Pre-intermediate A2+ Get Ready for ielts

Part 1 
Exercise 1
Model answers:
1 My last holiday was last winter. I went on a 
family holiday to Australia.
2 Yes, I like travelling. I like visiting new 
countries or new places in my country, but I 
don’t enjoy flying.
3 I like visiting friendly cities. I enjoy meeting 
new people and making new friends. I like old 
cities with traditional restaurants.
4 That’s an interesting question. Yes, I’d like to 
visit Canada. I’d like to go skiing there.
5 No, I don’t think so. Sadly, it’s very expensive 
and the weather is bad. There are lots of 
tourist attractions and historical sites but the 
weather is always bad.
Answer key 
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Part 2 
Exercise 2
Model answers:
I’d like to talk about a special holiday I went on 
about two years ago. It was a learning holiday 
with my school.
Ten people from my class went to London in 
England and we went to take an English course 
at a university. It was about two years ago and it 
was in the summer. The course lasted for three 
weeks. We stayed in university halls and the 
beds were very uncomfortable.
We did lots of things. First of all, we studied very 
hard but we made lots of new friends. At the 
weekends, we went sightseeing and we visited 
tourist attractions. There are lots of beautiful 
places in London. I really enjoyed visiting the 
historical sites and going to the art galleries. We 
learnt new sports in the evenings. For example, 
we played cricket and rugby. Another thing we did 
was go on a day trip to Stratford to see a play by 
Shakespeare. It was a beautiful city but I didn’t 
understand the play. We had an exam on the last 
day and thankfully I passed.
Finally, it’s a special holiday because it was the 
first time I went on holiday without my family.
It was also the first time I visited England and 
practised my English. It was very exciting.
Exercise 3 
Model answer:
Yes, I’m going to do a language programme next 
year. I’m going to America and I’m going to work 
in a school for work experience.