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Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
Your Work
General Description of Your Job
• What job (or, what work) do you do?
• Why did you choose that job (or, that kind of work)?
• Did you want to do that kind of work when you were very young?
• How long have you been working? (Or: How long have you been doing this job?)
• What does your company do?
• What do you do (in a typical day) at work?
• Is your job related to what you studied in university?
Feelings about the Job
• How do you feel about your job (or, your work)?
• What's the best thing about your job?
• Do you prefer your life now, as a working person, to the life you had as a student?
• Do you think your (school or) university education prepared you well for the work you
are doing now?
• Would you say it's an easy job?
• What's the most difficult part of your job?
• Would you recommend this job to other people? (Answer using 'would', not 'will'.)
• Would you like to change your job? \
• What jobs are most popular (among young people) in your country?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
RES-Reliable English School
Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
Working with Others
• Do you need to work with (= co-operate with) other people at work? (teamwork
question)

• Why did you choose that subject?
• (For high school) Why did you choose those subjects?
• What are the most popular subjects (= university degree courses) in Vietnam?
• Did you want to study that when you were younger?
School/University
• What school (or university) do you go to?
• Which is the best university in your country (or, city)?
Liking/Disliking Your Studies
• How do you feel about your studies/your subject/your subjects?
• What do you like most about your subject?
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RES-Reliable English School
Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
• (For university students) What are your favourite classes/courses/subjects at university?

• (For high school students) What's your favourite subject at school? (Don't say P.E. –
that's not really a subject that people study.)
Easy and Difficult
• Do you think that's a difficult subject to study?
• What's the most difficult part of your course?
Interesting
• For you, what's the most interesting part (or subject or class) of your course?
(For high school) What's the most interesting of your subjects at school?
Specific Course Content
• What (specific things) do you learn in your course (in your studies)?
• How do students in your course learn this subject?
• Are there any particular skills that you learn in your studies?
Life as a Student

• Where do you live at the moment?
• Why did you choose to live here/there? (If not living in your hometown)
• Do you like living here/there?
• How long have you been living there/here?
• Do you plan to live there/here for a long time?
• Where is your hometown? (Or, what part of Vietnam do you come from?)
• What kind of place is your hometown?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
RES-Reliable English School
Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
• Is that a big city or a small town (or, a village in the countryside)?
• Do you prefer to live in a big city or in the countryside?
• (For you,) what benefits are there from living in a big city?
• Has your hometown changed much in the past few years? (e.g. the past 10 to 50 years)
• What's the traffic situation like in your hometown (or, where you are living now)?
• What would you say is the best thing about the place where you're living?
• What's the most interesting thing about your hometown?
• Compared to the past, would you say your hometown today is more suitable for living
in, or less suitable?
• Do you think you'll always live there?
• What city would you like to live in (in the future)?
Transportation
• What forms of transportation do you have where you live (in your hometown)?
• Do you often use public transportation?
• Do you (know how to) drive a car?
• Do you think it's important (for everyone who drives) to drive well?
• Do you think children should be allowed to drive a car (= to get a driver's license)? (Why?/Why not?)
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• Do you think transportation costs (gasoline, subway, bus & taxi fares, etc) are expensive in your
hometown?
• (Similar to above) Would you say transport costs are high in your hometown?
• How has the transport system in your hometown changed in the past few decades?
• How do you think transport (in your hometown) will change in the future (or, in the next 20 or 30 years)?
• In China, is transportation in the big cities the same as transportation in small towns and villages?
Friends
• Are most of your friends from school (or university) or from outside school (or
university)?
• Do you think friendship is important?
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Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
• Do you prefer to spend time with friends or spend time alone? (Why?)
• Are friends more important than family? (Why?)
• What kind of people do you like to have as friends?
• What do you and your friends do together?
• Do you prefer to meet your friends at home or away from your home?
• How do you keep in contact with your friends?
• Do you like meeting new people?
• Do you like face-to-face conversations with people?
• Have you met any interesting people recently?
• What kinds of people do you like to make friends with?
• How do Chinese people make friends? (= where, in what situations, e.g. at school &
at work.)
• Do adults and children make friends in the same way?
• How do people get to know (get to meet) new people?
• Do you think it's easy to form new friendships?

• Do you think it's important for children to learn (to play) a musical instrument?
• Is music an important subject at school in Vietnam?
• When do children in Vietnam start to study music in school?
• What benefits do children gain by studying music (learning a musical instrument) (in school)
• Did you often listen to music when you were a child? (If yes, give details.)
• What kinds of music did you like when you were a child?
• What are some differences between the music you listened to as a child and the music you listen to
now?
• Do you think it's important for children to learn (to play) a musical instrument?
• Is music very important to people in Vietnam?
• What kinds of music are (most) popular in Vietnam?
• How does music affect (or influence) people?
• Compare the music that young people like and the music that old(er) people like.
Family
• Who are the people in your family?
• What does your family do together?
• What do the people in your family do each day? ( = What does each person do?) *
• In what situations do you think family is more important than friends?
• In what situations do you think friends are more important than family?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
RES-Reliable English School
Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
• What is the biggest influence in your life?
• Is family very important to you? (Why?)
• How much time do you spend with your family?
• If you were married, how many children would you choose to have? (Why?)
Holidays
Here, the meaning of 'holidays' or 'holiday' is:"vacation".

• Do you prefer family parties or parties with friends?
• Do friends often come to your home for a gathering (a 'get together')?
• When you go to a party, what do you usually do?
• When friends gather together (to celebrate something) do they do the same things
that family groups do?
• Who do you think enjoys parties more, old(er) people or young people?
• In Vietnam, do old(er) people and young people do the same sorts of things when
they get together on social occasions?
• What do you think are the benefits of parties?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
RES-Reliable English School
Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
Sport/Exercise
In the questions below, the word "sport" might be replaced by the word, "exercise"
for some questions.
• Do you like any particular sports? (What sports?)
• Do you like to do daily exercise? (Why?/Why not?)
• What sports or exercise do you like to do? (Why?)
• How do you do it?
• Do you use any equipment for this exercise (or sport)?
• Do you participate in any sports with your friends?
• Are there any sports facilities (or, exercise facilities) near where you live? (for the
public to use)
• In the future, what sports would you like to play (or, take part in / or learn)?
• Is children's sport (or exercise) very important in Vietnam?
• Did you (or, do you) take part in any (organized) sport in school?
• Do you think it's important to have P.E. classes (or sports classes) at school?
(Why?/Why not?

Television

• Do you often watch television (TV)?
• Do you prefer reading a newspaper (or reading a magazine) or watching TV?
• How much time (per day/per week etc.) do you spend watching television?
• What programs do you like to watch?
• When you were a child, did you (used to) watch more television than you do now, or
less?
• Possibly the question above is: How has television changed since you were a child?
• Do you ever watch programs from other countries?
• What benefits can people get from watching foreign TV programs?
• Do you think watching TV can help students in their studies (in their education)?
• Is there any difference between different people when they watch TV?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
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Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
Television and Radio
Television
• Do you like watching TV?
• What types of TV programs do you (most) like to watch?
• What programs do you (most like to) watch?
• What's your favourite TV program?
• What's your favourite TV program? *
• Do you prefer to watch TV or listen to the radio? (Why?)
• Do you think watching TV is an important part of people's lives?
• Do you prefer reading a newspaper, (or reading a magazine) or watching TV?
• What type(s) of television program do you watch when you want to relax?
The Benefits of Watching Television

• Do you think English language programs are necessary? (Why?/Why not?)
• What do you think are the benefits of watching TV programs in English?
• (Similar to above) Do you think English language programs are useful? (Why?/Why
not?)
• (Similar to above) Do you think people can improve their English by watching these
programs?
• (Similar to above) Do you think watching these programs can help people learn
English?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
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Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
Advertisements on TV
• How do you feel about advertisements on TV?
The News on Television
• Do you prefer to get your news from television or from some other source?
Television and Radio
• Would you say entertainment is important for people?
• What kind of entertainment do you prefer, TV or radio? (Why?)
• (Similar to above) Do you prefer to watch TV or listen to the radio? (Why?)
• How are radio programs and television programs different?
• What programs do you like to watch/listen to?
• When do you watch TV/listen to the radio?
• In China, has television/radio changed much in the past few years? (How?)
• How do you think TV/radio broadcasts in China could be improved?
• Do you prefer to watch TV or listen to the radio? (Why?)
• Do you prefer TV news or news on the radio? (Why?)
Your Home (Your Accommodation)
• Do you live in a house or a flat?

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• How often do you eat that?
• When was the last time you ate that?
• Have you always liked that food?
• Do you usually make that yourself or do you usually buy it?
• Do you always (or, usually) eat the same food every day?
• Is there any food you don’t like? (Why?)
• What food did you like (most) when you were a child?
• Is there any food that you liked when you were a child but you don't like now?
• What types of food do children generally like to eat?
Cooking
• Do you know how to make (prepare) a meal?
• How well do you cook?
• How did you learn to cook?
• Do you usually eat at home or do you usually eat away from home (= "eat out")?
• Do you like cooking? (Why?/Why not?)
• What do you like to cook?
• Who usually does the cooking in your home (or, in your family)?
• Do you (ever) do any cooking at home? (Why?/Why not?)
• When you were young, did you learn how to make a meal (= how to prepare food = how to cook)?
• Have you ever thought about learning how to cook?
• Do you think everyone should learn how to cook?
• Do you think it would be useful to teach cooking in school?
Eating Places
• When do you usually eat your meals?
• Where do you usually eat your meals?

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• Where do you usually read?
• What books have you read recently?
• What's the most recent book you've read?
• Do you do much reading at work?
• Since you started working, have you continued to read as much as you did when you were a student?
Reading in General (Other People's Reading Habits)
• In general, do adults today (in Vietnam) like reading?
• What reading materials do different kinds of people like?
• What kinds of books do average adults in Vietnam read?
• Do you think adults should read more?
Childhood Reading
• Did you like reading when you were a child? (What did you read then?)
• What reading materials do young people (e.g. aged 15 to 25) like to read?
• Do Chinese children (aged 4 to 12) (or, young people) today like reading??)
• What sorts of things (or, books) do children (in Vietnam) like to read?
• Do you think children today should spend more time reading?
• What would you say is a suitable amount of time for children to spend reading each day?
The Importance of Reading
• What types of people like reading?
• Why do some people dislike reading?
• Do you think reading is important? (Why?/Why not?)
• What is the function of (the purpose of) reading?
• Would you ever give a book as a gift to one of your friends
• Have you ever given a book as a gift to a friend?
• Do you think a 'book club' (where people discuss & exchange books) is a good idea? (Exact wording
unclear)
Art Galleries and Museums
• Do you like art? (If yes: What are some examples of the art that you like?)
• Do you think art is an important part of life?

• What are some places that you have traveled to?
• What was the last place you traveled to?
• How often do you return to your hometown? (If not living at home now)
• Which city (or place) that you have been to did you like the most? (Why?)
• Which country would you like to travel to (in the future)?
• What makes a place attractive for visitors (or, tourists)?
• What places in Vietnam are (or, would be) attractive for foreigners to travel to? Do you think
it's important to travel during your holidays? (Why?/Why not?)
• Do you think it's necessary to travel in order to enjoy your holidays? (Why?/Why not?)
• Why do you think traveling is so popular nowadays?
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Hotline: 0979043610; 0906050084 Yahoo chat: academyielts; Hanoi_res; hochinh_res
RES-Reliable English School
Hà Nội: Số 89/27 Đại Cồ Việt SDT: 04 66578892; Số 2/850 Láng SDT: 04. 32595447
Hồ Chí Minh: Số 42 Nguyễn Phi Khanh, Quận 1. SDT: 08 36031143_ Số 1/100 hẻm 56 Lữ Gia, Quận 11. SDT: 08. 36020443
Clothes-Shopping
• What kinds/styles of clothes do you like to wear? (Why?)
• Do your friends have the same tastes in clothes? (= Do your friends wear the same kinds of
clothes as you? = Do the people around you wear the same kinds of clothes as you?)
• Do you think you will still be wearing the same kinds of clothes when you are old? (Include
what you think you will be or won't be wearing when you are old.)
• Is the brand of clothes important to you? (Why?/Why not?)
• What clothes materials do you like best? (Why?)
• How (much) is traditional Chinese culture being affected by foreign clothes styles?
• Do you think employees in a company should wear a uniform?
• Are you (would you be) willing to wear a uniform at work?
• (Similar to above) How do you feel about wearing a uniform?
• What do you think of modern fashions?
• Do you like (going) shopping? (Why?/Why not?)
• How often do you go shopping?