PRE-INTERMEDIATE

SPEAKING
SELF-STUDY PACK 2

KOCAELİ UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Sevgili Öğrencimiz;
Bu kitapçık, İngilizce konuşma becerini geliştirebilmen için
hazırlanmıştır. Kitapçıktaki egzersizler B1 düzeyine uygun olarak
hazırlanmıştır.
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motivasyonunu kaybetmemen dileğiyle…
FRIENDSHIP
1. What do you value most in a friendship?
2. What are the benefits of having just a few close friends?
3. What does friendship mean to you?
4. What qualities do you look for in a friend?
5. How do you keep in touch with your close friend?
6. What is the difference between a best friend and a close friend?

I keep in touch with close friend on Instagram /

by video calling / by texting / through Facebook /

by phone calling.
FAMILY

1. Do you have a big family? Who are they?

2. What are your parents’ occupations?
3. Who in your family do you get on well with?
4. How do you spend time with your friends?
5. Does anyone in your family annoy you? In which way?
 PERSONALITY
1. What is your star sign? What does it say about you?
2. Is your character similar to your mother or father's character? In what ways are you like them, and
in what ways are you different?
3. What personality traits does a leader need?
4. What are 3 words that describe you best?

Personality Adjectives
bossy generous gentle
helpful kind nervous
rude selfish shy
strict sweet vain
1. What kinds of gift do you like giving to the newlyweds?
2. Why do we want to take photos of the places where we have been?
3. Why do we share our photos on Instagram?
4. How often do you install apps on your phone/computer?

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1. How did you use to get to school when you were a child?
2. What was school life like for you as a child?
3. How did you use to communicate with friends before the internet?
4. Did you use to play with toys when you were a child? Which one/ones did you like best?
5. What games did use to be popular when you were seven?
6. Did you use to be shy?
7. How did people entertain themselves without phones and computers?
1. What were doing last night from 8 to 10?
2. What were you doing the last time you saw the rainbow over the fields?
3. What happened while you were sunbathing on a beach?
4. What sights did you see during your last holidays?
5. What were doing when you last got angry?
6. How did you feel when you first came to this classroom?
TRAVELLING
1. What was your most memorable travel experience?
2. What type of transportation do you use while
travelling?
3. When you travel, do you prefer to relax or seek out
new adventures? Why?
4. How has travelling helped you develop new skills?
5. Did travel change your perspective on different
cultures and people? How?
6. In what ways can travel broaden your mind?
7. What are your thoughts on packing light and packing
heavy?
1. What is the meal that you like most?
2. What was the film which you last saw?
3. Who is the singer whose songs make you happy?
4. What is the city which is famous for the Big Ben?
5. What was the city which you last visited?
6. Who is the person who flies the planes?
7. What is the thing which we need to get on the plane?
8. What is the place where we wait to board the plane?
9. Who is the person who helps passengers get seated?

1. What should you do not to get on the wrong

bus/plane/train?
2. Why shouldn’t we travel in the high season?
3. Why should we book our ticket early?
4. Why should we allow plenty time for our journey?
1. What countries would you like visit?
2. How do you feel when you set out on a long journey?
3. Which charity would you like to join in? Why?
4. Why are charities important?
5. In which way do charities raise money?
1. On what occasions do you give chocolate as a gift?
2. Which one is better? Giving chocolate or taking chocolate
3. Why are chocolate bars more expensive than before?
4. Why should we eat chocolates which have less calories?

1. Which city is hotter than Antalya?

3. What is the best way to be successful?
4. What are the most popular snacks in our country?
5. What food is better than crisps?
6. Which snack has the smallest number calories?
7. Which one is healthier? Walking regularly every day or going to the gym every day?
8. What was the worst meal you had last week?
9. What food is as tasty as chocolate?
10. Who is less famous than before?
11. Which food is not as healthy as fruit?
12. Which food is as fattening as cream?
13. What should we do to be healthier?
HOW MUCH HOW MANY
15. How much water do you drink a day?
16. How much fruit do you eat to be healthy?
17. How many planets do you think have life on them?
18. How many close friends call you every Saturday?
19. How much money is there in your purse/wallet?
20. How much furniture does your room have?
21. How many dollars do you have in your pocket?
22. How much milk do you drink every day?
22. Do you enough time to rest after school?
23. Do you have any bad habits?
1. How much time do you spend on shopping?
2. Which things do you like shopping?
3. Would you like to be mystery shopper? Why? Why not?
4. Are you against or for mystery shoppers? Why?
5. What are your favorite chain stores in your area?
6. What discounts do you get on in any shops?
7. In which way did your shopping habit change?
8. How many shopping malls are there in your home town?
1. What do you do with your old fashioned clothes?
2. Is it a good idea to buy second-hand clothes? Why?
3. Are there any charity containers in your neighborhood?
4. What kind of clothes do you like wearing?
5. What are the advantages of charity shops?
6. What brand do you prefer for jeans?
7. Do clothes tell about someone’s personality? In what ways?
8. Where do you usually buy your clothes?
9. Which clothes are good on you?

1. Which is more fun? Shopping online or shopping in big department stores.

2. Do shopping malls change traditional shopping streets in the center of your town?
3. Is it important to look smart at all times? Why? Why not?
4. Do you agree with this saying? ‘’ One shirt, a pair of shoes is enough’’
5. Your friends’ clothes are not good on them. How do you tell them this in a polite way?
1. What should you do to be fit?
2. What healthy food should we eat?
3. Why should we get multipurpose things?
4. What are the advantages of being an organized person?
5. What mustn’t we do in the restaurant?
6. What aren’t you allowed to do during the lessons?
1. What do you do with the furniture you don’t need any more?
2. How often do you tidy up your room?
3. How do you get rid of the things you never use?
4. What do you have to do for your study you hate?
5. What should you do to lead a happy life?
6. What does your mother have to do to keep your house tidy and clean?
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
1. Do you think teenagers should help at home?
2. Which chores do you help with at home?
3. Do you have to take out the rubbish every day?
4. What do we use to heat up food?

1. What time did you have to eat meals when you were at school?
2. What was the last time when you had to go to the dentist?
3. What did have to wear to school?
4. Could you stay out late when you were 10?
5. Did you have to share your room with your brothers and sisters?
6. Could you have parties when you had to wake up early in the mornings?
7. Who did you have to go to school with when you were 7?
8. Could you spend time with your family when you were 11?
9. What could you do with your friends when you were 6?
10. Did you have to tell your parents where you were going?
1. What should you do when guests come to stay in your house?
2. What shouldn’t you do when you stay in friend’s house?

3. Ask for permission to use your friend’s dictionary.

4. Ask for permission to change the channel to watch the football match.
5. Ask for permission to sit next to your friend. ( Do you mind if …………….)
6. Ask for permission to take the chair.

1. What do you do to feel fit?

2. How much exercises do you get in a month?
3. What are the ways for getting fit?
4. What are the advantages of joining a gym?
5. Do you think a home gym is a good idea? Why?

1. What dairy products do you eat?

2. Do you consume low in sugar diets?
3. How many hours do you sleep a day?
4. What are the ways to change how to live for the better?
. Do you agree with this saying? ‘’Live well, live long’’
5. How much time do you spend with elderly people in your family?
1. Why do people want to change their looks?
2. What did you last do to change your look?
3. What are you going to change in your personality?
4. What are you going to change in your life?
5. What are you doing tomorrow morning?
6. Who is visiting your parents next weekend?
7. What are you watching on TV on Friday?
8. Are you going to dye your hair?
9. Where are you going to live when you are older?
10.Where are you going to be at this time next year?
11. Do you think you will probably graduate from university in five years?
1. Do you think you will live abroad in the future?
2. Do you think you will get married before you are forty?
3. What is your biggest ambition?
4. Where do you think you will be five years from now?
5. Will you have fun this Saturday?
6. How will you get home today?
7. What will you do with your English skills in the future?
8. What year will you be 60 years old?
1. Are you a procrastinator?
2. How do you put the things off instead of studying lessons?
3. Do you immediately give up when something is difficult?
4. How do you check anything out when you aren’t sure about it?
5. How long do you carry on studying without stopping?
6. Where do you find out the meaning of the new vocabulary?

1. Are you optimist or pessimist? Give an example

situation.
2. Do our personalities depend on our life experiences?
Why? Why not?
3. What are the advantages of being optimist?
4. What are the disadvantages of being pessimist?
5. What kind of problems do the people who are too
optimistic have?
1. Have you heard of the artist named Banksy?
2. Have you ever had a job before? When? Where?
3. Has anything/anyone inspired you this week?
4. Have you tried anything new lately?
5. Have you ever taken private English classes?
6. What is the strangest food you have eaten? When?
7. What is the best movie you have ever seen?
8. Have you ever had a part-time job? When?
9. Where have you been this week?
10.Have you ever done something embarrassing?
11. Have you already decided what to do when you leave school?
12. Has your father ever had an accident?
1. How long have you attended this university?
2. How long have you had this English book?
3. How long has your sister/brother lived in her/his hometown?
4. How long have the students in prep classes learned English?
5. How long have we known the artificial intelligence?
6. Have you had a driving license for five years?
7. Has your sister had a job since 2020?
1. What qualities do you need to be a scientist?
2. Do you prefer to finish one thing before you start another?
3. What are you going to give up doing soon?
4. What do you avoid doing to be more successful?
5. What time will you stop to have a cup of coffee?
6. When will you stop doing homework?
7. Do you hope to work for a famous company?
8. When did you learn to analyze data?
1. When did you last need to empty your trash can on your computer?
2. Do you update your profile on Facebook?
3. Where do you store your photos on your computer?
4. How do you search for information on the internet?

1. When did you get your mobile phone?

2. Do you need to buy a new mobile phone? Which model would like to?
3. What does ‘’HD’’ stand for?
4. Do you have a dual lens camera?
5. Why do we use a turbocharger?
1. How many celebrities do you follow on social media?
2. Are you a FOMO?
3. Do you think social media distracts us from social life?
4. Do you enjoy following unknown people on social media?
5. Do you think your social media habit has turned into an obsession?
6. Have you ever taken part in the challenge on social media? What is/was it?
7. How often do you make a video that goes viral?
8. Do you always know what is trending on Twitter?
9. What is your favorite social networking site?
10. Have you ever carried out an experiment into social media? When? What was it?
1. Will you be upset if your computer dies?
2. What will you do if you get enough money for your birthday?
3. What will your parents think if you shave your hair off?
4. What will happen if humans keep polluting the environment?
5. How will you propose if you find a person that you want to marry?
6. What will you wear if you go on a date?
7. What will you do if anyone gives you flowers?
8. What will you do if aliens suddenly invade earth?
1. How much time do you spend time gaming?
2. Do you think video games can improve hand-eye coordination?
3. Do your parents think you spend too much time gaming?
4. What are the three best reasons for playing games?
1. Had you heard Teri Horton before you met her in the text?
2. Had your father worked as a truck driver before he retired?
3. What did you do after you had felt ill?
4. Had you finished all your homework before you started watching TV?
5. Had you already decided to become an engineer by the time you were ten?
6. What had you learned to do by the time you were 3?
7. What did you realise that you had done when you got home?
1. Which jobs are creative ones?
2. Which job is the most difficult? Why?
3. Do you prefer live performance or recorded music? Why?
4. Would you like to act in a film? Which film? Why?

1. What types of TV Show do you know? Which one is your favorite? What happens in it?
2. Have you ever rushed over in front of the crowd?
3. Have you ever tried to play an instrument? What was it?
4. What was the last time you saw a live musical performance? Where did you see it?

1. Do you fancy going to the concerts? Why?

2. Is going to the Modern art Museums your cup of tea?
3. What is the most interesting novel you have ever read? What does it tell?
4. Do you often visit exhibitions? Which one did you last visit? When? Where?
1. Do you like fictional detective stories?
2. Are the clues caught easily in the stories you have read?
3. Why are the detective stories written?
4. Were you supposed to write a detective story in prep class?
5. How many novels have you read so far?
6. How big a problem is crime where you live?
1. Has your social media account ever been hacked? When?
2. Has your purse/wallet ever been stolen? What did you do?
3. What might happen if you break the laws?
4. What should you do to protect you from crime and danger?
5. What should you do if you see a crime?
1. What would you do if you found a case with $400.000 in it?
2. What would you do if you heard a suspicious noise in your house late at night?
3. If an armed thief tried to rob you, what would you do?
4. Have you ever committed a crime? What was it?
5. Have you ever been robbed? When?

1. Why are the criminals arrested?

2. Have you ever been questioned? When?
3. What would you do if you were Robin Hood?