= S) emt (aeks AV eTANOL AY Chibies CAROLYN CATT Chi gidi tigng Viet. Nguyén Thanh Yén a ‘NTV wHA xuAT BAN TONG HOP Cong ty TNHH THANE PHO HO CHI MINE Nhan Tri VietIELTS Ideas Vocabulary Chibign CAROLYN CATT Chai gid ting Viet Nguyén Thanh YénIELTS Ideas and Vocabulary “Copyright © Author Carolyn Catt” “Published by Catt Publishing” “Al rights reserved. 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An bin nay duge xudt bin tal Viet Nam theo hop ding chuyén nhupng bin quyén gita Tae pid Carolyn Catt, New Zealand va Cong ty’ ‘hn Tri Vit, Viet Nam.contents UNIT ‘TOPIC PAGE Unit 1 Food 5 Unit 2 Family 8 Unit 3 Clothing u "ead Unit 5 Pets u Unité Cities Nex Unit 7 af Leisure C4: & Units Unit 29 Unit10 Holiday 32 Unit 11 Lifestyles 35 Unit 12 Education 38 Unit 13 “Work 4 Answers and Teacher's Notes 45 i hechattetntigintroduction ‘TO THE STUDENTS This book can be used for self-study on your own, or in a class with other students. The exercises inthe book will help you prepare forthe topics and ideas that you may be asked totale about in the speaking test orto write about in task 2 ofthe writing test. The same topics and ideas may also occur in the listening test and in the academic module reading test. ‘The main aims of the book are + tohelp you to form your own opinions about a range of topics + to increase your understanding of topics that you may read or hear about in the IELTS examination «+ to develop your vocabulary so that you can understand and express ideas on a range of topics, ‘TO THE TEACHER IBLTS Idens and Vocabulary can beused in self-study mode by learners working alone,or inthe classroom by teachers working with groups of earners. The Teacher's Notes section provides suggestions on tasks and classroom management techniques to provide opportunities for communicative and collaborative work in the classroom, When preparing for the IELTS test, many students encounter difficulties in their expression and ‘comprehension of ideas on frequently encountered IELTS topics because « they have little knowledge about those topics + they have insufficient language relating to those topics. This lack of information and also of topic-specific language can-cause themproblems in both their productive skills (speaking and writing) and als inthe receptive skill (listening and reading), IELTS Ideas and Vocabulary was written to address these difficulties. The materials present learners with ideas relevant to common IELTS topics; they also supportlearners inthe development and expression of their own ideas and opinions. The units include texts and tasks that * introduce useful vocabulary « personalise the topic for the learners « focus on the learners’ own cultures + provide both speaking and writing practice + present information or ideas on the topic + encourage the learners to formulate their ovn ideas and opinions + support the learners'own research ofthe topic The units generally become progressively more demanding from unit 1 to unit 13 and there is some recycling of language between the units. Teachers may; nevertheless, prefer to work through the units ina diferent order and will find that there is no real problem in adopting this approach, DISCLAIMER The materials in this book are not taken from the IELTS examination,STAPLE FOODS” ‘Match the staple foods in the left-hand column below with the countries in the right-hand column: Staple Foods Countries bread Paraguay potatoes China rice France cassava/manioc® Mexico: comm Ireland ‘Whats the staple food of your own country? Is there more than one staple food? How many times a week do you eat your staple food(s)? ‘COOKING METHODS ‘Tick the cooking methods you can use with your own favourite staple food from the list below: baking roasting, steaming boiling strtrying ering” ddeep-frying (frying ina lot of oil) shallow-frying (frying ina small amount of oil) ‘Which ofthe cooking methods is least healthy? Which is most healthy? \Vhy2_ ‘Which cooking method does the following paragraph describe and what staple food does ‘them’ refer to? First you wash them carefully and dy them. Vou tan rub aitleoll 6h the outside f you ‘want. You heat an oven to about 180 degrees centigrade and pt them in the middle ofthe coven. Depending on how big they are, they wil be tad to ca in about 35 to SO minutes. You can serve them with butter and salt, with grated cheese® or diferent sauces Write a paragraph describing how to cook your favourite staple food, INGREDIENTS AND TASTES \Wiite the 5 groups of ingredients inthe left-hand column below next tothe related tate: Groups of ingredients: soya sauce’, salt sugar,honey tofuflour chilli cheese, buttercream, Ingredients Tastes Foods de'sserts, i ee pe ree ent cl xin 6 soya sae / 90089 TaeB Which of the tastes above do you like most? © _ntheright-hand column, write 1 or 2 examples of food with the tastes in the list above. Mark the word stress. We have given you one example ~ de'sserts. a) What things do you think this person likes eating? Tm quite lucky, really = tend to lke food that's good for me, }b) Check your ideas with the information below about what he likes eating: | preter savoury food to sweet food: and I dislike rch food with lots of cream or butter in it 1 enjoy simple. uit plan food — for example, lghty grilled fish with steamed vegetables, Some people consider that type of food tobe bland and boring, but think that ifyou use really good, fresh ingredients, i can be very tat. aso like spy food. things lke curries wth spices, stich as cardamom? and coriander® — but nothing too hot and 'm ‘not keen on alot of cil. Fortuately, | don't enjoy fatty foods ~ things with fot of ol or animal fat in them ~ 50 | don't eat much fied food. EXERCISE6 Write a paragraph about the types of food you like and dislike, using langilage'from Exercises Iy 2,3and4 EXERCISE? DRINKS Look at the list of drinks below. Circle the ones thatyou like to drink: Put a tick next tothe ones that your parents like to drink = black tea green tea herbal tea coffee . hot water hot chocolate cold milk cold water - milk shakes fruit juice beer wine spirits (c-@, whisky, rum, mao tai sake) soft drinks (e.g, Coca-Cola, fruit drinks) Do you and your parents like to drink the same things? If nt, why not? EXERCISES HEALTH PROBLEMS What health problems do you think may result from eating or drinking the following Food/Drink Possible health problems sweet foods BEE spicy foods rich food salty food — softdrinks "alcoholic drinks ‘savoury servor a) oof man ‘coriander /korysendatr) na) ed 2. cardamom /"ika:damom / (nu) hat bach déu bhéw A.herbl tes /"hsibl ti:/ (n,) art shdo a ‘ang aia ay =YOUR CULTURE Lookat the sentences below. Tick aay that are true about your country and change the thers so that they are also true about your county. 4) Children are geting fater b) More and more people are eating fast food such as burgers and chips ) Most people eat their evening meals sitting in front ofthe television. 4) People only eat traditional meals at festivals. @) Men and women share the cooking equally. £) Women prefer to cook frozen ready meals instead of preparing food from basic ingredients. 8) People are eating more and more dairy foods such as butter and icecream. 1h) People enjoy eating food from all over the world. 4) People who lve in cities eat out in restaurants 2 or 3 times a week, j)_ Only rich people can afford to buy good quality foo. Give reasons for the above statements. For example: a) Children are getting fatter because they eat a lot of junk food such as chocolate and soft drinks. Find more information about the food in your country from a tourist gtidebookyan encyclo- pedia or from one of these websites: For Japanese students, look at this website: www.hirokoskitchen.com Forall Asian students, look at this website: ‘wwwasiarecipe.com For Brazilian students, look at this website: www.brazilbrazil.com Forall nationalities, lookat these websites wwwatravel.yahoo.com (ten look atthe map under ‘Destination Guides and cick on your area of the world ~ e.g. Asia — then click on your country, then click on Dining’) ‘www.topics-mag.com (then click on ‘World of food’) ‘Then choose webpages to read. When you find a useful webpage, print it out. BB Do nt memorise any texts you find. lt will not help you in the IELTS examination, Only use the text for information, for reading practice and to extend your vocabulary,a A os a | stepmania) (ao) me Be family RELATIVES Which of the following are blood relatives and which are relatives by marriage? Write BR (blood relative) or RM (relative by marriage) next to each one. (Be careful,some could be a BRanda mother father brother sister stepmother stepfather stepbrother" stepsister mother-in-law father-in-law brother-in-law sister-in-law aunt unde nephew niece cousin ‘grandmother grandfather ‘Mark the word stress for the vocabulary above. How many of these blood relatives and relatives by marriage do you have? Put a number next each relative. What are the advantages of living in a large family? What are the advantages of ving in a small family? Make notes below: Large family == s—s—S~*~*«Ssall family FAMILIES M the following statements with the picturelbelov a) Tmanonly child, b) Thaveanoldérbrother ¢) I havea younger sister: €) im the youngest child in my family ) Tim the oldest child in my: f) Tm the third child. _g) Iivein.a nuclear family®, h) I live with my extended — oa ie ace Oo a iit Me 2. stapttier /’step fst)! (nc) cha Ae 3. stpbroter /‘stepybradotr)/(n<) anhjem eri (con ring cia me ké/ena ké) 4. nuclear fam /njuklio temali/ (mc) gia dink ht whan (gh cha me va con cdi) 5 extonde faily/rkstendid oom.) ga inh mhidu the he‘Mark the word stress for the following vocabulary and circle the correct word class (noun, verb, adjective) next to each word. Check you understand their meaning. single verb / adjective engaged noun adjective married noun / adjective separated noun / adjective divorced noun / adjective adopt verb / adjective widow noun / adjective widower noun / adjective halé-brother®™ noun adjective half-sister noun /adjective Lookat sentences a) to) below and change them so that they are true about you, ‘Add 2 more sentences about your family, a) Tmmarried. I got married 2 years ago, ») Thave no nephews or nieces, ©) Tdorit have father-in-law or any othe 4) Thave 3 grandparents ~ two grandmothers and one grandfather, ©) My grandfather is a widower, f) have a half-brother. 2) [have two stepchildren, = h) Hive with my extended family, i) Tman only child, j) Myauntand uncle have adopted 2 children. Jaws’ because I'm single! {In your opinion, which ofthe following is the best placéfor old people to live? Why? i) withason anddaughter-inlaw ii) withaldaughter and son-in-law iil) in aretitement home {v) alone intheir own home ¥) (other) ‘Write a paragraph about your family, using language from Exercises 1,2,3 and 4 ‘VOCABULARY ‘What do the following parts of words mean? Match them wit their meanings: Word parts Meanings solo- (e.g soloist) one bie (eg.bieydle) alone, one mono- (e.g, monoplane) many poly- (e.g, polygon) two : Find and underline 3 words in Exercise 8 that start with ‘solo-', ‘bi’, ‘mono-’ o ‘poly-". Guess their meanings before you check them in a dictionary. sot 1) hl com ns ect Doradolr)/ stale)! (nc) anhickifem cing cha Khe:EXERCISES YOUR CULTURE Answer these questions about your country a) Is divorce common? What percentage of marriages end in divorce? Is divorce increasing? so,why? ') Does the government help solo parents? I's how? ©), What age do most people marry? sit different for boys and for gits? Ifo, why? 4) Do many people in your country adopt children? )_Isbigamy®/polygamy’ a crime in your country? £) How do most people meet their marriage partners? Are arranged marriages common? 8) Describe a traditional wedding in your country. hh) How do married couples celebrate their wedding anniversaries? Which anniversary is most important (eg. their 50® anniversary)? i) How many children do most people have? Is the number increasing or decreasing? Why Isthe number of old people increasing or decreasing? Why? Find more information about families and weddings in your country from an encyclopedia or from a website on the internet, For information about weddings, www.world-wedding-trad look at this website: (them ck a7 the area ofthe word youtive ing Asia — and then click ‘on the name of Your country) For other information, you can goto a search engi Such as Www.google.com and type! keywords; eg ; “marriage age in China” “marriage age in Russia” “arranged marriages”+Japan “arranged marriages”+Thiwan “birth rate"«Mialaysia “family life”+China “divorce rate” Thailand (Be careful to use + and "as shown above.) ‘Then choose webpages to read. When you find a useftl webpage, print it out. HB do not memorise any texts you find. twill not help you in the IELTS examinations Only use the text for information, for reading practice and to extend your vocabulary. ‘Ltlgamy /bigomai/(na) inh rong U6 hai yeh 2. polygamy /po'ligami/ (n, w) ec da thé 10FASHION Put the following vocabulary into the table below: silk short-sleeved cotton shirt blouse polo-neck® wool suit jacket Iycra® skirt polyesters trousers fulllength —_Veneck lose-fiting linen ™ morning suit sweater round-neck nylon long-sleeved down flared sleeveless ‘sweatshirt viscose! =i! + a Tick the fabrics in the left-hand column above that are synthetic(man-iade), ‘Lookat the following list of clothing. Tick any that aréfashiofiable now. Chang the other clothing to describe what is fashionable now. i) Fullength linen skirts ii), Sleoveless down jackets iil) V-neck woo! sweaters iv) Close-fting silk shirts ¥) Flared lycra trousers COLOURS AND CLOTHING Add any more colours to this list that you know: Pink, pale blue, white black ed, grey, dark green, blue, navy. maroon, purple, On the lines below, write the colours that are most usual in you culture forthe following types of clothing business suits. = aweddingdress clothes for women going to a wedding clothes for men going toa wedding baby clothes for boys ——__ 13423 baby clothes for girs clothes for people going toa funeral uniforms. A. polorneck /'poulau .nek/ (n,c} da ed le R polyester /;polestate}/ (0,1) edi man tao S.fnen /man/ faa) ilaWrite short description ofthe lothes you are wearing now using language from Exercises 1 and 2. EXERCISES To what extent do you agree with the following statements? Say why you agree or disagree. a)_ People who have pale skins do not look good in yellow clothes. = b) People with black hair look good in black clothes. = €)_ People with blonde hair ook good in red clothes. 4d) People with blonde hair and blue eyes look good in white clothes. ©) People wit red hair look good in red clothes. f) Red clothes are hicky. 8) Green clothes are unlucky, hh) Old peopl should wear black clothes. 4) Young children should wear brightly coloured clothes. J Babies should wear pale-coloured clothes. Circle the item of clothing in each line below that is incorrect. Casual clothing: jeans, polyester tracksuit, trainers, cotton T-shirt, silk bowtie Formal women’s clothing: high-heeled shoes, silk dress, wool suit, cap, silk blouse Formal men’s clothing: wool suit, cotton sweatshirt, silk tie, dinner jacket, cotton shirt EXERCISES = YOUR CLOTHES Answer these questions about yourself a) What colours do you prefer to wear? Why2 ) Describe the clothes you wear (the type of clothing, the'fabrics and the styles) « to goto your work or yourpplace of study = + torelax at home + to go out with friends (e.g, to albajto the cinema, etc) + to goto parties «)_ How often do you buy new elothes? 4) Do you prefer to go shopping alone or with another person? Why? ©) Do you or your family make your awn clothes (by sewing or knitting)? Why/Why not? f) Doyou or your family have your clothes made by other people? Why/Why not? UNIFORMS TH) Tick the people inthe list below who normally wear uniforms in your country a the police primary school children secondary school children nurses workers in food factories shop assistants! = doctors postal workers bus drivers hotel workers Describe a uniform that people in your country wear.Look at the list of reasons below as to why people wear uniforms. After each reason, write the different people who wear a uniform for that reason: « so that people can quickly recognise what job they do + so that they look smart « so that they are clean and hygienic + so that they do not ty to compete with each other to Took fashionable «so that they fel that they are part ofa team (i.e. group of people working together) ‘Add any other reasons why people wear uniforms in your country. YOUR CULTURE Answer the following questions about your own country 4) Isthere a traditional costume that women wear? If so, describe it and say when they wear it b) Is there a traditional costume that men wear? If so, describe it and say when they wear it. ). Who wears traditional cothing most ~ men or women? Why? 4) Do people in different parts of your country wear different types of clothing? If so, why? )_ In what ways are the clothes that you wear different from the clothes your parents or grand parents wear? Find more information about clothing from a tourist guidebddk, an encyelopedia or from one of these websites: For Asian students, look at this website: -wwwaasiarecipe.com (then type clothes in the search box) Forall students, look at this website: “wwvi.costumes.org (then cick on ‘Ethnic Dres, then click on the area ofthe world that you liven eg. Asia~ then look at any interesting webpages) OR Go toa search engine such as www.google.com and type in keywords; eg. “traditional dress”+Korea “traditional dress" +India (Be careful to use + and ‘as shown above.) Then choose webpages to read. When you finda useful webpage, print it out GBB) do not memorise any texts you find, It will not help you in the IELTS examination. nly use the texts for information, for reading practice and to extend your vocabulary.oj housing __ ‘VOCABULARY ‘A. Match the word parts below with their meanings ; ‘Word parts ‘Meanings single- (e.g. single-minded) noun acl semi- (eg. semi-circle) under, below, less than nd sles (eg. hopeless) many oe sub- (eg substandard) without . urb- (e.g. urban) half -ship (eg friendship) city ‘multi- (eg, multi-talented) one, only alone Memorise the meanings and their associated word parts and then test yourself. Quickly can this unit and puta cirele sound any words you can find ith single’ ‘semi ‘suburb, ship orm’, (There are 10 words in Exercises 2,3,5.and 6.) EXERCISE? | Match the following descriptions of types of housing withthe pictures below: a) Thavea small apartment on the 8* floor of a multi-storey apartment block. b) grew up in a semi-detached house. c) Welive inasingle-storey® house ad) My family livin a terraced house ¢) Tlive ina detached house. L=8™ ‘ ooo ofa ® Leia ooo}o00 ofojoqo f ® EXERCISES DESCRIBING HOMES TA) Read the following text describing someone's house. Do you Tike and dislike the same things oe the speaker? {Leingestorey sang! storia) mbt tng dhtoraed house rant amas! Wc) mh KE i dn diyJ rent an apartment, but I want to move out because is got very smal windows, so it's quite dark, which find depressing, and because there is so ltl fresh at. its airless in. ll the rooms feel cramped because they're small and they've got quite low ceilings. There's too much furniture, so it feels: ety elumered al the décor ery oe-fshioned 1 really horible, What Id tke ts a moder ind the words in paragraph | that are listed in the left-hand column below. Underline them in paragraph 1: Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 very small windows big picture windows dark airless cramped — low ceilings cluttered —— old-fashioned ‘Now find the words in paragraph 2 that mean the opposite ofthe words you underlined in para ‘graph 1. Write them in the right-hand column abave (we have done thefirst one for you). YOUR HOME Write one paragraph about your own home afd afiother paragraph about your ideal home, using the prompts below and language from Exercises 2and.3. a) What type of housing do you live in? 'b) What do you like about your home and what do you dislike about it? ) What would yout perfect house be like? ut the following vocabulary into the table below and mark the word stress: the countryside torent stone urban areas to pay a mortgage” mud wood toown the suburbs concrete the city centre brick Aehtored /Kintod ad) Bite ba im xin 2 morgage magn) sé vay de chp operate Kon: nw) BF tongYOUR CULTURE ‘Try to answer the following questions, using vocabulary from Exercises 2,3 and 5. = 4) What type of housing is most common in urban areas in your country? b) What type of housing is most common in rural areas in your country? ‘What percentage of people in your country own their own homes and what percentage rent their homes? 4) Are most rented homes owned by the government or by private landlords? ©) Dopeople of different ages prefer to live in diferent types of housing? Why? Do people of diferent ages prefer to live inthe city centre, in urban areas, in the suburbs inthe countryside? Why? ‘What materials (concrete, wood, brick, et.) is modern housing made of in your country? hh), What materials (wood, brick, mud, et.) are traditional buildings made of in your country i) Do cities in your country have any homeless people (people who live on the street)? Does: anyone help them (e.g the government or charities)? If'so,how? j) Are there any other housing problems in your country? If so, why? Find information about famous buildings in your countey ftom an encyclopedia or from a website: For Asian students, look at this website wwworientalarchitecture. (then cick on your eourtry; then alickon « famous building or site) For other students, goto a search engine suchas wwwagoogle.com 2nd type in keywords; eg “famous architecture’4in Brazil” Find information about housing in your country from a encyclopedia or from a website: Go toa search engine such as www.google.com dnd type in keywords; “Japanesearchitecture"+housing “Indonesian architecture” housing (Be careful to use + and*"as shown above.) - Then choose webpages to read. When you find a useful webpage, print it out BB Do not memorise any texts you find. It will not help you in the IELTS examination, Only use the texts for information, for reading practice and to extend your vocabulary. 16VOCABULARY OF OPPOSITES Check you understand the meanings of the vocabulary in the left-hand column below and mark the word stress, ‘Vocabulary Opposites responsible (adjective) practical (adjective) affectionate® (adjective) faithful (adjective) dependent (adjective) expensive (adjective) legal (adjective) treat well (verb +‘well’) ‘behave well (verb + well) obedient (adjective) easy totrain easy’ + ‘to'+ infinitive) ‘Write the opposites ofthe vocabulary in the right-hand colomn above and mark the word stress. Quickly scan this unit and underline the above vocabulary andits opposites, (There are 9 words in Exercises 3,4,5 and 6 below) POPULAR PETS > Tick the animals in thelist below that people keep as pets in your country: dogs cats goldfish hamsters* canaries ‘Add any other pets that people in your country like to keep. PET CHARACTERISTICS ‘What are the 6 most popular pets in your country? Weite them inthe left-hand column below in order of popularity (1 is most popular and 6 is least popular). Pets Characteristics {afekfonat (ad) ou me ‘Phwrmstots) (rc) chub ing ‘ealneorf ei hang4 B Choose characteristics from the list below and write them next to the correct animal in the! hand column above (you may have more than I characteristic for each type of pet and you use opposites of the characteristics listed below ~ See Exercise 1 forthe opposites). F Characteristics: - faithful affectionate cuddly fun useful amusing interesting quiet unusual easy to care for obedient easy totrain | clean independent good company brave inexpensive to care for © Add more characteristics for each pet if you can. from Exercises 1,2 D_ Write a description ofthe type of pet you like best, using vocabulary Which pets are most suitable forthe following groups of people? Why? toddlers (young children aged between 1 and 2s years old) single working people who live alone = young children aged 6-12 elderly people living alone EXERCISES PROBLEMS “A Lookat the following statements about problems with pets. Tickany that are trué about country and change others so that they are also true aboutyour county: Dogs and cats get lost from their homes and live wild imei streets Dogs often misbehave ~ they may attack people, they may bark alot, or they mays front of cars iil) Dogs defecate® on strets and in parks} spreading, diseases, iv) Owners cannot afford to look aftr thefepets so they abandon them on the street ¥) Cats make alot of noise at night and keep people awake. Irresponsible owners go away on holiday and leave thei pets for days without food water ovr do you think these problems can be reduced or solved? Write a solution for each) above, Lookat the text which follows and —— ji) check which problems in the list in Exercise 5A above are mentioned in the: s ii). check ifthe text has similar ideas to yours about how to reduce or solve the E In many countries, people who own dogs have to buy a licence for that dog and it has collar with the licence number on it. That way fit gets lost ori tf et onthe comer canbe found. Any dogs whose owners cannot be found ater 2 week are dest killed). The dog licence system also means that if owners mistreat their do, In any Wa may have their dog licence taken away from them so that they cannot own a dog agai ted kal ad) de cng cid mi | tele tonto xe) dite be mah bik dt Slate /‘dofokont/ dndIn some cities, itis illegal for dogs tobe in public places unless they are on a lead — in that way the owner can control the dog and prevent it from attacking people. It also means that any dog that isnot on 2 lead can be picked up by dog control officer, 0 dogs cannot live wikl on the streets ofa city: and if dogs are on leads, owmers can see where their dog defecates and they can then remove the mess using plastic bags so that other people are ot alfected Many cities also have laws about how much noise dogs can make — if barking dogs disturb the neighbours, the dog's owner can be fined and sometimes the dog may be trained not to bark cor it may even have its bark removed in an operation Iti, of course. impractical to put cats on leads a they are much more dificult o control than dogs, but owners should bring them in at night and not let them out untl morning, YOUR CULTURE ‘Try and answer the following questions about your country: 4) What animals are people not allowed to have as pets in our country? Why? ») What percentage of households in your country have pets? ©) What laws ae there about keeping pets such as dogs and cats in your country? 4d) What laws are there about keeping dangerous animals as pets (eg, poisonous snakes, poison- ous spiders, tigers, bears, etc)? £2) Do more people today have pets than in your grandparents time? If so, why? £) How much money do people spend on their pets Isit too much? £8) Why do people ike to have pets? Find more information about pets from an encyclopedia or from a websites For information about looking after pets, lookat this Website: ‘wwwispea.be.ca (then click on vAnimal care, then click on the Aiffrent animals) For information about pets in your country, go to a search engine such as www.google.com. and type in keywords, including the name of your city, your capital city o your country; eg. “popular pets’sSeoul “popular pets"Japan (Be careful to use + and*”as shown above.) ‘Then choose webpages to read, When you find a useful webpage, prin it out. GB Do not memorise any texts you find. It will not help you in the IELTS examination, Only use the texts for information, for reading practice and to extend your vocabulary. ‘ead it / (mc) diy ich ehofa cities A Put the following expressions in order of quantity from most to least, Write them in the eo headed ‘Quantity’ Quantity Aw (cars) Quitea number of (cars) No (cars) One or two (cars) Several (cars) Alarge number of (cars) B Tick the correct answer to complete this sentence: Allthe quantity expressions are followed by i) an uncountable noun (e.g. money, bread) ii) asingular countable noun (e.g. vehicle, house) ii) a plural countable noun (e.g. vehicles, houses) EXERCISE2 FACILITIES A. Write the following vocabulary under the correct headings in the chat belowiand mark: stress: Vocabulary officeblock _crtche™ synagogue!) “Secondary school shopping = mosque? market university temple primary sd factory church Kindexgarten 7 owe B) Tick the facilities in the chart above that your hometown or city has. € Write a short paragraph about the facilites in your hometown or city, using the q sions from Exercise 1. D _ Decide which are the 5 most important facilities for a town and why. EXERCISE3 AGE GROUPS 4 ‘A Complete the statements on the next page by inserting the following figures on the lin 1 2 3 6 7 2 2 Bb 9 % 2% 3 4 59 6 6 7 = | Aemesqve / mosh nc) think dng Hi gio Synagogue /sinage/ (nc) ea = eettche ren of ac) hd ard 4. promises /‘premssse (hp)Babies ae infants" under the age of ___ months. ‘Tadalers are aged between __and _'/s years old ‘Teenagers are aged between _and __years old. People in their 20s are aged between __and_. People in their early 30s are aged between 30and__. People in their mid 40s are aged between 44 and 4__. People in their late 50s are aged between 5__and__. ‘Middle aged people are between_ and __ years old. Pensioners/ Retired people have finished working andor are aged __ years old. ‘The elderly are aged over __ years old, ‘The word ‘child’is generally used about a boy or gitl aged between and___ years old. ‘The word adul’is generally used about someone who is over __years of age. Make sentences using the age group vocabulary above. Try to write about yourself, our family or your culture. eg. When Lwasa toddler, broke my arm. eg. My parents are in their early 40s, LEISURE TIME ‘Mark the word stress on the vocabulary in the middle luna bon ik ‘heading from the following list and write it on the line at the top of the middle Heading 1: Fun activities nm 4 Heading 2: Leisureaétivities Heading 3: Leisure facilities < Frequency of use Age groups ‘museums cinemas opera houses a ane galleries concert halls theatres swimming pools sports stadiums parks {In the left-hand column above, under‘Frequency of use’, write the number of times you use the diferent leisure facilities (e,g,once a week, twice a month, 3 times a year, never, occasionally, every day, every Saturday), Try not to use ‘often’ or‘sometimes, In the right-hand column above, under’Age groups’, write the age groups that use the different leisure facilites most (children, teenagers, university students, people in their 20s, people in their late 40s, retired peoplesetc). Infant ifort (ac) 2 sinh = =| cities 21D_ Write 2 paragraphs. Inthe first paragraph, write about the facilites you use most the second paragraph, write about the facilities that an age group (not your own age and why they us those leisure facilities ‘YOUR CULTURE Put a tick in the boxes below to show who is responsible forthe facilities in towns your country. city roads | ‘motorway multi-storey city buses | railways hospitals s apartmeat blocks BME cd moreinformaiondbouryour city's teciie rom touristguidebook, an encya from a website: For information about museums and art galleri look at this website: ase ‘www.travel.yahoo.com (th look atthe map a Destination Guides'and click on your area ofthe word e.g. Africa — themlick on your country, then select at press Go’ then dlickon ‘Attractions, then click on re anal ar galleries’) or Go toa search engine such as www.google.com and type in keywords, including th your city or your capital citys e.g, “museums”+Seoul “libraries” +Delhi (Be careful to use + and*"as shown above.) ‘Then choose webpages to read, When you find a useful webpage, print it out, HB Do not memorise any texts you find. It will not help you in the IELTS examinats Only use the texts for information, for reading practice and to extend your vocabularyleisure VOCABULARY Match the vocabulary in the left-hand column with the meanings inthe right-hand column below: ‘Vocabulary Meanings A physical game the opposite of the most important An individual game 4 game with 2 or more teams playing against each other Accompetitive game a square divided into 4 smaller squares Ateam game job that doesnot involve moving the body A sedentary” job a game where you ty to beat another team or another person ‘A demanding job a game that involves using the body A quadrant® ‘a game for one person ora game in which one person plays against one other person “The least important job thatis difficult to do ‘Mark the word stress on the vocabularyiin the left-hand! column above. ‘Memorise the vocabulary and their meanings and then test yourself Write alist of your 6 most favourite leisure activities (e.g. reading, surfing the internetyjogging, shopping, playing football, watching football, tc.) 4. 5. 6 PHYSICAL AND SEDENTARY ACTIVITIES Organise the following leisure activities from most physical to most sedentary. Write the activ- ities in order in the middle column: Activities ‘Most physical Points playing table tennis ________ Extremely physical -5 points sewing very physical -4 points watching TV —___________ fairly physical ~3 points playing the piano —____ Fairly sedentary ~ 2 points running tery sedentary - 1 point walking _—____________Entremely sedentary - 0 points Most sedentary Look back atthe lst of your activities in Exercise 2, Give yourself points according to how physical or how sedentary your activities are. Are your leisure activities physical or sedentary? 41 sedentary /'sedintri/ (adj) hay ned mt chd 2 quadrant /kwodront (me) get cumg phd