What role does family play in each person’s life?

What role does family play in each person’s life?

Do you have your own family traditions?

What will you ask your British friend about his/her family?

What can you advise people who want to have a close and happy family?

Why are there many one-parent families? How does the state help such families?

 

 

Билет №2 Family traditions

What is family for you?

 

Are there any things that you do with your parents together?

 

What will you ask your British friend about his/her family relationships?

What can you advise a person who wants to have a close and happy family?

 

Nowadays an average family has one child. From your point of view, how many children should there be in a family?

 

Билет №3 Family relationships

Let’s talk about your family.

 

Are there any family traditions that you follow?

 

What will you ask a British teenager about his/her relatives?

 

What can you advise people who want to have a good relationship with their parents and grandparents?

They say that parents and children have difficulties understanding each other because of the generation gap. What do you think about this problem?

 

 

Билет №4 Friendship and relationships with friends

Let’s talk about friendship. What role do friends play in your life?

Can you rely on your best friend? Why (not)?

What questions do you usually ask when you want to get acquainted with someone?

What can you advise a teenager who has no friends?

 

They say: “A person has just one true friend”. What do you think about this?

 

 

Билет №5 Education

Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about studying at school?

 

Do you agree that Belarusian secondary school provides a person with good knowledge? Why (not)?

Ask me whether I liked school when I was a pupil.

What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?

Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

Билет №6 Studying at school

1. Do you agree that schoolchildren must wear a school uniform? Why? Why (not)?

2. А sk me what kind of pupil I was at school.

3. Which school club would you advise your classmate to join?

4. Today some young people think that having a good education is very important. Do you agree with them?

5. Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?

 

Билет №7 School traditions

Let’s talk about school traditions. Do you have any traditions at your school? What are they?

Do you agree that schoolchildren must wear a school uniform? Why?

 

Ask me what kind of pupil I was at school.

 

Which school club would you advise your classmate to join?

 

Today some young people think that having a good education is very important. Do you agree with them?

 

 

Билет №8 Career

Let’s talk about your future career. What would you like to become?

Does a person need to possess special qualities to become a good specialist in this or that particular field? Why?

What questions will you ask your future employer at a job interview?

 

Give me some advice on how to behave at a job interview to create a positive impression on the employer.

 

Some people think that it is necessary to have a good command of a foreign language to get a good job. Do you agree with this?

Билет № 9 Life in the city and in the country

Let’s talk about life in the city and in the country. Why do young people prefer living in town?

Where would you like to live: in a city or in the country?

 

What questions will you ask your friend about the place he/she lives in?

What would you advice a foreigner who doesn’t know where to live?

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East or West, home is best. Do you agree with it?

 

 

Билет № 10 Different types of houses

1. Let’s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.

2. Does the place where a person lives reflect his/her personality? Why?

3. Ask me what my flat/house looks like.

4. Your friend doesn’t know what to choose to live in a city or in the country. Give him/her some advice.

5. How do you see an ideal flat/house?

 

 

Билет №11 Belarusian national cuisine

Let’s talk about food. What can you tell me about Belarusian national cuisine?

 

Do you like cooking? Why? Why not?

What questions can you ask a British friend about their eating habits?

 

Which cafes would you recommend to visit in your place? Why?

 

A lot of people refuse to have meals at school. What do you think about it?

Билет № 12 National cuisine of an English-speaking country

1. Now let’s talk about the food. What do people eat in Britain?

2.Do you personally follow the rules of a healthy way of life? Why (not)?

3.What questions will you ask a British friend about their national cuisine?

4.What national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?

5.Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?

Билет №13 Shopping

Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?

 

Is it easy to buy a good birthday present? Why? Why not?

 

What questions will you ask your friend who has bought an expensive telephone?

 

What can you advise a person who wants to buy many things (clothes, foodstuffs, etc.) but has little time?

Parents usually give pocket money to their children. How do you usually spend your pocket money?

Билет №14 Leisure time

Let’s talk about leisure time. What do you do in your free time?.

Is cinema still important? Why (not)?

What questions can you ask a British friend about his/her hobbies?

Can you recommend me to watch one of the films you have seen recently?

Many parents complain that children don’t read books. Why do you think children are not interested in reading?

Билет №15 Belarusian customs and traditions

Let’s talk about Belarusian customs and traditions. What can you tell me about your favourite Belarusian holiday?

Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?

What questions can you ask a friend about his/her last New Year celebration?

What national souvenirs will you recommend a tourist to buy in Belarus?

Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why?

Билет №16 Customs and traditionsof an English-speaking country

Let’s talk about customs and traditions of an English-speaking country. What can you tell me about your favourite holiday in Britain?

Do you find some British customs and traditions special? Why (not)?

What questions can you ask a British teenager about good manners in their country?

What national souvenirs will you recommend a tourist to buy in Britain?

Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?

Билет №17 Modern means of communication

Let’s talk about modern means of communication: TV, newspapers, radio, the Internet. Which of these does your family like?

Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)? 3. What questions will you ask the participants of “What? Where? When?” a famous TV programme?

My cousin spends a lot of time chatting in “Contact” and it makes all the family angry. What can you advise him and the family to do in this situation?

Can the Internet replace all other means of mass media? What is your point of view?

Билет №18 Healthy way of life

Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What influences a person’s health?

Is home-made food better than junk food? Why?

 

What questions will you ask a fitness coach?

 

What activities can you advise a person who wants to have a healthy way of life?

 

Why is a balanced diet important for your health?

 

Билет №19 Sport

Let’s talk about sport. What do you do to keep fit?

 

Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?

What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?

What can you advise a person who doesn’t know what kind of sport to take up?

 

Sport develops character and team spirit. Can you add any other points in favour of sport?

Билет № 20 Fashion

Let’s talk about fashion. What style in clothes do you prefer and why?

Do you follow the latest fashion trends? Why (not)?

 

What questions would you ask a fashion designer?

 

What can you advise a person who wants to change something about his/her style but doesn’t know how to do it?

They say that young people pay a lot of attention to their style and want to be fashionable. What do you think about it?

How do you like to travel?

Билет № 22 Environment

Билет № 25 Great Britain

Билет № 1 Family

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What is family for you?

Every person needs a place where he can feel happy and quiet. One needs people with whom he could speak freely about his problems, share his joys and his sorrows. Such place and such people are his family. We may say that a family is an emotional centre of a person’s life. My home is the best place in the world for me and my family are the dearest people for me. We trust each other. My parents treat me with loving care and I, in my turn, love, respect and obey my parents.

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Билет №5

Education

1. Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about studying at school? Children in Belarus start going to school at the age of 6. They spend 4 years at primary school and 7 years at secondary school. At the age of 16, when pupils finish the 9th form, they can either leave school or continue their education for another two years.

Билет №6

1. Do you agree that schoolchildren must wear a school uniform? Why? Why (not)?
I think that pupils should go to school in order to study different subjects and become better at doing something useful. Nothing should prevent kids from doing their best. When pupils wear the same clothes the only way to show that you are better is use your brains.
2. А sk me what kind of pupil I was at school.
Were you the best pupil in your class? What were you favourite subjects? Did you study on Saturdays?
3. Which school club would you advise your classmate to join?
If something interests my friend for instance dancing, he/she should join in a dancing club to become better. If he/she is not sure about dancing, he/she may go there to see if he/she is capable of dancing. If he/she doesn’t like it, I will advise another club, for example karate.
4. Today some young people think that having a good education is very important. Do you agree with them?
I agree with them. A good education is very important to everyone. I don’t want to say that without having to attend university you will never achieve anything. It will take you much more time without education. Don’t put off your success by missing lessons.

 

5. Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?
A good start is a successful beginning of a career, isn’t it? If so, I agree with the statement. Kids at school are given an opportunity to learn the basics of any science. In addition, children are shown how to get more knowledge. Can you hope for more? If you are lazy, school is not to blame for your later problems.

 

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Билет № 9.

Билет № 10

1. Let’s talk about different types of houses. Tell me about the house/flat you live in.
I live in an ordinary flat. It has all modern conveniences like gas, electricity, running hot and cold water. We have everything we need. My parents’ room is the biggest and I live in my own room. The furniture we have is ordinary: beds, tables, chairs.
2. Does the place where a person lives reflect his/her personality? Why?
I think so. If a person is a fan of someone famous, you will find lots of posters on the walls of her flat. If he is fond of reading there will be a huge bookcase in his room. It is difficult to come across a flat of a young pianist’s without the piano.
3. Ask me what my flat/house looks like.
Where is your house located? What do you like most about your place of living? What would you like to change in your room?
4. Your friend does not know what to choose to live in a city or in the country. Give him/her some advice.
When you are young and full of energy you should do everything, you can to discover your personality. You should become engaged into any activity to see if it’s your cup of tea or not. The best place for it is a big city. The more people around you the more opportunities you will have. I would advise him to go to a big city to test himself.
5. How do you see an ideal flat/house?
My ideal flat should have five rooms so that everyone will have their own private place. Privacy is what I praise most. Sometimes I like to be around other people having fun, but there are some moments when I want to be alone. Apart from that I don’t want to have much furniture in it. Big windows will make the rooms bigger. I’ll do everything to make my future apartment spacious.

 

Билет № 12

1. Now let’s talk about the food. What do people eat in Britain?
People of different nationalities live in Britain and they naturally stick to their national cuisines. Both Indians and Britons like curry. I suppose fish and chips are popular with people of different nationalities. Yorkshire pudding is as popular as fish and chips but I am not sure that they are eaten every day.
2.Do you personally follow the rules of a healthy way of life? Why (not)?
I fully understand how important they are but I sometimes break them. If I have a lot to do for example homework I may occasionally eat something unhealthy such as a hamburger. When you are late for something you may make mistakes. If I have enough free time, I eat only home made food. My friends often ask me to go to a cafe but I limit myself to mineral water.
3.What questions will you ask a British friend about their national cuisine?
What do you really have for breakfast in Great Britain? How often do you eat out in restaurants which serve foreign food? Are you good at cooking traditional british food?
4.What national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?
Belarusian traditional cuisine is famous for different ways of cooking potato, but it is not just potato. Most dishes of the Belarusian cuisine are rarely hot and spicy. Lard is an ingredient for many dishes. A traditional meat dish is vereshchaka (or machanka) — pieces of short ribs and sausage stewed with water, flour, sour cream and onion and served with pancakes.
5.Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?
Fast food is not good and it does a lot of damage to our health. Fast food is low in vitamins and minerals and I can’t think of any reason for eating it. Every kid knows that fast food is bad and no further explanation is required. I think it should me banned as cigarettes and alcohol.

 

Билет №13. Shopping

Билет №14. Leisure time

I like New Year’s Day best.

What national souvenirs will you recommend a tourist to buy in Belarus? 9. I would recommend a foreign tourist to buy a straw spider amulet designed to protect the house and ensure the well-being of the family.

Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why? 10. Traditions are a part of our culture, so we should carefully observe them to respect our ancestors and feel that we are a nation.

Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)? 7. Yes, there is. I can’t live without my mobile phone. I use it every day to come in touch with my friends or to get information.

Maybe yes, maybe no. The Internet is a great source of information and entertainment for many people. But there are always those who prefer going to the theatre or reading a good book. We’ll live and we’ll see.

 

Билет №19. Sport

Билет № 20 Fashion

How do you like to travel?

If I were you, I would travel around my own country first and then travel abroad. There are a lot of places to visit in Belarus, such as Mir and Nesvizh castles, Belavezhskaya pushcha, Brest fortress and others.

Visiting a foreign country, people usually come in touch with culture, traditions and ways different from their own. To avoid possible difficulties one should get acquainted with this or that country beforehand and then follow the proverb “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.

Билет № 22 Environment

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What role does family play in each person’s life?