PRE-INTERMEDIATE – TEST
05.01.2022 2022-08-25 15:52PRE-INTERMEDIATE – TEST
Family
Past
Did you use to get on well with your family when you were a teenager?
What kind of a person did you use to be when you were at school?
Present
Do you have any brothers and sisters? What do they do?
Who do you get on best with in your family?
Describe a person from your family.
Future
Would you like to have a big family?
Is there anything you can do or learn to do to be a good parent?
Is there anything you should be very careful with?
Personality
Past
What kind of a person did you use to be in the past? What made you change?
What kind of friends did you use to go out with? Did your parents like them?
What kind of people did you use to get on well with? Why?
Present
Describe you as a person. Use the vocabulary below:
- friendly, unfriendly
- funny, serious
- generous, mean
- lazy, hard-working
- shy, extrovert
- talkative, quiet
Future
Describe you as a person you would be happy to become. What are you going to do to achieve this goal? What will happen, if you do this? How would you feel, if it happened now? Is there anything you should do every day to have a real chance to change?
Sport
Past
Did you use to like PE at school?
What sport did you use to do/play at school? Did your parents have to control you?
What’s the most exciting sports event you’ve ever seen?
Present
Do you do any sport or exercise? How often do you do/play it?
What sport do you like watching on TV?
Do you ever go to any sports events nowadays?
Future
What sport would you like to be good at? Why? When are you going to start?
Would you go to the next Olympics?
How often would you go to the gym?
Music
Past
Did you go to a music school when you were at school? What instrument did you choose? How often did you have your music lessons? Did you use to like them?
Have you ever played in a band? Have you ever performed for money?
What music did you use to listen to?
What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?
Present
Do you play any musical instrument? How often?
How often do you go to live concerts? Do you prefer clubs with live music or big open air concerts?
What music do you listen to nowadays?
Do you ever buy music on the Internet?
Future
Is there any instrument you would be happy to learn to play? Why (not)?
What concert are you going to visit next time? Who would you go with? When?
How often would you go to different kinds of music events?
Would you go abroad to see your favourite band/singer/orchestra?
Clothes
Past
Have you ever worn something only once? What was it? When did you wear it?
Have you ever been to a fashion show? Where was it? Did you enjoy it?
Have you ever danced in very uncomfortable shoes? Where and when was it? What happened?
Have you ever worn a fancy dress? When was it? What did you wear?
Have you ever bought something and never worn it? What was it? Why didn’t you wear it?
Have you ever met somebody, who was wearing exactly the same as you? When was it? How did you feel?
Have you ever ruined clothes in the washing machine? What was it? What happened?
Haver you ever had an argument with your family about clothes? What about?
Present
Where do you usually buy clothes? What are your favourite brands?
Do you like going shopping for clothes? Where do you usually go? Who with? How long does it usually last?
Do you ever go abroad just for shopping?
Do you ever buy clothes online?
Are you interested in fashion in general? Do you like the latest fashion trends?
Do you have a tailor? Do you ever buy clothes at tailor stores? What tailor houses do you know? Do you like them?
Future
Would you change your style? How? Do you need a fashion consultant’s advice? What are you going to do?
How often would you change? Why?
Are there any brands you would always buy? Why (not)?
Would you experiment more often or would you follow the latest fashions?
Would you buy clothes at a tailor’s only, if you had a chance? What will happen, if you start doing this? What should you do?
Animals
Past
Have you ever had a pet? When was it? What pet did you have? Did you use to look after it, or was it somebody else’s job? Did you buy it or was it a present?
Present
Do you have pets? Why (not)? Do you like looking after it/them?
Do you like circus? What do you think of animals there?
Future
Would you buy a pet? What kind of? Why (not)? When are you going to do this? What will happen, if you buy one? How many pets would you have, if you didn’t have any limitations? Is there anything you should be very careful with?
School
Past
What school did you go to? Where was it? Have you ever changed schools? If «yes», why?
What was your favourite subject? Did you use to study a lot?
What did you use to do after school?
Present
How often do you learn anything new nowadays? Where do you usually do this?
Do you usually do short-term courses at state educational institutions or do you go to private schools?
Are you a self-educated person?
What educational services do you like?
Future
Would you learn anything new in the nearest future? What would it be? When are you going to start? How long will it probably take?
What will happen, if you master this? Would you do this professionally, if you had a chance?
What should you do first to achieve this goal?
Holidays
Past
Where did you go on your last holiday? When was it? Who did you go with?
How did you get there?
Where did you stay? How long were you there?
Did you have good weather?
What did you do during the day? What did you do at night?
Did you have a good time? Did you have any problems?
Present
How often do you usually have a holiday? When?
Do you prefer hot countries only or do you sometimes go skiing?
Who do you usually travel with? How do you like travelling: by car, by train, by plain?
Do you always book hotels?
What do you normally do during the day? What do you usually do at night?
Future
When would you have a holiday next time? What are you going to do?
Where would you go? Are you going to book a trip?
How would you get there? Are you going to rent a car there?
Who would you go with? Is it going to be a surprise for this person/these people?
Where would you stay?
What would you do during the day? Are you going to do something you’ve never done before?
What would you do at night? Have you already bought tickets to some events?
Are you going to stay up a couple of nights?
Health and diet
Past
Did you use to be active at school and at university? What did you use to do?
What diet did you use to have? Was there anything you just hated?
Did you use to be stressed because of big amounts of homework?
Present
Are you an active person nowadays? Why (not)? How do you feel?
What do you usually do?
Are you on a diet?
How stressed are you?
How do you usually relax?
Future
Would you try to be disciplined to combine being active with a healthy diet? (Why not?)
When are you going to start? How long will it take you to get fit and feel great?
Will you continue, if nobody supports you?
What would your life look like, if you did this?
Is there anything you should be very careful with?
Time
Past
How much free time did you use to have at school? How did you spend it?
How long did it take you to get to school?
How much time did you spend doing your homework?
What didn’t you have time for?
Present
How much free time do you have? How do you spend it?
How long does it take you to get around?
How much time do you need for yourself?
How much time do you think you waste?
Future
How much free time would you have in the future? What for? What are you going to do to have it?
What will it take you to make this dream come true?
What will you do, if it happens?
How often would you change your schedule, if you could?
What should be done at first?
Towns and cities
Past
Where did you use to live, when you were a child? Did you like this place? Why (not)?
Have you ever moved?
What’s the most beautiful town or city you’ve ever been to?
Present
Where do you live nowadays? How long have you been living there? Do you like this place?
Do you prefer small towns or big cities?
Future
Where would you live? Why?
Are you going to do anything to buy a house or a flat there? How long will it take? Why?
What should happen, so you could do this?
Would you move there immediately, I
if you had a chance?
What should you do?
Cinema
Past
What films did you use to like, when you were at school?
Haw often did you use to go to the cinema?
Have you ever had a favourite film director or a favourite actor?
Have you ever had any film traditions like watching the same film again and again or going to a special place once a year to watch an old/new movie?
What was the best film you’ve ever seen?
Present
What films do you like nowadays? Do you prefer watching films online at home or going to the cinema? How often do you usually do this?
Do you ever download/buy movies on the Internet?
Who is your favourite actor/director?
Do you have any film traditions nowadays?
Future
What film would you like to watch? Are you going to go to the cinema? When? Who with?
Would you prefer to buy a very expensive TV set or a good projector to be able to watch movies at home? Why? When are you going to do this?
Would you learn more about film making, so you could promote you/your services/your company or is it better to hire professionals? Why (not)?
