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favorite personality
2. favorite game
3. ideal life
4. city
5. country
6. tv play
7. movie
8. child
9. your mother
10. your father
11. favorite uncle
12. favorite aunt
13. best moment in life
14. biggest achievement
15. unforgettable incident
16. leader
17. advantages and disadvantages of shopping
18. book
19. novel
20. wife
21. husband
22. your dream life
23. passion in life
24. best teacher
25. best traveling experience
Warm-up
1. Could you show me your identification card please?
2. Could you tell me your full name please?
3. What shall I call you?
4. Does your name have any special meaning?
5. Why do so many people change their names?
6. Is your name important to you?
Hobby or inclination
1. What do you usually do in your spare time?
2. Do you prefer to stay alone or with your friends?
3. What do you usually do on weekends and weekdays?
4. What do you usually do when you go out?
5. What do you usually do with your friends?
6. Do you like reading?
7. What kind of books do you like best?
8. Do you like English? Why or why not?
9. What do you think of the importance of English?
10. What are good hobbies and bad hobbies? Why?
Future plan
1. Why do you take the IELTS test?
2. What are you planning to do in the next five years?
3. What are you planning to do in the next ten years?
4. What is the first thing you will do when you arrive at the new place?
1. Traveling
Do you like traveling?
Do you like travel alone or with your friends?
Have you traveled to other places? Where are they?
What do you usually do when you first arrive in a new place?
What are the benefits of traveling?
Why do so many people like traveling nowadays?
2. Friends
Do you have many friends? Are they casual acquaintances or close friends?
Do you prefer to stay with your family or with your friends?
Do you prefer one or two close friends or many friends?
Can you talk about your best friend?
How to make friends?
What do you usually do with your friends?
Is the time you spend with your friends as much as that you spend with your family?
3. Music
Do you like music?
What are the benefits of listening to music?
What kind of music do you like best?
Why do you like this kind of music?
4. Transportation
Can you say something about the transportation in your hometown?
What is the common means of transport in your country?
Do traffic jams often occur in your hometown or in the city where you live?
How to solve the problem?
What changes in transportation have taken place in the past several years in your country?
5. Building
Can you tell me an interesting building in your hometown?
Can you tell me an interesting building in Guangzhou?
2. Describing a friend in your school time/ you like most. You should say,
Who he/she is?
When did you became friends?
Why do you like him/her or why do
you think that he/she is important to you?
How he/she influences you.
Discussion:
1. What are the differences between adults and children in terms of making friends?
2. Can adults make friends with children?
3. What do you think are the most important factors when making friends?
4. What are the possible factors that cause the break-up of friendship?
5. Why is it difficult for adults to make friends?
6. What will the friendship become like when getting old?
3. Describing a person whom you like to work or study with. You should say,
Who is he/she?
When did you work/study together?
What do you often do together?
Why do you like to work with him/her?/ What can you learn from him/her?
Why is he/she particular?
Discussion:
1. Do you like to work alone or with a partner?
2. What do you think of teamwork and team spirit?
3. What kind of people are good to work with?
4. Do you like group work or group learning?
8. What is your opinion on efficiency?
9. What are the advantages of studying by yourself?
10. What do you thin k of efficiency?
4. Describe a party
1) What is the party?
2) Why was the party held?
3) Who attended the party?
4) What did you do for that party?
Follow-up:
What’s the difference between serious party and friendly party?
Why are some people late for parties intentionally?
Why do some people like party while others hate it?
What would you do if the guests feel bored?
Will there be more and more people to attend parties?
17. Advertisement
1) What are the forms of advertisement?
2) What are the functions of advertisement?
3) What is the effect of advertisement to people?
Follow-up:
Do you feel bored and disgusted about advertisement?
What do you think are the criteria of assessing a good piece of advertisement?
What will happen if unauthoritative advertisements prevail in the market?
YOU
• Describe yourself.
FAMILY
WORK
EDUCATION
STUDIES
HOMETOWN
• Describe your hometown. What’s special about it?
• Where is your hometown located? Is it easy to travel around your hometown?
• What is it known for? What do people in your town do?
• What are the main industries in your hometown? What problems face your hometown?
• What languages are spoken in your hometown? What are the advantages of living in your hometown?
• What are some problems faced by your hometown? Compare your hometown with another city.
• What are some environmental problems faced by your hometown?
WEATHER
• What’s the weather like in your country? Does the weather affect your mood?
• How do rainy days make you feel? What’s your favourite season of the year?
• What do you like to do when it’s hot? What do you usually do in the winter?
• How many seasons does your country have?
HOME
WEDDING
TRAVEL
• Do you like to travel? What kind of places have you visited in your life?
• Which place would you really like to visit? Why? What’s the best place you’ve ever visited?
COMPUTERS
• Do you think computers help society? Do you think computers are bad for health?
• How do you think computers have changed the world?
INTERNET
• Do you use the Internet much during the day? What do you usually do on the Internet?
• What are some advantages of the Internet? What are some disadvantages?
• Do people in your country use the Internet a lot? Do you do any shopping on the Internet?
• Do you send and receive email regularly? Who do you usually communicate with?
• How often do you check your email?
• Do you think writing email has strengthened or weakened people’s writing skills?
• What are some disadvantages of email?
FRIEND
PLACE
• Describe a place you like to go. Why is this place special to you?
• When did you first visit this place? Where is this place located?
• What language is spoken here? Do you speak this language?
SMOKING
• What do you feel about smoking in public places? Do you think smoking should be banned in people’s homes?
MARRIAGE
HOBBIES
FILMS
SHOPPING
SPORTS
FOOD
• What are some of your favourite foods? What foods are popular in your country?
• What are some of the famous dishes of your country? Do you enjoy cooking?
FESTIVAL
• What’s the most important festival in your country? How do people celebrate this festival?
• What special food is associated with this festival? What special activities are associated with this festival?
• What do you enjoy most about this festival? Do you think festivals are important for a society?
TELEVISION
TOURISM
• Which places would you recommend to a visitor to your country? Do a lot of tourists visit your country?
• What do they usually do there? How has tourism changed your country?
• Is your country expensive for most tourists? What are some famous landmarks in your country?
DAILY ROUTINE
YOUR COUNTRY
CLOTHES
• What type of clothes do you like to wear? What kind of clothes do people in your country usually wear?
• How important is fashion to you? What kind of clothes do you dislike?
• Do you think people behave differently in different kinds of clothes?
• What kind of clothes do people wear to work in your country? Are clothes expensive in your country?
GOING OUT
• Do you like going out or staying at home? What do you like to do when you go out?
• How often do you go out? Do people in your country go our a lot?
• How and where do people in your country usually socialize? What kind of entertainment is popular in your country?
GAMES
• Do you enjoy playing any games? What kind of games do you play?
• Do you think adults should play games? What do children learn from games?
• What kind of games did you play when you were a child? What games are popular in your country today?
• What kind of games were popular when you were young? Do you think mental games like chess are good for you?
COLOURS
MUSIC
1. Introduce yourself.
2. Describe your hometown. What is special about it?
3. Compare your hometown with another town.
4. Describe your country’s education system. What is your attitude toward this system? Do you think it’s effective?
5. Describe the organization you work for. Where is it? What does it do? What is your job function?
6. Describe the process of taking a job in your country.
7. Compare the role of men and women in your country.
8. What is Brain drain? What are the causes and effects of it?
9. Discuss why you would like to visit a particular country. When are you going to visit it and why?
10. Discuss the factors affecting people to have more or less children in your country.
11. Describe a traditional dish in your country. What are the ingredients?
12. Describe the traditional Architecture of your country. Is there something special about it?
13. Compare traditional houses with modern houses in your country.
14. Discuss why you like a special kind of book, music, sports, or film.
15. Give reasons why the divorce rate has or has not increased in your country.
16. Describe a traditional instrument in your country.
17. Describe an important festival in Iran. When is it? What do people do then?
18. Describe the ethnic mix in your country.
19. Describe a traditional garment in your country.
20. What is your favourite colour? Why? What is the relationship between the colour of clothes and the personality of
people? What is the relationship with mood?
21. Describe a historical place in your country. Where is it? What is special about it?
22. Talk about mass media. Newspapers and their attractions for you.
23. Describe a traditional /children’s/international/card game.
24. Why do people play games?
25. What is your greatest wish/ one of your wishes?
26. What don’t you know about your future?
27. Why do people collect things? Do you collect anything?
28. Describe an invention before or after computer. Should the governments support inventors? Why do inventors invent?
29. What is fashion? Do you follow fashion? Why do people follow fashion? How do people in your country follow fashion?
30. What is the process of obtaining a driving license/passport/etc. in your country?
31. Describe one of your photos. Where, when and with whom did you take it?
32. Describe the present situation of Tourism in Iran. What is the future of Tourism like in Iran?
33. Name a book, film, or a piece of music that you like most and say why.
34. Describe IT or a databank system.
35. Why always women cook and men do not in your country? Which is a better cook, a man or a woman?
36. Compare your time with your parents’. What is the same and what has changed since then?
37. How has traveling changed since 100 years ago?
38. Describe your best holiday, party, event in your life. When was it, where and why?
39. Talk about the best present you have ever had in your life. When, why and who gave it to you?
40. In what occasions do people give presents in your country?
41. How do you choose a gift for your friends?
42. What do people do in 4 seasons in your country?
43. What do governments do in case of disasters? What should they do?
44. Talk about the most populated area in your country. Where is it? What is its population? Why is it so populated?
45. Describe a competition you have entered. What was your stand?
46. What is the role of public artworks?
47. Describe a city you have visited and impressed you so much. Why was it so impressive?
48. Compare Iranian eating with other countries.
49. Compare a person who has been in a foreign country with someone who hasn’t.
50. What is capital punishment? Is it necessary to control crime?
51. What do you think will be the world’s greatest problem in 100 years time?
52. What do you think pastime and hobbies will be in 100 years time?
53. What do you know about the wildlife in your country? Who is responsible for its preservation?
54. What do you know about Global Warming? What is Greenhouse Effect?
55. Shopping: who does the shopping in your home? Do you go shopping? What have you found difficult in shopping?
56. Describe a child that you know. Who is he/she? Your relation, what does he/she like, and how has he/she influenced
you?
57. School pressure on children. Is there any in your country? What can be done if there is?
58. What was the most interesting (impressing) period of time in your life? Describe it.
59. What do you think about children's school age? Advantages or disadvantages?
60. What time are children considered to be adults in your country?
1. Introduce yourself.
2. Describe your hometown. What is special about it?
3. Compare your hometown with another town.
4. Describe your country’s education system. What is your attitude toward this system? Do you think it’s effective?
5. Describe the organization you work for. Where is it? What does it do? What is your job function?
6. Describe the process of taking a job in your country.
7. Compare the role of men and women in your country.
8. What is Brain drain? What are the causes and effects of it?
9. Discuss why you would like to visit a particular country. When are you going to visit it and why?
10. Discuss the factors affecting people to have more or less children in your country.
11. Describe a traditional dish in your country. What are the ingredients?
12. Describe the traditional Architecture of your country. Is there something special about it?
13. Compare traditional houses with modern houses in your country.
14. Discuss why you like a special kind of book, music, sports, or film.
15. Give reasons why the divorce rate has or has not increased in your country.
16. Describe a traditional instrument in your country.
17. Describe an important festival in Iran. When is it? What do people do then?
18. Describe the ethnic mix in your country.
19. Describe a traditional garment in your country.
20. What is your favourite colour? Why? What is the relationship between the colour of clothes and the personality of
people? What is the relationship with mood?
21. Describe a historical place in your country. Where is it? What is special about it?
22. Talk about mass media. Newspapers and their attractions for you.
23. Describe a traditional /children’s/international/card game.
24. Why do people play games?
25. What is your greatest wish/ one of your wishes?
26. What don’t you know about your future?
27. Why do people collect things? Do you collect anything?
28. Describe an invention before or after computer. Should the governments support inventors? Why do inventors invent?
29. What is fashion? Do you follow fashion? Why do people follow fashion? How do people in your country follow fashion?
30. What is the process of obtaining a driving license/passport/etc. in your country?
31. Describe one of your photos. Where, when and with whom did you take it?
32. Describe the present situation of Tourism in Iran. What is the future of Tourism like in Iran?
33. Name a book, film, or a piece of music that you like most and say why.
34. Describe IT or a databank system.
35. Why always women cook and men do not in your country? Which is a better cook, a man or a woman?
36. Compare your time with your parents’. What is the same and what has changed since then?
37. How has traveling changed since 100 years ago?
38. Describe your best holiday, party, event in your life. When was it, where and why?
39. Talk about the best present you have ever had in your life. When, why and who gave it to you?
40. In what occasions do people give presents in your country?
41. How do you choose a gift for your friends?
42. What do people do in 4 seasons in your country?
43. What do governments do in case of disasters? What should they do?
44. Talk about the most populated area in your country. Where is it? What is its population? Why is it so populated?
45. Describe a competition you have entered. What was your stand?
46. What is the role of public artworks?
47. Describe a city you have visited and impressed you so much. Why was it so impressive?
48. Compare Iranian eating with other countries.
49. Compare a person who has been in a foreign country with someone who hasn’t.
50. What is capital punishment? Is it necessary to control crime?
51. What do you think will be the world’s greatest problem in 100 years time?
52. What do you think pastime and hobbies will be in 100 years time?
53. What do you know about the wildlife in your country? Who is responsible for its preservation?
54. What do you know about Global Warming? What is Greenhouse Effect?
55. Shopping: who does the shopping in your home? Do you go shopping? What have you found difficult in shopping?
56. Describe a child that you know. Who is he/she? Your relation, what does he/she like, and how has he/she influenced
you?
57. School pressure on children. Is there any in your country? What can be done if there is?
58. What was the most interesting (impressing) period of time in your life? Describe it.
59. What do you think about children's school age? Advantages or disadvantages?
60. What time are children considered to be adults in your country?