Pre-intermediate A2+ Get Ready for ielts

Answer key 
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Part 1: 
Language development
Vocabulary: Health 
Exercise 1
A sleep for eight hours 
B do sports 
C eat well
D play board games 
Exercise 2
Suggested answers:
good for your mind good for your body 
good for both
Unit 10 
Health
play board games 
eat well
do sports
do tae kwon do 
sleep for eight 
have a healthy diet 
hours every
play table tennis 
night
do yoga 
draw pictures 
play a musical 
instrument 
play brain training 
games
Exercise 3
1 doing yoga
2 brain training games
3 on my own
4 important to
5 makes me feel
6 good for
Vocabulary: Giving explanations 
Exercise 5
Charles: chess, father
Rosa: cooking, family and friends
Exercise 6
1 hard
2 keep your mind active
3 happy
Exercise 7
It’s: challenging / great / interesting / relaxing 
It’s important to: work in a team / relax after 
college / keep fit 
It makes me feel: great / relaxed / healthy
Pronunciation: Contractions
Exercise 9 
l(j§ )g o o d for you.
2 lt(jsr?j)good for you.
3 (@ )really bad for you.
4 @ )im porta nt to stay healthy.
5 You (^houidiVft eat junk food.
Grammar: 
Should / shouldn’t
Exercise 12
1 shouldn’t 
4 shouldn’t
2 should
3 should
5 should
6 shouldn’t
Part 2: 
Skills development
Part 1
Exercise 1
1 a
2 a
Part 3
Exercise 4
1 b
Exercise 5 
a question 2
b question 3
3 a
4 b
2 a
3 c
c question 1
Exercise 6
1 Is the answer relevant?
Answer a yes 
Answer b yes
Answer c no - the student talks about different 
sports and sports he/he’d like to do.
2 What is the opinion, comparison or suggestion? 
Answer a suggestion: encourage young people
to play outdoors and learn about food
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Unit 10
Answer b opinion: important to slow and relax 
Answer c comparison: not made
Exercise 9
1 opinion 
3 comparison
2 suggestion
Part 3: 
Exam practice
Part 1 
Exercise 1
Model answers:
1 I like doing sports. My favourite sport is tennis.
I 
enjoy playing tennis outdoors when it’s hot.
2 It depends. Sometimes I watch important 
football games on TV. I prefer listening to 
sports on the radio or on my mobile.
3 Yes, I like playing golf. I always play at the 
weekend with my friends. I often go to the gym 
too. It’s important to keep fit.
4 In my country, the most popular sport is 
football. Everybody loves it. Young boys 
play football every day and they’d like to be 
professional football players.
5 I spend four or five hours a week on my hobbies. 
I’d like to spend more time on my hobbies and 
interests, but my university course is very hard.
Part 2 
Exercise 2
Model answers:
I’d like to describe an activity I like doing to keep 
healthy. The activity is yoga.
I really enjoy doing yoga. I do yoga every week and
I do it in two different places. Firstly, I do yoga in 
my bedroom. Sometimes I do it after a hard day 
at university but I usually do it in the morning. 
Secondly, I do yoga at a yoga centre near university.
In my opinion, it keeps me healthy in different 
ways. It is good for my body because I have to be 
strong and fit. It’s really challenging! It is good for 
my mind too, because I have to focus my mind 
on one thing. It’s good to forget about studying 
and exams when you are tired.
Finally, I like doing it because it’s important to 
keep fit and it makes me feel very relaxed and 
calm. I don’t like going to gyms or noisy places, so 
doing yoga at home or in a quiet class is great.
Exercise 3
Model answers:
1 No. My sister likes doing tae kwon do. She 
tried yoga but she didn’t like it. My brother 
prefers playing football or cricket. He likes 
team sports.
2 Yes, I’d like to do yoga every day. I’m going to 
do more yoga after my exams finish. In fact,
I’m going on a yoga holiday in the summer.