Here is a list of some of the most common questions for part 1. I’m going to update this regularly and will include some model answers which I’ll attempt to add on a weekly basis. It’s likely that you would receive 3 questions from each section and you should aim to talk for around 15-20 seconds per question.
Work | Study |
What is your job? | What do you study? |
When did you start your job? | When did you start your course? |
What do you like about your job? | What do you like about your course? |
Why did you choose it? | Why did you choose it? |
Do you think you are good at your job? | Do you think you are good at your subject? |
How long have you worked in your job? | How much longer will you study for? |
Who is your favourite co-worker? | Who is your favourite teacher? |
Do you get along with the people in your office? | Do you get along with the people on your course? |
What are your main responsibilities? | What have you studied recently in class? |
What would you change about your job? | Would you change your course, if you could? |
How has your job changed since you started? | How has your course changed since the first year? |
What would you like to do in the future? | What would you like to do once you have finished studying? |
Hometown | Current City |
Where is your hometown? | Where do you live now? |
When did you leave your hometown? | When did you move there? |
What do you like about it? | What do you like about your current city? |
How often do you visit your hometown? | How often do you visit other places in your country? |
How has your hometown changed since you lived there? | How has your city changed since you moved there? |
What is interesting about your hometown? | What is interesting about your current city? |
What would you change about your hometown? | What would you change about your current city? |
How do people travel around in your hometown? | How do people travel around your city? What’s the public transport like? |
Was it a good place to grow up? | Do you think your city is a good place to raise children? |
Is it better to grow up in a town or city? | Is it better to grow up in a town or city? |
What is the public transport like there? | What’s there for a tourist to do in your city? |
Food | Drinks |
What is your favourite type of food? | What is your favourite drink? |
Which food is famous from your country? | Is there a drink that is typical from your country? |
What is your favourite meal of the day? | Do you prefer tea or coffee? |
Do you prefer fast food or home cooked food? | Is it common for people to drink tea or coffee in your country? |
How often do you eat fast food? | How often do you drink coffee? How often do you drink tea? |
What type of foreign food do you like to eat? | When was the last time you drank a coffee? |
When you were a child, how often did you eat foreign food? Has that changed now? | Do you offer tea or coffee to someone when they visit you at your home? |
Hobbies/Free Time | Evenings/Weekends |
What are your hobbies? | What do you like to do in the evening? |
When did you start your favourite hobby? | What time do you normally finish work? |
Have you always liked the same activities? | Do you ever work or study in the evening? |
Is there a new hobby that you have started recently? | Do you enjoy watching TV or movies? |
Have you changed the way you have spent your free time since you were a child? | Is it better to relax or to have active weekends? |
Do you prefer to spend your free time inside or outside? | What would be your perfect weekend? |
How do you dislike to spend your free time? | What would you dislike to do at the weekend? |