Exam 9 Monologue Topics
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Monologue. Topics for 9th


1. Reading, books, libraries: the role reading, your favourite books, your reading preferences (magazines, books, newspapers, paper books, online books or magazines), your favourite Russian and foreign writer, what we need newspapers and magazines for nowadays.

2. Hobbies and interests: places for entertainment in your city, the most popular free time activities (yours, teenagers’), reasons of having hobbies, who shares your interests.

3. Means of transport: your favourite one, transport in your city, how you usually travel to school, what public transport is like in your area, what problems cars can create

4. Travelling: the role of travelling, places to visit in your country or abroad, your last trip and your memories, what souvenirs tourists can buy in your country, why travelling to different places is a good idea, activities during trips (taking photos, visiting sights, meeting people, etc).

5. Visiting foreign countries: advantages and disadvantages, your experience, what places in your country and aboard you have visited, what palaces you would like to visit, why.

6. TV and TV programs: influence of TV, your favourite TV programs, what you think of Russian television, how often you watch TV, whether you prefer watching TV to other kinds of entertainment, why, whether people should watch TV less or not, and why.

7. Computers and the Internet: computer addiction, teenagers and ways they use electronic devices, your favourite gadget, how often teenagers use computers in your school or at home

8. Learning foreign languages: the role of languages, the role of English, what language to choose, how many languages a successful professional should know, how learning languages can help understand the world.

9. Ways of learning English: ways to improve it, your experience, why it is useful to study foreign languages at school, how many languages you would like to speak; what they would be.

10. Environmental problems: problems in your city, how you can help to protect, why it’s important to take care of the environment.

11. Sport and games in people’s life: your favourite ones, whether you like watching or playing, exercise routine, importance of exercises, places to do sport in your city.

12. Your school: favourite subjects, interesting school events or traditions, why your school is different from others, your relationship with your classmates, role of exams, if you enjoy exams, and why/why not.

13. Holidays: your favourite ones, ways to spend holidays (in the city, in the country, etc), your best holidays, how you would ideally spend your time on holiday, what sort of problems you can have when on holiday.

14. Your future plans: education, job, future career, role of universities, whether you want to enter the university, whether you think it’s better to learn from books or from practice, and why.

15. Part-time job for teenagers: earning money, pocket money, problems with jobs for teens, your dream job and qualities you need, what your parents and friends say about your choice.

16. Friends, friendship: free time with friends, your best friend and his(her) personality, what we need friends for, what you prefer: having many friends or having a few good friends, and why,your friend’s appearance.

17. Family: relationship in your family, your time together.

18. Your daily routine: your school day, what kind of chores people in your family have, and what chores you do and you prefer.

19. Clothes and fashion: your favourite clothes, your opinion about school uniform, whether teenagers follow the latest fashions or not , why, clothes you like to wear when you go out or to school, whether clothes are too expensive for teens, how important appearance is to you, why, what you prefer: wearing comfortable clothes or the latest fashions, why.

20. Seasons: your favourite one, weather in you region, your climate preferences.

21. Your country: favourite places to visit (why), places you have visited, what you like about your country, what Russian people are like, if you are proud of your country, why

22. Special days: favourite national holidays and ways they are celebrated, traditions in your family, what national holidays are for, what happens on national holidays, what you prefer: celebrating at home or going out, and why.

23. Russian inventors or scientists: their discoveries, their importance, short facts about their lives.

24. Healthy way of living: sport, food, habits, why it is important to think about your health when you are still young.

25. Food and cooking: favourite dishes, home-made food, favourite café, favourite national dishes, what food you don’t like, whether you like cooking and why/why not, what you prefer: eating at home or going out to eat and why.

26. My city: places to visit, places for entertainment, whether there are enough entertainment facilities in your area , what places are popular with young people, what you like and dislike about your city, what you would do for your city if you had s lot of money.

27. Important historical events , their role.

28. Zoos and their role.

29. Animals: their role in people’s life, endangered animals, ways to help

30. Pets and their roles: choice between usual pets and exotic pets, your favourite pet and reasons, whether it is right to keep wild animals as pets.

31. Meeting people from different countries: importance, knowing people of different ages, what you can learn from younger or older people, an interesting person you have ever met.

32. Visiting museums and galleries: whether you like it, what museums you have in your city, your favourite museum (gallery), purposes of museums, choice between visiting a museum, reading about them and visiting online exhibitions.

33. Famous people: your favourite famous person from history, reasons, his (her) importance, some facts of his (her) life.

34. English-speaking countries, which attracts you most, why, interesting and unusual traditions, people of this country

35. Mass media: its role, the most popular type of mass media, reasons, which type can disappear, reasons.

36. Shopping: whether you like shopping, why, how often you go shopping and what kind of things you buy, what you prefer: going to shops or shopping online, why.


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