Part1 questions.(September-december). Topic Work and studies Do you work or are you a student?

Part1 questions.(September-december).

Topic#1. Work and studies

1. 
   Do you work or are you a student?
   
2. 
   What work do you do? What subjects are you studying? (new ideas and answers added on 18 August 2019)
   
3. 
   Why did you choose that job?
   
4. 
   Why did you choose to study that subject?
   
5. 
   Do you like your job?
   
6. 
   Is there anything you dislike about your job? (new ideas and answers added on 26 August 2019)
   
7. 
   What was your dream job when you were young?
   
8. 
   What was your dream job when you were young?
   
9. 
   Have you changed your mind on your dream job?
   
10. 
    What do you like about your studies?
    
11. 
    What do you dislike about your studies?
    

Topic #2. Hometown

1. 
   Please describe your hometown a little.
   
2. 
   What is your town wel-knownfor?
   
3. 
   Do you like your home town?
   
4. 
   Is that a big city or a small place?
   
5. 
   How long have you been living there?
   
6. 
   Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
   
7. 
   How has your town changed over the last 20 years?
   

Topic #3. Country

1. 
   Tell me a little about your country.
   
2. 
   Which part of your country do most people live in?
   
3. 
   Where is your country located?
   
4. 
   Tell me about the main industries in your country.
   
5. 
   What are some of the good things and some of the bad things about living in your country?
   

Topic #4. Home

1. 
   Can you describe the place where you live?
   
2. 
   What kind of housing accommodation do you live in?
   
3. 
   What do you like about your flat?
   
4. 
   Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
   
5. 
   What can you see from the windows where you live?
   
6. 
   Do you prefer living in a house or a flat?
   
7. 
   What would you like to change in your flat?
   
8. 
   What do you dislike about your flat?
   

Topic #5. Animals (Wild animals) (for all tes dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Have you ever seen wild animals?
   
2. 
   What's your favourite wild animal?
   
3. 
   Do you like watching animals in the zoo?
   
4. 
   Is it important to let children know about animals?
   
5. 
   Is it important to protect wild animals?
   

Topic #6. Borrowing and lending things (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Have you ever borrowed books from others?
   
2. 
   Have you ever borrowed money from others?
   
3. 
   Do you like to lend things to others?
   
4. 
   How do you feel when people don't return things they borrowed from you?
   

Topic #7. Coffee and tea (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 Apr 2020)

1. 
   Are tea and coffee popular in your country?
   
2. 
   Which is more popular in your country, coffee or tea?
   
3. 
   Do you prefer to drink tea or coffee?
   
4. 
   Do you like tea and coffee?
   
5. 
   Do you often drink coffee and tea?
   
6. 
   Do you usually offer tea or coffee when you have guests?
   
7. 
   Do you remember when you drank tea or coffee for the first time?
   

Topic #8. Concentration (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   When is it hard to concentrate?
   
2. 
   In what situations do you need to concentrate?
   
3. 
   What do you do to improve concentration?
   
4. 
   Is it easy for you to do two things simultaneously?
   

Topic #9. Countryside (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Would you like to live in the countryside in the future?
   
2. 
   Have you ever lived in the countryside?
   
3. 
   Do you ever spend time in the countryside?
   
4. 
   What is the difference between living in the countryside and the city?
   
5. 
   What do people living in the countryside like to do?
   
6. 
   What do you like to do in the countryside?
   

Topic #10. Friends (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Are friends important to you?
   
2. 
   What do you value about your friends?
   
3. 
   Do your friends think that you are a good friend?
   
4. 
   What kind of friend do you want to meet in the future?
   
5. 
   What kind of people do you like to have as friends?
   
6. 
   Do you prefer to spend time with friends or alone?
   
7. 
   Do you like to spend time with friends?
   
8. 
   What do you and your friends do together?
   
9. 
   Are friends more important than family?
   
10. 
    How do people in your country make friends?
    
11. 
    Do adults and children make friends in the same way?
    
12. 
    Do you have many friends?
    
13. 
    Do you prefer one friend or many friends?
    
14. 
    Do you like meeting new people?
    
15. 
    Do you have any close friends who live abroad?
    
16. 
    Are you still friends with your friends from childhood? (no answers vet)
    

Topic #11. Hair (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   How often do you have a haircut?
   
2. 
   Do you like going to a hairdresser's (or barber's)?
   
3. 
   How long have you had this haircut?
   
4. 
   Have you had a haircut that you didn't like?
   
5. 
   Do you want to change your hair color?
   

Topic #12. Holidays (for all test dates from September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Can you describe your perfect holiday?
   
2. 
   Which do you prefer, to spend time on a beach or have excursions in a city?
   
3. 
   What was the best holiday in your life?
   

Topic #13. Jeans (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Do you like wearing jeans?
   
2. 
   How often do you wear jeans?
   
3. 
   Why are jeans so popular?
   
4. 
   Did you wear jeans at school?
   
5. 
   Would you buy an expensive pair of jeans? (no answers yet)
   

Topic #14. Languages (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   What foreign languages have you studied?
   
2. 
   Would you like to learn any foreign languages?
   
3. 
   Why did you choose to study that language?
   
4. 
   How did you learn that language?
   
5. 
   How long have you been learning that language
   
6. 
   Would you say it's a difficult language to learn?
   

Topic #15. Maths (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   When did you start learning math?
   
2. 
   Do you like math?
   
3. 
   Who taught you math?
   
4. 
   Is math difficult for you to learn?
   
5. 
   Do you like to use a calculator?
   

Topic #16. Music (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
   
2. 
   What kinds of music are most popular in your country?
   
3. 
   When did you start listening to that type of music?
   
4. 
   Do you often listen to music?
   
5. 
   When do you listen to music?
   
6. 
   How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
   
7. 
   How do you feel when you listen to it?
   
8. 
   Have you ever been to a musical performance or concert?
   
9. 
   Have you ever learnt to play a musical instrument?
   
10. 
    Is music an important subject at school in your country?
    
11. 
    Did you often listen to music when you were a child?
    
12. 
    Do you like listening to music at work?
    
13. 
    Do people prefer to buy CDs or download music online?
    
14. 
    Do you prefer to listen to music when you are alone or when you are with other people? (no answers yet)
    

Topic #17. Perfumes (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Do you give other people a perfume as a gift?
   
2. 
   Have you ever bought a perfume as a gift?
   
3. 
   What kinds of perfume do you like?
   
4. 
   How much do you spend on perfumes?
   
5. 
   Do you have a lot of perfumes?
   
6. 
   Do you wear a perfume?
   
7. 
   Do you have a favourite brand of perfume?
   

Topic #18. Patience (for all test dates from September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Are you patient?
   
2. 
   Have you ever lost your patience?
   
3. 
   What do you become impatient about?
   
4. 
   Do you think patience is important?
   
5. 
   What is your attitude to waiting?
   
6. 
   Did you use to be more patient or less patient than you are now?
   
7. 
   Do you think being patient is an important part of being polite?
   
8. 
   What do you think patience is?
   
9. 
   What do you usually do while waiting for something (a bus, taxi, flight)? (no answers yet)
   

Topic #19. Playing (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Is it important for children to play outdoors?
   
2. 
   Did you usually play indoors or outdoors?
   
3. 
   How often did you play at your friend's place?
   
4. 
   Where did you like to play as a child?
   

Topic #20. Reading (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Why do parents make children read books at an early age? (added on 28 August 2019)
   
2. 
   Do you like reading?
   
3. 
   What books do you like to read?
   
4. 
   What book did you read recently?
   
5. 
   What did you learn from it?
   
6. 
   What was your favourite book as a child?
   
7. 
   Should reading be a compulsory activity for children at school?
   

Topic #21. Rubbish (Litter) (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Why do people litter in public places?
   
2. 
   How do you feel when you see rubbish in the streets?
   
3. 
   Do you always try to recycle things like paper and plastic?
   
4. 
   Would you like to help other people to keep your town or city tidy?
   

Topic #22. Smiling (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Do you like to smile?
   
2. 
   When do people smile at others?
   
3. 
   Do you smile when people take pictures of you?
   
4. 
   Can you recognise a fake smile?
   
5. 
   When was the last time when you saw people smiling?
   

Topic #23. Social networks (for all test dates 23 from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website? (added on 30 August 2019)
   
2. 
   Are you a social person? (added on 29 August 2019)
   
3. 
   What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?
   
4. 
   What kind of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
   
5. 
   What kind of chatting apps or software do people in your country like to use?
   

Topic #24. Street markets (for all test dates 24from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Do many people go to street markets in your country?
   
2. 
   Do you like going to street markets?
   
3. 
   What do people usually buy at street markets?
   
4. 
   What is the difference between street markets and supermarkets?
   
5. 
   Are there many street markets in your country?
   

Topic #25. Time management and plans (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   What is the hardest part about making plans? (added on 2 September 2019)
   
2. 
   What is the latest plan that you made? (added on 1 September 2019)
   
3. 
   Are you good at organizing time?
   
4. 
   How do you usually organize time?
   
5. 
   Do you make plans every day?
   

Topic #26. Travelling (for all test dates from 201 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Do you like traveling?
   
2. 
   Do you like travelling long distances?
   
3. 
   In which season do you prefer to travel?
   
4. 
   Would you say your country is a good place for tourists to visit?
   
5. 
   Do you often travel by plane?
   
6. 
   Would you like to travel long distances more often in the future?
   
7. 
   What was the most impressive travel in your life?
   
8. 
   What was the first travel in your life?
   
9. 
   Where do you plan to travel next?
   

Topic #27. Visiting relatives (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Do you often visit your relatives?
   
2. 
   What do you do when you visit your relatives?
   
3. 
   When was the last time you visited a relative?
   
4. 
   Why do people visit their relatives?
   

Topic #28. Voice (for all test dates from 1 September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Are there any situations when your voice changes?
   
2. 
   Do you like listening to recordings of your voice?
   
3. 
   Is your voice the same now as it was when you were younger?
   

Topic #29. Walking (for all test dates from September 2019 to 30 April 2020)

1. 
   Do you like to walk?
   
2. 
   Do you like to walk on your own or with friends?
   
3. 
   Would you say your city is good for walking?
   
4. 
   Where do you usually walk?
   
5. 
   Did you walk more in the past?
   
6. 
   Will people walk more in the future?
   
7. 
   Do you spend enough time walking? (no answers yet)
   

Topic #30. Weather (for all test dates from 1 May to 31 December 2019)

1. 
   Do you like hot weather?
   
2. 
   What do you do in hot weather?
   
3. 
   Would you like to visit a hot country?
   
4. 
   Do you like wet weather?
   

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Answers

Topic #2. Hometown

1. 
   Please describe your hometown a little.
   
2. 
   What is your town wel-known for?
   
3. 
   Do you like your home town?
   
4. 
   Is that a big city or a small place?
   
5. 
   How long have you been living there?
   
6. 
   Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
   
7. 
   How has your town changed over the last 20 years?