefits does sport lead to? What should you do to be fit?

№20. Fashion 

1.  Let’s  talk about clothes and fashion. What clothes do you prefer to wear in different situations?

2.  Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?

3.  What questions can you ask a shop assistant in a big shop?

4.  What would you advise your friend who wants to buy some new clothes?

5.  What do you do when you want to buy some new clothes?

№21. Travelling. Tourism 

1.  Let’s talk about travelling. Do you like travelling? Why?

2.  It there any means of transport you prefer? Why?

3.  What questions would you ask a tour quide on a tour of London?

4.  You’ve visited some foreign countries. Which of them did you like most and would 

recommend your friend to visit?

5.  Today people are tired of exotic countries and prefer to spend holidays in the countryside 

in Belarus. What can attract people to it?

№22 Environment 

1.  Now let’s talk about environment. People say that our planet is in

danger. Do you share this opinion?

2.  Do you think people should protect the environment?

3.  What questions would you ask an ecologist?

4.  Give your friend a piece of advice how to protect the environment he (she) lives in.

5.  What "green” events do the pupils of our gymnasium take part in?

№23. Weather and climate

1.  Now let’s talk about weather and climate. What is happening to weather and climate 

nowadays?

2.  Are you weather dependent?

3.  What questions would you ask a meteorologist?

4.  What can you advise a person who wants to become a meteorologist?

 5.  They say there’s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What do you think about it?

№24. The Republic of Belarus

1.  Let’s talk about Belarus. What do you know about our country?

2.  Do you know any places that belong to our cultural heritage?

3.  What questions about Belarus do you expect  to gear from a British teenager?

4.  What Belarusian festivals would you advise a foreigner to attend?

5.  They say that the Belarusian language is losing popularity. Do you agree with this? Why (not)?

№25. Great Britain

1.  Let’s talk about Britain. What do you know about this country?

2.  Do you know any state symbols of Great Britain?

3.  What would you ask a British teenager about national holidays in Britain?

4.  Give me a piece of advice on what sights to see in London.

5.  They say it’s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular

all over the world. What is your opinion?