Topics for composition and oral tests

 

1.      Having brothers or sisters: positive and negative things

2.      Describe a friend or relative of yours.

3.      The qualities of an ideal friend

4.      My last holidays or my last journey

5.      Have you ever been abroad? Describe your experience

6.      My bad habits. Why do you keep doing such things?

7.      Are you a stressed person? What do you do to avoid stress?

8.      Childhood memories. What can you remember? Were you a happy child?

9.      Public transport

10.  What I don’t like about the opposite sex

11.  You have seen an advert in the local newspaper, offering a post as a receptionist in a very important hotel in your town. Write a letter to apply for that job.

12.  Good and bad things of Christmas

13.  Books – television – radio - The Internet. Imagine that you have to live without one of these things. Which one would you choose and why? Why not  the others?

14.  What I like about winter

15.  What I don’t like about summer

16.  Spanish culture vs. British culture : Truths and Stereotypes

17.  A small village or a large city. Where would you prefer to live?

18.  National characteristics What are we like in Spain? What do you know of people in other countries? Are we different from the people in other regions of  Spain?

19.  Are we good drivers? Whan can we do to improve and to avoid so many accidents?

20.  Write a letter inviting a friend to spend next summer holidays with you.

21.  You are spending a month in England. Write a letter to your family, telling them about your English experience. (any other country is OK)

22.  “ ... that’s why I don’t like travelling by plane” . This is the end of a story. Write the rest or talk about it, and finish your own story with this sentence.

23.  Write or talk about your free-time activities

24.  You are organizing a two-week trip to Wales, leading a group of 15 people.Write a formal letter to the Tourist Information Office in in Cardiff, asking for information  about Wales: Places to visit, recommended tours, accommodation available, brochures ...etc.

25.  Living alone: positive and negative things.

26.  Weddings: Are they a good opportunity to have a good day, or are they just boring and extremely expensive opportunities to waste your time?

27.  The Internet: Good and bad aspects, benefit and danger.

28.  Diaries, post-its, computers .... How do you organize your time?

29.  Mobile phones. When are they useful and when can they be a nuisance?

30.  Write a formal letter to complain about a two-week package holiday in Tenerife, where your luggage was lost, the accommodation and the food were horrible and the guides were always in a bad mood.

31.  Is your image more important than your happiness? Are you worried about the way people might see you?