Topics for speaking

Health questions

1. Do you have a healthy diet?

2. What kinds of snacks do you eat?

3. Do you eat between meals? What do you eat?

4. Which would prefer: a snack of potato chips or some carrot sticks?

5. Do you exercise regularly? What do you do?

6. What kind of desserts do you eat? 

Here are some questions to help you prepare.

• Break
• What did you do in the break?
• Did you take a trip?
• Did you have a part-time job?
• Did you enjoy it?
• Growing up
• Where were you born?
• When did you graduate?
• Did you like high school?
• Which is better high school or university?
• Day
• When do you get up?
• When do you leave for school?
• When do you exercise?
• Shopping trip
• When did you last go shopping?
• Why did you go?
• What did you buy?
• Why?
• Room
• How big is your room?
• Neat or messy?
• What furniture do you have?
• What furniture do you want?

5-5/15 Shopping

My Shopping Trip

My friend's son is having a birthday party on Saturday and I was invited. Now I need to buy a present. I’m going to the new shopping mall in my neighborhood to buy the present. When I get there, I find that I need some money. When I walk in the entrance, I see a bank next to the entrance. What is a good present for an eight-year-old boy? A puppy is good. There is a pet store next to the bank. The puppies are so cute, but they are expensive. After the pet store, I want to get a haircut, and the barbershop is next to the pet store. I come out of the barbershop and I look at the window of the next shop. They have a nice tour package to Hawaii. Hawaii is a wonderful place. I want to go there, but it is too expensive. I walk past the travel agency. In the window of the next store, i see a new mystery. I want to read it. It is not expensive. It is $25 and I buy it. Next, I remember I need aspirin. Next to the bookstore there is a post office. I want to go to the next store. I want to buy aspirin. Then, there is the best store for children's presents. I buy a nice toy. I come out of the toy store and I am tired. I want a cup of tea and a piece of cake. I go into the next store and sit down. I need a rest.

Now you are going to write a shopping story. Here are some stores that you can use.

clothes store, computer store, grocery store, gym, ice cream store, jewelry store, music store, photo shop, restaurant, shoe store 

 

4-5/8 My partner

Welcome

Essay

• Mr. / Miss / Ms. _______ and I had [an interesting/a long/ a simple] conversation about high school, traveling and studying.
• Mr. _________ graduated from ___ high school [in ___/___ years ago / last year]. 
• He/She [enjoyed / did not enjoy / liked / hated] it because ... 
• His/Her favorite subject was ____ and his/her favorite teacher was _____, who taught ________. 
• He/she has many valuable memories.
• The most valuable memory was when he/she _________________________. 
• Next, we talked about traveling. He/she has been to Okinawa/America/Kyoto. 
• She/he went on a school excursion/on a study tour/on a family trip with his/her ______. 
• He/she had a [wonderful/great/good/terrible] time, and he/she [highly recommends it/does not recommend it/thinks everybody should go].
• As for studying, he/she studied ___ in elementary school, and [he/she really enjoyed it / didn’t really enjoy it.] 
• We had a nice time talking with each other.