TALK & TRAVEL - QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1
Have you ever lived more than 6 months out of Switzerland? Would you like to?

QUESTION 2
Which country have you never visited but want to? Why?

QUESTION 3
Could you move to another country permanently? Why? Why not?

QUESTION 4
What is the most interesting souvenir you have ever purchased?

QUESTION 5
What was your most memorable hotel stay? Why?

QUESTION 6
Where is the most beautiful place you have ever been? Why?

QUESTION 7
What are the most essential things to put in your hand luggage on a long flight? Why?

QUESTION 8
Do you prefer holidays in summer or winter? Why?

QUESTION 9
What was your most disappointing holiday? Why?

QUESTION 10
Who makes the decisions about where your family goes on holiday?

QUESTION 11
What is the most daring thing you have done whilst on holiday?

QUESTION 12
If you were to take a gap year, where would you go?

QUESTION 13
Are guidebooks a waste of money? Why? Why not?

QUESTION 14
Would you like to travel into space? Why? Why not?

QUESTION 15
Where would you take a tourist who was visiting your home town?

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 1

Have you ever lived more than 6 months out of Switzerland? Would you like to?

Useful vocabulary:
abroad im Ausland
foreign-born im Ausland geboren
foreign language Fremdsprache
stay der Aufenthalt
trip / journey Reise
Europe Europa
Circular trip Rundreise
holiday Ferien
to immigrate einwandern
country Land
to learn a language eine Sprache lernen

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 2

Which country have you never visited but want to? Why?

Useful vocabulary:
country Land
dangerous gefährlich
danger Gefahr
world tour Weltreise
country of origin Herkunftsland
landscape Landschaft
culture Kultur
awesome beeindruckend
language Sprache
city Stadt

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 3

Could you move to another country permanently? Why? Why not?

Useful vocabulary:
permanently dauerhaft
to miss someone jemanden vermissen
family and friends Familie und Freunde
to emigrate auswandern
foreign language Fremdsprache
country of origin Herkunftsland
to have a fear (of something) Angst vor etwas haben
job Arbeitsstelle
to move umziehen
requirements Voraussetzungen
culture Kultur
to get to know etwas oder jemanden kennen lernen

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 4

What is the most interesting souvenir you have ever purchased?

Useful vocabulary:
to purchase etwas erwerben (wie kaufen – buy/bought)
souvenir Mitbringsel
holiday Ferien
shell Muschel
memory Erinnerung
gift Geschenk
sand Sand
to collect sammeln
necklace Halskette
unique einzigartig

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 5

What was your most memorable hotel stay? Why?

Useful vocabulary:
hotel stay Hotelaufenthalt
memorable einprägsam
funny lustig
awesome beeindruckend
pompous prunkvoll
swimming pool Schwimmbecken
buffet Buffet
food Essen
ambience Ambiente
sea Meer
beach Strand
room Zimmer
balcony Balkon
hotel staff Hotelmitarbeiter

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 6

Where is the most beautiful place you have ever been? Why?

Useful vocabulary:
holidays Ferien
beach Strand
sea Meer
homeland Heimat
abroad Ausland
sun Sonne
culture Kultur
city Stadt
world tour Weltreise
landscape Landchaft
nature Natur
water fall Wasserfall

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 7

What are the most essential things to put in your hand luggage on a long flight? Why?

Useful vocabulary:
essential unverzichtbar
hand luggage Handgepäck
long-distance flight Langstreckenflug
headphone Kopfhörer
mobile phone Handy
book Buch
battery recharger Ladegerät
identification paper Ausweispapiere
pillow Kissen
game Spiel

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 8

Do you prefer holidays in summer or winter? Why?

Useful vocabulary:
skiing Skifahren
bathing baden
to swim schwimmen
cross-country skiing langlaufen
snowboarding snowboarden
tobogganing schlitteln
ice-skating Eislaufen
beach Strand
to hike wandern
snow Schnee
sun Sonne
to relax ausruhen
heat Hitze
cold Kälte
sea Meer
activities Aktivitäten

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 9

What was your most disappointing holiday? Why?

Useful vocabulary:
disappointing enttäuschend
bad weather schlechtes Wetter
conflict Streit
expensive teuer
too many people zu viele Leute
bad food schlechtes Essen
ugly hässlich
dirty schmutzig
partly teilweise
some was good some was bad manches war gut, manches war schlecht

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 10

Who makes the decisions about where your family goes on holiday?

Useful vocabulary:
parents Eltern
father Vater
mother Mutter
all together alle zusammen
brother Bruder
sister Schwester
me ich
travel agency Reisebüro
difficult schwierig
interests Interessen
the same/not the same die selben/nicht die selben
quarrel about straiten über

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 11

What is the most daring thing you have done whilst on holiday?

Useful vocabulary:
daring waghalsig
dangerous gefährlich
alone alleine
to hitchhike per Autostopp fahren
mountain hike Bergtour
bungee jumping Bungee-Jumping
to surf surfen

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 12

If you were to take a gap year, where would you go?

Useful vocabulary:
gap year Zwischenjahr
language stay Sprachaufenthalt
world tour Weltreise
backpacker Rucksacktourist
to earn money Geld verdienen
to gain experience Erfahrungen sammeln
to learn a language eine Sprache lernen
abroad Ausland
decision Entscheidung
parents Eltern

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 13

Are guidebooks a waste of money? Why? Why not?

Useful vocabulary:
guidebook Reiseführer
places of interest Sehenswürdigkeit
to go sightseeing Sehenswürdigkeiten sehen gehen
information Informationen
important wichtig
culture Kultur
customs Bräuche
landscapes Landschaft
hints Tipps
waste of money Geldverschwendung
internet Internet
online online
guide Führer
walking tour Tour zu Fuss

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 14

Would you like to travel into space? Why? Why not?

Useful vocabulary:
space Weltall
astronaut Astronaut
planets Planeten
interesting interessant
adventure Abenteuer
unforgettable unvergesslich
spacecraft Raumschiff
galaxy Galaxie
Milky Way Milchstrasse
sensation Sensation
get sick Übel warden
no gravity Schwerelosigkeit
going to the bathroom auf die Toilette gehen

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk

 TALK & TRAVEL

Rules:
 Speak together and only in English.
 Start the conversation appropriately and state the question.
 Do not stop until the time is up (2 minutes).
 Improvise if you do not know what to say or invent something
 Interact with your partner(s).
 You have a pre-task of one minute to get prepared.
 Record your speaking activity and listen to it later: How was your pronunciation? Did
you make any mistakes? How was your fluency? Do your sentences make sense?

QUESTION 15

Where would you take a tourist who was visiting your home town?

Useful vocabulary:
sights Sehenswürdigkeiten
beautiful schön
place Ort
restaurant Restaurant
speciality Spezialität
the town’s landmark das Wahrzeichen der Stadt
landscape Landschaft
hiking wandern
to impress beeindrucken
impressive beeindruckend
tourist attraction Touristenattraktion
nearby in der Nähe
activities Aktivitäten

Idea taken from: https://www.schularena.com/englisch/sprechen/travel-and-talk