Contents Introduction About the Speaking test About the Listening test The IELTS scoring system Unit Getting from A to B 10 SPEAKING Unit Personal circumstances 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 31 32 32 34 36 37 37 38 39 40 Unit Equal opportunities? 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Speaking Part 1: Your education l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Schools and childhood l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about schools and education Grammar: expressing obligation Vocabulary: expressing obligation Vocabulary: collocations for talking about education l Exam skills Giving two or more points or examples Sequencing ideas Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: vowel sounds Speaking Part 3: Education and life chances, exams, the responsibilities of schools and teachers l Try it first! l Spotlight Contrasting and organizing ideas l Exam skills Relating things to how much you know or don’t know ‘Filling in’ Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: consonant sounds l Check and challenge Speaking Part 1: Holidays and tourism l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Holiday and travel experiences in general l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about travel, tourism and visiting other places Vocabulary: holidays and tourism l Exam skills Choosing the best topic Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: the schwa Speaking Part 3: Responsible tourism l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about the past and generalizing Expressions for referring to times in the past The impersonal you Reported speech l Exam skills Illustrating your point Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: review l Check and challenge 51 52 52 54 56 57 57 58 59 41 42 42 44 46 47 47 48 49 50 Speaking Part 1: News and entertainment l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Television l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about television and other types of entertainment Grammar: complex comparatives Grammar: complex superlatives Vocabulary: genres Vocabulary: talking about television l Exam skills Choosing the best topic Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: review Speaking Part 3: Quality of and responsibilities in the media l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for contrasting ideas l Exam skills Amplification Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: the schwa l Check and challenge 71 72 72 73 74 75 75 77 79 80 60 Four practice Speaking test role-plays Unit Dumbed down? 19 Unit Leisure interests Speaking Part 1: Free-time activities l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about your leisure interests Grammar: gerunds and infinitives Grammar: used to Vocabulary: adjectives to describe leisure activities Vocabulary: collocations and expressions connected with leisure activities l Exam skills Giving plenty of detail in descriptions Adding reasons Language check Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: sentence stress and connected speech Speaking Part 1: Music, films and books l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about music, films, books, etc Vocabulary: types of music, film and book Vocabulary: likes and dislikes l Exam skills Avoiding being too general Asking for repetition Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: whole sentence intonation l Check and challenge Speaking Part 1: Your occupation l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Your job (or the job you hope to have) l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about occupations and career plans Grammar: talking about the future Grammar: conditional futures Vocabulary: prepositions Vocabulary: expressions for talking about the future l Exam skills Contrasting opposite ideas Sequencing ideas Giving examples Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: review Speaking Part 3: Work–life balance and salaries l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about work–life balance Talking about frequency Alternatives to usually l Exam skills Relating things to your own experience Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: vowel sounds l Check and challenge Unit The world’s your oyster 61 62 62 64 65 66 66 67 68 70 LISTENING Speaking Part 1: Occupations l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about your occupation Grammar: present simple or present continuous? Vocabulary: prepositions with work Vocabulary: expressions connected with work l Exam skills Giving plenty of detail in descriptions Language check Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: sentence stress Speaking Part 1: Places of residence l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about your place of residence Grammar: present perfect or present perfect continuous? Vocabulary: places of residence British or American English? l Exam skills Combining details to give complex answers Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: connected speech l Check and challenge Unit Finding your own path Speaking Part 1: City life, everyday journeys l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Towns, cities and urban transport l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about cities General prepositions Prepositions of movement Vocabulary: describing cities l Exam skills Structuring Describing impressions Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: consonant sounds Speaking Part 3: Urban development and infrastructures, migration to cities l Try it first! l Spotlight Grammar: conditional sentences l Exam skills Clarifying Personally, … Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: delivery speed l Check and challenge 81 Unit Getting things sorted out Listening Section 1: Social needs – conversation l Spotlight 1: Addresses and numbers l Predicting and practising 1: Detailed information l Predicting and practising 2: General information l Preparing to answer Listening Section 2: Social needs – monologue l Spotlight 2: Directions and locations l Predicting and practising 3: Labelling a map l Preparing to answer l Check and challenge 85 86 88 90 91 92 93 94 Unit Looking at the bigger picture Listening Section 3: Academic/training needs – conversation l Spotlight 1: Language for talking about study l Focus on formats Multiple choice: matching the question with the correct information Multiple choice: completing a sentence Multiple choice: choose two or more from a list l Spotlight 2: Language for agreeing and disagreeing l Preparing to answer Listening Section 4: Lecture or formal talk l Spotlight 3: Academic English l Spotlight 4: Language for describing processes l Focus on formats Flow charts Summary completion l Preparing to answer l Check and challenge Audio transcripts Answer key 95 97 98 99 100 101 101 103 104 105 116 Contents Introduction About the Speaking test About the Listening test The IELTS scoring system Unit Getting from A to B 10 SPEAKING Unit Personal circumstances 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 31 32 32 34 36 37 37 38 39 40 Unit Equal opportunities? 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Speaking Part 1: Your education l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Schools and childhood l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about schools and education Grammar: expressing obligation Vocabulary: expressing obligation Vocabulary: collocations for talking about education l Exam skills Giving two or more points or examples Sequencing ideas Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: vowel sounds Speaking Part 3: Education and life chances, exams, the responsibilities of schools and teachers l Try it first! l Spotlight Contrasting and organizing ideas l Exam skills Relating things to how much you know or don’t know ‘Filling in’ Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: consonant sounds l Check and challenge Speaking Part 1: Holidays and tourism l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Holiday and travel experiences in general l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about travel, tourism and visiting other places Vocabulary: holidays and tourism l Exam skills Choosing the best topic Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: the schwa Speaking Part 3: Responsible tourism l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about the past and generalizing Expressions for referring to times in the past The impersonal you Reported speech l Exam skills Illustrating your point Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: review l Check and challenge 51 52 52 54 56 57 57 58 59 41 42 42 44 46 47 47 48 49 50 Speaking Part 1: News and entertainment l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Television l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about television and other types of entertainment Grammar: complex comparatives Grammar: complex superlatives Vocabulary: genres Vocabulary: talking about television l Exam skills Choosing the best topic Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: review Speaking Part 3: Quality of and responsibilities in the media l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for contrasting ideas l Exam skills Amplification Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: the schwa l Check and challenge 71 72 72 73 74 75 75 77 79 80 60 Four practice Speaking test role-plays Unit Dumbed down? 19 Unit Leisure interests Speaking Part 1: Free-time activities l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about your leisure interests Grammar: gerunds and infinitives Grammar: used to Vocabulary: adjectives to describe leisure activities Vocabulary: collocations and expressions connected with leisure activities l Exam skills Giving plenty of detail in descriptions Adding reasons Language check Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: sentence stress and connected speech Speaking Part 1: Music, films and books l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about music, films, books, etc Vocabulary: types of music, film and book Vocabulary: likes and dislikes l Exam skills Avoiding being too general Asking for repetition Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: whole sentence intonation l Check and challenge Speaking Part 1: Your occupation l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Your job (or the job you hope to have) l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about occupations and career plans Grammar: talking about the future Grammar: conditional futures Vocabulary: prepositions Vocabulary: expressions for talking about the future l Exam skills Contrasting opposite ideas Sequencing ideas Giving examples Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: review Speaking Part 3: Work–life balance and salaries l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about work–life balance Talking about frequency Alternatives to usually l Exam skills Relating things to your own experience Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: vowel sounds l Check and challenge Unit The world’s your oyster 61 62 62 64 65 66 66 67 68 70 LISTENING Speaking Part 1: Occupations l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about your occupation Grammar: present simple or present continuous? Vocabulary: prepositions with work Vocabulary: expressions connected with work l Exam skills Giving plenty of detail in descriptions Language check Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: sentence stress Speaking Part 1: Places of residence l Try it first! l Spotlight 2: Useful language for talking about your place of residence Grammar: present perfect or present perfect continuous? Vocabulary: places of residence British or American English? l Exam skills Combining details to give complex answers Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: connected speech l Check and challenge Unit Finding your own path Speaking Part 1: City life, everyday journeys l Try it first! Speaking Part 2: Towns, cities and urban transport l Try it first! l Spotlight 1: Useful language for talking about cities General prepositions Prepositions of movement Vocabulary: describing cities l Exam skills Structuring Describing impressions Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: consonant sounds Speaking Part 3: Urban development and infrastructures, migration to cities l Try it first! l Spotlight Grammar: conditional sentences l Exam skills Clarifying Personally, … Prepare and practise l Listen Pronunciation focus: delivery speed l Check and challenge 81 Unit Getting things sorted out Listening Section 1: Social needs – conversation l Spotlight 1: Addresses and numbers l Predicting and practising 1: Detailed information l Predicting and practising 2: General information l Preparing to answer Listening Section 2: Social needs – monologue l Spotlight 2: Directions and locations l Predicting and practising 3: Labelling a map l Preparing to answer l Check and challenge 85 86 88 90 91 92 93 94 Unit Looking at the bigger picture Listening Section 3: Academic/training needs – conversation l Spotlight 1: Language for talking about study l Focus on formats Multiple choice: matching the question with the correct information Multiple choice: completing a sentence Multiple choice: choose two or more from a list l Spotlight 2: Language for agreeing and disagreeing l Preparing to answer Listening Section 4: Lecture or formal talk l Spotlight 3: Academic English l Spotlight 4: Language for describing processes l Focus on formats Flow charts Summary completion l Preparing to answer l Check and challenge Audio transcripts Answer key 95 97 98 99 100 101 101 103 104 105 116 [...]... • SPEAKING PART 1: FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES In Part 1 of the Speaking test, the examiner may ask questions about your free-time activities and entertainment interests Questions of this type may begin the interview, or they may follow on from other questions, for example questions about your occupation or the place where you live It’s a good idea to prepare some ideas for speaking about these things and. .. leisure interests as if you were doing Speaking Part 1 If you are working with a partner, take it in turns to play the roles of examiner and candidate Here are some typical questions Examiner (perhaps following on from questions on another topic): Let’s talk about your free-time activities l What do you do at the weekends? l What is it that you like about [one of candidate’s leisure activities]? l How... get the chance to [one of candidate’s leisure activities]? l How important a part of your week are your free-time activities? l Do you enjoy your free time more now than you did when you were a child? l What free-time activity would you like to try in the future? 2 Leisure interests 21 2 Spotlight 1 Useful language for talking about your leisure interests Grammar: gerunds and infinitives Gerund The... going fishing next weekend Infinitive The infinitive is the form of the verb found in the dictionary, and is often preceded by to I don’t get much time to listen to music I hope to have more free time from next year I’m planning to take my children to the zoo next Saturday 1 Put each of these gerunds and phrases with gerunds into the correct column of the table below camping gardening ice skating mountain... 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