SPEAKING
PT-SPEAKING 1
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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What / not like / your personality?
What / trendiest item of clothing / ever had?
What / think / best thing / talk about on a first date?
What / remember / your childhood?
What / do if / have a headache?
What / know / first aid?
What kind / weather / think / good for sightseeing?
How / think / the climate / change / by 2030?
/ afraid / of flying? Why (not)?
/ enjoy / taking risks? Why (not)?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if you agree or disagree.
Give reasons.
1 “There are some psychics who really can see the future.”
2 “Crime is rising and the streets are getting more dangerous.”
3 “It is becoming more difficult for people to find the right person to marry.”
3 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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How / your best friend describe you?
How important / clothes to you? Why?
What / do if / have a nosebleed?
How / deal with stress?
What / worst lie / ever tell?
What crimes / in the news recently in your city?
What / do / this time next year?
What kind / weather / think / good for walking in the mountains?
What / most extreme weather conditions / ever experience?
When / last time / cry? Why?
2 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if you agree or disagree.
Give reasons.
1 “Young people shouldn’t be allowed to drive until they are 21.”
2 “Children are at greater risk when playing outside than they were in the past.”
3 “Speed dating is a better way of meeting your future partner than more traditional ways of meeting
people.”
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Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him / her?
PT-SPEAKING 2
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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Which city / most like to visit? Why?
What / do / if / president of your country?
/ rather / work indoors or outdoors? Why?
Which famous person / like / look like? Why?
Which musical instrument / most like / learn how to play?
How / science help us most in the last 100 years?
How often / read your horoscope?
If / work at a newspaper, which job / like to do?
What social problems / your capital city have?
What / most disappointing film / ever see? Why?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if you agree or disagree.
Give reasons.
1 “In our lifetime, newspapers will become a thing of the past.”
2 “If you have to make a speech or presentation, it is best to prepare it very carefully
and work from detailed notes.”
3 “It’s better to live in a city that has good stores than a city that has good museums or
art galleries.”
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Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
1 / ever regret / studying English? Why (not)?
2 What / do / make sure you sleep well?
3 / like / manage a company?
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/ prefer / live abroad or live in your own country? Why?
Which member of your family / look like?
When / listen / music?
How / classical music / make / feel?
How often / watch the news on TV?
Which science / most important in the modern world? Why?
What news stories / find / most depressing?
2 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if you agree or disagree.
Give reasons.
1 “In the future, people will get all of their news from the Internet rather than from TV
or newspapers.”
2 “Advertising should be banned from schools.”
3 “Science is the most important subject in school.”
3 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him / her?
FT-SPEAKING 1
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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How long / study English?
How / relax?
How / feeling / today?
What / earliest memory?
What kind / person / make / a good boss?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“People are usually attracted to someone with a personality similar to their own.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about speed dating. Do you agree with
him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
1 What kind / person / you?
2 Where / best place / go / first date? Why?
3 When / last time / sick? What / the matter?
4 What / your idea / perfect happiness?
5 / you / believe psychics / special powers? Why (not)?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“Speed dating is the best way to meet your future husband or wife.”
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Listen to your partner talking about personality and relationships. Do you agree with him
/ her?
FT-SPEAKING 2
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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What / clothes / like to wear?
What / typical characteristics / people / from your country?
/ prefer / travel by plane or train?
What / most frustrating experience / ever have / when / travel?
What / best short story / ever read? / What / about?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“There is some truth in national stereotypes.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about clothes and fashion. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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How / you / typical of your nationality?
What kind / clothes / wear when / younger?
/ ever have / accident when / travel? What / happen?
/ like flying? Why (not)?
What / best novel / ever read? / What / it about?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“You can’t judge people by the way they dress.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about national stereotypes. Do you agree with him / her?
FT-SPEAKING 3
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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Which crimes / most common in your country?
What / weather like / your country / summer?
What / least favorite type of weather? Why?
What / do / prevent climate change in your daily life?
What / riskiest thing / ever do?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“Punishments for some crimes today are not severe enough.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about climate change. Do you agree with
him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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What / crimes / in the newspapers recently?
What / favorite type of weather? Why?
What / weather like / your country / winter?
How worried / people / your country / climate change? Why?
/ do / any dangerous sports? Why (not)?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“We can’t do anything to stop climate change, so we should enjoy life now.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about crime. Do you agree with him / her?
FT-SPEAKING 4
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
1 When / last time / feel homesick?
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What / do / if / get lost in the jungle?
What advice / give / someone who keeps losing / house keys?
What / make / feel really fed up?
What / favorite smell? Why?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“People shouldn’t be allowed to do dangerous activities for fun.”
3 Listen to your partner talk about arguments and arguing. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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When / last time / feel astonished about something?
What / do / if / get lost in the mountains?
What / do / if your friend / depressed?
What / favorite food? What / taste like?
Who / favorite relative? What / look like?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“The best way to win an argument is not to start one.”
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Listen to your partner talk about dangerous activities. Do you agree with
him / her?
FT-SPEAKING 5
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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What kind / music / listen to? Why?
What / best music concert / ever been to? Why?
What / usually do before / go to bed?
What newspapers / usually read? Why?
What celebrity stories / popular in your country right now?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“Newspapers shouldn’t write stories about people’s private lives.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about music. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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What music / listen to if / want / feel happier? Why?
What / do if / can’t sleep?
What / usually dream about?
How / find out / news?
What type / news stories / interested in? Why?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“Someone’s musical taste says a lot about a person’s personality.”
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Listen to your partner talking about newspapers. Do you agree with
him / her?
FT-SPEAKING 6
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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/ ever / make a speech? Why? What / about?
What / best way / get around / where you live?
What / favorite program on TV right now?
What sights / your city / recommend a visitor / go and see?
What / most important scientific discovery of the last century? Why?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“Scientists shouldn’t be allowed to experiment with animals.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about big cities. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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How / feel when / have to speak in public?
What / like / do when / visit a new town or city?
What / best restaurant / where you live? Why?
What invention or discovery / like scientists to make in the next few years?
/ think / students study enough science at school? Why (not)?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“Big cities are the best places for young people to live.”
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Listen to your partner talking about science. Do you agree with him / her?
FT-SPEAKING 7
SPEAKING – Student A
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
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What things / find annoying?
What / something / wish / could do? Why?
Which company / like / work for? Why?
What / best commercial on TV right now? Why?
What / favorite English word? Why?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“It’s really annoying when people use cell phones on public transportation. They should
be banned.”
3 Listen to your partner talking about regrets. Do you agree with him / her?
SPEAKING – Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
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What / find frustrating about learning English?
What / think shouldn’t be advertised? Why?
What / think / perfect job? Why?
/ influenced by advertising? How?
What / advantages / being your own boss?
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
“You should never regret what you have done. You should only regret what you didn’t do.”
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Listen to your partner talk about cell phones. Do you agree with him / her?