Listening and Speaking 2

Lesson Focus

Table Completion
Speaking Part 1: Relationships

New insights IELTS 07

Cambridge 8 T1. P1

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IELTS Speaking Part 1: 4 simple rules
Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking test is supposed to be easy. You don't need to give 'difficult'
answers, and you should try to avoid making mistakes.
Here are five simple rules for Speaking Part 1:
1. Keep your answers short, then stop with confidence.
2. Answer the questions using full sentences.
3. If possible, give a reason for your answer.
4. Don't forget to say "yes" or "no" when necessary.
Here's an example to illustrate these points:
Do you like studying? Why / why not? Yes, I like studying because it's the best way to
gain a deeper insight into any subject. I like reading, learning from others, and trying to
understand difficult concepts.

Relationships
Part 1-style questions

Do you see your friends very often?
What do you like about your close friends?
Have you known each other long?
Part 2-style task

Describe a person you are very close to. You should say:

• who this person is

• when you met them
• where you met them

Part 3-style questions

Do you think marriage is still as important as ever?
What do you think is the ideal time to get married?
Is it important to keep in contact with our friends when we’re in a relationship?
Definitions

• to break up: to end a romantic relationship

• to drift apart: to become less close to someone
• to enjoy someone’s company: to like spending time with someone
• to fall for: to fall in love
• to fall head over heels in love: to start to love someone a lot
• to fall out with: to have a disagreement and stop being friends
• to get on like a house on fire: to like someone’s company very much indeed
• to get on well with: to understand someone and enjoy similar interests
• to get to know: to begin to know someone
• to go back years: to have known someone for a long time
• to have a lot in common: to share similar interests
• to have ups and downs: to have good and bad times
• a healthy relationship: a good, positive relationship
• to hit it off: to quickly become good friends with
• to be in a relationship: to be romantically involved with someone
• to be just good friends: to not be romantically involved

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• to keep in touch with: to keep in contact with
• to lose touch with: to not see or hear from someone any longer
• love at first sight: to fall in love immediately you meet someone
• to pop the question: to ask someone to marry you
• to see eye to eye: to agree on a subject
• to settle down: to give up the single life and start a family
• to strike up a relationship: to begin a friendship
• to tie the knot: to get married
• to be well matched: to be similar to
• to work at a relationship: to try to maintain a positive relationship with someone

1. debutante 18. spokeswoman 35. gravity

2. trauma 19. terrace 36. underneath

3. perverse 20. feminism 37. sicken

4. strain 21. mess 38. ridge

5. mammoth 22. armistice 39. volcanic

6. truculent 23. arch 40. Jolly Roger

7. fertile 24. vociferous 41. solitary

8. mania 25. virulent 42. lug

9. blink 26. outcast 43. Omnipotent

10. heresy 27. onslaught 44. pit

11. overthrow 28. viper 45. eclipse

12. crescent 29. deadly 46. sprain

13. circumvent 30. assimilate 47. hospitable

14. vertebrate 31. bison 48. premature

15. intoxicate 32. blizzard 49. spasm

16. mandate 33. nurture 50. wrinkle

17. seclusion 34. villain

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