21. DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN YOU SHARED SOMETHING WITH OTHERS (OR ANOTHER PERSON)
- What you shared?
- Who you shared with?
- Why you shared it?
- And explain how you felt about sharing it?
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do you like to share?
2. What are the consequences if children don’t like to share?
3. How do you feel about sharing accommodations with others on campus?
4. How could parents and teachers teach young children to share?
5. Do people in your country (or, you) prefer to share public transport or do they (you) prefer to
use private transport?
6. Do many people in your country share their home with others or do they mostly live alone?
7. Do you think there are any advantages to sharing your home with other (non-family) people?
8. Would you ever share your food with someone else?
22. DESCRIBE YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE
You should say:
- When and where you saw it;
- What type of film it was;
- What the film was about
- And explain why it is your favourite film
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do you think (watching) films have (has) any educational benefits?
2. In what ways are documentary films and films only for entertainment different?
3. Why do you think documentary films are not so popular?
4. How are movies and real life different?
5. Do men and women like to watch the same kinds of films?
6. Do different age groups like the same kinds of films?
7. Do you like any particular film star? Why?
23. Describe a time you got lost in a place you didn
- When did it happen
- Who was with you
- What did you do
- How you felt about it
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do you often get lost?
2. Is map-reading skill important?
3. Are some people good at map-reading than others?
4. Why some people like travelling to other places?
5. Should they find information about the place before going there?
6. Where, in our opinion, should people visit during the vacations? What type of places do you recommend people to visit during vacations?
7. How do people travel long distance in your country?
8.How can travelling be useful to people? What do you think people can learn by travelling to other countries?
24. Describe your first day at school
- Where it was?
- What happened?
- Explain how you felt on that day.
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do you think students should be taken to school by their parents or go by themselves?
2. Should children rely on their parents or be independent?
3. How can children become more independent?
4. What is the effect if parents interfere with children’s life too much?
5. How do you think children and teenagers are different?
6. Do you think children today are happier than children in the past?
7. Some people say that your school days are the best days of your life. Do you agree?
8. Have there been significant changes in schooling methods in your country in recent years?
9. Do you agree there is too much pressure on young people at school these days?
10.Do you think school and university prepares young people adequately for real life?
25. Describe an aquatic animal
- What it looks like
- When you saw it
- Where you saw it
- Explain why it is interesting
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Why do people like to keep pets?
2. What should we do to protect endangered animals?
3. Do you support doing experiments on animals?
4. Why do some people refuse to eat animals?
5. What would happen when some species disappear on earth?
6. What kind of animals do people normally have in their home?
7. Tell me about an animal you saw which is very rare in your home town.
8. What would happen when some species disappear on earth?
26. Describe a bag you want to own
- What kind of bag it is?
- Where you want to buy it
- How much it will cost you
- Why you want this kind of bag
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Why do you think women like to buy bags?
2. Is the backpack practical in life?
3. Why are some people willing to buy expensive bags?
4. In the future, what changes will bags have?
5. Why do children need to carry a uniform schoolbag?
6. What kind of expensive things do people like to buy?
27. Describe your favorite singer
- How do you know this singer
- What this person is like
- Do you think he/she is good?
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do singers play an important role in your country?
2. Do you think celebrities have a lot of income?
3. In your country, people prefer to listen to traditional music or foreign music?
4. Do teenagers and adults enjoy the same kind of songs?
5. What are the factors, which make people like a song?
6. On which occasions do people in your country sing together?
7. What do old people like to listen to?
8. Why do you think people of different age groups have different favorite songs?
9. What are the differences between popular music and the music that (young) children like to listen to?
28. Describe a time you made a promise to someone
- Whom did you make the promise to
- What the promise was
- Why you made the promise
- Was the promise easy to achieve
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Generally speaking, do Indian parents make promises to children?
2. Do children also make promises to their parents?
3. Do most people fulfill their promises?
4. How do you feel when others break their promises?
5. Is good decision making an inborn skill or is learnt?
6.Have you ever made a really bad decision in life?
7. Have you ever broken any of your promise?
8. Promises are made to be broken"Do you agree"?
29. Describe an art exhibition that you visited.
- when you saw this exhibition
- where the exhibition was held
- what was on display
- and explain your impression of the exhibition
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do you like art?
2. Do you think art classes are necessary? {Why?)
3. How do you think art classes affect children’s development?
4. What kind of paintings do Indian people like?
5. What can you learn from western paintings?
6. What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby?
7. Is art popular in your country?
8. Describe the general purpose of art. And say why do people enjoy art?
9. Do you think that some people are naturally better artists than others?
10.What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an artist?
30. Describe a time when you told your friend an important truth
- Who your friend is?
- What the truth was
- What your friend’s reaction was
- And explain why it was important for you to tell the truth to your friend
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
1. Do you think we should tell truth at all times?
2. How do you know when others are telling the truth?
3. Do you think it is important to win the game or follow the rules?
4. Sometimes people should tell lies. Do you agree?
5. Is it important that people should have good friendship?
6. What are the important qualities of a good friend?