1. Describe a person you know who likes to talk a lot.

 Who this person is?

 How do you know him/her?
 What he/she likes to talk about?
 How you feel about this person?
Follow-ups

1. What communication skills does a talkative person have?

2. Is it good to be talkative?
3. How should parents encourage their children to talk more?
4. How should people encourage children to express themselves when
being asked questions that they are afraid to answer?
5. On what occasion do you think a child should talk less than usual?
6. What jobs need employees to be talkative?
7. What communication skills are important?
8. Are you talkative?
9. Are most Indian people talkative?
10. What jobs need employees to be talkative?
11. Should children been courage to talk more?

2. Describe a place where you would like to go to relax.

Where it is?
Why you would like to go there?
What you would like to do there?
Why you would like to go to this place?
Or

Describe a place where you are able to relax

 Where it is?
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 What it is like?
How often you go there?
How you feel about this place?

Follow –ups

1. Do people have enough places to relax in your country?

2. What do people usually do when they are relaxed?
3. Is physical activity good for relaxation?
4. Do you think that spending time in front of a screen helps people relax?
5. Do people have to spend a lot of money to relax?
6. Do people nowadays have more ways to relax than in the past?
7. How do students relax themselves?
8. What activities do employers organize to help employees relax?
9. Do people now have more ways to relax than in the past?
10. Do you think natural sceneries are more helpful than indoor activities?
11. Do you like to visit movie theatres?
12. Where do Indian people like to go on weekends?
13. What do old people do to relax?
14. What is the importance of relaxation?
15. What are the ways people relax themselves?

3. Describe a long-term goal you would like to achieve.

 What the goal is?
 How long have you had this goal?
 How you would achieve it?
 Explain why you set this goal?

Or

Describe a goal you want to achieve in the future

Or

Describe an ambition that you have had for a long time

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  What the goal is?
 What would you do to achieve it?
 When will you achieve?
 Explain why you want to achieve it?

Follow – ups

1. What goals should a society have?

2. Do people need to have goals?
3. What goals do people at your age have?
4. Is it necessary to give advice to children?
5. What goals do young people usually have?
6. What should people do to achieve their goals?
7. Should parents set goals for children?
8. When do young children start to set goals for themselves?
9. What kinds of goals are not realistic?
10. Why do people set goals?
11. What would you feel if you couldn’t achieve your goals?

4. Describe a uniform you wear (at your school or company)

or you wore at school

 When you wear it?

 Who bought it for you?
 What does it look like?
 How you feel about it?

Follow –ups

1. Why should students wear uniforms?

2. Why should people at work wear uniforms?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wearing a uniform?
4. Can people tell a person's personality by his or her clothes?
5. On what occasion should people wear uniforms?
6. Should companies ask for employees' opinions about the design of
uniforms?
7. Why should students wear uniforms?
8. On what occasions should people wear uniforms?

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 9. Should companies ask employees about the design of their uniforms?
10. Can people tell someone's personality by his or her clothes?
11. What color would catch people's attention most?

5. Describe a sportsperson/athlete that you admire

 Who is the person?

 What is his/her achievement?
 Why do you admire him?
Follow – ups

1. Should students have physical education and do sports at school?

2. What qualities should an athlete have?
3. Is talent important in sports?
4. Is it easy to identify children’s talents?
5. What is the most popular sport in your country?
6. Why are there so few to athletes?
7. Do teenagers like exercising in your country?
8. Do you think physical education is necessary? Why?
9. How do you think physical education classes affect children's
development?
10. What kind of exercises do Indian people like?

6. Describe a job you would not like to do in the future

 What is the job?

 How you heard about it?
 Why you don’t want to do it?
 How you feel about the job?

Follow - ups

1. What kind of jobs do young Indian people like to do?

2. Do young Indian people prefer to choose an interesting job or a job with
a high salary?
3. Do you think it is easier to get a job now than in the past?
4. Is it important to be successful in a job?
5. Do you think Al will take over many jobs?
6. Can Al improve people's lives? If so, how?
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 7. What kind of jobs do young people prefer?
8. Some people will lose their jobs because of technology , how to deal with
it?
9. Will you settle down in another country?
10. How do young people today decide their career?
11. Which do young people generally prefer-?
12. Which do you prefer physical work or work involving thinking?
13. Do you think today we have less physical labour than we did in the
past?

7. Describe an interesting conversation you had with a very old

person.

 Who this person is?

 Where you had the conversation?
 What you talked about?
 How you felt about the experience?

Follow –ups

1. How do people have a conversation with an elderly person?

2. What can young people learn from of people?
3. Do you think old people can work better than young people?
4. What are the advantages of having people of different ages living in the
same house?
5. Has old people's life quality improved when compared to the past?
6. Do old people share the same interest with young people?*
7. Do you think old people and young people can share the same interest?
8. What skills can the old teach the young?
9. What skills can the young teach the old?
10. Do you think the old people should live with their family?

8. Describe a period when you were busy.

 When it was?
 What you did during the period?
 What made you busy?
 How you felt about the experience?
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 Follow – ups

1. Are you often busy?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages when people keep busy?
3. Do you think children should learn through playing games or under
pressure?
4. What kind of pressure people may experience at work?
5. How does technology help with time management?
6. Does technology distract people?
7. Do you like the fast pace of modern life?
8. How do you feel when you are really busy?
9. What’s the best way to deal with stress?
10. What kind of lifestyle is suitable to people in modern society?
11. What relaxation techniques do you usually use?
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9. Describe a time when you used a map.

 When it was?
 Where you were?
 What you did?
 And explain how you felt about it?

Follow –ups

1. What do people usually do when they get lost?

2. What are the differences between paper and digital maps?
3. What do you think of in-car GPS navigation systems?
4. What do people often do with a map?
5. Why do most people prefer to use a paper map?
6. How does learning to read a map help you learn more about your
country?
7. Do you often get lost?
8. Is map-readings kill important?
9. Are some people good at map-reading than others?
10. Why some people like travelling to other places?
11. Should they find information about the place before going there?

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10. Describe a time you successfully did something difficult.

 What you did?

 When it was?
 Where it happened?
 And explain how you felt about it?

Follow – ups

1. What kinds of jobs require people to be confident?

2. On what occasions should children been courage? How?
3. How do you help children stay focused?
4. What challenges do young people face today?

11. Describe a situation when you helped someone.

 What the situation was?

 Who the person was?
 How you helped them?
 How you felt after helping him/her?

Follow –ups

1. Should people be very kind when they help others?

2. Should children be taught to be kind to others?
3. Should parents help their kids with their homework?
4. What kind of advice should parents give to their children?
5. Should parents give children advice? Why?
6. Can kids provide any help to parents?
7. Do you like helping others?
8. In your view should children be taught to help others?
9. How can we encourage children to help others?
10. Do you think people are less willing to help others these days compared
to the past?
11. Do people trust others as much as they used to in the past?
12. How do people in your community help one another?

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12. Describe an occasion when someone or something
made noise

 Who/what made the noise?

 What the noise was like?
 What you did?
 How you felt about it?

Follow –ups

1. What kinds of places should be noise-free?

2. On what occasions do people need to be quiet?
3. Can people bring children to the see noise-free places?
4. Why can't people make noise in places like libraries and museums?
5. What public morals/etiquette should people following your country?
6. Do you think we should allow children to make noise in public places?
7. Is noise pollution serious in India?
8. Do you like to live in a noisy place?
9. Do you like to go to noisy places?
10. Where can you hear a loud noise?
11. Do you think that there is more noise in people’s lives today than in the
past?
12. Do you think that cities will become noisier in the future?

13. Describe something in your country that you are interested in

What it is?
How you know about it?
Why you are interested in it?
 Whether you would like to know more about it?

14. Describe something you do regularly that helps you work and
study better.

What it is?
When you do it?
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 How it helps you?
And explain how you feel when you do it?

Follow – ups

1. Do you think everyone's routine is different?

2. Which jobs need a morning routine?
3. Is a daily routine important?
4. How do people organize their routines after getting up in the morning
and after work?
5. Do you think children need to have a routine too?
6. Do you think routine is important for companies?
7. What kinds of jobs need patience?
8. Do you think people need to be patient in their free time?
9. Do you think Indian parents should allow their children to do whatever
they want to do in free time?
10. What is the routine of people in your country?
11. What are the routine activities that old people and young people in
your country do?
12. What do you like to do in your spare time?

15. Describe a photo that you took and are proud of

Or
A photo that makes you smile

 When did you take this photo?

 Where you took it?
 What is the photo about?
 Why you feel proud of the photo?

Follow –ups

1. Why do some people like to use photographs to document important

things?
2. What can one learn from photographs taken throughout history?
3. Are photographs the best way to remember something?
4. Which is better, taking photos or keeping a diary?
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16. Describe a useful object in your home that you can’t live
without.

 What it is?
 How often you use it?
 How you use it?
 Why you can’t live without it?

Follow –ups

1. What equipment do you find difficult to use?

2. What can you do with a laptop?
3. What are the benefits of using technology in the work place?
4. Why do some people in the work place dislike technology?
5. Why do people buy a lot of house hold appliances?
6. What do people often do with electronic devices?.
7. Why are children attracted to new things (such as electronics)?
8. Why do some grown-ups hate to throw out old things (such as clothes)?
9. Is the way people buy things affected? How?
10. What do you think influences people to buy new things?

17. Describe a film you watched

Or
Describe a film that impressed you a lot.

When and where you watch edit?

What was the movie about?
Why you chose to watch it?
How you felt about it?
Why it made you think a lot?

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 Follow –ups

1. Do most people prefer to watch movies at home or in a cinema? Why?

2. What are the advantages of going to the cinema with friends?
3. Is going to the cinema still popular?
4. What kind of movies do you think need to be seen in the cinema to be fully
appreciated?
5. What can cinemas do to attract more audiences?
6. Do you think people can learn new cultures through movies?
7. What kinds of films are popular in India?
8. Do different age groups like the same kinds of films?
9. What kinds of films do young people particularly like?
10. Do fewer people choose to watch movies in cinemas than people did in the
past?
11. What are other ways to watch movies now?
12. What's the difference between American movies and movies from your
country?

18. Describe an unusual holiday you had.

 What holiday it was?

 Who you were with?
 What you did?
 Why it was unusual?

Follow-ups

1. Do you think people in your country have long enough holidays?

2. Which holidays are important in your country?
3. Are there any popular places for holidays in your country?
4. What are the differences between old and young people when spending
their holidays?
5. Do you think having holiday shell people learn about other countries'
cultures?
6. Why do some people dislike holidays?

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19. Describe a time when you picked up an item that someone
else lost

 What the item was?

 When and where you found it?
 What you did after finding it?
 How you felt about the experience?
OR
Describe something that you picked up that was thrown by
someone else.
 Where was it?
 When was it picked up?
 What did you do after you picked it up?
 How did you feel?

Follow-ups

1. What kind of people tend to lose things more often than others?
2. What kind of things do people often lose?
3. Why do some people find lost things easier than others?
4. What do you think are the reasons why some people pickup lost things and
don't give them back?
5. Should parents teach their children to return things lost by others?
6. Why do some people enjoy collecting antiques or second-hand items?

20. Describe a person who is good at making people feel

welcome in his/her home

 Who this person is?

 How you knew him/her?
 How he/she makes you feel welcome?
 How you feel about this person?

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 Follow-ups

1. Do people in your country often invite others to their homes? Why?

2. What do you think of serving food to visitors?
3. What kind of people do you think are more likely to invite others to their
homes?
4. Who are more likely to invite others to their homes ,people in the country
side or people in the city?
5. Are tour is attractions in the countryside more popular than those in the
cities?
6. What facilities are there in the tourist attractions in your country?

21. Describe a skill that you learned in your childhood

 What the skill was?

 Who taught you this skill?
 How they taught you?
 Why you think it is important?

Follow ups

1. Where do children learn skills in your country?

2. What are the differences between learning skills on your own and from
others?
3. What important skills should a child learn?
4. What skills do you think teenagers should have?
5. Who should teach teenagers skills?
6. What are the differences between children learning skills and adults
learning skills?

22. A street market in your city / A street market where

you did shopping

 Where is it?
 What can you buy there?
 How you felt about it?

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Describe a time you bought something from a street (or
outdoor) market
 When it was?
 Where you were?
 What you bought?
 How you felt about it?

Follow-ups

1. What kinds of markets are there in India?

2. Do you think small markets will disappear in the future?
3. Have people's shopping habits changed in recent years?
4. What are the differences between shopping in street markets and big
shopping malls?
5. Do you think the goods sold at discount stores do not have good values
or qualities?
6. Why do some people like to buy expensive goods?
7. Do you like shopping online or going out for shopping?
8. What is the difference between shopping with friends and shopping
alone?
9. What are the disadvantages of shopping in a big mall?
10. Why do people like to buy branded products?
11. In your opinion are big discounts real or just an advertisement?

23. Describe an occasion when you heard someone complaining

about something in a restaurant/store or other business places

 When and where it happened?

 What he/she complained about?
 What the result was?
 How you felt about the experience?

Follow-ups

1. How do companies train their staff to deal with complaints?

2. What do people usually complain about?
3. How do most people complain, in writing or by other methods?
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 4. How do people often respond to poor customer service?
5. How would you react if you received a poor service at a restaurant?
6. Who are more likely to make complaints, older people or younger people?

24. Describe a travel you were looking forward to but was

delayed

 Where you planned to travel to?

 Why you were looking forward to it?
 Why it had to be delayed?
 How you felt about the experience?

Follow-ups

1. What are the main means of transport in your country?

2. What can the government do to improve transport in your country?
3. Do you think travelling was better in the past than it is now?
4. Do you think that tourist attraction shell people learn about new
cultures?
5. What difficulties do people often face when travelling?
6. Do you think technology makes travelling more difficult?

25. Describe a time when someone who did quite well in a

team (e.g. school work or a community)

 Who this person is?

 When you worked together?
 What he/she did in the team?
 Why you think he/she was a great team playrer?

Follow-ups

1. What qualities should a leader have?

2. What should people do without a good team leader?
3. Does a team's best player make a good leader?
4. Why do some people dislike team work?
5. Do you think young people are good team players?
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 6. What are the advantages of working as part of a team?

26. Describe an outdoor activity you did

 What the activity was?

 When and where you did it?
 Who you did it with?
 Why you enjoyed it?
Follow-ups

1. Is having outdoor activities important to people?

2. Do people go outdoors more or less now than in the past?
3. What can people do outdoors besides exercising?
4. When do people usually go outdoors to get close to nature?
5. What can people do to get close to nature?
6. Do people like doing outdoor activities in the winter time?

27. Describe an interesting activity that you remember

enjoying most in your primary school

 What the activity was

 How often you did the activity
 Who you did it with
 And explain why you enjoyed doing it

Follow-ups

1. What activities do children often do in your country?

2. At what time do children often have activities?
3. What are the differences between activities at home and at school?
4. Why do some people like to participate in activities?
5. What activities do people do in their free time?
6. Does technology affect children’s activities? If so, how?

28. Describe a time you had to finish something quickly

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  What it was?
 When it happened?
 How you finished it?
 Why you had to finish it quickly?
 How you felt about it?

Follow-ups

1. On what occasions do people have to do things in a hurry?

2. Why do some people spend a long time on having a meal?
3. Would people feel more satisfied if they finished doing something quickly?
4. What kinds of jobs need to be done quickly?
5. What are some examples of work that needs to be done quickly?
6. What might make some people more productive than others in completing
tasks?

29. Describe an exciting activity that you

experienced with someone else

 What the activity was?

 Who you were with?
 When and where it happened?
 Why you went for it?
 How you felt about it?

Follow –ups

1. What kinds of activities do young people like to do?

2. Why do some young people like adventurous activities?
3. Do you think old people accept changes?
4. How do exciting activities relieve people's stress?
5. Can you give some(other) examples of adventurous or risky activities?
6. What skills do people need to take part in adventurous activities?

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30. Describe a successful person who you once studied or
worked with

 Who this person is?

 When you studied/worked with this person?
 What you did together?
 What this person did to become successful?
 How you felt about studying or working with this person?

Follow –ups

1. Is money the only measure of success in your country?

2. How do you define whether one is a successful person?
3. What is the standard of success in your country?
4. Is there a contradiction between success and happiness?
5. Is it easy to succeed in the national tests in your country?
6. What are the factors that influence students grades at school?

31. Describe a park and a garden in your city

When you often go there?
Where it is?
Who you often go there with?
What it is like?
Why you like to visit it?

Follow –ups
1. Do young people like to go to parks?
2. What do old people like to do in parks?
3. What benefits can parks bring to a city?
4. What are the benefits of going to the park for young people and old
people?
5. Why do some people like planting flowers?
6. Would you say people should help maintain public parks and gardens?

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32. Describe a beautiful city
 Where the city is?
 How you knew the city?
 What buildings the city has?
 What it is famous for?
 Why you think this city is beautiful?

Follow –ups

1.What are the differences between modern towns and modern cities?
2. How can people preserve historical buildings?
3. Why do some people like to visit historical places?
4. Why do people go to modern cities?
5. What are the problems caused in maintaining historical cities?
6. Do you think having too many tourists is a positive thing for historical
attractions?
7. What can we do to stop visitors from damaging historical places?
8. Do you think too many tourists is a positive thing for historical
attractions?

33. Describe a difficult task that you completed at work/study that

you felt proud of
 What the task was?
 How you completed it?
 Why the task was difficult?
 Why you were proud of the completion of the task?

Follow –ups

1. What are the things that make people feel proud?

2. Do people often feel proud of themselves when they complete a difficult
task?
3. What challenges do young people face today?
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 4. How do young people handle difficult or challenging tasks?
5. What kinds of rewards do people receive from work?
6. What are the most difficult jobs that people do?

34. Describe a time that something changed your life in good ways

 When and where it happened?

 What happened?
 How you felt about it?
 How it changed your life in good ways?

Follow –ups

1. Is your country changing rapidly?

2. What can smart phones do these days?
3. Since most people do work on their computers, why do they still need to go
to the office?
4. Do you think people's work in the future will be heavily affected by
technology?
5. Compare the pace of technological progress in the past and in the
present?

35. Describe an interesting person that you have not met in person
and would like to know more about

 Who this person is?

 How you knew him/her?
 What interesting things he/she has done?
 What you would like to know more about him/her?

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 Follow –ups

1. Are there any differences in the relationship between you and your friends
and between you and other people?
2. Do people feel lonely in crowded cities?
3. Where and how can people get to know new people?
4. Can clothing tell and reveal a person's personality?
5. Why do individuals from the same family have different personalities?
6. How does society influence a person's personality?

36. Describe a foreigner who speaks your native language (hindi)

very well

 Who this person is?

 Where he/she is from?
 How he/she learns Hindi?
 Why he can speak Hindi well?

Follow –ups

1. What foreign languages do Indian children learn?

2. Why do Indian children learn English?
3. Why are so many people learning English?
4. How can you help children learn English?
5. Do you think the way people learn English today is the same as in the past?
6. What are the benefits of the Internet for people's learning?

37. Describe a person who always has interesting ideas or opinions

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  Who this person is?
 What this person does?
 How you knew him/her?
 Why you think his/her ideas or opinions are interesting?

Follow –ups

1.When do you think children start to have their own opinions?

2.Are children’s opinions influenced by their parents?
3.Who are smart children likely to be influenced by?
4.How do inventors and philosophers come up with the new ideas?
5.Are they only old ideas from books or previous writers?
6.What kind of people have lots of great ideas in your country?
7.When do children begin to have their own ideas?
8.Why are there more and more differences between children and their
parents?
9.What are the advantages and disadvantages of setting rules for children?
10. Is there someone good with good ideas that has changed many people’s
lives?

38. Describe a successful businessperson you know(e.g. running a

family business)

 Who this person is?

 How you knew him/her?
 What business he/she does?
 Why he/she is successful?

Follow –ups

1. What factors lead to success?

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 2. What do people need to sacrifice for success?
3. Which is more likely to be successful, family businesses or large
corporations?
4. Is it easy for a business to be successful without affecting the
environment?
5. Can you provide some examples of family businesses in your country?
6. What qualities should be considered when recruiting employees?
7. What kinds of businesses are popular in your country?
8. If you had the opportunity, what kind of business would you like to do?
9. What age do people want to retire in your country?
10. Would young people in your country like to open up their own business
or find a job?
11. Would you want people to do online business or run a company in real?

39. Describe an area of science (biology, robotics, etc.) that you are
interested in and would like to learn more about

 Which area it is?

 When and where you came to know this area?
 How you get information about this area?
 Why you are interested in this area?

Follow –ups

1. Why do some children not like learning science at school?

2. Is it important to study science at school?
3. Which science subject is the most important for children to learn?
4. Should people continue to study science after graduating from school?
5. How do you get to know about scientific news?
6. Should scientists explain the research process to the public?
7. What’s the best invention in the past hundred years?

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 8. What’s the influence of science on human life?
9. What can individuals do for scientific research?
10. What influence can international cooperation in science bring about?

40. Describe a drawing/painting that you like

 When you first saw this painting?

 What the painting is about?
 Who drew/painted it?
 Why you like this drawing/painting?

Follow –ups

1. What are the differences between painting and drawing?

2. Why do some people keep a painting for a long time?
3. How does building style affect people's lives?
4. Should children learn to draw and paint? Why?
5. How do young people share arts with others?
6. Do you think the objects we use in our daily lives should be beautifully
designed?

41. Describe a piece of good advice that you gave to someone

 Who you gave the advice to?

 What the advice was?
 Why you gave the advice?
 How he/she followed your advice?

Follow –ups
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 1. Do you think parents should give their children advice?
2. Should teachers give students advice?
3. Do you think it is necessary for us to listen to friends’ advice?
4. How do people give young people and old people advice?
5. What are the areas in which people are more or less willing to accept
advice?
6. Have you ever received any advice from professional people,like a doctor,
a lawyer or a teacher?

42. Describe a rule that is important in your school or at work

 What the rule is about?

 What happens when people break the rule?
 Why you think it is an important rule?
 And explain how you feel about the rule?

Follow –ups

1. Should schools have rules?

2. Should schools decide how long the working hours should be?
3. What kinds of rules do Indian families have?
4. Do you think strict rules are needed in schools?
5. Should students be involved in rule making?
6. What rules should children follow at home in your country?
7. On what occasions can children be forgiven if they don’t follow some
rules?
8. What rules should people follow when using public transport?
9. What kind of rules do people need to follow on public places?
10. What are the reasons that cause people to break rules?
11. When people break rules? How would they be punished in your
country?

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43. Describe a good advertisement that you think is useful

 Where you can see it?

 What it shows?
 Why you think it is useful?
 How you feel about it?

Follow –up

1. What do you think of online advertising?

2. Are there any great online advertisements?
3. What do people usually buy?
4. Why does buying new things make people happy?
5. Do people watch useless advertisements in this day and age?
6. Do you think there is too much advertising in our daily lives?
7. Why do some people hate advertisements?
8. Do people usually buy stuff after watching advertisements?
9. Is music useful in advertising?
10. What are advantages of TV advertisements? How about internet
advertisements?
11. Where usually do we see adverts?
12. Are there any advertisements at school?
13. Are there some inappropriate adverts, like that of a condom?
14. Why does the government allow such ads?
15. Do you think it is bad for children?
16. Do parents complain about it?

44. Describe a bad service you received in a restaurant/shop

 When and where it happened?

 What happened?
 How it was solved?
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  How you felt about the experience?

Follow –ups

1. How do most people respond to bad services?

2. Do you think services are better now than in the past?
3. What kind of services are bad services?
4. Why do some people choose to remain silent when they receive bad
services?
5. Who should be responsible for bad services?
6. As a boss, what would you do to prevent bad services?

45. Describe a party that you enjoyed

 When and where the party was held?

 Who attended the party?
 What kind of party it was?
 What you did in the party?
 Why you enjoyed this party?

Follow –ups
1. Why do people like parties?
2. Why do some people not like going to parties?
3. Do you think those who tend to stay at home are less healthy than those
who often attend parties?
4. Do you think music and dancing are a must at a party?
5. What would you do if you were disturbed by a neighbour's party?
6. What are the differences between holding a party at home and in a public
place?
7. Do children like to party?
8. Do adults like to party?
9. Do you like loud music in party?

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46. Describe an occasion when you waited a long time for a nice thing

 When it happened?
 What the nice thing was?
 How long you waited?
 Why you waited for a long time?
 How you felt about the experience?

Follow –ups

1. On what occasions do people have to wait for a long time?

2. What do people do while waiting?
3. Are most people patient while waiting?
4. Do you like to wait for a long time? Why?
5. Why do most children have difficulties waiting for a long time?
6. Do people queue consciously while waiting for the subway train?
7. Do you think patience is important?
8. Why is it difficult for children to be patient?
9. How to teach children patience?
10. Would you easily feel angry when you wait for a long time?
11. Have you ever been late for meeting someone?

47. Describe an activity that made you feel tired

 When and where it took place?

 Why you took part in it?
 What the activity was?
 Why it made you feel tired?

Follow –ups

1. Does studying and learning make people tired today?

2. When do people usually feel tired?
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 3. What do you think about striving for learning and striving for sports?
4. Do people have fewer holidays now than in the past?
5. What are the differences between feeling tired after studying and after
exercising?
6. How can people solve the problem that old people easily get tired?

48. Describe a time when you had a problem with using the computer

 When it happened?
 Where it happened?
 What the problem was?
 How you solved the problem at last?
Follow –ups

1. What do people use computers for?

2. Should students be allowed to use computers at school?
3. What do you think of people who are addicted to playing computers?
4. Do you think computers make our life simpler or more complex?
5. Why do people often have problems when using new products?

49. Describe a person who enjoys cooking for others

 Who this person is?

 What he/she likes to cook?
 Who he/she cooks for?
 Why he/she enjoys cooking?

Follow –ups

1. What do we need to prepare when we need to cook?

2. Do you agree that food is an important part of Indian festivals and
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 ceremonies?
3. Which dishes are a must at festivals?
4. Should students learn to cook at school?
5. Do you think cooking should be a compulsory or an elective course?
Why?
6. Are there any differences between cooking today and in the past?

50. Describe a place in your country that you think is interesting

 Where it is?
 How you knew it?
 What special features it has?
 Why you think it is interesting?

Follow –ups

1. How can people access travel information?

2. Do people have different personalities in different regions of your
country?
3. What causes the differences between different regions of your country?
4. Is it just youngsters who like to try new things, or do people of your
parent’s age also like to try new things?
5. Is a great tourist destination also a good place to live?
6. Why do people who go to live in small towns think these towns are more
interesting than the big cities?
7. Do you think cities worth visiting is also suitable to live in?
8. Do you think cities worth visiting is also suitable to live in?
9. Do you think cities worth visiting are also suitable to live in?
10. What is the difference between the people living in the city and people
living in the countryside?
11. What is the difference between big cities and small cities?
12. What is the difference between north and south part of your country?

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51. Describe a long car journey you went on or a long car journey
you remember well

 Where you went?

 What you did at that place?
 Who you went there with
 Why you went on that journey by car?
 How you felt about the journey?

Follow –ups

1. What will cars be like in future?

2. What’s the difference between men’s and women’s preference on cars?
3. What are the differences between bicycles and private cars?
4. Why do people like to have private cars?
5. What are the differences between bicycles and private cars?
6. Is it a good thing that everyone has his/her own cars?
7. How to buy private cars in India?
8. What benefits does public transport bring to the world?
9. Is it too late for people to get their driver's license at the age of 18?
10. What qualities does a driver need to have?
11. Do you think the government should make it a rule for people to use
public transport?
12. Which jobs require people to be good at driving?
13. Do you see driverless cars as the future of cars?

52. Describe a book that you have read many times

 When you read it for the first time?

 How often you read the book?
 What kind of book it is?
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  What the book is about?
 What effect the book had on you?
 Why you like to read it again?
OR
Describe an exciting book that you enjoy reading

 When you read it?

 What kind of book it is?
 What is about?
 Why you think it is exciting?

Follow-ups

1. Do you prefer books or movies?

2. Do you think it is important to read books before watching the movie
version of it?
3. Do boys and girls like the same kinds of books?
4. What kind of books do Indian people like to read?
5. What kinds of books do children like to read?why?
6. What can kids learn from books?
7. Do people prefer to read e-books or printed books in your country?
8. Do you think people need to develop the habit of reading? Why?
9. Do you think reading books can make people happier?

53. Describe a speech you gave

OR
Describe a talk you gave to a group of people

 When and to whom you gave the speech?

 What was the speech about?
 Why you gave the speech?
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  How did you feel about it?

Follow-ups

1. Why do people get nervous when they speak in public?

2. How can they improve their public speaking skills?
3. What different kinds of speeches or lectures have you attended in your
life?
4. What qualities (attributes) should these visiting speakers have?
5. Why do you many people find it hard to give a talk to young children?
6. Why do you think many people are nervous before they give speech?
7. Why do people give speech to children?
8. Who makes people do so?
9. How media relates to the speech to children in school?
10. What benefits does the internet bring to communication?
11. Which one is better, being a communicator or a listener?
12. What qualities does a person need to have to be a good communicator?
13. What kinds of people often give speeches?
14. How important is it to be a good listener when communicating?

54. Describe a new store/shop that has recently opened in your

town/city
 Where is it?
 What is sold there?
 Who goes there?
 How successful it will be in the future?

Follow-ups

1. What kinds of shops are popular in your city?

2. Why do young people enjoy going to some boutiques?
3. Do you think location is the key factor that attracts customers?
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 4. What is the difference between a small shop and a large shop/store?
5. How important are price and quality in influencing consumer behavior?
6. Why is cheap fashion so popular?

55. Describe a place away from your home and you want to visit in
the future

 Where you would like to go?

 When you would like to go?
 How would you go there?
 Who you want to go with?
 Why you want to visit the place?

Follow-ups
1. Where do people love to go on holidays/vacations?
2. How does tourism lead to cultural exchange?
3. Why do some people think it is enjoyable to stay at home on holidays?
4. How do students who have taken a gap year differ from other students?
5. Do teenagers usually travel with friends or alone?
6. What do you think is the most desirable place for people to visit during the
holiday?

56. Describe an adventure you would like to go on

 What the adventure is?

 Where would you want to go?
 Who would you go with?
 What would you do?
 Why you would like to take the adventure?

Follow-ups
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 1. What kind of personality should a person have to be able to take risks?
2. Does adventures expand your horizon?
3. What kinds of people love adventure? What specific age group?
4. Which one is more interesting, adventure stories in the books or adventure
films?
5. Who likes to read adventure books?
6. Who doesn’t like to take adventures?

57. Describe an invention that is useful in daily life

 What the invention is?
 What it can do?
 How popular it is?
 Whether it is difficult or easy to use?
 Why it is useful?

OR
Describe an invention that has changed how people live

 What it is?
 How has it changed people’s lives?
 What benefits did it bring?
 Is it more important for older or younger people?

Follow-ups

1. What qualities do inventors have?

2. Do you think only scientists can invent new things?
3. What inventions do you think should be improved?
4. Are there any other inventions that make the world better?
5. Do all inventions bring benefits to our world?
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 6. Who should support and sponsor inventors, governments, or private
companies?
7. How has technology made our life easier?
8. Which invention do you think is the most useful at home?
9. Is it more difficult for old people to accept new technologies?
10. What can be done to help old people learn to make use of new
technologies?
11. Will our life be better if we live without technology?

58. Describe a popular/famous person in your country

 Who this person is?

 What he/she likes?
 Why you think this person is popular?
 How this person influences the public?

Follow-ups

1. Do you think media is putting too much attention on famous people?

2. Do you think famous people are necessarily good in their fields?
3. What are the differences between famous people today and those in the
past?
4. What kinds of famous people are there in your country?
5. Why are some kids popular at school?
6. Why do some people become famous but not successful?
7. Are actors or actresses very interested in the work? Why?
8. Is being a professional actor or actress a good career?
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 9. What can children learn from acting?
10. Why do children like special costumes?
11. What are the differences between actors or actresses who earn much and
those who earn little?
12. What are the differences between acting in the theatre and that in the
film?
13. What are the qualities of being popular?
14. Do you know any popular star who likes helping other people?
15. Do you think children should imitate their idols?
16. What influence do popular stars have on teenagers?

59. Describe the game you enjoyed playing when you were younger

 What is that game?

 Who you played it with?
 Where did you play the game?
 Why you enjoyed playing that game?

Follow-ups

1. What games do Indian children play now?

2. Do boys and girls play different games?
3. Why do children in kindergarten play games?
4. Should games only be interesting or only to learn?
5. Is winning important in games?
6. Is it more satisfying to win in a team than as an individual?
7. Why are some people bad losers?

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60. Describe someone you know who has recently moved to a new
place

 Who he/she is?

 What the new place is like?
 Why he/she moved to a new place?
 Whether his/her move has a positive impact on you?

Follow-ups

1. Why young people move to a new accommodation?

2. Is there any other reason besides that ?
3. What's the difference between living alone and living with roommates?
4. Is it beneficial for young people to live by themselves?
5. Besides cooking, are there any other skills that people need to learn if
they live on their own?
6. What kinds of people tend to live by themselves?
7. How can parents and teachers help young people to live independently?

61. Describe an occasion when you got incorrect information

 When you got it?

 How you got it?
 How you found it was incorrect?
 How you felt about it?

Follow-ups
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 1. What kinds of professions are related to giving information to others?
2. What is the difference between giving information by phone and email?
3. How can people check whether a piece of information is correct or not?
4. Do people trust the information online?
5. What’s the difference between email and phone in terms of providing
information?
6. Which do you think is the better way to provide information, by phone or
by email?

62. Describe a valuable item that you would like to give as a gift

 To whom you would like to give?

 What do you want to gift?
 Why do you want to give it?
 How long would you need to save for it?

OR
Describe an expensive gift that you would like to give someone when
you save a lot of money

 What the gift is?

 Who you will give the gift to?
 How long it will take to save money?
 Why you would like to give the gift to this person?

Follow-ups
1. What do you think young people save money for?
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 2. What is the difference between men and women saving money?
3. Do you think it is better to spend money or save money?
4. Do you think children’s knowledge of money comes from school or
family?
5. Do you think schools should increase their awareness of money?
6. Is it easy for people to save money to buy something expensive?
7. Should children have pocket money? Why?
8. Should children learn how to use money at school or from their parents?
9. Why can’t some people save money?

63. Describe a piece of clothing you wear most often OR a piece of

clothing you enjoy wearing

 What it is?
 When and where you got it?
 How often you wear it?
 What it is like?
 Why you enjoy it wearing?

OR

Describe your favourite clothes

 What it is like?
 Who gave it to you or where you bought it?
 How often do you wear it?
 How you feel about it or why you enjoy wearing it?

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 Follow-ups

1. What is the difference between the dressing style of young people and that
of older people?
2. Do people living in the northern part of your country wear different
clothes compared to those living in south?
3. What kind of clothes do people wear after work?
4. What kind of clothes should people wear at work?
5. Do you think students need to wear school uniforms?
6. Where do Indian people buy clothes?
7. When do people in your country wear traditional clothes?
8. Does the climate affect what people wear?

64. Describe an occasion when you spent time with a young child

 When was it?

 Who the child was?
 Why did you spend time with the child?
 What you did and how you feel?

Follow-ups

1. Do you think there are too many rules for young children to follow,
whether at school or at home?
2. Do you think children should follow all the rules?
3. Do you think it’s necessary for parents to take decisions for their children?
4. Do you think it’s good for parents to help children choose friends?
5. Where do children usually play?
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 6. While travelling with children, which of the parents takes more care of
children?
7. How do parents teach children to respect people?
8. Do outdoor activities help children?
9. What is the difference between the outdoor activities children play now
and before?
10. Which side, the father or mother, invests more experience in caring for
the child? Why? How can we change this?

65. Describe a sports program you like to watch

 What is it?
 Who do you watch it with?
 When do you watch it?
 Why do you like to watch it?

Follow-ups

1. What sports are popular in India?

2. Why do children need sports?
3. How can parents develop an interest in sports among children?
4. What are the benefits of exercise?
5. What’s the difference between watching sports on TV and watching it live?

66. Describe a job that you think is interesting

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  What is it?
 Why do you think it is interesting?
 How do you know it?
 What necessary skills does it need?

Follow-ups

1. What jobs are popular among younger people in India?

2. What are the differences between high-paid jobs and low- paid jobs in
India?
3. What is the proper time for young people to plan their future career
seriously?
4. Which jobs have the highest salaries?
5. Which jobs pay low wages but require a high level of skills?
6. Do you think it is important for secondary schools to offer career advice
to students?

67. Describe your idea of a perfect home or dream house where you
want to live

 Where this place would be?

 What it would look like?
 When you would like to live there?
 Why it is ideal to you?

OR
Describe an ideal house

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 Where this place is?
 What it is like?
 When you want to live there?
 Why it is ideal to you?

Follow-ups

1. What are the most common architectural styles in Indian cities?

2. What's the difference between an apartment and a house?
3. What's the difference between living in the countryside and living in the
city?
4. What are the advantages of the facilities of the apartment and the facilities
of the house?
5. What difficulties do people have living in the city?
6. Do most Indian people live in an apartment or house?
7. Do young people in your country like to live with their parents or by
themselves?
8. Do Indian people like to rent a place to live?
9. Would you live in a foreign country in the future?
10. How is modern home design in your country different to that of the
past?
11. In your country what type of home do most people live in?
12. Do people prefer to live in modern homes or the older style homes (for
example from 50 years ago)?
13. How are modern homes different to older homes?

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68. Describe a movie you watched recently that you felt
disappointed about

 When it was?
 Why you didn’t like it?
 Why you decided to watch it?
 Why you felt disappointed about it?

Follow-ups

1. What types of movies are popular in India?

2. Why are Japanese animation movies so popular?
3. Does the older generation like animation movies?
4. Do famous actors have an impact on movies?
5. Should famous actors be given extra money?

69. Describe someone you know who often helps others

 What he/she is like?

 How he/she helps others?
 Why his/her help is beneficial?
 Why he/she helps others?

OR
Describe a person who helps others in his or her spare time.

 Who is this person?

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 How often does this person help others?
 How does this person help others?
 Why does this person help others?
 How do you feel about this person?

Follow-ups

1. Do people nowadays help others more than in the past?

2. Who should teach children to help others, parents or teachers?
3. In what kind of professions do people help others more?
4. Why are some people willing to help others?
5. How can children help their parents at home?
6. Should children be taught to help others?
7. What makes children help each other at school?’
8. Should students do community service? Why?
9. Do students in your country do volunteer work?
10. Why do some people do volunteer work all over the world?

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70. Describe an occasion when you lost your way

 Where you were?

 What happened?
 How you felt?
 How you found your way out?

Follow-ups

1. How do people feel when they get lost?

2. Are some people better at orienting themselves?
3. Are young people more reliant on their phones than older people to find
their way?
4. Are young people gradually losing their ability to orient themselves?
5. With mobile phones and these electronic products with navigation, is it
difficult for people to get lost?
6. What kind of problems do old people have when they get lost?
7. Some people like to walk around without navigation, is there any
problem?
8. How can people find their way when they are lost?
9. Do you think it is important to do some preparation before you travel to
new places?
10. Do you think it is important to be able to read a map?
11. Is a paper map still necessary?
12. Why do some people get lost more easily than others?
13. How do people react when they get lost?

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71. Describe a person you would like to study or work with

 Who is that person?

 Why would you like to study with him/her?
 What will you study?

Follow-Ups

1. What kind of people do you like to study or work with?

2. Do you think managers can be friends with their subordinates?
3. Which one is more important for you at work, development in work
related skills or the
4. Should children be allowed to choose whom they want to sit with or it
should be decided by the teacher.
5. Should children be involved in management activities of the school?
6. How should one behave in office to get along well with others?
7. Is it important for children in school to get along well with others?
8. What kinds of people are popular at work?

72. Describe a time when you were late

 When it was?
 Why you were late?
 How you felt about being late?

Follow-ups

1. Are you ever late for anything?

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 2. What excuses do you use when you are late?
3. Why are people often late for appointments or meeting?
4. Do you think people are born with time management skills or they can be
taught?
5. How would you teach your children time management?
6. Do old people and young people manage time in a similar way?

73. Describe an advertisement that you don’t like

 When did you see it?

 What is it about?
 Where you saw it/how you came to know about it?
 Why you didn’t like it?

Follow-ups
1. Why do some people hate advertisements?
2. Do people usually buy stuff after watching advertisements?
3. Is music useful in advertising?
4. What are advantages of TV advertisements? How about internet
advertisements?
5. Where usually do we see adverts?
6. Are there any advertisements at school?
7. Are there some inappropriate adverts, like that of a condom?
8. Why does the government allow such ads?
9. Do you think it is bad for children?
10. Do parents complain about it?
11. What are the most advertised products in your country?
12. Which one is often more effective, newspaper advertising or online
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 advertising?
13. What are the benefits of advertisements?
14. What do you think of celebrity endorsements in advertising?
15. Does advertising encourage us to buy things we don’t need?
16. What role does social media play in advertising?

74. Describe a person who inspired you to do something interesting.

 Who is this person?

 What they inspired you to do?
 How they inspired you?
 How you feel?

Follow –ups

1. Who motivates children the most?

2. How can teachers motivate children?
3. How is it different from teaching kids?
4. What should teenagers have?

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75. Describe a website which helped you to do something / website
you visit often/ use regularly

 Which site is it?

 How did you know about it?
 How it helped?
 Why do you visit it often?

Follow-ups

1. What are the most popular and least popular apps in your country?
2. What the difference between the internet and the TV?
3. Why do some people like to read news on the internet instead of getting it
from TV?
4. Are libraries still beneficial? Why or why not?
5. What kinds of people still like to go to the library to study?
6. What is the difference between the old and young in regards to internet
use?
7. Can internet help children in their study?
8. Will downloading music or movies for free cause a problem?
9. Some people say that different age groups have different tastes on the
internet content. What do you think?
10. What influence can (or does) the internet have on children?
11. What kind of people don’t use the internet and what are the
disadvantages that those people suffer because they don’t use internet?

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76. Describe a piece of good news you heard from others

 What it was?
 When you received this news?
 How you received this news?
 Why you feel it was a good news?

Follow-ups

1. How do people share good news?

2. Why do people share news on social media and is it good to share news
on social media?
3. How does modern technology affect the delivery of information?
4. Should media only publish good news?
5. When do people share good news?
6. What kinds of good news have you received before?
7. What kind of good news do people like to hear?
8. Do most people like to share good news?
9. Do people like to hear good news from their friends?

77. Describe a place where there was a lot of noise/Describe a noisy

place you have been to

 When this happened?

 Where it was?
 Why there was a lot of noise?
 What you did when you heard the noise?

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 Follow-ups

1. Is noise pollution serious in India?

2. Do you like to live in a noisy place?
3. Do you like to go to noisy places?
4. Where can you hear a loud noise?
5. Do you think that there is more noise in people’s lives today than in the
past?
6. Do you think that cities will become noisier in the future?
7. What is the noise in life?
8. How is the noise level in your city?
9. Where does noise in urban areas come from?
10. Do you think it is important to be alone sometimes?
11. What is the importance of belonging to a certain group?
12. What are problem you could have if you go out together in big group?
13. Why people like going to noisy places, like a restaurant or pub, even
they know these places are noisy?
14. Shall we encourage children to make noises?
15. Do you think it is good for children to make noise?
16. What kind of noises are there in our life?
17. Which area is exposed to noise more, the city or the country side?
18. How would people usually respond to noises in your country?
19. How can people consider other’s feelings when chatting in public?

78. Describe something you taught to your friend/relative.

 What you taught him/her?

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 How long it was for?
 How you felt about it?

Follow-ups

1. What are things that young people can teach old people to do?
2. What skills can young people teach the old besides technology?
3. Why older people have problems in learning new things?
4. Do you think showing is a better way than telling during education?
5. Do you think constant training is important for people to study
something?
6. How can the young teach the old?

79. Describe your experience when you changed your school/college

OR
Describe an experience about moving to a new school or house/
describe our first ay at school

 Why did you change your school/college?

 When was it?
 Was that helpful?
 What were the consequences after that?

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1. Are children better at solving problems than adults?

2. If people move frequently, is it better to stay in one house all the
time?
3. What are the pros and cons of living in a high-rise building?
4. What are the pros and cons of living in an old and new
neighborhood?
5. How do parents prepare their kids to go to school on the first day?
6. How do children socialise with each other?
7. Is socialisation important for children?
8. What are the benefits of changing schools?
9. What are the reasons for job change?

80. Describe a place/ country in which you would like to live/ work
for a short period of time

 Where you would like to live/work?

 What you want to do there?
 When would you like to go there?
 Why you want to live there?

Follow-ups

1. What kinds of jobs are easy to get in a foreign country?

2. Should young adults work abroad?
3. If they don’t work abroad, would it be helpful for them to travel in a
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4. Do Indian parents encourage their children to work abroad?
5. If you had an opportunity to live abroad, which country would you like
to settle down in?
6. Would you like to live in a developed city with a high salary but with
polluted air?
7. Would you like to live alone or share a room with others?
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living alone?
9. Do people prefer planned travel?
10. Why are places with historical attractions more active in
developing tourism?
11. Why do you think people usually travel?
12. Why do you experience more noise when living in a tourist city?
13. Do you think tourists can experience bad things in other
countries?

81. Talk about an interesting old person you met recently

 Who is this person?

 How you met him?
 How you know him
 What you do with this person (optional)?
 Why you found him interesting?

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1. Do you think old people and young people can share the same interest?
2. What skills can the old teach the young?
3. What skills can the young teach the old?
4. Do you think the old people should live with their family?
5. Do you think the old and the young can have the same interests?
6. Do you think people are more selfish or self-centered than in the past?

82. Describe a piece of technology that you find difficult to use

 When did you get it?

 What did you get it for?
 How often do you use it?
 How do you feel about it?

Follow-ups

1. What technology products or technologies are used by people now?

2. Why do large companies often produce new products?
3. Why are people so enthusiastic about buying newer iPhone models, even
when nothing much changes?
4. What changes has the development in technology brought in our life?
5. Has the technology affected the way we study? How?

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83. Describe a historical period you would like to know more about

 What period do you want to know about?

 Why do you want to know about it?
 How do you think you can know about it?

Follow-ups

1. Do you think it is important to know about history? Should everyone

learn about history?
2. How can children learn about history?
3. What is difference between learning about history from books and from
videos?
4. Do you think it is difficult to protect and preserve historic buildings?
5. Who should be responsible for protecting historic buildings?
6. Who should pay for the preservation of historical buildings?
7. How do you think famous historical figures can serve as models for
young people today?
8. Do people in your country like to visit museums?
9. Who do you think likes to go to museums more – children or adults?
10. Do you think museums should be free of cost to enter?
11. Do you think local people and tourists should pay the same amount to
enter a museum?
12. How do you think the museums of the future might be different from
the museums of today?
13. How do you think the museums of the future might portray the 21st
century?

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84. Describe an unusual meal that you had

 When did you eat it

 Where did you eat it?
 With whom you had the meal?
 Why do you think it was unusual?

Follow-ups

1. Do you think having dinner at home is a good idea?

2. Do young people like to spend time with their families or friends?
3. What do you think are the benefits of having dinner together?
4. Do you think people are less willing to cook meals by themselves these
days, compared to the past?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating in restaurants?
6. What fast foods are there in your country?
7. Do people eat fast food at home?
8. Why do some people choose to eat out instead of ordering takeout?
9. Do people in your country socialize in restaurants? Why?
10. Do people in your country value food culture?

85. Describe an achievement/success you are proud of

 What you did?

 When did you do it?
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 Why did that achievement make you proud?

Follow-ups

1. How to measure a person’s success?

2. Do you think the way people gain success has changed?
3. How do you define success?
4. How to reward successful people?
5. What’s the most difficult thing you have ever done?
6. What qualities does a person need to have, to be successful?
7. Do you feel terrible when you fail to do something?
8. Is failure a necessary thing in people’s life?
9. Is it important for young people to have some achievement?
10. Which one is more important, personal goals or work goals?
11. Have your life goals changed since your childhood?
12. Does everyone set goals for themselves?
13. Do you think material rewards are important than other rewards
at work?
14. What makes people feel proud of themselves?

86. Talk about a thing you complained about something (but finally
got a good result)

 What did you complain about?

 Who you complained to?
 When it happened?
 What was the result and why you were satisfied with the result?
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1. When do people usually complain?

2. Can complaining help to solve problems?
3. What other measures you should take to solve problems rather
than complain?
4. What kind of people complain?
5. Do you usually get angry?
6. Do you think customers’ complaints will improve product or
services?
7. Is it necessary for companies to set up customer service?
8. Are there any disadvantages to set up customer service?
9. Would you buy things in the shops in which you have made
complaints before?
10.What product or services do people in your country like to
complain about?
11.Do you think it is better to complain, by talking or in writing?
12.Who are more likely to complain, young people or old people?

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87. Describe when someone gave you something you really
wanted /a gift your received

 Who gave it to you?

 What was the thing?
 When you received it?
 Why you needed it?
 How you felt about it?

Follow-ups

1. What is the relationship between shopping and economy of your

country?
2. What are the things young people like to buy?
3. How your friends influence your shopping choice?
4. Is consumption important to a country?
5. What should parents do when their children ask for things their
friends have?
6. Why do people buy things that are not necessary?
7. Should employees have their own goals?
8. How should bosses reward employees?
9. What kinds of gifts do young people like to receive as gifts?
10. How should children spend their allowance?
11. Why do people like shopping more than in the past?
12. Do you think shopping is a good for a country’s economy?

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88. Describe a development in your country like shopping
centre, park etcetera

 What is the development?

 When you heard about it?
 How did it influence you?

Follow-ups

1. What transportation do you use the most?

2. Is public transportation popular in India?
3. How do inventors or philosophers come up with the new ideas?
4. What leisure facilities can be used by people of all ages?
5. Do you think young people in your country like to visit cinemas?
6. How is the subway system developing in your country?

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