1.
Sunglasses
1. Do you often wear sunglasses?
2. Do you spend a lot of money on sunglasses?
3. Do you give sunglasses as a gift?
4. Why do you wear sunglasses?
1. Describe a place-not in your home- where you go to relax
You should say:
Where the place is/ What the place looks like/ How you spend your time in this place
And explain why this place helps you to relax
Part3:
1. Do people have enough places to relax in your country?
2. What do people do when relaxed?
3. Is physical activity good for relaxing?
4. Do you think that spending too much time in front of screen is good for relaxing?
5. Do people have to spend a lot of money on relaxing?
2. Social Media
1. Do you think you spend too much time on social media?
2. Do your friends use social media?
3. What do people often do on social media?
4. When did you start using social media?
12. Describe a time when you helped someone (you worked or studied with)
You should say:
Who you helped/ Why you helped him/her/ How you helped him/her
And explain how you felt about the experience
Part 3
1. Should people be very kind when they help others?
2. Should children be taugh to be kind to others?
3. How do you compare kindness with other qualities?
3. Video Game
1. Do you like playing video games or watching others play video games?
2. What kinds of video games do you like to play?
3. Is it good for young people to play video games?
13. Describe a movie that made you feel very strong after watching it
You should say:
What it was/ When and Where you watched it/ Who you watched it with
And explain why it made you feel strong.
Part 3
1. What movies young people are watching now?
2. What is the difference between going to the cinema and at home?
3. Do you think people will prefer watching movies in theaters in the future?
4. Colors
1. What is your favorite color?
2. Do you usually wear clothes in your favorite color?
3. Are there any colors that have a special meaning in your country?
4. Do you think different types of people like different colors?
24. Describe something you do regularly to help you study or work
You should say:
What it is/ How are you learn it/ When you do it
And explain how you feel about it
Part 3:
1. Do you think everyone’s routine is different?
2. Which jobs need a morning routine?
3. Is a daily routine important?
5. Cakes and other sweet things
1. Did you enjoy cakes and sweets when you were a child? (Why/ Why not?)
2. Have you ever made a cake yourself? (Why/Why not?)
3. On what occasions do people in your culture eat special cakes or other sweet food? (Why?)
4. Do you enjoy eating something sweet at the end of a meal? (Why/Why not?)
8. Describe a person who is good at teamwork
You should say:
What team he/she joined/ What work he/she did/ What his/her role was
And explain what makes him/her a good member of that team
Rounding-off questions:
What do other people in the team think about him/her?
Part 3
1. How do other people in your team think he is?
2. What do you think are the characteristics of a good leader?
3. What happens if you don’t have a good leader?
4. Why do some people not like teamwork?
5. Do you think young people are suitable for teamwork?
6. Memory
1. Do you need to remember things often?
2. Are you good at memorizing things?
3. Have you ever forgotten something important?
4. Why do some people have good memory while others just don’t?
5. Why do more people rely on cell phones to memorize things?
25. Describe somethings lost by others but found by you
You should say
What it was/ When and Where did you find it/ What you did do after you found it
And explain how you felt about finding it
Part 3:
1. Why do some people like to collect old things?
2. Will children take possession of things they pick up?
3. How should parents educate them?
7. Advertisements/commercials
1. Do you often remember advertisements/commercials that you’ve seen? (Why/Why not?)
2. What do you usually do when an advertisements/a commercials comes on TV or the internet?
(Why/Why not?)
3. Have you ever seen an advertisements/a commercials that you really didn’t like? (Why?)
4. Would you like to be in an advertisements/a commercials one day? (What kind/Why/Why
not?)
19. Describe a life goal that you have had for a long time
You should say:
How long you have had this goal/ What the goal is/ How you will achieve it
And explain how important it is to you
Part 3
1. What do young people have for goals?
2. How to be better prepared for your goals?
3. If your friend does not have goals, what do you do to help?
4. Is it necessary to give advice to children?
8. Crowded place
1. Is the city where you live crowded?
2. Is there a crowded place near where you live?
3. Do you like crowded places?
4. When was the last time you were in a crowded place?
21. Describe an occasion when you met someone complaining about something in the public (in
the restaurant or other place)
You should say:
When and where it happened
What he/she complained about
What the result was
And explain how you felt about the experience
Part 3:
1. Do you think complain is important for business?
2. Do you think it’s important for a business company to train their employees to react to the
customer's complaints?
3. Do you think are complaint is better to speak to someone or write it down like in an email?
9. Losing things
1. Do you often lose things?
2. What can we do to avoid losing things?
3. Why do some people tend to lose things more often than others?
4. What will you do if you find something lost by others?
4. Describe a job you would not like to do.
You should say:
What the job is?/ How you know about this job?/ How easy or difficult the job is?
And explain why you would not like to do this job?
Part 3:
1. How do you think AI (artificial intelligene) will affect people’s work?
2. What would you say are the important factors to consider when choosing a career?
3. That technology will make some people lose their jobs. How do you think this problem should
be handled?
4. Is it common in your country for people to move to other cities because of work?
10. Feeling bored
1. Do you often feel bored? (Why/Why not?)
2. Did you ever find school boring, when you were a child? (Why/Why not?)
3. What sort of things do you find most boring now?(Why/Why not?)
4. What do you do to stop yourself feeling bored?( Why/Why not?)
23. Describe a public facility that has been renovated and improved
You should say:
What the facility is
When it was renovated and improved
What has been renovated and improved
And explain how you feel about it
Part 3
1. What are the benefits of public facilities?
2. Why are some public transport methods popular, such as the subway?
3. Why are some public transport methods unpopular?
4. What kind of transport do young people and old people prefer?
5. What do you think are the differences between Vietnamese square dancing now and in the
future?
11. Singing
1. Do you like singing?
2. Does your school teach you to sing?
3. Do many people in Vietnam know how to sing?
4. Did you enjoy singing when you were younger?
6. Describe a person you know who likes to talk a lot
You should say:
Who this person is/ How you knew this person/ What he/she usually talks about
And explain how you felt about him/her
Part 3
1. How should parents encourage their children?
2. How should people encourage children to express themselves when being asked questions that
they are afraid to answer?
12. Spending money
1. Do you spend a lot of money?
2. What do you usually spend money for?
3. Do you use credit card?
4. How do Vietnamese people generally make payments?
15. Describe a useful object in your home that you can not live without it
You should say:
What it is/ What you can do with it/ How often you use it
And explain why you cannot live without it
Part 3:
1. What equipment do you find difficult to use?
2. What can you do with a laptop?
3. What are the benefits of using technology in the workplace?
4. Why do some people in the workplace dislike technology?
5. Why do people buy a lot of household appliances?
6. What do people often do with electronic devices?
13. News
1. Do you read the news?
2. Do famous people often appear in the news?
3. Do you like to follow celebrities in the news?
4. Do you think what is said in the news is correct?
2. Describe something you did or you need to do quickly in a short time
You should say:
What it was/ Why you did it or why you need to do/ How you did or how you need to do
And explain how you felt/feel about it
Part3:
1. Do you think it’s ok to arrive late when meeting a friend?
2. What should happen to people who arrive late for work?
3. Can you suggest how people can make sure they don’t arrive late?
3. Describe an interesting conversation that you had with an old person
You should say:
Who you had it with?/ Where did you have it?/ What was the conversation?
And explain how you felt about it?
Part 3:
1. What is the difference between the conversation between men and women?
2. Which conversation is better phone or face-to-face?
3. Why do people get nervous while they give presentations?
4. Why is body language important?
5. Describe an occasion that somebody or something was making a lot of noise
You should say:
Where you were/ What you were doing/ Who/what was making the noise
And explain how the noise affected you.
Part 3:
1. What kinds of places should be noise-free?
2. Can people bring children to these noise-free places?
3. Why can’t people make noise in a church?
4. What public morals should people follow in your country?
7. Describe an occasion when you used a map
You should say:
When you used the map/ Where you were/ Why you used a paper map
And explain how you felt about the experience
Part 3
1. What do people usually do when they get lost?
2. What are the differences between paper and digital maps?
3. What do you think of in-car GPS navigation systems?
4. What do people often do with a map?
5. Why do most people prefer to use a paper map?
6. How does learning to read a map help you learn more about your country?
9. Describe an activity you enjoyed doing when you were at primary school
You should say:
What the activity was/ How often you did the activity/ Who you did it with
And explain why it was your favourite activity
Part 3
1. What activities do children often do in your country?
2. What do parents in your country let their children do?
3. What are the differences between activities at home and at school?
4. Why do some people like to participate in activities?
5. What activities do people do in their free time?
10. Describe a time you wore a uniform for work or school
You should say:
Where you wear the uniform/ How long you need to wear it/ Who bought it for you
And explain how you feel about it
Part 3
1. Why should students wear uniforms?
2. Why should people at work wear uniforms?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wearing a uniform?
11. Describe an important journey that was delayed
You should say
When it was/ Why it was important/ How it was delayed
And how you felt about it
Part3
1. How to improve the traffic condition in a city?
2. Do people still drive a car if public transportation is free of charge?
3. How can transportation in rural areas be developed?
14. Describe an outdoor activity you did in a new place recently that makes you happy
You should say:
What the activity is/ Who invited you to participate in it/ Whether you asked for help in the activity
And explain what change you had in the activity
Part 3
1. Where do people like to go for these activities?
2. What outdoor activities are popular in Vietnam?
3. Are those people who like dangerous activities more likely to be successful?
4. Do you think it’s better for people to change jobs when there are new chances?
5. Should young people try as many new activities as possible?
6. When do people usually go outdoors to get close to nature?
16. Describe a street market you have been to
You should say:
Where it is/ What you can buy there/ Why you chose to go to this market
And explain what you think about the street market
Part 3
1. Where do people buy things?
2. Do people go to big stores or small stores more often? Why?
3. Are special services valuable to the store?
17. Describe a useful skill that you learned when you were a teenager
You should say:
What it is/ When you learned it/ Who you learned it from
And explain how you feel about this skill
Part 3
1. Where do children learn skills in your country?
2. What are the differences between learning skills on your own and from others?
3. What important skills should a child learn?
4. What skills do you think teenagers should have?
5. Who should teach teenagers skills?
6. What are the differences between children learning skills and adults learning skills?
18. Describe a time when you were very busy
You should say
When this time was/ Why you were so busy/ What you did to deal with the situation
And explain how you felt about being so busy
Part 3
1. Why do people often feel tired in this day and age?
2. Do you think people will feel even more tired in the future?
3. Is time management important?
4. How does technology help with time management?
5. Does technology distract people?
20. Describe an unusual holiday or vacation you went on
You should say/ When and where you went/ Who you went with/ What you did there
And explain why it was unusual
Part 3
1. Do you think people in your country have long enough holidays?
2. Which holidays are popular in your country?
3. What is the difference between old and young people when spending their holidays?
4. Do you think having holidays helps people learn about other countries’ cultures?
5. Why do some people dislike holidays?
22. Describe a person who is good at making people feel welcome in his/her home
You should say:
Who this person is/ When and how you met him/her/ How he/she welcomes visitors
And explain why you think he/she is good at welcoming visitors
Part 3
1. Do people in your country often invite others to their homes? Why?
2. What kind of people do you think are more likely to invite others to their homes?
3. Who are more likely to invite others to their homes, people in the countryside or people in the
city?
4. Are tourist attractions in the countryside more welcome than those in the cities?
5. What facilities are there in the tourist attractions in your country?