1. Do you think that art is important to society? Why?

a) Have you ever tried drawing, painting, sculpting, or something else artistic?
b) What is the most famous painting in your country?
c) What is traditional art like in your culture?

2. You are now in the eleventh form. Soon you will graduate from school.
Looking back…
a) What advice would you like to give to younger pupils about school life?
b) What changes would you like to see about your school or the system of
education in Ukraine?
c) What are your goals to improve yourself in your future life at university or in
your career?

3. What do you believe to be the worst problem in today’s society?

a) Describe where you see it?
b) Explain why you consider it to be so bad; how does it affect society as a whole
and the individuals making up that society?
c) How would you propose to do away with this problem?

4. Do you play any sports? If so, which ones?

a) Do you play any sports?
b) Are you a good soccer player? Basketball player, Baseball player, Tennis
player, etc.?
c) Are you a member of any sports team? If not, have you ever been?
d) Are you good at sports?

5. Disabilities: A physical disability is a limitation on a person's physical

functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina. Examples are people in wheel
chairs; blindness and a person who is deaf (cannot hear).
a) How does the government in your country help disabled people?
b) What is the best thing we can do to help disabled people?
c) Do you know someone who has a disability?

6. What is your favorite holiday? Has your favorite holiday changed since you
were a little kid?
a) On what holiday do people in your country eat a lot of food?
b) Do you give gifts on any holidays?
 c) What foreign holidays do you know about?

7. Are you a happy person? What is happiness for you?

a) What do you think is the color for happiness?
b) Do you think that happiness lies within you? Or does it depend upon other
people and external things?
c) Can money buy happiness? Is happiness a state of mind?

8. What do you like about your community?

a) What do you think should be changed in your community?
b) How can you help your community?
c) Are there old people living in your community?
d) What do the people in your community do for recreation?

9. Do you think you have a healthy life style?

a) Is it possible to have a healthy life style in modern world?
b) Why do many people try to have a healthy life style?
c) What is the main purpose of it?

10. Do you prefer traveling by car, bus, train or plane?

a) Have you ever been in a difficult situation while traveling?
b) Have you ever been on an airplane? How many times?
c) What airlines have you flown with?

11. What is your biggest goal in life?

a) How do you plan to achieve that goal?
b) What are your "short term" goals?
c) What are your "long term" goals?

12. What are some characteristics of your personality?

a) What makes you happy?
b) What are some things that make you angry?
c) Are you happy with your personality?
 d) Would you like to be different?

13. What are the first steps to world peace?

a) Is it important to think about peace?
b) How peaceful are you?
c) What would it take for the world to be more peaceful?
d) Would people need to change how they think, for the world to be peaceful?

14. What is volunteer work?

a) Would you like to work as a volunteer?
b) Have you ever done any volunteer work?
c) What are volunteer activities that people do?
d) Can you think of ways to help people who need help?

15. Do you think that the news is necessary? Why or why not?
a) What would the world be like without news?
b) Do you think the news tells us just information without giving its opinion?
c) Should the news give an opinion?
d) Do you think the news influences people too much?

16. Have you seen many Hollywood movies?

a) Give some examples of Hollywood movies you have seen and your opinion
of them.
b) Do you like Hollywood movies? Why or why not?
c) What kind of information about the United States have you learned by
watching Hollywood movies?

17. Do you enjoy meeting new people?

a) What are some good things to ask someone you just met?
b) What are some things you shouldn't ask people you just met?
c) Do you feel you are outgoing or shy around people? How do you usually act?
d) Where are some good places to meet people?

18. What is creativity?

a) Do you consider yourself a creative person? Why?
b) What is something creative that you have done?
 c) Is creativity a good thing? Why or why not?
d) What are some ways that a person can be creative?

19. How often do you practice your English?

a) What is your favorite way to practice your English?
b) What is the most difficult thing about English?
c) What do you think you will be able to do in English in the future?
Do you think that English will completely dominate all the other languages in
the future? If yes, how will it affect the world?

20. You are going to start up a new business; you have the money, you have
the space, you have the workers.
a) What product will you sell?
b) What types of people would be interested in your product?
c) How will you advertise this product? Give a sample advertising motto