PERSONAL PRESENTATION CAMBRIDGE SPEAKING PROMPTS.doc, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica PERSONAL PRESENTATION CAMBRIDGE SPEAKING PROMPTS.doc e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! SPEAKING PROMPTS FROM CAMBRIDGE TESTS SPEAKING PROMPTS Prompts from part I (interview) 1. What’s your job?/What are your tasks? 2. What’s your favourite pastime/sport? 3. (More advanced follow on question: do you think it is important to have a hobby?/what do you do to keep fit?) 4. What’s your favourite vacation place? 5. What do you enjoy doing in the evenings? 6. Do you enjoy being on your own? 7. Is your weekend usually relaxing or very busy? 8. What did you do last weekend? 9. Do you watch TV? What sort of programmes do you like? 10. Do you prefer reading newspapers or magazines? 11. What’s your favourite newpaper/magazine? 12. Do you ever use the Internet to find out information? 13. What sort of things do you look for? 14. Do you enjoy travelling? Tell me about a place you’ve enjoyed visiting. 15. What do you like doing when you are on holiday? 16. What was your favourite sort of holiday when you were younger? 17. Where would you like to go for your next holiday? 18. Have you ever had problems when you were on holiday? FCE More prompts 1. If you could go travelling for 6 months what places would you like to visit? Why? 2. What advice would you give someone visiting your country for the first time? 3. Do you think everyone should do some kind of sport? (Why/Why not?) 4. Are there many places to do sports in your area? How often do you go there? 5. Some people feel there is too much sport on television. Do you agree? 6. Do you think sport stars earn too much money? (Why/Why not?) 7. What sort of person do you most respect? 8. Do you think competition in life is a good thing? (Why/Why not?) 9. How important is it to be happy in your job? 10. How old should you be before you decide what job to do? 11. What sort of jobs do most people do in your area? 12. Some people say that an easy life is a happy life. Do you think this is true? 13. In what ways do you think people’s lives are happier now than fifty years ago? 14. What do you think people can do to make the world a happier place? 15. Some people say we rely too much on medecines nowadays. What’s your opinion? 16. Should children’s health education be the responsibility of parents or schools? Why? 17. Do you think our lifestyles will become more healthy or less healthy in the future? 18. What do you think you will be doing in 5/10 years’ time? 19. Are you excited or worried about the future? Why? 20. Should people get to know their own countries before travelling abroad? 21. What problems do people have travelling around large cities? 22. Which kind of transport do you think might disappear in the future? 23. Some people say there is nowhere left to explore on this planet. What’s your opinion? 24. What effect does a county’s climate have on the personality of people living there? 25. What advantages or disadvantages are there in living in a country which has seasons? 26. Some people’s idea of happiness is a lazy summer day. What do you think this is? 27. Why do people spend time spend time sunbathing when they are told it is so bad for their health? 28. Some people say more should be done to prevent global warming what’s your opinion? 29. Looking back on your life, what has been a memorable event for you? 30. Do you prefer watching films at home or at the cinema? Why? 31. What is the most interesting film you have seen? Why? 32. What is the most interesting book you have read? Why? 33. How important are newspapers for you? CAE Prompts 1. What advice would you give to someone coming to visit your country? 2. Do you think some people work better under pressure? Why? 3. Nowadays many people work from home. Do you think this is a good or a bad thing? Why? 4. What changes have taken place in tourism in recent times? 5. Some people say that tourism does more harm than good. Do you agree? 6. What people benefit the most and the least from modern tourism. Why? 7. Some people say that because of tourism, countries all over the world are becoming more similar to each other. Do you agree? Is this a desirable development? 8. What development do you think there will be in tourism in the future? 9. Some people say that life is easier today for young people than it used to be. Do you agree? 10. What things do you think that all young people should be able to have and to do? 11. What kind of things are expected of young people today and why? Are these expectations fair? 12. How much influence do you think young people’s families have on them? Do you think that their friends have more influence on them? 13. What kind of problems do young people typically have today? What causes these problems? 14. Some people say that the environment is the biggest issue in the modern world. Do you agree? Do you think there are more important issues? 15. What impact can individuals have concerning environmental issues? What do you do personally that is connected with environmental issues? 16. Do you think that people in general are concerned about the environment? If so, what concerns them most? If not, why not? 17. Many companies today advertise the ways in which they are environmentally friendly. Is this a positive development or does it have little effect? 18. What should governments be doing about environmental problems? 19. Some people say that the media does more harm than good. Do you agree? 20. In what areas of life has the media had a good influence and in what areas has it had a bad influence?