EXAM CARDS (questions)
Exam Card № 1 Let’s talk about family
1. Let’s talk about family. What is family for you?
2. Are there any things that you do with your parents?
3. What will you ask your British friend about his/her family?
4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?
5. Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?
Exam Card № 2 Let’s talk about family traditions
1. Let’s talk about family. What role does it play in each person’s life?
2. Do you have your own family traditions?
3. What will you ask your British friend about his/her family?
4. What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?
5. Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?
Exam Card № 3 Let’s talk about family relationship
1. Let’s talk about your family. What role does it play in your life?
2. Are you in good terms with your parents and grandparents?
3. What will you ask a British teenager about his/her family?
4. What can you advise people who want to get on well with their parents?
5. They say that parents and children have difficulties in understanding each other because of generation gap. What do you think about this problem?
Exam Card № 4 Let’s talk about friendship
1. Let’s talk about friendship. What role do friends play in your life?
2. Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?
3. What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?
4. What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?
5. They say: “A person has just one true friend”. What do you think about this?
Exam Card № 5 Let’s talk about education
1. Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?
2. Does your school differ from any other school you know?
3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil?
4. You are talking with a British student. What would you advise him/her to do to prepare for an exam well?
5. Today some young people want to study abroad because they believe that the level of education is higher there. Do you agree with them?
Exam Card № 6 Let’s talk about studying at school
1. Let’s talk about studying at school. What’s your school like?
2. Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life?
3. Ask me what kind of pupil I was at school.
4. Which school club would you advise your classmate to join?
5. Today some young people think that having a good education is very important. Do you agree with them?
Exam Card № 7 Let’s talk about school traditions
1. Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about the place where you study?
2. Does your school have any traditions?
3. Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.
4. What can you advise a student who is not very good at languages to do to achieve better results?
5. Nowadays some young people complain that they have lots of problems at school. Do you agree with them?
Exam Card № 8 Let’s talk about your future career
1. Let’s talk about your future career. What would you like to become?
2. Does a person need to possess special qualities to become a good specialist in this or that particular field? Why?
3. What questions will you ask your future employer at a job interview?
4. Give some advice on how to create a positive impression on the employer.
5. Some people think that having computer skills is necessary to get a good job. Do you agree with this?
Exam Card № 9 Let’s talk about life in the city and in the country
1. Let’s talk about life in the city and in the country. Describe the place where you live.
2. Where would you like to live: in the country or in the city? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask your friend about the place where he/she lives?
4. Your friend doesn’t know what to choose: to live in the country or in the city. Give him/her some advice.
5. East or West, home is best. Do you agree with it?
Exam Card № 10 Let’s talk about different types of houses
1. Let’s talk about the house you live in. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.
2. Do you like you the place where you live?
3. What questions will you ask your friend about his/her flat or house?
4. Does the place where a person lives reflect his/her character?
5. They say that living in the country is better than living in a city. Do you agree?
Exam Card № 11 Let’s talk about Belarusian national cuisine
1. Now let’s talk about food. What do Belarusian people eat?
2. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?
3. What questions can your British friend ask you about our cuisine?
4. Which cafes would you recommend to visit in your place? Why?
5. A lot of pupils refuse to have meals at school. What do you think about it?
Exam Card № 12 Let’s talk about national cuisine of English-speaking country
1. Let’s talk about food. What do people eat in Britain?
2. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about their eating habits?
4. Do you know many recipes?
5. The British people are considered to be the world’s greatest tea drinkers. What do you know about this?
Exam Card № 13 Let’s talk about shopping
1. Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?
2. Is it easy to buy a good birthday present? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask your friend who has bought an expensive telephone?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to buy many things (clothes, foodstuffs, etc.) but has little time?
5. Parents usually give pocket money to their children. How do you usually spend your pocket money?
Exam Card № 14 Let’s talk about leisure time
1. Let’s talk about leisure time. What do you do in your free time?
2. Is cinema still important? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British friend about his/her hobbies?
4. Can you recommend me to watch one of the films you have seen recently?
5. Many parents complain that children don’t read books. Why do you think children are not interested in?
Exam Card № 15 Let’s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions
1. Let’s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions. What can you tell me about your favourite Belarusian holiday?
2. Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?
3. What questions can you ask a friend about his/her last New Year celebration?
4. What national souvenirs will you recommend a tourist to buy in Belarus?
5. Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why?
Exam Card № 16 Let’s talk about British customs and traditions
1. Let’s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country. What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?
2. Do you find some British customs and traditions special? Why (not)?
3. What questions can you ask a British teenager about good manners in their country?
4. What national souvenirs will you recommend a tourist to buy in Britain?
5. Nowadays more and more people interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?
Exam Card № 17 Let’s talk about means of communication
1. Let’s talk about means of communication: TV, newspapers, radio, the Internet . Which of these does your family like?
2. Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask the participants of “What? Where? When” a famous TV programme?
4. My cousin spends a lot of time chatting in “Contact” and it makes all the family angry. What can you advise him and the family to do in this situation?
5. Can the Internet replace all the other means of mass media? What is your point of view?
Exam Card № 18 Let’s talk about a healthy way of life
1. Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What influences a person’s health?
2. Is home-made food better than junk food? Why?
3. What questions will you ask a fitness coach?
4. What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?
5. Why is a balanced diet important for your health?
Exam Card № 19 Let’s talk about sport
1. Let’s talk about sport. What do you do to keep fit?
2. Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?
3. What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?
4. What can you advise a person who doesn’t know what kind of sport to take up?
5. Sport develops character and team spirit. Can you add other points in favour of sport?
Exam Card № 20 Let’s talk about fashion
1. Let’s talk about fashion. What style in clothes do you prefer and why?
2. Do you follow the latest fashion trends? Why (not)?
3. What questions would you ask a fashion designer?
4. What can you advise a person who wants to change something about his/her style but doesn’t know how to do it?
5. They say that young people pay a lot of attention to their style and want to be fashionable. What do you think about it?
Exam Card № 21 Let’s talk about travelling and tourism
1. Let’s talk about travelling and tourism. What role do they play in your life?
2. How do you like to travel?
3. What questions should you ask a travel agent to learn more about a tour?
4. What can you advise a person who doesn’t know where to spend his/her holiday?
5. What difficulties can you have when visiting a foreign country? Is it possible to avoid them?
Exam Card № 22 Let’s talk about environment
1. People say that our planet is in danger. Do you share this opinion?
2. What do you think people should do to protect the environment?
3. What would you like to ask your British friend about measures that are taken to protect the environment in Britain?
4. A friend of yours wants to develop a programme to protect the city where he lives. Give him a piece of advice.
5. What can you tell about your own experience in protecting the environment?
Exam Card № 23 Let’s talk about weather and climate
1. Let’s talk about weather and climate. What is happening to weather and climate nowadays?
2. Do you have a favourite season?
3. What questions would you ask a meteorologist?
4. What can you advise a person who is weather dependent?
5. They say there’s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. What do you think about it?
Exam Card № 24 Let’s talk about the Republic of Belarus
1. Let’s talk about our country. What can you tell me about our Motherland?
2. What parts of Belarus have you visited?
3. What questions about Belarus do you expect to hear from a British teenager?
4. What Belarusian sights would you advise a foreigner to visit?
5. They say that Belarus is at the crossroads of Europe. Explain why.
Exam Card № 25 Let’s talk about Great Britain
1. Let’s talk about Great Britain. What do you know about this country?
2. Would you like to visit Britain? Why (not)?
3. What would you like to ask a British teenager about Britain?
4. Give me a piece of advice on what sights to see in London.
5. What can you tell us about British character and behaviour?
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