Interview Questions For The A2 Speaking Test

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Interview questions for the A2 Speaking Test

Speaking directions:

 Try to talk as much as you can. Speak more than the examiner if possible.
 Talk as fluently as possible and be spontaneous.
 Be confident.
 Avoid one-word answers! (Not saying much or giving yes/no answers all the time)
 Do not remind silent.
 Keep talking until the examiner stops you.

Phase #1
Self-Introduction.
Introduce yourself in English.

Who are you?

Phase #2 (3 questions each)

1 Personal information and family


• What have been the best moments of your life so far?
• Could you tell me about your family?
• Would you rather be an only child or have brothers and sisters? Why?
• How often and on what occasions do you see your relatives?
• Could you tell me about your favorite relative?
• How do you share housework in your family?
• What are some of the things that your family usually do together? • How are weekdays different
from weekends in your family’s life?
• What are your plans for the future?

2. Social life
• Could you tell me about your best friend? • What is important about a friend for you?
• What family occasions do you celebrate in your family and how?
• Do you have any family tradition?
• How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
• Could you tell me about the shopping habits in your family?
• Do you prefer shopping in a small shop or a big supermarket/hypermarket/shopping mall?
Why?
• What kind of people do you like to spend time together with?
• Have you or someone in your family ever had an accident? If, yes, tell me about it.

3. Describing your house.


• Would you rather live in a big city or in the countryside? Why?
• Could you describe your house/flat and the rooms in it? (Number of rooms)
• Which is your favorite place at home and why?
• What do you and your family do to protect the environment?
• Do you practice eco friendly habits at home? If so, tell me about it.
• Talk about eco friendly habits that people need to adapt at home.
4. School and Jobs
• What were your favorite subjects/lessons at school and why?
• What is an ideal teacher like for you?
• What are some of the best memories of your school years?
• What do you think? How can you use your English in the future?
• How is it best to learn English? What has worked for you? Why?
• What do you like most about learning languages?
• Could you tell me about the job you would like to have in the future?
• Do you have a job? If so, what do you do for a living?
• Would you like to be self-employed or an employee? Why?

5. Free time/entertainment
• What do you like doing in your free time?
• Could you tell me about a film you have seen recently?
• What are your favorite TV programs and why?
• Which do you prefer: watching a film on TV/on video or watching a film in the cinema?
Why?
• What are your favorite places for going out?
• What does music mean to you?
• What type of music do you listen to?
• Tell me what you read. Where and how often do you read that/those?

6. Science and technology


• How do you think our life is easier nowadays than it was in the past?
• How do technological devices make people’s life easier?
• What technological devices would you not like to live without? Why?
• How important is your smartphone?
• Do you still watch traditional tv or do you prefer internet videos? Why?
• What do you usually watch on internet?
• How often do you use the internet?
• How television is today different than they were in the past.

Phase #3

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The examiner chooses the picture.
Picture #1 Picture #2 Picture #3

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