ESL Basic Conversation Activity: Final Exam Questions

At the beginning of this course, I mentioned the goal of the class was to develop your English language skills. That means new vocabulary, basic grammar and the ability to speak well about a few topics.

These final exam questions give you the chance to show your English communication skills in these three areas.

1. Sports

You will have one of these sports: soccer, tennis, ping pong, baseball, volleyball.

Talk for 30 seconds about a sport. Talk about things like:

  • Number of players and positions
  • Where to play
  • Equipment
  • Rules
  • Who is the winner?

2. If and Would

You will have one of these questions. Make an answer with 2 or 3 long sentences. Explain why.

  • If you could be a super-hero, which one would you be?
  • If you could meet any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
  • If you could be an animal, what animal would you be and why?
  • If you could date a celebrity, who would you choose?

3. Comparatives

You will get 2 or 3 of these questions. Make one comparative sentence for each question.

  • Big
  • Small
  • Nice
  • Pretty
  • Bitter
  • Expensive
  • Delicious
  • Cheap
  • Good
  • Bad

4. Hero

Talk for one minute about your hero.

5. Quick Answers. Tell me five…

You will get 2 or 3 of these questions. Tell me 5 …

  • invisible things
  • things that come in pairs
  • things that can be full or empty
  • things in a jar
  • things in a carton
  • things that work well upside down
  • one syllable nouns
  • two syllable verbs
  • three syllable adjectives
  • kinds of porridge
  • kinds of Korean food (English words only)

6. ED and ING

You will get 1 or 2 of these words. For each word make two sentences: one with ED and one with ING.

  • Confuse
  • Bore
  • Interest
  • Excite
  • Surprise
  • Thrill