Topics for Revision II Term 2014-15

Topics for Revision

for the Summer Speech Practice Exam for task 2 (unprepared oral composition) and task 3 (spontaneous dialogue)

I.Meals

1.Your preferences in food, your eating habits.

2.Eating habits in Belarus. Do they differ much from eating habits in Great Britain? What Belarusian dishes would you recommend a foreigner to try?

3.A recipe for your speciality.

4.Table manners (basic, unacceptable).

5.A party at home or at a restaurant.

6.A meal out – favourable and unfavourable impressions.

7.Ordering food in a restaurant (phrases for dialogues).

8.Dieting: a healthy eating plan and a slimming diet.

II.Shopping

1.Shopping at the supermarket, local grocery, market – advantages and disadvantages.

2.Recommend a good place to shop in Minsk or your native place.

3.Customer’s rights while shopping.

4.Complaining about a faulty purchase (phrases for dialogues).

5.What kind of shopper are you?

6.Clothes you like wearing for different occasions and in different seasons. Do you follow the fashion?

7.Your last purchase of an article of clothing or footwear.

8.Shopping for clothes (phrases for dialogues in a shop).

III.No Pain, No Gain.

1.Our University (facilities, subjects, rules, extra-curricular activities).

2.English classes, your most/least enjoyable/ helpful/ stimulating etc. activities in English classes.

3.Problems with studies, giving advice. What kind of student are you?

4.Your experience of taking exams.

5.Getting ready for exams, giving advice.

IV. There is No Bad Weather.

1.The weather you like, the weather you dislike in each season.

2.Pastime in different weather. Weekends in winter/summer.