FQ = frequent question = a question that has frequently been reported = a question that is probably in the examiner's question book

* = my guess at a question

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Part 3

Public Facilities

• What kinds of public infrastructure, including buildings do you have in your hometown?  FQ

• (Similar to above) What kinds of public facilities, including buildings do you have in your hometown?  FQ

• Are these places very popular with the people who live there?

• What kind of public facility do you think people like the most?

• Who do you think uses public facilities more, old people or young people?

• How does (or can) the government find out what the people want and need?

• Would you say facilities such as cinemas and parks are important in a (or, the) city?  FQ

• How important would you say development in the cities is?

• Do towns and villages also need facilities?

• What new facilities do you think we will see in the future?

• Which facilities in your city do you thing are better, the old ones or the new ones?  FQ

• In general, are young people very willing to share facilities with old people?  FQ

• Which group of people likes going to a park more, old people or young people?

• Which would you say is more important, facilities for young people, or facilities for old people?

• Do you think it's necessary (or, important) to have facilities specifically for females?

City Living

•  Would you say people in the cities are less likely to communicate with others than people in rural areas?

• Do people in the cities usually know their neighbours?

Part 3

Easy & Hard Jobs

For these questions, you need to clearly define what you mean by, "easy" work and, "difficult" work.

Part 3

See also the Part 3 of Topics: 867, 735, 678, 578, 402, 225 & 196

Leisure-Time Activities in Your Country

Some Extra Vocabulary - http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/vocabulary_lists.htm#13.%20Leisure%20Time%20&%20Relaxing, http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/vocabulary_lists_3.htm#Relaxing

• What do people in your country like to do on a free day?  FQ

• Do men and women generally do the same kinds of things?  FQ

• What do children usually do on a free day?  FQ

• What do elderly people do in their free time?

• Do families usually do things together?

• Does everyone usually go to the same places in their free time, or do different people tend to go to different places?

• In general, do parents arrange (or choose) what their children do, or do the children chose what to do themselves?

• Do you think children are able to manage their own free time?

Holidays & Free Days

Some Extra Vocabulary - http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/vocabulary_lists_7.htm#98.%20Public%20Holidays

• Do you have many public holidays in your country?

• Would you say that, in general, people like having time off work?

• What's your favourite public holiday?

• Do people in your country today have more free days (off work or school) than they did in the past?  FQ

• Why do you think people are still so busy today?

• Do you think that people nowadays spend are spending too much time sitting and not enough time out in the open or in the countryside?

• Do you think it's good that so many people are spending so much time online or playing computer games?

• In the future, what do you think young people will be doing in their free time?

• Do you think people will have more free time in the future, compared to now, or less?

• Do you think science and technology will become more and more dominant in society (or, in people's lives)?  

• Would you like to have more free days (or, free time)?

• Do you think it's important for people to have free time?

• Why do companies give their employees vacation time?

• When people have limited free time, how do they choose whether to spend time with the family, or on their own interests?

• (Different to above) If someone had limited free time, how would (or, could) they choose whether to spend time with the family, or on their own interests?

Work

• Do you think it would be an improvement if companies allowed their employees to have more flexible working hours (than they have now)?

• How do you think people's work (or, working hours) will change in the future?

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Notes

• More than half the people on the Yasi Ge app who got this topic are reporting Version A but several peoples     are reporting Version B. I think both are possible but Version B is probably the more likely true wording. That version allows you to choose a sport or some other outdoor activity. "Outdoor sport" is one of the Part 3 sub-topics. I suggest you prepare for both Version A & B.

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Possible follow-up questions:

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• What sports do young people in your country like?

• Do old people also like those sports?

• What would you say are the advantages & disadvantages of team sports as opposed to individual sports?

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Possible follow-up questions:

• Do you often go to parties?

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Parties

• Why do people hold (or, go to) parties?

• In your country, what are the differences between what adults usually do when they are at a party, compared to what children do at a children's party?  FQ

• (Similar to above) What do adults do at (adult) parties?

• (Similar to above) What do children like to do at birthday parties?  FQ

• What do people generally eat at a party?

• Do many parents in your country hold birthday parties for their children?

• Do you think parents should spend a lot of money on parties for their children?

• When (on what occasions) do people in your country hold a party?  FQx2

• Are those parties all the same?

• Do you think there are more parties (or, people are holding more parties) today than in the past?  FQ

• Do you think that people sometimes spend too much money on a party?  See Note 8

• Do wedding receptions (festivities, dinners) cost a lot of money?  FQ  See Note 10

• Can you explain why many (or, most) people spend so much money on weddings?

• What are the differences between poor people and rich people when they celebrate a wedding?

• Do you think it (always) takes a lot of money to have a party?

• Do you think that people sometimes spend too much money on social entertainment? See Note 9

• Some people don't like going to parties. Can you suggest why?  FQ

• What do those people prefer doing, instead of going to parties?

• Do you think it's good for young people to socialize with other young people?

• Some people think a party is a good occasion to make news friends or possibly find a girlfriend or boyfriend. Do you agree?

Festivals (Festive Occasions)

Possibly the words, "traditional holidays" are used for some questions here.

• What festive occasions in your country are usually celebrated by holding a "get together" or party?  FQ

• Do you like those occasions?

• Do you think there should be more of them?

• What do people generally do on those occasions?

• Do you think foreign culture has had (or is having) any influence on the festive occasions that people celebrate in your country?

• Do you think family gatherings (celebrations, parties) are important?  FQ

• Do families in your country come together very often?

• What would you say is the most famous traditional festival in your country? (Why?)

• Do you know much about the meanings of (or, behind) your traditional festivals?

• Do you know any of the legends behind some of these festivals?

• Do you think everyone in your country knows about those legends?

• Can you explain how everyone remembers (or knows) how to celebrate these festivals?

• Do you think they will still be celebrated in the same way in the future?

• Do you think foreign tourists are (or, would be) very interested in (or, attracted by) these festivals?  FQ

• Do you think any of these festivals are important for the tourism industry?  FQ

Leisure Activities

Some Extra Vocabulary - http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/vocabulary_lists.htm#13.%20Leisure%20Time%20&%20Relaxing

• What types of leisure activities do people enjoy doing in your country?

• What would you say are the benefits of playing computer games in one's leisure time?

• Which do you think is more beneficial, playing computer games, or playing outdoor games?  FQ

• (Similar to above) What's the difference between playing computer games and doing physical exercise?  FQ