Вопросы к зачету устная пр 1 сем

Питання до заліку з усної практики, I семестр 2012/2013 навчальний рік

1. Do you believe that a person`s name influences his/her character and predermines his/her life?

2. Changing one’s name to some other: reasons, consequences, pros and cons.

3. Appearances can be deceitful. Can you provide any proof of it?

4. People work because they need money to live on. What are other reasons that make people work?

5. There is a saying: “Some work to live, some others live to work”. Which is true in reference to your parents, relatives, friends?

6. In some countries, young people have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea?

7. What makes a group of people a family? Is it just because they are born that way?

8. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of living with your parents until you get married?

9. Do people need to get married these days? Why do civil marriages become more and more common?

10. What is a generation gap? What is the best way to make it narrower?

11. Do most people get on with their in-laws? Why? Why not?

12. What are the main factors that contribute to a successful marriage?

13. What is love for you?

14. Is it common practice with young people to address social networks and dating agencies to find a boy/girlfriend? Can it lead to a happy relationship?

15. Why do you think love letters were so often used in the past? Give examples of literary characters or historical personalities.

16. Traditionally men propose to women. What can make a woman propose to a man? Is it fine for a woman to make first steps?

17. What is the best age to get married at? How does it differ in the USA, Ukraine and Middle-Eastern countries?

18. How do you understand the quotation by Somerset Maugham ‘The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned’?

19. “My house is my castle”. How do you understand the saying?

20. What is the difference between the words ‘house’ and ‘home’? Can you say the house you live in is your home?

21. Can you make yourself completely at home at your friend’s or relative’s? Why?

22. Do you agree that the interior of the house reveals the character and tastes of its owner? Why? Why not?

23. Why did you decide to go on for higher education?

24. How did your life change after you entered the university?

25. Have your expectations of university life come true? Why?/Why not?

26. What is the best way to revise for the exam: in the library? at home? Alone or in small groups? Having all-nighters or trusting to luck?