Life Upper Intermediate Exam View Unit 1-12 Speaking Tests
	Unit 1
1.Would you rather have a few good friends or many acquaintances?
2 Have you got a large family?
3 Are you close to your blood relatives?
4 Do you think it’s better to have a close bond with a blood relative or with a friend?
5 Have you ever had a fair-weather friend? If so, how did you feel about them?
6 Is there one person in your life who you know will always stand by you?
7 Do you think flatmates can be good friends?
8 How important is it to have workmates as well friends who are not colleagues?
9 How far back can you trace your blood line?
10 Are you good at keeping in touch with people while you are away from them?
	Unit 2 
1 Do you prefer reading books or watching films?
2 What kinds of books or films are your favourites?
3 Have you read a book recently that you really enjoyed?
4 Have you seen a bad film recently?
5 What’s your all-time favourite book or film?
6 Do you like telling stories?
7 Tell me a traditional fairy tale from your country.
8 Have you had an experience where everything went completely wrong?
9 What’s the funniest thing that has ever happened to you or someone you know?
10 Would you like to be a famous actor or actress?
	Unit 3
1 Is there a problem with traffic congestion in your home town?
2 Is the place you live in now very polluted?
3 What do you think will be the biggest problem facing the world in the next twenty years?
4 Do you think there are any electronic or electrical appliances that we won’t be using ten years from now?
5 What’s the most useless gadget you’ve ever come across?
6 Which modern appliance could you not live without?
7 Are you good at solving technical problems?
8 Do you ever ask other people to help you with your computer?
9 Do you depend more in technology at home or at work/college?
10 What products or technology do you think have most improved people’s lives?
	Unit 4
1 What’s your favourite kind of music?
2 Would you like to play in a band?
3 Do you ever go to art galleries or museums? Which is your favourite?
4 Have you ever seen a really good piece of graffiti?
5 Would you ever spray a political slogan on a wall?
6 Is graffiti a common practice in your country?
7 What kind of music best expresses your personality?
8 Have you ever written a song?
9 Are there any interesting parks where you live?
10 What event in your town would you recommend to a visitor?
	Unit 5
1 Is the place you live in now hectic or tranquil?
2 Are there any exotic places that you’d like to visit?
3 What’s the most remarkable thing you’ve ever seen?
4 Is there much new development in your country?
5 What serious decisions do young people have to make?
6 Do you find it easy to make important decisions about your life?
7 If you could change one thing about the place you live, what would it be?
8 Why do you think people like living in busy, noisy cities?
9 Do you think the world would be a better place without big cities? Why? / Why not?
10 What’s your ideal place to live in? Why?
	Unit 6
1 What kind of holidays do you like?
2 How long do most people in your country go on holiday for?
3 Would you like to stay in an ice hotel? Why? / Why not?
4 Do you know anyone who is afraid of flying?
5 What’s your favourite means of travelling long distance?
6 Would you like to do a voluntourism holiday?
7 Which of the unusual places featured in Unit 6 of the Student’s Book wouldn’t you like to visit?
8 Have you ever been on a really bad holiday?
9 What’s the worst kind of holiday that you can imagine?
10 Have you ever written a letter of complaint? If so, what was it for?
	Unit 7
1 Do you recycle?
2 Does your country have many natural resources?
3 Which exhaustible resource do think will disappear first?
4 Do you waste a lot of water or are you careful?
5 Does it rain a lot in your country?
6 What kind of resource do people in your country waste the most?
7 Do you think climate change is man-made?
8 What do you personally do to preserve energy?
9 What could you do better to help preserve energy? 
10 Were you taught at school about the importance of energy conservation?
	Unit 8
1 Do you regularly read a newspaper?
2 Which parts of a newspaper do you think are the most important?
3 Do you read the news online as well? 
4 Do you like taking photographs?
5 Do you like being photographed?
6 Do you think photographers have the right to take pictures of anything they want?
7 Would you like to be a photojournalist?
8 Have you recently heard anything on the news that made you feel good?
9 Have you ever been a witness to an accident? 
10 Do people have residents’ meetings in your country?
	Unit 9
1 What job did you want to do when you were a child?
2 If you are working now, what do you do?
3 What do you think is more important, natural talent or a learnt skill?
4 How important today are formal qualifications?
5 How easy is it in your country to get work experience?
6 What’s your ideal job?
7 Do you think men and women are only suited to specific kinds of jobs?
8 Is there a job that you would never do, no matter how well-paid it was?
9 Would you do a job you really love even if it is really badly paid?
10 Do you have an online profile on a professional networking site?
	Unit 10
1 How important do you think good manners are?
2 When you go to another culture, does it matter if you don’t know their customs and way of life? 
3 Do you think parents should be strict?
4 How important is discipline in school?
5 Why do some people nag others to do things?
6 Do you like eating unusual types of food?
7 Have you ever eaten an insect?
8 Is there anything that you would never, ever eat?
9 What’s your country’s most traditional food?
10 Do you like the food in the place you are living in now?
	Unit 11
1 What do you think is the best way of learning a foreign language?
2 How far do you believe instinct helps us learn?
3 Do you pick up new things easily or does it take a bit longer for you to absorb them?
4 Are/Were you a good student at school?
5 What do/did you find most difficult about school?
6 Do you have a good memory?
7 Is there anything you find difficult to remember?
8 Have you ever taught a pet how to do tricks?
9 Have you ever been in a situation where there was a misunderstanding? 
10 What are the advantages/disadvantages of online courses?
	Unit 12
1 How important is it to be well off?
2 Have you ever been really hard up?
3 If you were short of money, what would you find the hardest to give up?
4 Do you think it’s good to be able to borrow money from the bank?
5 Are you good at saving money?
6 What kinds of household jobs would you like someone to do for you?
7 Have you ever done any decorating?
8 Do you know how to put up shelves?
9 Have you ever had to do any serious negotiating?
10 Are you good at persuading people to do what you want and not what they want?