SPEAKING KET TOPICS

1. Work and studies

a. Do you work or are you a student?
b. What work do you do? / What major are you studying?
c. Why did you choose that (dream) major / job?
d. Do you like your job?
e. Is there anything you dislike about your job?
f. What do you dislike about your studies?
g. Have you changed your mind on your dream job?
2. Hometown
a. Please describe your hometown a little.
b. What is your town well-known for?
c. Do you like your hometown?
d. Is that a big city or small place?
e. How long have you been living there?
f. Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
3. Country
a. Tell me a little about your country.
b. What are some of the good things and some of the bad things about living in your country?
c. Do you love your country?
d. Where do you want to live in your country?
e. Which country would you want to live?
4. House & home
a. Where do you live?
b. What do you dislike about your house?
c. Describe your bedroom.
d. What color of your bedroom? Do you want to change it? And why?
e. What is your dream house?
f. DO you prefer living in a house or a flat?
g. Who do you love most in your family?
h. Do you live with your grandparents?
i. Do you help your mother do housework?
5. Food & drink
a. What is your favorite food?
b. What is your favorite drink?
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c. What do you have for dinner/ lunch/ breakfast?
d. Are you good at cooking?
e. What time do you have dinner/ lunch/ breakfast?
f. Do you like Thai / Japanese/ Korean/ Western food?
g. What is the most expensive meal you have eaten?
6. Services
a. Do you like to eat out?
b. Which restaurant do you like to come? Why?
c. What was the worst restaurant experience you have ever had?
d. Have you ever lived in hotel? What did you feel?
e. Have you ever hire motorbike taxi like Grab or Go-Viet? What different between technological
motorbike taxi and traditional taxi?
f. Do you get to school / work by bus?
g. Where do you have your birthday party?
7. Shopping
a. How often do you go shopping?
b. Do you enjoy shopping?
c. Do you ever buy second hand things?
d. How much did you spend last week?
e. Have you ever spent too much? Did you regret it?
f. Do you shop online?
g. Think about the most expensive thing you have ever bought?
h. Are you a bargain hunter?
i. Where do you often go shopping?
8. Clothes
a. What are you wearing?
b. What do you usually wear at the weekend/ at school/ at home/ in a party?
c. How often do you go shopping for clothes?
d. About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?
e. Where do you often buy clothes?
f. Do you buy clothes online?
g. Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?
h. What is your favorite color for clothes?
i. Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?

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9. Sport
a. Do you like sport?
b. What sports do you like?
c. Why do you like it?
d. Do you play football/ baseball/ badminton?
e. How often do you play it?
f. Have you ever watched a professional sporting event?
g. Have you ever been to a soccer game?
h. How often do you exercise?
i. What are some of the benefits of sports?
10. School & study
a. Where do you study?
b. How far did you have to travel from home to school?
c. Do you wear uniform in your school?
d. When do you have History/ English classes?
e. Do you have much homework?
f. Is your homework easy?
g. Did you get a lot of homework? Do you think it helped you learn?
h. When students behaved badly, how were they punished at your school?
i. What is your favorite subject?
11. Entertainment & media
a. How much time do you spend on the Internet?
b. How do you enjoy your weekend?
c. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning?
d. What is your favorite type of online entertainment?
e. Do you ever feel you spend too much time online?
f. What is the most important thing to take with you on a long train journey?
g. When you do your homework, where do you look information?
12. Weather
a. What’s the weather like today?
b. Which is your favorite season? Why?
c. Which do you like better, dry or wet weather?
d. Can you tell me the typical weather in your hometown?
e. Have you ever been caught in bad weather? If so, what did you do?
f. Do you think weather patterns are changing
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g. What’s the weather like in spring?
h. What’s the weather like in winter?
i. What’s the weather like in autumn?
j. What’s the weather like in summer?
k. Was the weather nice yesterday?
13. The natural world
a. Do you prefer living in city or countryside?
b. Do you take an interest in nature?
c. What you when u see a rare or endangered animal?
d. Do you have any trees in your garden?
e. Do you like animals? Which animals don’t you like?
f. Would you like to go to the beach or swimming pool?
g. Do you like flowers? Why?
14. Health, medicine & exercise
a. What time do you usually go to bed?
b. What time do you usually get up?
c. How much sleep do you get every night?
d. Do you have any unhealthy habits?
e. What do you do to stay healthy?
f. In your opinion, what is more important, eating healthy food or doing exercises?
g. Have you ever been ill?
h. What can you do to maintain healthy?
i. How often do you do exercise in the morning?
15. Travel & holidays
a. What are you going to do this weekend?
b. Who do you often spend holiday with?
c. What kind of places have you visited in your life?
d. Do you prefer traveling alone or in a group?
e. Where do you want to travel to and why?
f. What are the advantages of traveling?
g. Where did you spend your summer vacation last year?
h. What are you going to do after finishing the exam?
i. What is your favorite time of the year?
j. Have you ever visited another country?
16. Hobbies & leisure
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a. What’s you hobby?
b. What do you do in your free time?
c. What do you usually do at weekend?
d. What hobbies/ free-time activities are popular in your country?
d. What is your favorite food/ drink?
e. Is it harmful to spend too much time on a hobby
f. Who do you spend your free time with?
g. Do you prefer to spend your free time with other people or alone?
h. Do you have any special hobby?
17. Social interaction
a. Are you interested in computers?
b. Do you like running?
c. Do you like to go to the cinema?
d. What time do you have English classes?
e. What do you usually do after school?
f. Are you doing anything in July this year?
18. Language
a. Can you speak French?
b. Do you enjoy learning English?
c. Why are you studying English?
d. What’s your favorite language?
e. Do you enjoy studying grammar?
19. Study
a) What’s your favorite subject?
b) What do you like most about learning it? Why?
c) Which major do you want to choose in college? Why? (if you do not have a major yet)
d) If you could change something about your school life, what would it be?
e) If you could add a new class or activity, what would it be?
f) Is school life what you imagined before you started high school?
g) What’s the main reason you enjoy (or don’t enjoy) school?
20 . Work
a) Do you work or are you a student?
b) What work do you do?
c) What specific things do you do on your job?

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 d) Why did you choose that job?
e) What do you like most about your job?
f) Would you recommend that job to others?
g) What did you do on the first day of your job?
h) Do you think this job has a bright future?
i) What are the most interesting and the difficult part of your job?
21. Your living area
a. Where are you living at the moment?
b. Do many people live in your neighborhood?
c. Do you have many friends there?
d. How long have you been living there?
e. What changes would you like to see in this area?
f. Who do you live with?
g. What do you like about the area around where you live?
h. Are you planning to move to another area to live?
i. Do you know many people living nearby?
j. What changes have you seen in this area since you have been living there?
22. Meal
a) How often do you have dinner at home?
b) Do you think having dinner at home is a good idea?
c) Do people in your country like to eat at home?
d) What is the difference between having meals at home and at the restaurant?
e) How often do people in your country like to eat out?
23. Reading
a) Do you like reading?
b) How often do you read?
c) Do you usually read for leisure or for work purposes?
d) What kinds of book do you like to read?
e) What was your favorite book or story when you were a child?
f) Do you like E-books?
g) Do you ever read professional books?
24. Litter/ Rubbish
a) Do you think it’s important to keep the city clean?

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 b) What do you do when you see rubbish on the street?
c) Can you suggest why some people throw their litter on the ground?
d) Do you think plastic bags are a serious environmental problem?
e) Why do some people throw garbage on the street?
f) What do you do with the garbage when you are on the street?
g) How do you feel when you see other people throw garbage on the street?
h) Do you think your city is clean or not?
25. Smiling
a) Do you like to smile?
b) How often do you smile?
c) Do you smile when you are having your picture taken?
d) When do people smile to others?
e) Can you sense (or feel, or tell) if someone’s smile is fake?
26. Cities
a) Do you like the city you are living in now?
b) Which city do you want to go to?
c) Which city have you been to recently?
d) What kinds of city do you like?
e) Do you prefer the city or the countryside?
27. Weather/ Season
a) Which season do you like best? / Do you have a favorite type of weather?
b) What’s the weather like in your city?
c) Are there four different seasons in your hometown?
d) Would you move to another city because of the weather?
e) Do you do different things in different weather (or different seasons)?
f) Would you prefer to live in a place that has the same weather all year, or a place that has four
seasons?
g) Does the weather in your country change often?
h) Do you like it when it’s raining?
i) Do you feel the climate is changing?
j) Do you think the weather is more important to people who play sports?
28. Pets/ Animals
a) Have you ever had (or, raised) a pet?
b) Do many people in your country have a pet?
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 c) What kind of pets do people like/dislike to have?
d) What kind of pets are common in your country?
e) Why do we love pets?
f) Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
29. Films/ Movies
a) Do you like to watch movies? (Why?)
b) What types of films do you like to watch?
c) Do you often watch a movie (a film)?
d) Do you like going to the cinema?
e) Do you prefer to (or usually) watch a film alone or with others?
f) How often do you go to a cinema?
g) Has your taste in movies changed since you were younger?
h) Are any foreign movie stars famous in your country?
i) Do you have a favorite movie star?
j) Have you ever seen a movie star in real life?
k) Would you like to be a movie star?
30. Crowded places
a) Do you like crowded places?
b) How do you feel in crowded places?
c) What are the most crowded places in your hometown (or where you are living now)?
d) Do you prefer to go to crowded places or places that have few people?
e) When was the last time you were in a crowded place?
f) Would you say people with the same interests usually get along with each other when they are
in a crowd?
31. Patience
a) Are you a patient person?
b) When are you impatient?
c) Do you think you are more patient now than when you were younger?
d) Do you think you will be more patient in the future?
e) Are you patient in your work or study?
f) Can you explain why some people are not very patient?
g) Do you think people should be patient?
h) How do you feel when other people are impatient?

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 i) Would you say young people are more patient than older people?
j) Can you give any examples of work that require patience?
13. Tea & Coffee
a) Do you prefer to drink tea, or coffee?
b) When you go out do you most often drink tea, or coffee?
c) When was the last time you drank some tea or coffee?
d) Which is more popular in your country, drinking tea or drinking coffee?
e) Do people in your country ever give tea as a gift?
f) When people in your country entertain guests do they usually drink tea, or coffee?
32. Public Holidays
a) Does your country have many public holidays?
b) Do you have a favorite holiday?
c) Can you describe your perfect holiday
d) Do you think there should be more public holidays?
e) What public holidays do you have in your country?
f) Would you say most people in your country know why you have those holidays?
g) What do people in your country do during holidays?
h) Do you think these holidays are important?
33. Sharing
a) Do you like to share things with your friends?
b) When you were young, did your parents teach you to share with others?
c) Is there anything that you would not share with others?
d) How do you think parents could encourage their children to share?
e) Are you willing to share your favorite possessions?
f) Do you think there will be a car sharing in the future?
34. Visiting relatives
a) Do you often visit your relatives? (Why?)
b) What do you do when you visit them?
c) Do you prefer to visit your relatives or friends?
d) When did you last see a relative?
e) When was the last time you visited them? what did you do?
f) Do you prefer visiting your relatives, or your friends?
g) Do you take anything when you visit your relatives?

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35. Music
a) Do you often (like to) listen to music?
b) When do you listen to music?
c) How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
d) What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
e) What’s your favorite kind of music?
f) Have you ever been to a concert before?
g) Do you like to listen to live music?
h) When did you start listening to this type of music?
i) Where do you listen to it?
j) How do you feel when you listen to this music?
k) Have you ever been to a musical performance?
l) Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
m) Is music an important subject at school in your country?
n) Did you often listen to music when you were a child? (If yes give details.) What kinds of music
are (most) popular in your country?
36. Sport
a) Do you like sports?
b) Do you often watch sports on TV?
c) How often do you play sports?
d) Do you prefer watching or playing sports?
e) What’s the most common sport in your country?
f) Do you think it is difficult to learn a new sport?
g) Are there many celebrity athletes in your country?
h) Did you prefer team sports or individual sports when you were young?
37. Time Management
a) How do you organize your time?
b) Do you make plans every day?
c) Would you say you manage your time well?
d) Are you ever late for anything?
e) Do you think young people organize their time in the same way?
f) What’s the biggest difficulty you have when managing time?
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 a) Do you like travelling?
b) Where would you like to travel for a vacation? (Why?)
c) Who do you often spend holiday with?
d) Do you prefer traveling alone or in a group?
e) How much traveling have you done?
f) What kind of places have you visited in your life?
g) When you visit new places, what do you like to do?
h) In which seasons do you prefer to travel?
i) What is the best season to travel in your country?
38. Teachers
a) Do you have a favorite teacher?
b) What makes a good teacher?
c) Do you think teachers should be strict or funny?
d) Do you think teachers will be replaced by computers?
e) Would you like to be a teacher?
f) What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying online?
39. Borrowing/lending
a) Have you ever borrowed books from others?
b) Have you ever borrowed money from others?
c) Do you like to lend things to others?
d) How do you feel when people don’t return things they borrowed from you?
e) Do you think it í better to buy things than borrow?
f) Why do most people feel embarrassed to ask someone for money?
40. Internet
a) Do you think many people waste their time online?
b) What do you do on Internet?
c) What is the best age for children to use the Internet?
d) Can you compare studying online and having classes with a teacher?
e) What do you think are the pros and cons of shopping online?
f) Why do children nowadays start using the Internet very early?
41 . Making friend
a) Do you like have many friends?
b) How and where do people in your country make friends these days?

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 c) Do you trust friends that you meet on the internet?
d) What are the pros and cons of making friends online?
e) Which is more important, to maintain old friendships or make new friends?
42. Social network
a. What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?
b. Are you a social person?
c. Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website?
d. How often do you use social networking applications?
e. Why do you use social networking apps?
f. What are the disadvantages of social networking apps?
g. How to make money with social media?
43. Street markets , Shopping
a. What do street markets sell?
b. Are street markets common in your country?
c. Do you think people like street markets? Why?
d. What are some differences of street markets and supermarkets?
e. Do you often go to supermarkets?
f. Do you like to buy second hand things?
g. What are things that you should buy second hand?
44. Transports
a) How do you get to school?
b) Have you ever been on a plane?
c) Would you like to travel by bus or train?
d) Do you like travel by motorbike?
e) Can you tell me some means of transportation?
f) How often do you hire a motorbike taxi via apps (Grab, Goviet)?
g) When was the last time you travelled by taxi?
45. Sharing
a) Do you like to share things with your friends?
b) Do you have anything to share with others recently?
c) Did your parents teach you to share with others when you were a child?
d) How do you think parents could encourage their children to share?
e) What kinds of things do you like to share with others?

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 f) Are you willing to share your favorite possessions?
g) Is there anything that you would not share with others?
h) Do you think there will be a car sharing in the future?
46. Photos
a. Do you like taking photos?
b. How often do you take a photo?
c. How do you keep your photos?
d. Do you prefer to take pictures by yourself, or to have others take them for you?
e. Do you like to take pictures of your hometown?
f. How (why) did you become interested in photograph?
g. Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?
h. How do you keep your photos?

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