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Sample interview questions for Task 1 of the intermediate Speaking Test
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 favourite relative?
• What kind of family would you like to have in the future?
• How do you share housework in your family?
• Do you think children should help with the housework? Why and how? / Why not?
• 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 Man and Society
• What are you like as a person?
• 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?
• How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
• What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
• Do you try to follow the latest fashion? How? / Why not?
• 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?
3 Our Environment
• Could you describe the area where you live?
• Would you rather live in a big city or in the country? Why?
• Could you describe your house/flat and the rooms in it?
• Which is your favourite place at home and why?
• Could you describe the home you would like to have in the future?
• What do you and your family do to protect the environment?
• What kind of weather do you like the most/the least? Why?
• Which season of the year do you like best/the least? Why?