BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 TỔNG HỢP ĐỀ SPEAKING TASK REAL TEST 2016 (KHẢ DỤNG: THÁNG - 12/2016) Your Work or Your Studies Do you work or are you a student? Your Work What work you do? Why did you choose to that type of work ? What points attracted to that work ? What you in that job? What are your responsibilities at work? Do you feel your work is interesting? Do you think your work is important? What would you say is the most important part of your job? Do you think your work will be more important in the future? Do you see any changes in your job in the future? Do you think there will be future changes in your field of work? Is your work the same as what you imagined it would be before you started this job? Is your work the same as what you imagined it would be when you chose this type of job? Is that a popular job in your country? What would you say is the most interesting part of your work? Do you prefer to work alone or work in a group ? Do you prefer to work in the mornings or in the afternoons? When you think you work more efficiently, in the mornings or in the afternoons? Do you plan to continue doing that work in the future? Would you like to continue doing that work in the future? Would you prefer to continue doing the same job, or would you prefer to change your job? How you your work? What you in a typical day at work? Is your work difficult? Is your work easy to do? Do you enjoy your work? Does your job pay well? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 Would you recommend it to others? Which you think is more important, the work you are doing or the people you work with? Which you enjoy more, the work you are doing or people you work with? Do you feel your co-workers have confidence in you? Do you feel comfortable in your job? 1b) Your Studies What subject are you studying? What subjects are you studying? Why did you choose to study that subject? / Why did you choose to study those subjects? What points attracted you to that subject? What have you learned from that subject? Do you like XXX ? What's the most enjoyable part of your studies? What's your favourite subject? What subject that you are studying is the most enjoyable for you? What's the most interesting thing about your subject? Is your subject the same as what you imagined it would be before you started studying it? Is your subject the same as what you imagined it would be when you chose it? Is it very difficult to study that? Do you find them difficult to study? Is that a very popular subject for university students in your country? How you study that subject? What work are you planning to after you finish your studies? Do you have any future plans involving your subject ? What work you plan to after you finish your education? What are your future career plans? What kind of work are you planning to in the future? Do you prefer to study in the mornings or in the afternoons? Do you study better in the mornings or in the afternoons? Do you prefer to study in the daytime or in the evenings? Do you prefer to study in a group, or study alone? Do you attend classes every day? What are the differences between liberal arts students and science students? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 What other subjects you study? Where are you studying? When did you start studying ? Which you think is more important in the education process , the teacher or the students? Which is more important for you at school, the teachers or the other students? Who gives you more help, your teachers or your classmates? For you, where is the best place to study? Do you get annoyed when people disturb your study? Your Hometown Where did you grow up? Is that a big place or a small place? Do you like your hometown? What you like most about your hometown? Would you say your hometown is a good place to grow up? Would you like to return to your hometown when you retire? Would you like to live in the countryside? Would you like to live in the countryside when you retire? Would you like to live in the countryside when you are old? Where are you living at the moment? Where your parents live? Do you like living in ? What are the good points and the bad points about living here/there? Is there anything you dislike about it? Has it changed much since you were a child? Can you suggest how it could be improved? Would you say it has good facilities? Does it have good educational facilities? Is the public transport system in your hometown convenient to use? Would you say it's a good place for children to live? Would you say it's a suitable place for young people to live? Do you have many neighbours? Do you know your neighbours very well? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 Would you like to change the place where you live? Where would you take a visitor to your hometown? What would you show a visitor to your hometown? What would you recommend a visitor to your hometown see and do? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 Your Home Do you live in a house, or a flat ? Could you describe it a little? What you think are the advantages of living in a ? Who you live with? Do you like your home? Would you say your home is a comfortable place to live? Which part of your home you like best? Which is your favourite room? Would you like to change where you live? Would you like to make any changes to your home? Is there anything you would like to change about your home? Do you feel your home could be improved in any way? Would you like to move to a different home? What sort of home would you like to live in, in the future? Would you prefer to live in a big house or a small one? What is the living environment like around your home? Do you get along well with your neighbours? What types of shops are available in your area? ? Did you live in a house / flat when you were a child? What type of place did you live in when you were a child? Did you like the place you lived in as a child? What are the differences between the place you live in now and the one you lived in as a child? Who you live with? Do you live with your family ? Do you think it's good to live with one's family? Do you enjoy living there? What's the most enjoyable part of living there? What are the differences between the place you live now and where you lived before? Did you like the place you lived in as a child? Are there many shops near your home? In the future, what type of home would you like to live in? How long have you lived there? Has your family always lived there? Do you plan to live there for a long time? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 Communication How you communicate with your friends? Do you ever write letters or send cards to your friends? When did you start using a mobile phone? How you usually communicate with your friends ? What you usually communicate with them about? When did you start using a mobile phone? When did you get your first mobile phone? In what situations you use your mobile phone? When is NOT a good time to use a mobile phone? In what situations you think people should not use a mobile phone? Have you ever sent a postcard to your friends or family? When was the last time you sent a postcard? Do you prefer to write letters, or emails? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 When you write emails, and when you write letters? Do you prefer to write handwritten letters, or to type letters on a computer? On what occasions you write handwritten things? Does your job involve a lot of writing? What kinds of letter, email or message you think is the most difficult to write? Throughout their whole lives, you think most people will more typing, or more handwriting? Do you think handwriting is an important skill? Is attractive handwriting important to you? How important you think good hand writing is? Do you think computers will replace handwriting in the future? Computers and The Internet How often you use a computer? What you usually on a computer? In what ways people use computers in your country? Which websites you most often visit? How 'computer literate' are you? Do you think it's important to learn to use a computer? How much have computers changed your life? Do you like using computers? Would you like to learn more computer skills? Is there any particular computer skill that you would like to learn? Do you think there are any disadvantages computers? Bicycles Do you know how to ride a bicycle? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 Do you like riding bicycles? How often you ride a bicycle? What are the advantages of riding bicycles? Is it convenient to ride a bike in your country? Would you say it's safe to ride bicycles in your hometown? Would you say it's safe for children to ride bicycles in your hometown? Where are the safe places to ride a bicycle in your hometown? Did you ride a bicycle when you were a child? Do you think children should be taught cycling at school as an extra-curriculum subject? In your country, are bicycles used more today than there were in the past? Do you think it's important for children to learn how to ride a bicycle ? What benefits you think children get from riding a bicycle? Science Do you like science? Does / did your high school offer any science-related classes? What science you learn at school? Did you enjoy your science classes at school? What you find most interesting about science? What scientific fields are most popular in your country? Is there anything about science that you don't like? Do you like watching television programs about science? Can you suggest why people like to watch science fiction programs? Are science museums very popular in your country? Do people in your country often visit science museums? Have you ever visited a science museum? What future scientific developments you think we will see? Do you think science is important? Is there any scientific topic that you would like to learn more about? Dancing Do you like to dance? Have you ever learned to dance? Did you learn to dance when you were a child? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 Would you have liked to attend dance classes when you were a child? Why What kind of dancing people in your country like ? When people in your country dance? Do people in your country dance during traditional festivals? Do you think there are any benefits for young people to go dancing? Do you appreciate dancing when other people it? Your First School What can you remember about your first school? Can you describe your primary school? Can you describe the first school you attended? Did you like it? Do you remember the first day at your primary school? Do you think that your primary school is special? Would you say it was a good school? If you could, how would you change your primary school? If you could, what's one thing you would change about your primary school? 10 Bags Do you like bags? What types of bags you like? Do you usually carry a bag (when you go out)? What types of bags you use (in your everyday life)? Do you have different bags for different occasions (or, different purposes)? What you put in these bags? What sorts of bags women like to buy? 11 Parks Do you like parks? Are there many parks or public gardens near where you live? Do people in your hometown like to go to a park? Do you often go to a park? How often you go to a park? What you when you go to a park ? Do you the same things in parks that you did when you were a child? Did you go to parks when you were a child more often than you now? Will you continue to go to parks in the future? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 10 What types of people go to parks? Do you think parks and public gardens are important in a city? What you think are the advantages of walking in a park? Does your home have a garden? 12 Shopping When you usually go shopping? Where you usually go shopping? When did you last go shopping? Do you ever buy things you see on television? What time of day you prefer to go shopping? Do you prefer to buy things in big shops, or in small shops? Is there any kind of shopping that you don’t like? Do you prefer to go shopping alone, or with friends? 13 Evenings Do you often go out with your friends in the evening? Do you prefer to go out, or stay at home in your spare time? Is there anything you don't like to in the evenings? What you u sually before you go to bed? Do you usually the same things on week nights and on weekend evenings? What you usually on Saturday night? What did you generally in the evenings when you were a child? 14 Transportation What forms of transport are there in your hometown ? Is transport convenient near you home? Which you prefer to use , a bus or a taxi? Which is more convenient to use where you live, a bus or a taxi? How often you take a bus? Are buses convenient to use where you live? Do you think it's important to have public transport available? What form of transport you prefer for long-distance trips? Have you ever taken a long bus trip? 15 Music What kinds of music you like? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 10 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● ● ● ● 73 Do you like to keep things for a long time? In your country, are people concerned about spending money to buy new things? Do you think this is good? In general, which you think are better, old things or new things? What sorts of things people in your country like to keep for a long time? FQx2 Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 73 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● ● ● 74 What is the value (or, the importance, the significance) of keeping some things in a family for a long time? Most people keep old photographs Do you think photos can help people strengthen their family ties? What sorts of things people like to pass down from generation to generation? Do you think young people and older people keep the same sorts of things? FQ History ● Do you think it's important to recall the past (or, to not forget history)? Museums ● ● ● ● ● What you think is the purpose of keeping old things in museums? (Possible question) What you think is the value (or, importance) of keeping old things in museums? * Do you think there should be more museums? Do you think we will see more museums in the future and, if so, what forces will be driving this trend? How you think museums in the future will be different to those of today? Making Mistakes, in General ● ● ● ● Would you say that people generally learn from their mistakes? Do you think the mistakes that people make can help them become successful? What can someone to help avoid making mistakes? When someone makes a mistake, you think others should tell that person that he or she has made a mistake? Children Making Mistakes ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Would you say that children often make mistakes? What are some examples of mistakes that children make? FQ Should children be punished for their mistakes? How you think parents should treat their children when the children make a mistake? What sorts of mistakes school children make at school? Do you think teachers should treat the children harshly when they make these mistakes? What you think teachers should when their students make mistakes? Do you think using a calculator in mathematics class can help students make fewer mistakes? FQ Mistakes at Work ● ● ● What sorts of mistakes people make at work? How should the manager deal with these mistakes? Would you agree that some mistakes in the workplace are much more important than others? * Big and Small Companies ● ● Are there many big companies in your country? FQ What types of companies are they? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 74 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● 75 What are some well-known big companies in your country? FQ What industries (or activities) big and small companies tend to concentrate on? * Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 75 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● ● ● 76 Which you think provides better services and products, big companies or small ones? How can (or, how does) a small company become a big company? What does a company have to pay attention to, in order to be successful? What are the advantages and the disadvantages of working in a big company, compared to working in a small one? FQ Big Companies as Part of Society ● ● Do you think big companies have a social responsibility to donate money to worthy causes in society, for example, donating money to charity? Do you think big companies are punished enough when they break the law? Foreign Investment in Your Country ● ● Is there much foreign investment in companies in your country? * What you think are the advantages and disadvantages of foreign investment in your country? * Sharing in Society ● ● ● ● ● ● Besides your example from Part 2, what are some other things that people commonly share? Do you prefer to share public transport with others, or you prefer to use private transport? (Similar to above) Do people in your country generally prefer to share public transport with others, or they prefer to use private transport? Do you think it's good to share a dorm room with others? (Similar to above) Do people in your country generally prefer to live alone, or they prefer to share accommodation with others (non-family members)? Would you ever share your food with someone? Children and Sharing Should parents teach their children to share? ● How can parents and teachers teach young children to share? FQ ● (Similar to above) How can parents and teachers teach young children not to be selfish? FQ Internet Privacy (Unconfirmed sub-topic) ● Have you ever shared personal information on the internet? ● What you know about data privacy? ● Do you think sharing information on the internet is a good idea? ● Why researchers share information online? ● Creative People ● ● ● ● ● Besides your example from Part 2, in what other ways are people creative? * What you think are the characteristics (or, the qualities) of creative people? * Why some people prefer to copy the ideas (or creations) of other people (rather than generate their own ideas or creations)? Do you think creative people are born that way or did they develop their creativity in childhood? * Do you think engaging in artistic activities can make a person more creative? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 76 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 77 Creativity in Childhood Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 77 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 78 What's the most creative thing that you have ever done or made? Would you say you were more creative when you were a child than you are now? Can you suggest some ways in which creativity can be developed in a child? * What can schools in order to nurture (or, encourage) the development of creativity in children? Do you think it helps a child's creativity for him or her to engage in art, such as painting and drawing? Do you think it helps a child's creativity for him or her to engage in science, such as doing experiments with insects or plants? Do you think learning to play a musical instrument can help a child develop creativity? FQ Would you say that developing one's powers of analysis can increase one's creativity? Would you say usingacomputer can help a child's develop creativity? Would you say playingcomputergames can help a child's develop creativity, or not? University Courses ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● What are the most popular university degree courses that students in your country choose to study? FQ Do you think some university courses are more useful than others? Do you think what people learn in university courses and what they actually after they graduate are the same? Do you think people choose these course more because they want to work in that area, or more because they are interested in learning about those subjects? Which you think is more important, the studies that a person does (e.g., at university), or their work experience? In your country, young people themselves choose what to study at university, or their parents usually make that choice? Can you suggest why some people choose to study to become a maths teacher instead of a physical education teacher? What university courses you think will be most useful in the future? High School Subjects (classes) ● ● ● ● ● ● What would you say are the most popular high school subjects (or, high school classes) in your country? Can you suggest why some students dislike studying (= learning) at school? Can you explain why schools have such theoretical subjects as history and mathematics? What school subjects you think are best (or, most beneficial) for school students? Do you think high schools should have more practical subjects than they now? Do you think schools should teach both science-based subjects as well as non-science subjects (the humanities)? Do you think schools should also teach forms of art? Spending Time with Others ● ● How you usually spend your free time? Do you prefer to spend time with your family, or with your friends? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 78 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● 79 What you when you are with your friends? Can you explain why many young people dislike spending time with (or living with) old people? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 79 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 80 Communication ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● What are the various ways that people communicate with others? * Who they usually communicate with? What are the benefits of communicating with others? Do you think people spend enough time communicating with others? (Possibly the question above is this) Do you think people today have enough time to communicate with others? Do you think people need to spend time on maintaining their friendships? Would you say that mobile phones help people tomaintaintheirfriendships, or they tend to the opposite? FQ (Different question to above!) Would you say that mobile phones help people tocommunicate, or they tend to the opposite? FQ Teamwork ● ● What you think are the benefits and the downsides of studying in a group? What you think are the benefits and the downsides of teamwork in the workplace? Mood / Anger ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Can you suggest why some people get angry more easily than other people? What factors influence people's moods? Do you think it's good to hide one's mood (or, feelings)? Do you think it's important to be calm? What would you suggest angry people in order to manage their anger? How you control your anger? What would you if you had made someone angry at you? Expressing Emotions ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Would you say that people in your country ? How people express their emotions? Do you think it is right to express anger? Do people in your country (or, you) think it is appropriate to express your emotions in a public place? Is there any difference between expressing emotions in public and in private, such as in the family home? (Different to above) Do people (in your country) express their emotions in the same way to both their family members, and to people who are not part of their family? Do you think that viewing foreigners, such as Americans, in films or TV programs has influenced the way people in your country think about expressing emotions? Do you think men and women express their feelings differently? Some people say that women are better at "reading the minds" of other people than men What you think? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 80 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 81 Good News ● What are some examples of good news that people receive? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 81 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● 82 What are some examples of good news that people mostlike receiving? Besides what you just described (in Part 2), what other kinds of good news have you received in your life? News ● ● ● ● ● Who publishes the news in your country? How they publish it? What about advertisements? Which you think is better for presenting (good) news in the media, text or pictures? Do you think organizations should tell the public about what they (the organizations) are doing? Communication ● ● ● In general, how people share or communicate (good) news with others? Which you think is better for communicating (good) news, telling someone face-to-face or telling them on the telephone? How has modern technology affected the way people share information with others? Saving Money ● ● What ways people use to save money? Do you think it's easy for people to save money? Consumption ● What kinds of things people (like to) buy in your country? Children & Teenagers Managing Their Money ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Do you think it's important for children to save money? What can parents to teach their children to save money? What can parents to teach their children to spend their money wisely (= to manage their money)? How parents give pocket money to their children in your country? Do you think young people, such as teenagers, tend to waste money? Can you suggest why young people tend to waste money? Do you think it's important for teenagers to learn to manage money? Do schools in your country teach anything about managing money? Changes in Society ● ● Have there been many changes in your country over the past few decades? Do you think the pace of life has increased? Technological Change ● What technological changes have we seen in the past few years? What can smartphones be used for? ● What impact you think technological change will have on people, (in the future)? ● Changes to Work Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 82 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● 83 In what ways you think the way people work has changed in the past several decades? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 83 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 84 In general, you think young people today work he same way that their parents did at the same age? ● If someone has not finished their work at the end of the workday, they usually take the work home with them? ● How has modern technology changed the ways people work? FQ ● Do you think there will be many more changes to the way people work in the future as a result of changes in technology? ● Since many people use computers in their work, can you explain why they can't this work at home? Robots ● How you think we should treat the topic of robots taking the place of workers, for example, in factories? ● Do you think the usage of robots in the future will be widespread? ● Traditional Festivals ● ● ● ● ● ● ● In addition to the festival that you just spoke about, what other traditional festivals you have in your country? FQ In addition to the tradition that you just spoke about, what other interesting customs or traditions you have in your country? FQ What is the importance of (or, value of) traditional festivals? FQ Have there been any changes in recent years to the ways that traditional festivals are celebrated in your country? FQ Do people today in your country still have the same attitudes towards traditional festivals that they had in the past? (Similar to above) Do you think people's attitudes towards traditional festivals have changed? Are traditional festivals important to you? Traditions in General ● ● ● ● ● What are some examples of the most important traditions in your country (or culture)? Can you think of any traditions that have disappeared from your society? Do you think it's important to protect (or, to maintain) traditions? What could governments in order to protect (or maintain) traditions? Do you think it's important to teach traditions to children? Traditional Lifestyles ● ● ● ● Can you explain what the differences are between traditions, and new (or, modern) ideas? In your country, is the lifestyle today the same as the traditional lifestyle? FQx2 Which lifestyle you think is better (or which would you prefer to live), a traditional lifestyle or a modern lifestyle? FQx2 What caused people's attitudes towards traditional lifestyles to change? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 84 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 85 Learning Skills ● What are some differences between the skills that children learn and the skills that adults learn? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 85 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 ● ● ● ● 86 What you think are some of the differences between an adult learning a new skill and a child learning a new skill? Who you think learns new skills faster, children or adults? Which age you think is better for learning a new skill, or 20 years old? Is there an age when it is difficult to learn a new skill? The Education of Children ● ● ● Who you think has (or should have) the responsibility for the education of a child, the parents or the teachers? Who you think is most suitable for teaching a new skill to a child, the child's parents, the child's teachers or the child's friends? Do you think it's important for someone teaching a child to show enthusiasm for (or interest in) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● what they are teaching? Do you think it's important to allow (or encourage) children to take the initiative in their own learning (to allow children to explore, to follow their curiosity or their interest)? What you think is the difference between a child learning a skill because he or she has to, rather than learning a skill because they are interested in learning it? Do you think language learning is important for children? Do many young people in your country live away from their parents? In your country, at what age most young people move out of their parents' home? What you think are the advantages and disadvantages of livingseparatefromone'sparents? FQ What you think are the advantages and disadvantages of livingalone? FQ What you think are the advantages and disadvantages of having a roommate / housemate? How you think parents can help teach (or, help) their kids to live independently? Do you think young adults should live alone? Would you prefer to live with someone your own age or someone older? What advantage are there from living with an older person? Which you think is better for children, to be brought up by their parents, or to be brought up by their grandparents? What you think young people need to learn in order to be good futures parents? Personality ● ● ● ● ● What kinds of personality are most common in society? What sort of personality should a school teacher have? Which you think is better, to marry someone with a similar personality, or someone with an opposite (or, complementary) personality? FQ Would you like to change any aspect of your own personality? Do you think someone's personality is determined by the personality of their parents? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 86 BÍ QUYẾT IELTS 8.0 87 Getting Up Early Why some people get up early? ● Can you suggest why some people dislike getting up early? FQ ● Do you like to get up late on weekends? Punctuality ● ● ● ● ● Would you say punctuality is important? Can you suggest why some people think it's not so important? What are the benefits of knowing in advance if someone else is going to be late? What are the benefits of being early for an appointment? Are there any occasions when it is not suitable to be early? Deadlines ● ● Do you think deadlines serve a useful purpose? What are some examples of occasions when (not losing) time is very important? Ms Thu Trang IELTS (8.0 WRITING, 8.5 SPEAKING) mstrangenglish@gmail.com www.facebook.com/mstrangenglish Page 87