IELTS Resource Pack

146 Pages·2016·55.32 MB·English

by  Marks Jon.

Includes
audio CD

Pack

Photocopiable games,
activities and practice
tests for IELTS
preparation classes

Jon Marks
IELTS

Resource
Pack

Photocopiable games,
activities and practice
tests for IELTS
preparation classes

Jon Marks
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Contents

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21 AesdemioReading Sleep wae work oe
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16 3 ‘Academic Reading Actviciel Intelligence wheln clase pairwork — @<
204 AeademioReaing Sopraon ral rue *
24 Academic Reeainng Devoufeallchy? hele clase ee
32 7 ‘Acadom's Writing Task 1 Uasoribing tends pair weork ee
388 Academe wring ase Chirwand aie: baleen “
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as 0 Aexdemiewitng Tost? Grouping wicket
321 AcadomewitngTest2.__Thie erie wniws_whelacoas ee
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Ey 24 Letaing Part 3 ‘The language of study pair-work ao
4 25 Wu exer Exarn Day! hele lass oi

Page 68 Actviy Seaton kovs
Page 99 -ractice Test?

Page 184 Ptauoe Text anaver keys
Page 135. -racice Tet recurngtrenscrints
Introduction

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Acatlomic and General versions
of the exam

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or vritn note o any proslens wth prviition,
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After an activity

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Follow-up activities
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Practice Tests

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progenies to kept hese ing

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(CD that accompanis this book
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ewe the exam may hoot ther cfience the
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Expert user

longterm, Acteverent pris the exam can now be
reported aha sande fe.

aoe-rata snd uant with complete under-andine,

a | very good weer

Has fully oparationsl command of ths lanquans wth only eccasional_|
luneystemstlensccuracles and insppropnisces. Wierderscanaings
may ozeu" in unfomilsr situations, Handles compl deailee

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Hor operations! commane of th language, though with ozessiowal
situations. Genaralyhendles complex lnguage well and

6 | Competent user

Has yenrally effective cum uf he language esl zie
inseeuracies,nappropriacias avd misunderstancings. Can uss
4ané understand faily comple laguage,psreularly Ia familar

5 | modest wsor

Hae pont command of hs language coping with overs marina
in most stustions, though i likely to meke many mistakes. Should
he ato hens hae enmmncation in cum Fol

4 | timited user

probloms in uncerstending and expression. Is nat able to use
‘uals yume

2 | Extramely tenttad user Convays ans understance orly general mesning In vary facil:
tuations. “requont broskdovns in zommunioston accu
2 imermittent user "No real communication posible exvot for the mos baie

information using issatad wo'da or short formulas in familiar
vations and eet mtn reat icy
Understanding spoken and writen English

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comvnms the candidate's centiy. The examiner
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te the candidate's oceupason

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As withthe Writing module sicher who ae ot TELTS|
cain il genrilly ive erate thea inn
level of eis sens spelen pertmmances base onthe
‘gs IELTS nse sone,

Candidate pester ane nese ang he
following criti

Fluency and Coherence
Theat of speech, Th irkng of dest orm coberen
connecta speech, The ogling of eaten
fal he wae of obesve dovies sch a connects and

Lexical Resource
The candidat’ ange vocbulary an he previon with
vinien meaninge and atte are esreste, Th et
say and appropri) ofthe bused. Te billy
‘ompenate for a weabulry gap 3 ing other werd

Grammatical Range and Accurney
"he ange, aca and appropiay ofthe senddate's
srasumatal usage The length and corpleiy of eatencs,
a therange of grammatical srustares eye.
Especially imporant isthe ality achieve formation
foc ehrugh the eof grarematie erates

Pronunciation

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trees ne Speking mote

‘+ Powiding personel end aon-pesozal inocmaton
4 Expessing prteenues

4+ Baprmsing 7d juthing ins

+ Comparing contesting and analying

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Raping
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Exam timings

Listening Approximate y 20 minutes, pis 10 init for ranslen ng answers the nsvrshests
Reoding 60 minutss- aporoximatoly 20/~inutss for cach section

‘Watting 60 minutes - approximately 20 minut or Tae 7 and 40 minutes for Task 2

Speshing 11-14 minutos
Sleep

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Preparation
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Method

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from ce test (usally “i se

22 Organise the clas nt pais. Give ech pata
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mona eorar 10 masa! aenion

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Follow-up activity

Thisuptior al eatea etsy si coma
socabtlary fom thet

Gagne be ac int gaps a one arsen,
dive ach a ple cards ae dowa. Student
[stakes ea and dee eed i fies
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Fist pean ge he word wins eed then
Stidest Baker card ands 0,

IELTS Skills
‘As sted by tie seston formatin the
fn eng for satel although readina for
faotieatareques. nai on i precios
Ietoning for str tests by ho etn no
Academie Reading

Inthe course of en average iene, person wl
spend! pra! 70,000 hous ar 25 year ese.
Viualy ali mammals, retles, amaribtans
fd even fish car be ato sloep in oe form
fr artha. Yet there i mul that stil nar
Uundaretood about the state which we spend up
to, third of our lives

‘The question af why we sleep has not been
completa y answered, and there are ltfering
opinions o* the subject. Some scientists have
suggested that sleen performa na bia egies!
function, ane has lite purpose beyond being &
onveniant state in which to spend the hours af
darkness. A grester aumber of scientist, hawever,
balive that sleep haa twa biological functions, The

| iat sto faite varioua restoration and repair
prosesses within the badly. This is believed 10
‘occur during s type of slasp known a¢ NREM sleep
(non-rapic-2ye-movement). The second function is
to play a ale in complex arsin processes sich a3
Focusing attention ard socialising, Theis thaught
te occur during she other typeof slzep: REM sleep
(ropis-sye-mever ent). Aa the name suggests, in
this type of slasp the ays moves rapid y, anc itis
during znese pers that dreams cece.

‘The amount of sleep required varies with age
and fram parson to person. In general. babies
sleep uote 18 hours a day, while young adults

sleep for 6 (09 hours day. As people age, they
tera taneses stig! less sleep. At ina Half af
bles loop ls REM sleep, but thls proportion
declines to sroue a quarte: ia adults. A typical
night's sleep consists af eyes of 90 minutes
£0, ts the fina! 5ta 30 minutes being REM sleep
nd the est being NREM seep,

‘Wether they remember them oF 204 @
Probable that sl humans have reams during
EM sleep. Research has srowed thet eames are
more roneared wits pateeprions (things that sre
seen, neard etc! than with thoughts. Almost al
reais include visual experience. Apo-oximately
half contain auditory experience, and only a amell
proportion feature touer, taste and smell Er-ction
i a common feature, and when emotions ae
present, they tend to he in their nore extreme
forms, External stimuli auch aa cald or somabody
knacking an a bedroom door} can be incorporated
into dreams. Random and chaotic though they
often sea, draame are not without meaning
they express the desires, fears and concers
‘ofthe dreamer. Thera are various achoals of
peychasnalysi, with differing approaches, butt
Is widely accapred that there is a division between
‘sonaciaua ard uneonacio.s mencal proceasse,
‘and that dreame can offer an insight nto he

Answer all your partner's questions ia NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FROM THE TEXT.

“Thon reverse roles

11 Whatis the name forthe rsatment of

5p dicorders?

{2 With insomnia, wnat do doctors ueualy try todo other than

preseib

ing pile?

4 Whatinvolua:aty action isthe eymotcom of naeolepsy?

15 How can nacolepey be trestod?
6 What hind uf peuple te

Whatae sleopwaltars no: aware oP

wes uumonty alec by wept?

7
8 Luri-g wnat type ot sep aes slenpwraingInke place?
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"Wratiesleapwalking no: considered tebe asign of?

10 War doss snoring only very seldom ead to?
11 Woat canbe ater to reduce snoring?

112. leap ene ie lmyer mcennary, ha

ight ser uh ange?