Let’s talk about Belarusian national cuisine

1) Let’s talk about Belarusian national cuisine. What can you tell me about eating habits in your family?

2) Do you know any recipes (of our national dishes)?

3) What questions will you ask a friend about his favourite dish?

4) Which national dishes can you recommend a tourist to taste in Belarus?

5) Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but people go on eating it. What do you think about it?

Let’s talk about the national cuisine of an English-speaking country.

1) Let’s talk about British national cuisine. What can you tell me about eating habits in Britain?

2) Do you like cooking? Who usually cooks in your family?

3) What questions can you ask a British friend about favourite dish?

4) Your British friend can’t stop eating fast food. Try to persuade him that is unhealthy.

5) Do you know any traditional British dishes?

Let’s talk about shopping.

1) Let’s talk about shopping. Who does the shopping in your family?

2) Do you like shopping? Why (not)?

3) What questions will you ask your friend who has bought an expensive telephone?

4) What can you advise a person who wants to buy many things (clothes, foodstuffs, etc.) but has little time?

5) Parents usually give pocket money to their children. How do you usually spend your pocket money?

Let’s talk about leisure time.

1) Let’s talk about leisure time. What do you do in your free time?

2) Do you find it useful to go to the theatre, cinema or a museum? Why (not)?

3) What questions can you ask a British friend about his free time?

4) Give me some advice on what to do in my free time.

5) Many parents complain that teenagers don’t want to spend their free time with them. What do you think about this?

Let’s talk about customs and traditions of Belarus.

1) Let’s talk about customs and traditions of Belarus. What national holidays do we have in Belarus?

2) Are you proud of our national holidays and traditions?

3) What questions about our traditions do you expect to hear from a British teenager?

4) Which holiday celebration in Belarus will you recommend your British friend to see?

5) Do you think it is important to follow our grandparents’ traditions? Why?

Let’s talk about customs and traditions of English-speaking countries.

1) Let’s talk about customs and traditions of Britain. What national holidays in Britain do you know?

2) Do you find some British holidays and celebrations special? Why?

3) What questions can you ask a British teenager about his favourite holidays?

4) What British festivals would you advise your friend to visit?

5) Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?

Let’s talk about modern means of communication.

1) Let’s talk about modern means of communication. What are they?

2) Is there any means of communication you can’t live without? Why (not)?

3) What questions will you ask people who live without a TV set, a computer or a radio?

4) Give me a piece of advice on how to convince my parents of the necessity of a mobile phone for a teenager.

5) Nowadays teenagers believe it’s impossible to imagine our modern world without the internet. What is your point of view?

Let’s talk about a healthy way of life.

1) Let’s talk about a healthy way of life. What can you do to become a healthier person?

2) Do you agree that bad habits, like smoking, can be dangerous? Why (not)?

3) What questions will you ask a person who keeps to a slimming diet?

4) What can you advise a person who cannot give up a bad habit?

5) What health problems does fast food lead to? What should you do to avoid them?

Let’s talk about sport.

1) Let’s talk about sport. What is your favourite kind of sport?

2) What do you do to keep fit?

3) What questions will you ask a professional sportsman?

4) Are there any sports clubs at the lyceum? Which of them will you advise your friend to join?

5) Some pupils try to skip PE lessons thinking they are of less importance than other school subjects. What do you think about it?

Let’s talk about fashion.

1) Let’s talk about fashion. What clothes do you prefer to wear in different situations?

2) Do you prefer fashionable clothes to comfortable ones? Why (not)?

3) What questions would you ask a fashion designer?

4) What can you advise a person who wants to change something about his style but doesn’t know how to do it?

5) A famous person once said: “Fashions come and go, style is forever.” What do you think about it?