Collins English for Exams Speaking for ielts

Vocabulary: Childhood
Exercise 3
1 
g; 
2 
i; 
3 
f; 
A
b; 
5 e; 
6 C; 
7 
d; 8 a; 
9 
h;
Exercise A
1 d; 2 f; 
3 g ; 
A
b; 5 C; 6 h; 7 
a; 8 e
Pronunciation: Past tense 
- e d
 endings
Exercise 8
1 
enjoyed 
/ d /
worked 
/ t /
acted 
/ i d /
Exercise 9
/ d / :
loved; played; aged; cycled; 
seemed; 
agreed; answered; breathed
/ t/ la u g h e d ; thanked; wished; 
helped; asked; matched
Answer key

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/id /a c c e p te d ; decided; hated; 
needed; wanted; pretended
Grammar: Past tenses, 
u s e d to
 and 
w o u ld
Exercise 13
1 a 
used to
to describe a past habit: 
used to take me
to school
b 
used to
to describe a past state: 
I used to live quite
far from my school
3 a 
would
to describe a past habit: 
he would push my
bike home
b The strong form of 
would
is / w u d / . The weak 
form is / w a d / . You can also use the contraction 
'd,
e.g. / 'd / a i d / .
Exercise 14
1 a the past sim ple used to describe a past state:
when I was little
b the past sim ple to describe a past habit: 
my
granddad let me cycle
c the past sim ple to describe a single completed 
action: 
I looked back
2 a I w o u ld ... 
gotng go 
w ith him to the local park
(should be 
would +
infinitive] 
b I 
would own owned/used to own 
a horse (can t 
use 
would
to describe long-lasting situations or 
past states]
c I 
used to see saw 
Sam at the cinema [m ust use 
past simple for single completed actions in the past]
Exercise 15
1 the past continuous used to give background: 
I was
cycling along
main action: 
Suddenly I looked back and my granddad
was 
nowhere to be seen.
3 a 1 were jum ping; 2 were enjoying; 3 walked;
4 told
b 1 was; 2 were w alking; 3 ran; 4 was barking;
5 w ere; 6 tried ; 
7 bit
Exercise 16
1 past perfect and past sim ple: 
I cycled back the way I
had come, [I] found him lying on the ground. He had
tripped on some loose paving.
3 1 was playing; 2 was being (Note: 
You are careless =
You are a careless person; 
You are being careless -
You are careless now, but usually you are not.)
3 heard; 4 went; 5 saw; 6 had broken; 7 arrived; 
8 sa id ; 9 looked; 10gasped; 11 realised; 12had 
happened; 13 blamed; 14 had asked; 15 was
9 
Home
Vocabulary: Describing places
Exercise 1
City: 1; 3; 4; 6 
Country: 2; 5
Exercise 2
1 1 c ; 2 a ; 
3 d ; 
4 b; 5 e; 6 g; 7 h ; 8 f; 91;
10 i; 11 n; 12 m; 13 k; 14 j
Vocabulary: Comparing now and then
Exercise 4
1 1 Back in the 1960s; 2 since the 60s; 3 in recent 
years
2 1 as tim e goes on; 2 It used to be; 3 but now
3 1 A century ago; 2 Nowadays; 3 are being 
converted
2 a past sim ple (other past tenses can also be used 
to describe the past); 
b present sim ple, present 
perfect (changes that have taken place over tim e], 
present continuous (a change s till in progress)