Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE)- Speaking Part One on the future

Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part One on the future

Take turns asking personal questions from below on future transport and travel.

• Are there any foreign festivals you would like to go to?
• Do you feel optimistic about changes in transport in the place where you are living?
• Do you have any ambitions for how many countries you visit?
• Do you have any plans for the next public holiday?
• Do you have any plans to travel or live abroad?
• Do you plan to have foreign guests stay in your house or flat?
• Do you see yourself having a second home (in the near future/ someday)?
• Do you think you will be travelling more or less in ten years’ time?
• Do you want to study abroad in the future?
• Have you got any plans for the next public holiday?
• How difficult would it be for you to move abroad?
• How do you think your taste in holidays will change in the future?
• How long do you think you will continue driving and/ or cycling?
• If you could change one thing about tourist facilities in your town, what would it be?
• If you could live in any country, where would you choose?
• Is there anywhere you’d like to visit again?
• Is there any country that you’d like to read a book about?
• What are you going to do on your next days off?
• What are your plans for your next holiday?
• What changes would you like to make to your hometown?
• What do you (most) hope to achieve in your future foreign travels?
• What do you think you’ll be doing at this time on Saturday?
• What is the next big attraction for tourists in the place you are living?
• What countries do you hope to learn more about in the future?
• What kind of holidays would you like to take in the next year or so?
• What part of the world would you most like to travel in?
• What travel sites do you think you’ll need to use in the future?
• What regions would you like to visit in the future?
• What sort of accommodation would you most like to stay in?
• What type of summer holiday would you like to take next year?
• What would be your dream honeymoon?
• What would be your perfect winter break?
• When do you expect to (next) make a hotel booking?
• When do you think you will next go to the airport?
• When will you next meet up with your extended family?
• Where do you hope to be living in ten years’ time?
• Which other languages do you think will be most useful for you to learn?
• Would you like to live in your hometown when you get older?
• Would you like to move house?

Ask about any questions which you couldn’t understand or weren’t sure how to answer, working together to make suitable answers each time.

Use the question stems above to make future questions on other C2 Proficiency Speaking Part One topics:

• Accommodation/ Neighbourhood/ Local area
• Arts and media
• Character/ Personality
• Experiences
• Festivals and celebrations
• Food and drink
• Free time/ Leisure/ Hobbies and interests
• Health/ Sports and exercise
• Hometown
• Languages/ Language learning
• Life changes
• Likes and dislikes/ Preferences
• News/ Current affairs
• People
• Skills/ Strengths and weaknesses
• Technology
• Work and studies

Change partners. Ask future questions about the topics above without looking at the question stems.

Ask about any topics which you couldn’t think of future questions about, working together to make suitable future questions each time.