Preparing Oral Exam NB2

These are the typical topics in oral exams. You can prepare the topics at home and try to record the ones you can such as descriptions, expressing your opinion, giving instructions and so on. Topics:

• Going shopping:

  buying clothes or items

  having a problem: complaining

• Health problems:

  going to the doctor's 

  at the chemist's 

  being on a diet 

  getting fit

• Describing your town:

  giving/asking for directions 

  describing places 

  what to do in a town

• Eating out:

  Going to a restaurant 

  At a cafeteria/fast food restaurant

• Family:

  describing relatives 

  talking about problems (generation gap, elderly people...)

• Comparing things, animals, towns, people...
• Food: habits about food, how much/how many, recipes
• Using past tenses:

  Talking about past events, stories, etc. 

  Talking about memories: past tenses and used to

• Modals: suggestions (should, why don't you..., don't do..., shall we), habilities (can/could), permision (can, could,may), rules and prohibitions (must, have to, can't/couldn't), possibility (can/may/might)
• Habits, likes and dislikes (enjoy/love/hate+----ing)
• Expressing opinions (I think..., from my point of view, etc.)
• Agreeing and disagreeing (with reasons: I know what you mean but..., don't you think ..., I don't agree, I don't think so)
• Talking about future (present – will – going to):

  predictions, plans (going to): it's going to rain, we're going to play tennis 

  possibility or not planned (will): I'll do it if I can; I'll go, no problem

  something sure to happen (present): the train leaves at 5; I'm working tomorrow