雅思口语话题卡

Part 1
Your Work
1. What work do you do?
2. Why did you choose to do that type of work (or that job)?
3. Do you like your job?
4. Is it very interesting?
5. (Possibly) Do you miss being a student?
Your Studies/ study efficiency
1. What subject(s) are you studying?
2. Why did you choose to study that subject?
3. Do you like your subject? (Why? / Why not?)
4. Is it very interesting?
5. Do you prefer to study in the mornings or in the afternoons?
6. Why do some people find it difficult to focus in the morning?
7. What do you do to improve your learning efficiency?
Daily routine(New)
1. What are you usually doing at this time? Do you do the same thing(s) every day?
2. What do you usually do after you get up (or, in the morning)?
3. What part of the day do you like best? (Why?)
4. What part of your daily routine makes you the happiest?
5. What part of the day are you most efficient?)
6. Is your life now the same as it was before?
7. What is the difference between your routine now and your teenager time?
8. If you could make one change to your daily routine, what would it be?
9. If you had more free time, what would you do?
10. Do you like to plan what you will do each day? (Why?/Why not?)
11. Do you usually do the same things at the same time each day?
12. How do you plan (organize) your study time?
13. Do you ever (or, do you often) change these plans?
14. Can you think of any improvements to your daily routine?
15. Tell me something about your daily routine. school/university?
16. In a typical day, what do you do in the classroom?
17. (If you do not work) For you, what's the best time of day for studying?
18. (If you work) For you, what's the best time of day (or, day of the week) for working?
19. What time do you usually get up?
Hometown
1. What’s (the name of) your hometown?
2. Is that a big city or a small place?
3. How long have you been living there?
4. Do you like your hometown?
5. What do you like (most) about your hometown?
6. Is there anything you dislike about it?
7. Do you think you will continue living there for a long time? Housework
1. Do you do housework at home?
2. What kinds of housework do you often do?
3. Did you do housework when you were a child?
4. Do you think that children should do housework?
5. Do you think men and women should share housework?
6. What kinds of housework do you dislike to do?
Accommodation
1. Do you live in a house or a flat?
2. Do you prefer living in a house or a flat?
3. Do you plan to live there for a long time?
4. What's the difference between where you are living now and in the past?
5. Can you describe the place where you live?
6. Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
7. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
8. Please describe the room you live in.
9. What part of your home do you like the most?
10. Are you willing to live in the countryside in the future?
Family
1. Which relative did you most often see when you were a child?
2. Who do you think is the most important member in your family?
3. Who do you like to go shopping with?
4. Who would you like to have dinner with when you have free time?
HighSchool
1. Do you like your high school?
2. Which subject you like most? And dislike?
3. Do you still contact with your friends in high school?
4. What happened on your first day of high school?
5. What is your high school like?
Friends
1. Do you have a lot of friends?
2. What do you and your best friends usually do together?
3. Do you prefer to have several good friends or many regular friends?
4. Would you like to have more friends?
5. Do you think friendship is important?
6. How often do you meet your friends?
7. How important are friends to you?
8. Which do you prefer to spend time with friends or spend time alone?
9. Do you enjoy spending time with friends?
10. What’s the difference between ordinary friends and the best friends you have?
11. What kind of people do you like to have as friends?
12. How do you keep in touch with your friends?
13. How can people make friends in your country?
Neighbors
1. Do you know your neighbors?
2. Do you like your neighbors?
3. What do you think of your neighbors?
4. How often do you see (or talk to) your neighbors?
5. When do you meet your neighbors?
Teachers
1. Do you like any teacher of yours?
2. Do you still keep in touch with your teachers?
3. Do you think it’s important to like your teachers?
4. Do you want to be a teacher?
5. What qualities should a good teacher have?
6. Do you have a favorite teacher?
7. Do you want to be a teacher in the future?
8. What kinds of teachers do you like?
9. Do you think teachers should be angry at students or not?
10. Do you like strict teachers?
11. What's the different between young and old teachers?
12. Is it important for teachers to interact with students frequently?
13. What’s the most importan t part in your study, teachers or classmates? Teenagers (New)
1. Do you like to spend time with teenagers?Why and why not?
2. Do you know anything about the kind of fashion that teenagers like?
3. What are the best things of being a teenager in your country?
4. How do teenagers entertain themselves?
Pop star
1. Do you like pop music?
2. Who is your favorite pop singer?
3. Have you been to any live concert?
4. Normally, how to you listen to his/ her songs?
5. Do you want to be a pop singer? Why?
Meals (New)
1. What food do people where you live usually eat?
2. Which meal of the day do you think is the most important?
3. What do you usually eat for lunch（breakfast，evening meal）?
4. Do you prefer to eat three full meals a day or do you prefer to eat many snacks throughout the day?
5. Do you think it is better to eat one big meal aday or is it better to eat several smaller meals each day?
6. Is there any special food that you particularly like?
7. Would you like to try any new food?
8. Do you like cooking?
9. Do people in your country prefer to eat alone or with other people?
10. Where do people in your country usually eat their meals?
11. Where do you usually eat your meals?
12. Do you prefer to sit together with your family for a meal, or to eat separately?
13. What are the benefits of eating with the family?
Fruits and vegetables
1. Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables?
2. What kind of fruit do you like?
3. What’s your favorite fruit?
4. Do you think people should eat more fruits and vegetables?
5. What are the benefits for children from eating fruits and vegetables?
6. How much fruit and vegetables do you think a person needs to stay healthy? Jewelry (New)
1. Do you have any jewelry?
2. Are you interested in having any jewelry? /What’s your attitude toward jewelry?
3. What kinds of jewelry would you like to have?
4. How often do you wear jewelry?
5. How often do people in your country wear jewelry?
6. Why do many people choose to buy expensive jewelry?
7. Why do some people wear jewelries for a long time?
Mirror
1. Do you often look at yourself in the mirror?
2. When do you usually look in a mirror?
3. Did you buy many mirrors?
4. Do you think mirrors are necessary ornaments?
5. What do you think of using mirrors to decorate rooms?
6. Have you ever bought mirrors?
7. Do you bring a mirror with you when you go out?
8. Have you tried buying clothes without looking at yourself in the mirror? Computer(New)
1. Do you use computers very much?
2. When do you use a computer?
3. What do you use computers for?
4. What part do computers play in your life?
5. How often do you use a computer?
6. What computer skills would you like to learn?
7. When was the first time you used acomputer?
8. When did you learn how to use a computer?
9. What was your impression (or feeling) when you used a computer the first time?
10. How did you learn to use a computer?
11. Are computers used much in your country?
12. Do you think computers are useful (or important) in everyday life?(How?)
13. Do you think there are any disadvantages to using computers?
14. Do you think computers are useful for the education of children?
15. Do you think computers are perfect now or do they still need to be improved?
Internet (New)
1. Do you use the internet (very much)?
2. How often do you use the internet?
3. How (or, where) do you go onto the internet?
4. Have you ever bought anything on the internet?
5. Is the internet very important (or, useful)to you?
6. When was the first time you used theinternet?
7. How did you learn to use the internet?
8. Do you think the internet is a good thing?
9. What are the good and bad points about theinternet?
10. Do you think the use of the internet needs to be controlled?
11. Is the internet very popular in China?
12. What age group of people most often use the internet?
13. What is the difference in internet use between different age groups?
14. How has the internet changed your life?
15. How can people learn things on the internet?
16. Do you think information on the internet is very reliable?
Boats (New)
1. Do you often travel by boat?
2. Have you ever been on a boat tour while you were on holidays?
3. Would you like to have a holiday on a boat?
4. Where in your country do people most often use boats or, travel by boat?
5. Do many people in your country own their own boat?
6. Would you like to buy a boat?
7. If you had your own boat, what would you do with it?
Rainy days (New)
1. Do you like rainy days?
2. Do you prefer rainy days or sunny days?
3. What do you do on rainy days?
Buses
1. Do you like travelling by bus?
2. How often do you take buses?
3. Do you prefer taking buses or subway?
4. In the future, do you think buses will still be popular?
5. Is driving to work popular in your country?
6. Do you think people will drive more in the future?
7. Would you ride bikes to work in the future?
8. Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation?
9. How could the transportation system be improved in your country?
10. What form of transport do you prefer to use? Why?
11. How much time do you spend travelling on a normal day?
12. What do you do while you are travelling?
News (New)
1. Do you like to keep up with the latest news?
2. Why do you want to know the latest news?
3. How important is it to you to get the news every day?
4. What sort of news are you most interested in?
5. What types of news do you like?
6. How do you usually get your news?
7. Do you prefer to read newspapers or watch TV to get your news?
8. Do you ever get your news from the internet?
9. Do you think it's important to keep up with the news?
10. Which do you think is more important, domestic news or international news?
11. Would you say the news affects your life very much?
12. Who is more interested in the news, older people or younger people?
13. Do you ever discuss the news with your friends?
14. Would you like to be a news reporter (or, a journalist)? Punctuality (New)
1. Do you think it's important to be on time?
2. In your country is it important to be ontime?
3. How do you feel when others are late?
4. Are you, yourself, late very often?
5. How do you think you could improve and beon time more often?
6. Do you wear a watch?
7. Do you think everyone should wear a watch?
Names (New)
1. Do you like your name?
2. Does your name have any particular meaning?
3. Who gave you your name?
4. Why did they choose that name?
5. What do your friends call you?
6. Did your family have a certain name that they called you when you were a child?
7. How are babies given their names in China?
8. What names are popular to give to babies in your country?
9. How are Chinese names and Western names different?
10. If you have a child in the future, what name do you think you will give it?
11. Do many people in China have a nickname?
12. Are there any names that are very commonly used?
13. Do people in China ever change their names?
14. Would you like to change your name?
Advertisement
1. Are there many advertisements in your country?
2. How do you feel about advertisements?
3. Do you think advertisements should be amusing or serious?
4. Have you ever bought anything because of advertisement?
5. Do you often see some advertisements in the place where you live?
6. How do you like advertisements on TV?
7. Do they encourage/persuade you to buy some related products?
8. What do you think about the developing in advertising in China today?
9. Why do you think there are so many advertisements now?
10. What are the various places where we see advertisements?
Birthday
1. How do children celebrate birthdays in your country?
2. How did you celebrate your last birthday?
3. What kinds of birthday gifts do you like to receive?
4. Is there a difference between the way you celebrated your birthday in the past and in the present?
5. Do people in China celebrate birthdays?
6. Which birthdays are especially important in China?
7. Do people in China have birthday parties?
8. Do you think it's important for people to celebrate birthday?
9. How do children celebrate birthdays in your country?
10. How important are birthdays in your country?
11. What do children get for their birthdays in your country?
12. Do you like to celebrate your birthday with your parents or with your friends?
13. Do people in your country prefer to celebrate birthdays according to the lunar or the solar calendar?
14. Which one do you think is more important, the birthdays of a child or those of an adult?
Emails and Letters
1. Do you write many letters or emails?
2. Do you prefer to write letters by hand or to use a computer?
3. Which do you more often write, emails or letters?
4. How often do you write an email or a letter?
5. What are the differences between emails and letters?
6. What do you usually write about?
7. Who do you usually write to?
8. Is it hard to think of what to write?
9. What kind(s) of letter/email do you think is (are) the hardest to write?
10. How do you feel when you receive a letter or email?
11. What kinds of emails (or letters) do you receive that make you feel happy?
12. Do you think people will still write letters in the future?
Forget things (New)
1. Do you have good memories?
2. Did you forget things?
3. How to make sure you don’t forget things?
4. What do you bring with you when you go out (at night)?
History
1. Do you like to learn about history?
2. What historical events do you find most interesting?
3. Do you like to watch programs on TV about history?
4. Do you think you can really learn history from films or TV programs?
5. Do you think the Internet is a good place to learn about history?
6. Can you name a person from history who you could like to learn more about? Why would you like to learn more about him/her?
Newspaper and magazine
1. Do you often read newspapers?
2. Do you prefer to read local news or international news?
3. Do you like reading newspapers or magazines?
4. Do you think newspaper will disappear in the future?
5. Do you like reading magazines?
6. What type of magazines do you like to read?
7. Do you think people have the same taste in magazines?
8. What type pf magazines do old people in your country like to read?
9. Which do you prefer reading, magazines or newspapers?
10. What kinds of newspaper do you usually read?
11. How old were you when you first started to read newspapers?
12. Do you think it is important to read newspapers?
13. Why do you think people read newspapers?
14. What different types of newspapers are there in China?
15. Is the news important to you?
16. What are some methods that newspapers use to attract readers?
17. What influence do you think newspapers have on society?
18. Do you think the Internet is a good way to get news?
19. Do you think magazines and newspaper will exist 50 years from now? Politeness
1. Do you think the politeness is important? Why?
2. How do people show politeness in your country?
3. Who taught you to be polite?
4. Do you think people in your country are politer than in the past?
5. Do you think you are a polite person?
6. Do you think people should be polite?
7. What do you think makes someone polite?
8. Who teach you to be polite?
9. Do you think it is important to be polite?
10. Have there been any changes to the rules of politeness in your country?
Sunny days
1. Do you like sunny days?
2. How do you feel when you are in the sunshine?
3. Do you prefer to live in a place with more sunshine or less?
4. What do you like to do when it is a sunny day?
5. Would you like to stay at home or go outside when the weather is great?
6. Are there many sunny days in your hometown?
7. What is your favorite weather? And what do you usually do?
8. Do you like sunny days?
9. Does your mood change with weather?
10. What weather do you dislike?
11. Do you watch weather forecast?
12. Do you think it is accurate?
Transport
1. How did you come here today?
2. Do you like to take public transport?
3. Have you ever travelled by bus or by taxi?
4. Do you prefer taking bus or taxi?
5. Do you often travel by bus or taxi?
6. Do you think public transport system could be further improved?
7. What is the most popular means of transport in your country?
8. How often do you take buses?
9. Can you compare the advantages of planes and trains?
10. Is driving to work popular in your country?
11. Do you think people will travel more in the future?
12. Would you ride bikes to work in the future?
13. What will become the most popular means of transport in China?
14. Do you prefer private or public transport?
Time management
1. How do you manage (or, organize, or plan)your time?
2. Would you say you manage your time well?
3. Do you find it hard to manage your time?
4. How do you think you could better manage your time?
5. Do you think it's useful to plan your time?
6. What do you think you would gain if youwere better at managing your time?
7. Are you ever late for anything?
8. If you had more time, what would you do with the extra time?
PART TWO 卡片题
People
1.Describe someone who is a good parent (New)
You should say:
∙Who the person is
∙What kind of person he/she is
∙Why you think he/she is good
∙And explain why you think this person is a good parent
2.Describe aninteresting person from another country (New)
You should say:
∙Who this person is
∙Why this person is interesting
∙What this person does
∙And how you think of this person
3.Describe a business leader that you admire (New)
You should say:
1.Who this person is
2.How you got to know this person
3.What skills he or she has for leadership
4.And explain why you think he or she is a good leader
4.Describe a historical figure you like (New)
You should say:
∙Who the person is
∙What kind of person he/she is
∙what the person did
∙And explain how you felt about it
5.Describe someone who is knowledgeable. (New)
You should say:
∙Who the person is
∙What kind of person he/she is
∙What the person did
∙And explain why you think the person is knowledgeable
6.Describe a helpful person at work or study
You should say:
∙Who the person is
∙What kind of person he/she is
∙How this person help you
∙Explain why how you felt about his or her help
7.Describe a couple you know who have a happy marriage
You should say:
∙Who they are
∙How you got to know them
∙How long they’ve been married
∙Explain why you think they have a happy marriage
8.Describe a person who solved a problem in a clever way
You should say:
∙Who the person is
∙When you meet the person
∙Where do you
∙And explain why do you think the person is clever
Object
9.Describe your favorite piece of clothing item
You should say:
∙What it is
∙Whenyou wear it
∙What it looks like
∙And explain why you like it
10. Describe a piece of art ( statue, painting)
You should say:
∙What it is
∙Where you saw it
∙What it looked like
∙Why you like it
11. Describe a kind of vegetable or plant in your country
You should say:
∙What it is
∙What it looks like
∙Where you have seen this plant
∙Why you it is important in your country
12. Describe something you bought that made you happy (New)
You should say:
∙What it is
∙Why you bought it
∙How you choose it
∙And explain why you think it is special
13.Describe a traditional product in your country (New)
You should say:
∙What it is
∙Where you saw it
∙Why it is traditional
∙And explain how your feel about this product when you saw it
14.Describe an important letter you received. (New)
You should say:
∙Who sent the letter
∙What it talk about
∙why it is important
∙And explain how you feel about it
15.Describe a piece of furniture you like.(New)
You should say:
∙What kind of furniture it is
∙When you see the furniture
∙What it looks like
∙And explain why you like the furniture
16.Describe something you bought according to an advertisement
you saw
You should say:
∙What it was
∙Where you saw or heard about it
∙What it was about
∙Why you wanted to buy it
17.Describe a new invention that is popular in all time/ has changed
our life
You should say:
∙What it is
∙How it changed our life
∙How popular it is among different age groups
∙And explain how you feel about it.
18.Describe one thing you got for free
You should say:
∙What it is
∙When and where you got it
∙Why you got it
∙And explain how you felt about it.
19.Describe a big company ororganization that you know in your
city
You should say:
∙What the company is called
∙How did you know this company
∙What kind of business this company does
∙And explain why you are interested inthe company
Place
20. Describe a leisure facility (cinema theater sports center) would
like to have in your home town (New)
You should say:
∙What it is
∙Why you would like to have this facility in your hometown
∙How the facility change your life
∙And explain how you felt about it
21. Describe a dream home (New)
You should say:
∙Where it is
∙What your dream home like
∙why you like the dream home
∙And explain what you would do to get it
22. Describe an interesting place that few people know. (New)
You should say:
∙Where the place is
∙How you knew it
∙Why few people know it
∙And explain why it is interesting
23. Describe a theater you listen to music(New)
You should say
∙Where you listen to music
∙What kind of music you listen to
∙Why you go to the theater to listen music
∙And explain how you feel about it
24. Describe a place you visited that had a lot of people
You should say:
∙When and where you went
∙Who you went with
∙What you did there
∙And explain how you felt about the place
25. Describe a city or town you visited that you liked
You should say:
∙Where it was
∙Who you went with
∙Why you went there
∙And explain how you liked this city or town
26. Describe a public park or garden
You should say:
∙Where it is
∙What it looks like
∙What you do there
∙How you feel about it
Events
27.Describe a rule at your school that you agree or disagree (New)
You should say:
∙What the rule is
∙How the rule help students
∙What the effect is
∙And explain why you agree or not
28.Describe a class of science you learned in the high/secondary
school (New)
You should say:
∙What it is
∙What do you learn about
∙How about the teacher
∙And explain how you feel about it
29.Describe an activity you do to keep fit (New)
You should say:
∙What you do
∙When, where you usually do it
∙How you do it
∙And explain why it can keep you fit
30.Describe a car journey you went on (New)
You should say：
∙Where you went
∙What you did at this place
∙Who you went there with
∙And explain why you went on that journey by car
31.Describe an experience that you taught a friend or a
relative. (New)
You should say:
∙When it happened
∙Who you taught
∙What you taught him/her
∙And how you felt about the teaching
32.Describe a good decision made by other people you know. (New)
You should say:
Who made the decision?
Why he/she made the decision
What happened later?
And explain why it is a good decision
33.Describe an achievement that you are proud of. (New)
You should say:
∙What achievement you have
∙How you made it
∙What difficulty you have had
∙And explain why you are proud of
34.Describe a time you need to arrive early
You should say:
∙When and where it happened
∙What time you arrive
∙Why you need to arrive early
∙And explain how you felt about it
35.Describe a time you felt happy that you used your
cellphone. (New)
You should say:
∙When it happened
∙Where it happened
∙Who you were with
∙And explain why you felt happy by using it
36.Describe a leisure activity nearby the sea.
Youshould say:
∙What it is
∙When you like to do it
∙How you do it
∙And explain why you like to do it
37.Describe an interesting conversation you had with a stranger.
You should say:
∙When and where you had the conversation
∙Who you talked to
∙What you talked about
∙And explain why this was an interesting conversation
38.Describe a time you went to a crowed place
You should say:
When you went there
Where the place was
What you did there
And explain why you went there/how you felt the crowed place
39.Describe an English lesson you have taken
You should say:
∙When it was
∙What it was about
∙What happened during the class
∙And explain why you liked it.
40.Describe something you’ve wanted to do for a long time, but
haven’t done yet.
You should say:
∙What is it about
∙When you plan to do it/why you would like to do it
∙How easy or difficult it is to do it
∙And explain why you hav en’t done it.
41.Describe an enjoyable experience in your childhood
You should say:
∙When and where it happened
∙Who you were with
∙What did youdo
∙And how did you feel about it
42.Describe a special cake you ate before
You should say:
∙What kind of cake it was
∙When and where you had it
∙Who you had it with
∙And explain why you think it was special.
43.Describe an important change in your life (work or study).
You should say:
∙What the change was
∙When and where this change happened
∙What caused this change
∙And explain how you benefited from this change.
44.Describe a time when you moved to a new school or home.
You should say:
∙When you moved
∙Where you moved from and to
∙Why you moved
∙And explain how you felt about this move.
45. Describe a sport game you’ve watched
You should say:
∙When did you watch it
∙Where didyou watch this game
∙Who did you watch it with
∙Why did you like it
Media
46.Describe a piece of good news you heard from others
You should say:
∙What it was
∙Whenyou received the news
∙How you received the news
∙Why you feel it’s a good news
47.Describe a website you often browse
You should say:
∙What it is
∙How you know it
∙How often you use it
∙And explain why you think it useful.
48.Describe TV series or drama you enjoy watching
You should say:
∙What type it is
∙Who is the leading role
∙What are the plots
∙And explain why you like watching it
49.Describe an advertisement you have seen recently (New)
You should say:
∙when and where you saw it
∙what was advertised
∙what the contents of the advertisements were
∙and explain how you felt about it
50.Describe a useful website you have visited.(New)。