Cambridge B2 First Speaking Part Four on leisure

Cambridge B2 First Speaking Part Four on leisure

Ask the questions below to your partner(s). If the first answer is very short, you can ask “Why?”, “Why not?”, “What makes you say that?”, “Why do you think that?” etc, but usually no follow-up question is necessary. If you are asking the questions to two or three people, mix up who gets the question first, then sometimes ask the same question with “Do you agree?”/ “And you?”/ “How about you?” and sometimes ask a different question to the next person. You can also ask the question without nominating who should answer it. Then take turns doing the same.

• Danger sports are becoming more and more popular in some countries. Why do you think that is?
• Are people in your country generally interested in keeping fit, do you think?
• Are there advantages to spending your free time at home?
• Do you think children generally make good use of their leisure time?
• Do you think children should be forced to join clubs?
• Do you think it’s a good idea for schools to offer after-hours activities?
• Do you think it’s better for children to join just one school club or to join more than one?
• Do you think it’s important to go out into the countryside?
• Do you think that people your age in your country have enough time for their hobbies?
• Do you think that your government is doing enough to cut down on overwork?
• Do you think that how people spend their time off is changing?
• Do you think that catching up on your sleep by getting a lie in is a good way to spend your days off?
• Do you think there is a danger that people working from home could lose their time to relax?
• How do people usually spend their commuting time in your country?
• How has teenagers’ leisure time changed over the last twenty five years?
• How important is it for people to limit their screen time during their time off?
• How important are national holidays?
• In what ways do people’s free time activities benefit society?
• Is it important to have a two-day weekend, or do you think it’s enough to one day off?
• Many people are feeling more and more pressure to use social media to show how well they spend their free time. Why do you think that is?
• Some people say that how children spend their time outside school was better in the past. What do you think?
• What are the most important leisure facilities for most people in your town or country, do you think?
• Why, in your opinion, do some people go into the office on their days off?

When your teacher stops you, ask about any questions above which you can’t understand, couldn’t answer well, etc, working together as a class to think of suitable answers each time.

Change groups. Take turns asking each other different questions made from the same question stems, about other topics if you can’t think of more questions related to leisure.