GREAT PLACES TO BE

COMPLETE IELTS
STARTING OFF
Amsterdam, Dubai, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Sydney
Reasons you like to visit a city

• Excellent shopping
• Friendly people
• Great food
• Unusual buildings
• Lively festivals
• Spectacular scenery
• Lots to do
 READING

Decide whether these are Good or Bad aspects of a city. Think one 2 more bad (good)
thing.
READING

Which 4 cities are mentioned?

Which is the friendliest?
 money
READING relaxed
crime

time

strangers
SPEAKING

1)What is the friendliest place you

have ever visited? Why do you
think so?
2)How friendly are people in the
town where you live? Give
examples.
LISTENING

Listen to the 8 speakers and decide if each name or number is

written correctly ( ) or incorrectly ( )
Discussion

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of staying in a home-

stay when you are in holiday?
• What sort of holiday accommodation do you prefer?
LISTENING Leo Blucher
Blumengasse

Write no more than TWO WORDS 4312 11057

AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer. 1st
9 days
200

kitchen
The sea
Quiet
Parking space
READING: COSTA RICA
THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
1. Marino Rojas 2. Saamah Abdallah

2008
143
environment
resources
health
citizens
 tall
main pretty

VOCABULARY

Large industrial

Quiet
suburban

tiny
SPEAKING

• Can you tell me what you do?

• Where do you come from?
• Can you describe your city to me?
SPEAKING
USEFUL PHRASES

A. What do you like about the area where you live?

B. What things in your town/city do you dislike?
LISTEN AND COMPLETE THIS TABLE
SPEAKING
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
WRITING
TASK 1

• For Writing Task 1, you have to write a summary of information

from GRAPHS, TABLES, CHARTS or DIAGRAMS. You should spend
about 20 MINUTES on this task.
WRITING
WRITING: PERCENT vs. PERCENTAGE
WRITING

Look at the bar chart and

complete the summary by
YOUR OWN WORDS.
WRITING
WRITING

• Write the summary of the above chart.