Pre-intermediate A2+ Get Ready for ielts

Part 1: 
Language developm ent
Vocabulary: Academic subjects
Exercise 1
A computer science
B engineering 
C mathematics 
D medicine
Exercise 2
1 medicine, lectures, doctor
2 course, interesting, director
3 law, difficult, lawyer
Pronunciation: Word stress
Exercise 3
business 2 
literature 3 
mathematics 4 
university 5
Exercise 4
Unit 7 
Studying
Exercise 8
1 results
2 university
3 year
4 presentations
5 essay
Grammar: Present continuous
Exercise 9 
a Lara
b Marcel
c Dee
Exercise 10
now
Exercise 11
1 I’m revising f or an exam. It’s my final year and 
I’m working very hard. I’m having extra tuition 
and my grades are improving.
2 I’m visiting my brother at college. He’s living in 
halls this year and he’s having a great time, rrn
i [ O o ]
2 
[OOO]
3 [OOOO]
4 [o o O o o ]
and we’re Dreoaring a oresentation at the
business
literature
mathematics
university
moment.
3 I'm 
thinking about doing another course
i [ O o ]
2 
[OOO]
3 [OOOO]
4 [ o o O o o ]
next vear. I’m aoDlving for a scholarshio at a 
universitv in mv hometown and I’m filling out
business
literature
mathematics
university
the application form now.
college
chemistry
engineering
deadline
graduate
graduation
Part 
2: 
S kills developm ent
lecture
history
presentation
Part 
2
project
medicine
timetable
Exercise 1
question 
2
Vocabulary: Collocations
Exercise 
2
Exercise 7
1 T
1 B
6 H
2 
T The answer includes friends and family and
2 E
7 J
answers the question correctly.
3 
D
8 G
3 
T The speaker repeats 
nice
three times.
4 C
9 F
5 A
10 1
112 
Get Ready for IELTS: Speaking

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Unit 7
Exercise 3
Yes, yes they are. My father and my brother 
studied law at university and they think it is a 
very important subject. My mother thinks it is 
interesting and always asks me question about 
law. I have lots of friends on the course and we 
want to get a good job when we graduate.
Exercise 4
1 T
2 T The answer includes friends and family and
answers the question correctly.
3 F
Answer 3 is different. The speaker now uses a
range of vocabulary.
Part 3 
Exercise 7
a 2 
c l
b 3
Exercise 8
1 c 
3 b
2 a
P art 3: 
Exam practice
Part 1 
Exercise 1
Model answers:
1 I’m studying Literature. I’m in my second year 
at university now.
2 I chose Literature because I love reading 
books and because I’d like to be a teacher.
3 Yes, the course is really interesting. I have 
great teachers and I like learning about new 
types of literature al the time.
4 That’s interesting. There are lots of things I 
like. I think the best thing is going to lectures 
and learning about new topics.
5 I’m not sure. In my country, there are lots 
of good schools and colleges and I’d like to 
teach there. Or maybe I can apply for another 
course.
Part 2 
Exercise 2
Model answers:
I’m going to talk about the subject I’m studying 
at university. I’m studying Literature.
The subject is about different types of literature 
from different times and from different 
countries.
For example, we learn about literature from 
Shakespeare’s time to today’s writers and 
modern literature. We go to the theatre to 
watch plays or we have seminars to talk about 
writers and novels. We’re learning about 
American literature this semester which is really 
interesting.
I really enjoy the subject. I love reading books 
and now I can read new writers and experience 
different literature. I enjoy giving presentations 
and we do this every week on my course. Then 
we discuss our opinions. It’s good fun.
Finally, I’m interested in the subject because I 
like learning about different times and different 
places and I can learn this from literature. We 
can learn about the world and about people.
I think language is very beautiful and I enjoy 
reading different styles of writing.
Exercise 3 
Model answers:
Yes, absolutely. I’d like to be a teacher. I’d like 
to work with school children and teach them 
about literature and about plays. I’d like a good 
job after my course. Or maybe I could write a 
book.