Compare your questions with the list of typical FCE Speaking Part One questions below
Languages
- Do you know any other foreign languages?
- What languages did you study at school? (Was that a good choice?)
- What do you enjoy most about learning another language?
- Do you plan to learn another language in the future?
- Which other languages do you think will be most useful for you to learn?
Education
- What was your favourite subject when you were in primary school?
- Are you studying anything at the moment?
- Do you find it easy to study where you live? (Why? /Why not?)
- Is there something new you’d really like to learn about? (Why?)
- Would you like to study full time?
Family
- Do you have a large family?
- How many brothers and sisters do you have?/ Do you have any brothers and sisters?
- What do the other members of your family do?
- Would you like to have a large family? (Why/ Why not?)
- Which member of your family are you closest to?
- Do you take after your mother or your father?
- Did you get on with your brothers and sisters when you were young?
Home
- How much time do you spend at home? (What do you enjoy doing there?)
- What kind of work do the majority of people in your town do?
- Where are you from?/ Where do you come from? (Is it a good place to live?)
- Did you have to travel far to get here today?
- Do you live near here?
- Were you born in (Tokyo)?/ Are you from Tokyo?
- Would you like to live in your hometown when you retire?
- Tell us something about the area where you live.
- How would you describe your local area?
- Do you live in a house or a flat?
- Do you live with your parents?
- What is there to do for entertainment in the evenings in your town?
- What type of work do people do in your area?
- What is there for young people to do in your area?
- Tell us something about the place where you are living at the moment.
- What type of house would you like to live in, in the future?
- Where do you live? (Can you tell us what it is like? Would you like to live anywhere else?)
Free time
- Do you have any hobbies? (How did you first become interested in that/ those things?)
- What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
- Has your choice of free time activities changed over the years?
- What do you enjoy doing at weekends?
- What did you do last weekend?
- What are your hobbies or interests?
- Do you prefer to spend time on your own or with other people?
- Do you like going to parties? (Tell us about a good party you’ve been to.)
- Who do you spend your free time with? (What sort of things do you do?)
- Does anyone you know have an interesting hobby? (What does he/she do?)
- Have you got any plans for this weekend? (What are you going to do?)
Work
- Are you working, or are you still a student?
- Do you have any ambitions?
- What would be your perfect job?
- Do you work or do you study?
- Can you tell us something about the place where you work or study?
- What type of work would you like to do in the future?
- What qualifications do you think you’ll need in the future?
- What job do you hope to do in the future?
- Are you happier doing mental or physical work? (Why?)
- Do you prefer working on your own or with other people? (Why?)
