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PRACTICE

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All right? Remember, you have only 1 or 2 minutes for this so don’t worry if I stop you. I’ll tell you
when. Can you start speaking now, please?

Part Two B
Do you think of yourself as generally a person who enjoys life? Why/ Why not?

Part Three
We’ve been talking about happiness and I’d like to discuss with you one or two questions related to
this. Let’s consider
Families
Describe some of the factors which make one family happy and another unhappy?
Do you think that it is essentially the same thing that makes all people happy? (What about
children).
Economics
Assess the importance of wealth in determining a person’s happiness?
Can people in developing countries be as happy as people in developed countries?

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Part One A
Good morning. My name is… Could you tell me you name please?
Please show me your identification/passport? That’s fine thank you.
Is this the first time you have been to XX (this place)?
What do you think of XX (this place)?
Where do you think which is the best place to live in ABC (your country) (this country/ your
country)?

Part One B
Now I’d like to ask you a few questions about travel.

Gender and employment
• Are there any jobs or fields of work, which consider to be more appropriate for males or
females? Why?
• Consider employment in ABC (your country). Do you think it is more or less segregated in
terms of gender than in previous generations?

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Part One A
Good morning. My name is… Could you tell me you name please?
Please show me your identification/passport? That’s fine thank you.
Now in the first part of the test I’d like to ask you some questions about yourself.
Tell me about your hometown
Do you think you will be living there in 10 years time? Why, why not?
Is there anything about your hometown that would be interesting to foreign visitors?

Part One B
Now I’d like to ask you a few questions about learning.
Tell me something that you have really enjoyed learning about.
Why did you choose this topic in the first place?
Is it something that you are still interested in?

Part Two
Now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for one or two minutes. Before
you talk, you’ll have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes
if you wish. Do you understand?
Here’s some paper and a pencil for making notes, and here’s your topic.
I’d like you to tell me about a possession which is important to you.
You should say
What the possession

Now in the first part of the test I’d like to ask you some questions about yourself.
Tell me about your hometown
Is it an economically successful city? Why/ Why not?
What factors do think make some regions, cities more successful than others in ABC (your
country)?

Part One B
Now I’d like to ask you a few questions about writing.
Do you often write?
When you do write is it for pleasure or because you have to?
What type of writing do you usually do?

Part Two
Now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for one or two minutes. Before
you talk, you’ll have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes
if you wish. Do you understand?
Here’s some paper and a pencil for making notes, and here’s your topic.
I’d like you to tell me about an achievement of your life.

You should say

What the achievement was
Why you consider it to be a great achievement
In what way, if any, it has affected your life

And what you think made you successful.
All right? Remember, you have only 1 or 2 minutes for this so don’t worry if I stop you. I’ll tell you
when. Can you start speaking now, please?
Part Two B
Do you tend to talk about this with other people? Why/ why not?

you talk, you’ll have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes
if you wish. Do you understand?
Here’s some paper and a pencil for making notes, and here’s your topic.
I’d like you to describe a travel experience you have.

Describe a travel experience you have.

You should say

Where you when and how you got there
Why you went to this place
How you heard about this place

And explain what you expected it to be like before you went and whether it lived up to your
expectations.
All right? Remember, you have only 1 or 2 minutes for this so don’t worry if I stop you. I’ll tell you
when. Can you start speaking now, please?

Part Three
We’ve been talking about travel and I’d like to discuss with you one or two question related to this.
Let’s consider.
The tourism industry
• Compare the tourist trip of local people and foreign visitors to your country.
• Evaluate how important tourism is to your country.
• Discuss any disadvantages you think there may be for ABC (your country) in having a large
tourist industry.

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questions related to this. Let’s consider.
Famous people
• Describe a famous person from your country’s history
• Evaluate the contribution of this famous person
• Speculate on any differences there might be in your country now if this person had not been
born.

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Part One A
Good morning. My name is… Could you tell me you name please?
Please show me your identification/passport? That’s fine thank you.
Where do you come from?
Tell me something about your hometown
What is the main building in your city?
What is the transportation in your city?
What's the best thing you like in this part of your country?*

Part One B
Now I’d like to ask you a few questions about holiday.
Does your country have some special occasions or celebrations?
What will you do in this holiday?
What is the changing recent years?

Part Two
Now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for one or two minutes. Before
you talk, you’ll have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes
if you wish. Do you understand?
Here’s some paper and a pencil for making notes, and here’s your topic.

What's your future plan?

Part One B
Tell me something about the accommodation you live in, either here or in your hometown.
What are the advantage and the disadvantage of your accommodation?
What's the weather like in your hometown? Which season do you like most?

Part Two
Now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for one or two minutes. Before
you talk, you’ll have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes
if you wish. Do you understand?
Here’s some paper and a pencil for making notes, and here’s your topic.
I’d like you to describe one sport that you like to play or watch.
All right? Remember, you have only 1 or 2 minutes for this so don’t worry if I stop you. I’ll tell you
when. Can you start speaking now, please?
You should say
How do you begin to like it?
Why you like it?
How often do you play or watch it?

And explain why you prefer this sport to other sports?

Part Two B
What do you think the importance of playing sports?
If someone doesn’t like sport, how do you push him or her?

Part Three
We’ve been talking about sport and I’d like to discuss with you one or two question related to this.
Let’s consider:
What's the difference between watching sports on TV and in the stadium?

when. Can you start speaking now, please?

You should say:
What is your hobby or interest?
How did you begin to love it?
How long you have kept your hobby?

And explain why you like it?

Part Two B
Why do people need hobbies?
What do you think about the balance between the work and the leisure?

Part Three
We’ve been talking about hobby and I’d like to discuss with you one or two question related to this.
Let’s consider:
Is it dangerous for people to spend too much time on hobby?
Do you think hobby is beneficial to social life?
Comparing the hobbies in the past
What is the difference how you imagine the hobbies in the future?
Introduce the eaten habit of the Vietnamese people (your country)
What shall you do in the future?

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Part One A
Good morning. My name is… Could you tell me you name please?
Please show me your identification/passport? That’s fine thank you.
Do you study or work?


Part Three
We’ve been talking about friendship and I’d like to discuss with you one or two question related to
this. Let’s consider:
Do you think it is easy to make friends in ABC (your country)?
What do your think the difference between adult and children making friend?
How do children make friend?
What is the most important thing in friendship?
What is the second important thing in friendship?
What makes friendship break up?

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Part One A
Good morning. My name is… Could you tell me you name please?
Please show me your identification/passport? That’s fine thank you.
Where were you born?
Describe your home town.
What's the weather like in your hometown?
Which season do you like most?
What are the disadvantages and advantages of living in your hometown?

Part One B
Now I’d like to ask you a few questions about your accommodation.
Tell me something about the accommodation you live in, either here or in your hometown.
What are the advantage and the disadvantage of your accommodation?
Do you like cooking? Why?

Part Two