Pre-intermediate A2+ Get Ready for ielts

Part 3 
Exercise 4
Model answers:
1 Yes, definitely. Children love meeting people 
and finding about new things. Unfortunately, 
some schools don’t have good teachers and 
then the children don’t enjoy school. But I 
think they always like learning and they can 
learn from their family or the internet. I enjoyed 
going to school when I was young.
Answer key 
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2 Yes, absolutely. I live with my family. I enjoy 
living at home because I can relax and just 
study. For example, my parents cook meals, 
wash my clothes and clean my room. I can 
spend more time studying and I think this is 
good.
3 My parents went to a school in my hometown. 
The school is a very popular one and they 
enjoyed it. I went to school in anther country 
and I didn’t like living away from home. My 
father went to university but I don’t think there 
were lots of universities in my country at the 
time. Fortunately, there are lots of universities 
and colleges there today. I’m visiting different 
universities at the moment because I’m 
choosing which course to study next year.
4 Yes, definitely. You can learn about a new 
country and meet new people and I think we 
learn about life. It’s very exciting. It’s difficult 
to study in another language and it’s hard 
work. But many students have extra tuition to 
help them and they learn the language of the 
country very quickly. Then the subject is easy 
and life is easy, I agree there are benefits but 
it’s hard work.
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Unit 8
Unit 8 
Work
Part 1: 
Language developm ent
Vocabulary: Jobs
Exercise 1 
A nurse
B journalist
C police officer
D teacher
Exercise 2
1 police officer
2 journalist
3 nurse
4 volunteer
5 businessman
6 teacher
Vocabulary: Your job
Exercise 6
1 b
2 a
Exercise 7
a part-time, applied, earning
b company, work experience, use my languages, 
flexible hours
c help people, travel the world, earning a good 
salary
Grammar: 
Have to
Exercise 9
1 have to
2 had to
3 didn’t have to
4 don’t have to
5 have to
6 have to
7 don’t have to
8 have to
Exercise 
12
1 as
2 to
3 for
4 well-known
5 use
6 well-paid