Ielts topics

Name: ________________________________ Date of Analysis: _________________

Please complete the tasks as neatly, as carefully and as fully as you can.

Please note: your answers must be hand-written and written in the space provided.
SECTION ONE: Language Awareness
Task 1: Focus on Parts of Speech
Read the following sentences and categorise the words into their correct parts of speech:

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs	Articles	Conjunctions	Pronouns
dog

A small dog ran quickly down the road. It rounded the corner and vanished from my sight.


Task 2: Focus on Tenses

1. 
   In each of the following sentences underline the verb or verbs and identify the tense(s)
   

Example:

I’m reading a very good book at the moment.

I’m reading a very good book at the moment. - Present Continuous

1. 
   I’ve been in Dhaka since last week. ____________________________________________
   
2. 
   As soon as he got home, he rang his parents. _____________________________________
   
3. 
   By the end of 2006, I’ll have completed my research. _______________________________
   
4. 
   John’s been working very long hours at work. _____________________________________
   
5. 
   I think I’ll go to India next month. ________________________________________________
   

Task 3: Meaning

1. 
   Grammar
   

Fill in the gaps below in a way that is grammatically correct.

1. 
   I’ll do my very best to ………........... there on time.
   

• 
  have got
  
• 
  get
  
• 
  be getting
  
• 
  getting
  

2. 
   I’d rather you ………………. ask her round.
   

• 
  could
  
• 
  should
  
• 
  might have to
  
• 
  didn’t
  

3. 
   I’m sure I would have regretted it if I ………………… to take the job.
   

• 
  would agree
  
• 
  did agree
  
• 
  had agreed
  
• 
  would have agreed
  

2. 
   Vocabulary
   

Give an example sentence for each item with its meaning. The context should make the meaning of the items clear.

1. 
   commence
   

Meaning: __________________________________________________________________________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________

2. 
   contrary
   

Meaning: __________________________________________________________________________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________

3. 
   inevitably
   

Meaning: __________________________________________________________________________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________

4. 
   latter
   

Meaning: __________________________________________________________________________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________

5. 
   advise
   

Meaning: __________________________________________________________________________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________________________


Task 4: Spot the Error, Correct and Explain
Read the following sentences

1. 
   Spot the errors – they can be errors of grammar or vocabulary.
   
2. 
   Correct the sentence.
   

1. 
   How much people does he know?
   

_____________________________________________________________________

2. 
   Local residents harshly objecting to the plans to build a supermarket. They say that its not necessary.
   

______________________________________________________________________

3. 
   Great! There washing machine seems to working. Did they had it fixed.
   

______________________________________________________________________

4. 
   I have a good news for you. You don’t need to loose your hope. You may use mine laptop for the time being.
   

______________________________________________________________________

5. 
   Brandon and me met at Starbucks. Brandon immigrated from the United States. He likes USA more then his hometown.
   

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SECTION TWO: WRITING
Task 1:

Write a short story that gives a moral lesson.

Task 2:
How has your life been since the day you completed your intermediate study till today? What have you in store for the future? State some of your plans for the future.

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