DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR WRITING LEVEL 1.
TOPIC 1: YOUR FAVORITE MUSICIAN OR BAND (>= 120 words)
If it is a musician, then: If it is a band, then:
Basic Information Basic Information
1. Who is your favorite musician? 1. What is your favorite band?
2. Where is he/she from? Who are the members of the band?
3. What is his/her nationality? 2. Where are they from?
4. How old is he/she? 3. What are their nationalities?
5. What kind of music does he/she sing? 4. How old is each member of the band?
5. What kind of music do they play/sing?
Your feeling and experience with the musician/ the band
6. What are some of his/her/their famous songs?
7. Which is the song that you like the most? Why?
8. When do you often listen to his/her/their music?
9. Where do you often listen to his/her/their music?
10. How do you feel when you listen to his/her/their music?
11. Do you go to his/her/their live concerts or music shows?
12. Why do you like that musician or band?
* Suggestions for Language Use in the Writing:
1. Grammar: Simple present
2. Vocabulary: Language for Introducing and describing people
TOPIC 2: YOUR FAMILY (>= 120 words)
Overall information
1. Where does your family live?
2. How many people are there in your family? Who are they?
Family members
3. About your father
- What is your father’s name?
- How old is he?
- What is your father’s occupation?
- What does your father look like? (tall/short, thin, well-built, hair)
- What are your father’s hobbies?
4. About your mother
- What is your mother’s name?
- How old is she?
- What is your mother’s occupation?
- What does your mother look like? (tall/short, thin, well-built, hair)
- What are your mother’s hobbies?
5. About your brother(s) and/ or sister(s)
- Do you have any brothers or sisters? If yes:
- What is his/her name?
- How old is he/she?
- What is his/her occupation?
- What does your brother/sister look like? (tall/short, thin, well-built, hair)
- What are his/her hobbies?
6. Who do you love most in your family? Why?
Family activities
7. What do you and your family often do together
- every day?
- on weekends?
- on holidays?
* Suggestions for Language Use in the Writing:
1. Grammar: a/an and plural nouns; this/that/these/those; have/has
2. Vocabulary: colors, family, describing people
TOPIC 3: YOUR ANNUAL AND DAILY ROUTINES (>= 120 words)
About your annual routine
1. How many seasons does your city have? What are they?
2. What do you often do in each season? (different activities are required)
3. What is your favourite activity in a year?
About your daily routine
In the morning
4. What time do you get up?
5. What do you often do in the morning?
6. Do you go to school in the morning?
7. What time do you have lunch?
In the afternoon
8. What do you often do in the afternoon?
9. What time do your classes end?
10. What time do you go home?
In the evening
11. What do you often do in the evening?
12. What time do you go to bed?
13. Which part of the day do you like the most? Why?
* Suggestions for Language Use in the Writing:
1. Grammar: Simple present ; adverb of frequency
2. Vocabulary: Daily activities and expressions of time (seasons, months, times of a
day...)
TOPIC 4: YOUR FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES (>= 120 words)
Your free-time activities
1. Do you have much free time? Why (not)?
2. When do you often have free time? (in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening,
on weekends, etc.)
3. What do you do in your free time? (at least 3 different activities)
Your lunch break
4. Do you often have lunch breaks?
5. How long is your lunch break?
6. What do you do during your lunch break?
Your favorite free-time activity
7. What is your favorite free-time activity?
8. When do you do that activity?
9. Where do you do that activity?
10. Who do you do that activity with?
11. How do you feel when you do that activity?
* Suggestions for Language Use in the Writing:
1. Grammar: Simple present ; adverb of frequency
2. Vocabulary: Free time activities; expressions of time (times of a day...)
