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UNIT 2 -

LISTENING
and
WRITING
Objectives:
LISTENING:
⮚ Spelling name correctly
⮚ Answer the short-answer questions

WRITING: Write writing task 1 - Trending

⮚ learn about structure for writing task 1

⮚ Learn vocabulary about trending

⮚ Learn how to write “ Overview ”


LEAD IN !!!
Here are some pictures of places in a town. Match pictures A-G with the
words in the box

railway station museum bank


harbor sports center restaurant
bus stop
LEAD IN !!!
Exercise 1: Here are some pictures of places in a town. Match pictures A-G with
the words in the box

railway station museum bank

harbor sports center restaurant

bus stop

Put the words in exercise 1 into the correct group. There is an example to help you.

❖ Travel and transport: harbor…………………................................................................


❖ Sports and leisure:…………………………………………………………………………....
❖ Arts and culture:……………………………………………………………………………….
❖ Money:……………………………………………………………………………………………
LEAD IN !!!
Exercise 1: Here are some pictures of places in a town. Match pictures A-G with
the words in the box

railway station museum bank

harbor sports center restaurant

bus stop

Listen to two short conversations. Where are the speakers?

❖ Conversation 1:
❖ Conversation 2:
LISTENING

Spelling name correctly


In Section l of the Listening test you may have to
write the name of a person, a place or a website.
Usually the names will be spelled for you. You need
to know the letters of the English alphabet so
that you can write the words correctly. If you don't,
your answer will be wrong. You will hear the spelling
once only.
Exercise 2 – Spelling names
Listen to the rest of conversations 1 and 2 and answer the questions.

Conversation 1
1 What is the address of the sports website?
A www.getactive.com B www.getaktive.com
Conversation 2
2 What is the man's name? James
3 What is his address?
Listen again and complete the extracts from the two conversations.
The first letter of each word is given to help you.

1 'Get active' - Is that a__ o__ w__ ?


2 Is that[ ... ] w__ an 'e' or without?
3 It's got an 'e' at the e__ .
4 Is that[...] with a d__ 'd', did you say?
LISTENING

Short-answer questions
You often use short answers in
Note completion tasks. In this type
of task you answer questions
using up to three words, or two
words and/or a number
Exercise 3 – Short-answer questions
Read the questions and underline the key words.
The first one has been done for you. Complete the table. Use the key words
in the questions in exercise 6 to help
you.
1 What did the speakers order in the restaurant? The first one has been done for you.
2 How much did each person pay for their meal?
3 What time is the bus due?
4 Where is the bus stop?
5 How long did the course last?
6 Which TWO things did the speaker do on the
course?
7 What is the date of the next course?
8 Who will lead the course?
Exercise 3 – Short-answer questions
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN ONE
WORD AND/ORA NUMBER for each answer

1. What did both speakers order? _______


2. How much did each person pay for the meal? £ _______

Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answers. Why are the other answers
incorrect?

Answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
for each answer.
1 What time is the bus due? ………………………………pm

2 Where is the bus stop?


Exercise 3 – Short-answer questions

Listen to Alicia telling a friend about a sailing course and answer the questions.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

1 How long did the sailing course last?

2 What was the first thing that Alicia learnt?

3 What is the date of the next course?

4 Who will lead the next course?


Exercise 3 – Short-answer questions
Listen and answer questions 1-8
Questions 1-5
Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ORA NUMBER for each answer.
1 What kind of tour did the woman do?
2 How did she find out about the tour?
3 How many people were on the tour?
4 What is the address of the hire shop?
5 How much did each student in the group pay? $ _______
Questions 6-7: Which TWO items were included in the cost of the hire?
6 ______
7 ______ _
Question 8
What is the website address of the hire shop?
WRITING

Understanding writing task 1


This unit will help you to:

⮚ Learn vocabulary about trending

⮚ Learn structures for trending

⮚ Learn how to write overview for trending


Trending
REVIEW _ Trending

What is Ielts trending ?

Structure of Ielts writing task 1?

How to write introduction for trending?


PARAPHRASE THE QUESTION + CHART
/GRAPH
Review
SHOW
INTRODUCTION
shows information The chart SHOWS the PROPORTION of
renewable energy in total energy supply in 4
illustrates data countries FROM 1997 TO 2010
demonstrates information

highlights data

Give information

Provide data

Present

Percent From … to…

Percentage Between … and

Over the period of


Proportion
Over the span of
Review_Introduction – structure
SHOW
shows information
The line
graph(s) illustrates data

demonstrates information
bar chart(s) About
highlights data

pie chart(s) Give information

Provide data

Present
TRENDING
Vocabulary to show the changes:
Trends Verb form Noun Form
Increase rise / increase / go up / rocket(ed) / a rise / an increase / an upward
climb / upsurge / soar/ shot up/ trend / a growth / a leap / a jump /
improve/ jump/ leap/ move upward/ an improvement/ a climb.
skyrocket/ soar/ surge.
Decrease fall / decrease / decline / plummet / a fall / a decrease / a reduction / a
plunge / drop / reduce / collapse / downward trends /a  downward
deterioriate/ dip / dive / go down / take tendency /  a decline/ a drop / a
a nosedive / slum / slide / go into free- slide / a collapse / a downfall.
fall.
Steadiness unchanged / level out / remain constant a steadiness/ a plateau / a stability/
/ remain steady / plateau / remain the a static
same / remain stable / remain static
Gradual   an upward trend / an upward
increase ------------ tendency / a ceiling trend
Vocabulary to show the changes:
Trends Verb form Noun Form
Gradual   a downward trend / a downward
decrease  ------------ tendency / a descending trend

Standability/ level(ed) off / remain(ed) constant /  


Flat remain(ed) unchanged / remain(ed)  No change, a flat, a plateau.
stable / prevail(ed) consistency /
plateaued / reach(ed) a plateau /
stay(ed) uniform /immutable / level(ed)
out/ stabilize/ remain(ed) the same.

Rapid ups wave / fluctuate / oscillate / vacillate / wave/ fluctuations / oscillations /


and downs palpitate vacillations /  palpitations
Vocabulary to represent changes in graphs:
Type of Change Adverb form Adjective form

Rapid change dramatically / rapidly / sharply / dramatic / rapid / sharp / quick /


quickly / hurriedly / speedily / hurried / speedy / swift / significant /
swiftly / significantly/ considerably considerable / substantial /
/ substantially / noticeably noticeable

Moderate change moderately / gradually / moderate / gradual / progressive / 


progressively / sequentially.   sequential.

Steady change  steadily/ ceaselessly. steady/ ceaseless.

Slight change slightly / slowly / mildly / slight / slow / mild / tedious.


tediously.
TRENDING -Types of Changes/ Differences and
Vocabulary to present them
Great change / Huge difference:
Medium change / Moderate difference:
Adjectives Adverbs
Adjectives Adverbs
Overwhelming Overwhelmingly
Somewhat Somewhat
Substantial Substantially
Moderate Moderately
Enormous Enormously

Big change / Big difference: Minor change / Small difference:

Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs

Significant Significantly Fractional Fractionally


Considerable Considerably Marginal Marginally
Slight Slightly
VOCABULARY_ TRENDING
See Saw

Experience Experienced

Witness Witnessed

Undergo Underwent

Predict Predicted

Expect Expected

Forecast Forecasted
Overview – structure
❖ What stands out from the chart is that S+V+O
❖ Another interesting point is that
❖ It is clear from the graph that
❖ As can be seen,…
❖ As is highlighted in the graph,
❖ It can be clearly seen that…
❖ It is noticeable that..
❖ In general,
❖ The most striking feature from the graph is that

As/while + data of the category 1 + experience(d)/ witness(ed) … + a/an + ADJ + N ( downward


trend), data of the category 2 + V ( upward trend ) + ADV + at the same time

Ex. While Margarine and Butter experienced a remarkable decrease, Low fat and reduced
spreads increased significantly at the same time
Overview
Sample

What stands out from the graph is that


in the first 15 years low fat & reduced
spreads were not consumed by
people. Another interesting point is
that while Margarine and Butter
experienced a remarkable decrease,
Low fat and reduced spreads saw an
upward trend.
HOMEWORK
❑ Writing: _____________________________________

Deadline:
__/__/____

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