1.Your Work/Your Studies

Do you work or are you a student?

1a)Your Work

General Description of Job

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What job (or, what work) do you do?

How long have you been working? (Or: How long have you been doing this job?)

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What do you do in a typical day at work?

(Similar to above) What are your responsibilities at work?

Feelings about the Job

Do you like your job (or, your work)?

Do you prefer your life now, as a working person, to the life you had as a student?

Do you think your (school or) university education prepared you well for the work you are doing now?

Would you say it's an easy job?

What's the most difficult part of your job?

Would you recommend this job to other people?

Working with Others

Do you need to work with (= co-operate with) other people at work? (teamwork question)

Do you like working with them?

Work Tools, Equipment

What tools or equipment do you use in your work?

Future

What are your work plans for the future?

Are you planning to change your job?

In the future, what changes do you think will take place in your industry?

Why are you taking theIELTStest?

1b)YourStudies

Notes: For high school students or recent high school graduates who have not yet started university, the word "school" or "high school" will be used instead of "university". If you are no longer a student now and have not yet started to work, the questions will be about the last time you were a student, either high school or university and asked in the past tense.

General Description of Studies

What subject are you studying?

Do you think that's a difficult subject to study?

Why did you choose to study that?

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(For high school students) What's your favourite subject at school? (Don't say P.E.)

Study Place

Where do you study (= what school/university do you attend)?

Why did you choose that (particular) school/university?

What do you think of your school/university?

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What do you think of the place where you are studying?

What is the best thing about your university/school?

Length of Time as a Student

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(Similar to above) How long have you been doing this course?

(Similar to above, for high school students) How many years have you spent in school?

(Possible question) What year are you in at school/university?

Life as a Student

Tell me about your student life. (= Tell me about your life as a student)

Do you like university life?

(Similar to above)How do you like university life? ( = How do you feel about life at university?)

(Similar to above)What part of university life do you like best? (Why?)

In addition to gaining knowledge, what other ways have you benefited from your school/university experience?

Study Tools, Equipment, Facilities

What "study tools" (or equipment) do you use?

Do you think these tools are useful?

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What facilities are there at your school/university tohelpyou in your studies?

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Do you think the things you are studying now in school/university will prepare you well for your future work?

What are your future work plans?(after you graduate)

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Why are you taking the IELTS test?

What are your future study plans?

2. Your Home (Your Accommodation)

Do you live in a house or a flat?

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Who do you live with?(Or: Do other people live with you?)

How do you like your flat/house? ( = How do you feel about your house/flat?)

What's your favourite room in your home?

Please describe the room you live in.

Is there anything (hanging) on the walls of your home (or your room)? (e.g., decorations )

What can you see when you look out the window of your room (or, the windows of your home)?

What is the environment like in your neighbourhood?

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What kind of people are your neighbours?

3. Your Hometown

(Your 'hometown' is the place where you grew up, not necessarily the place where you were born.)

Where do you live at the moment?

If Not Living in Your Hometown Now

How long have you been living there?

Do you like _____? (The place you are living in now)(Why?/Why not?)

General Information about Your Hometown

Where is your hometown? (Or, what part of China do you come from?)

What kind of place is your hometown?

(Similar to above) Tell me something about your hometown.

Has your hometown changed much in the past few years? (e.g. 20 years)

Would you say your hometown is suitable for children to grow up in?

What parts of your hometown are most suitable for families and children?*

Feelings about Your Hometown

Do you like your hometown? (Why?/Why not?)

Compared to the past, would you say your hometown today is more suitable for living in, or less suitable?

Do you think you'll always live there?

The Weather in Your Hometown

What's the weather usually like in your hometown?

Has the weather in your hometown changed much in recent years?

Notable Features of Your Hometown

What sorts of buildings are there in your hometown?

What's the most attractive part of your hometown?

What would you say is the best part of your hometown?

(Similar to above) What would you say is the best thing about your hometown?

What's the most famous thing about your hometown?

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(Similar to above) Are there any places that are worth visiting (seeing) in your hometown?

(Similar to above) Is there anything in your hometown that's good for tourists to see?

(Similar to above)Would you say your hometown is suitable for tourists? (Why?/Why not?)

4. Birthdays

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(Similar to above)Are people's birthdays very important in China?

How do they celebrate birthdays?

(Similar to above)Do people in China do anything special to celebrate birthdays?

(Similar to above) Nowadays, how do young people in China celebrate their birthday?

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How do you like to celebrate your birthday?

What did you do on your last birthday?

Do you think it's important for people to celebrate birthdays?

Possibly the above question is this: Do you think it's important to remember people's birthdays?

Do you think it's important to give a specialgift to someone on their birthday?

Are birthdays more important for children or for adults?

(Similar to above) Do you think it's more important for children to celebrate birthdays than adults?