Pre-intermediate A2+ Get Ready for ielts

Part 1 
Exercise 1
l a
5 c
2 d
6 g
3 b 
7 e
4 f
Part 2 
Exercise 4
Model answer:
Yes, last week I went to Dubai and I was there 
because I was visiting my best friend. So what
I really like about Dubai was the fact that I was 
there visiting my friend and I found it very, a very 
great place. It’s not so far from my country, first 
of all, and it is in the UAE. It is near Abu Dhabi 
and I flew to the airport there. My friend, he
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Get Ready for IELTS: Speaking

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Unit 5
Unit 5 
TV and radio
Part 1: 
Language developm ent
Vocabulary: Types of programme
Exercise 1
1 B
2 extra description
3 C
4 A
5 extra description
6 D
Vocabulary: Describing programmes
Exercise 3 
a Speaker 1
b Speaker 3
c Speaker 2
Exercise 4 
a 1
b 3
c 1
d 3
e 2 
f 3 
g 3 
h 2
It’s very exciting.
I think it’s good entertainment.
The thing I like best is the hotel manager.
Grammar: Adverbs of frequency
Exercise 6
1 e 
4 d
2 f
3 c
Exercise 7
1 rarely
2 often
3 always
5 a
6 b
Exercise 9
1 favourite, every, contestants, by
2 about, interesting, operas, actors
3
series, always, stars, exciting
4
talk, funny, contestants, sometimes
Part 
2: 
Skills development
Part 
2 
Exercise 
1
tvoe o f p rogram m e: 3
favourite parts: 1 
w h o : 5
explain what: 2 
extra note: 
4
Exercise 
2
1 False. ‘Favourite parts’ is missing.
2 False. The order in the answer is:
explain what: 
I learned about the writer’s life. I
learned she was from a poor family. I learned
she had no qualifications from school. Then she
lived in different countries. I learned that she
now lives in her hometown and she writes there.
who: 
I watched it with my classmates. We
watched it at college in a seminar. Then we
talked about her life.
tv o e o f p rogra m m e: 
It was a documentary and
it was about a famous writer. I enjoy reading her
books. She writes about college students and
their lives.
3
False. The answer is out of order and 
incomplete.
Exercise 3
1 True
2 True
3
True
Exercise 
4
Giving examples: A good example of this is; For 
example,
Organizing your answers: Firstly, Finally,