***NEW*** SPEAKING PRACTICE QUESTIONS!!

***NEW*** SPEAKING PRACTICE QUESTIONS!!

Use the Questions below, to prepare yourself for the speaking exam coming up on the 3rd of August. You may be asked questions about your family,hometown, holidays and etc. GOOD LUCK!! ( send any questions you have to: okemeagwali@yahoo.com)


ABOUT YOUR FAMILY

Do you like your family? Why or why not?
Do you have any brothers or sisters? If so, how old are they?
Do you get along well with your family?
Do you live with any of your grandparents?
Do you live with your parents?
Do you look more like your mother or your father?
Do you often argue with your mother or father? What about?
Do you often visit your grandparents?
Do you usually have any influence on family matters?
Do your parents let you stay out late?
What time do you have to be home?
How big is your family?
How many cousins do you have?
How many aunts and uncles do you have?
What do your mother and father look like? How about your grandparents?
What do your parents do in their free time?
What was the most important thing your parents taught you?
What's the best thing about your mom?
Describe the perfect family.
Do your parents get along with each other?
Do your parents trust you?

ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN

Where are you from?
Where is your hometown?
Do you like your hometown? Why or why not?
Do you miss your home country?
What do you miss the most?
Do your childhood friends still live in your hometown?
(If not, where are they now?)
Does anyone famous come from your hometown?
Does your hometown have any festivals? What happens at that festival?
How long does it take to get from your hometown to here?
Is your hometown famous for anything?
What is the population of your hometown?
What is the population of your country?
What are some things in your hometown that are part of history?
What does your hometown produce? What does it grow?
What is the best season in your hometown?
What is the best thing about your hometown?
What is the worst thing about your hometown?
What's there to do in your hometown?
What's your hometown like?
When is the best time to come to your hometown?
What is the geography of your hometown? (i.e. beach, mountains, etc.)
What are the main attractions in your hometown?
What is the average temperature in winter time? (summer time?)
Would you like to be in your hometown now? Why or why not?
If you could live anywhere, where would you like to live?
Tell me why I would enjoy visiting your hometown.
Tell me why I should visit your hometown.
Does it snow in your hometown?

ABOUT HOLIDAYS

Name one holiday people in your country celebrate.
When is the holiday celebrated?
What does the holiday stand for? Why is this holiday celebrated?
Is it celebrated as a family or a group?
Does your family celebrate this holiday?
Has your family always celebrated this holiday? If not, when did you start celebrating it?
When does the celebration for this holiday generally start?
Is it a religious holiday?
Which religion celebrates it?
Is going to a mosque or a church on that day part of the celebration?
Are there any prayers or blessings that go with the holiday?
What are some of the things that are done to show that this holiday is special?
Are there special foods eaten on the holiday?
Have you eaten any of these foods?
Do you or did you like the foods?
Can you make these foods? Are you good at making them?
Is gift giving a part of this holiday?
Do you enjoy the holiday?
Why or why not?
Describe your last vacation.
Did you enjoy your last vacation?
How many days was your vacation?
How much money did you spend on your last vacation?
How was your trip?
Why did you visit the place(s) you went to?
How did you get there?
Why did you choose the means of transportation that you chose?
How much luggage did you take?
How was your vacation?

ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES AND FREE TIME

Do you have enough free time?
Do you have much free time during the day?
Do you have much free time in the evenings?
Do you have much free time in the mornings?
What are you doing this weekend?
What did you do last summer vacation?
What did you do last weekend?
What do you do in your free time?
What hobbies do you have?
When do you have free time? (How do you spend your free time?)
Where do you spend your free time?
Who do you spend your free time with?
How do you like to spend your free time?
What are your hobbies?
Are there any hobbies you'll like to try?


ABOUT TELEVISION

Are you going to watch TV tonight?
If so, what will you watch?
What did you watch on TV yesterday?
What is one of your favorite TV shows?
Why do you like it?
When is it on?
Does you father like it, too?
Do you like the IBO show?
Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?
Do you think it is good for children to watch TV?
Do you think TV is educational?
Do you think that there is too much violence on TV?
Do you think that TV is a good thing?
How often do you watch TV.
What are the advantages of watching TV?
What are the disadvantages of watching TV?
What do you usually watch on TV?
What kind of TV programs do you usually watch?
What kind of TV shows do you not like? Why?
What TV commercials do you like? Which ones do you hate?
What TV commercials do you like? Why?

TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING......

Tell me about something you love.
Tell me about something you hate.
Tell me about something you really care about.
Tell me about someone you dislike.
Tell me about a dream you've had.
Tell me about a goal you have.
Tell me about yourself.
Tell me about your childhood.
Tell me about something you believe in.
Tell me about a place you've visited.
Tell me about an accident you've seen.
Tell me about a time when you were happy.
Tell me about a time when you were sad.
Tell me about a time when you were excited.
Tell me about a time when you were frightened.
Tell me about your favorite pastime.
Tell me about the last book you've read / movie you've watched.
Tell me about a country or place you would like to visit and why.

ABOUT SPORTS

Are you good at sports?
What sports are you good at?
Do you often play sports
Do you like to exercise?

ABOUT THE WEATHER

What's your favorite season and why?
Are there any special traditions associated with different season in your country?
Have you ever been caught in bad weather? If so, what did you do?
What crops are produced in which seasons in your country?
Do you have many disasters in you country which are caused by weather?
Do you know any interesting myths or stories about weather?
Do you like snow?
Which do you like better hot weather or cold weather?
Do you have snow in your country?
What month gets the most rain in your country?
What month gets the most rain around here?)
What's the average temperature in your country in the summer time?
How about in the winter?
............................... GOOD LUCK !!! ............................