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Get ready for IELTS: Speaking

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Answer key
Unit 1 
Family
Part 1: Language development
Vocabulary: Family
Exercise 1
1 sister
2 brothers
3 parents
4 mother, wife
5 daughter, sons
6 grandparents, husband
Exercise 2
1 sister
2 brother
3 mother
4 father
Pronunciation: / 6 /
Exercise 5 
brother 
mother 
grandmother
Vocabulary: Describing people 
Exercise 6
bossy, calm, clever, confident, creative, friendly, 
funny, happy, kind 
Students’ own answers.
Exercise 7
1 clever
2 bossy
3 confident
4 calm
5 friendly, funny
Exercise 8
Speaker 1: kind, creative 
Speaker 2: clever 
Speaker 3: bossy, funny
Exercise 9
Speaker 1: looks 
Speaker 2: brothers 
Speaker 3: favourite
Grammar: Possessive adjectives
Exercise 11
1 Our
2 Their
3 His
4 Her
5 her
6 my
7 Its
8 your
Exercise 12
I 
you 
he 
she 
it 
we 
they
my 
your 
his 
her 
its 
our 
their
Part 2: Skills development
Exercise 1
I d
4 e
2 b 
5 c
3 a
Exercise 2
1 name
2 full name
3 identification
4 family
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5 do
6 How
7 country
8 friends
9 live
Exercise 3
What does your father do?
Exercise 4
1 Most is relevant, but some is not relevant: 
He’s
very kind to people.
2 OK.
3 at normal speed
4 relevant: 
doctor, helps, people, hospital;
not 
relevant: 
kind to people
5 clear
6 no errors
Part 3: 
Exam practice
Exercise 1
Model answer:
1 I’m from Dubai. It’s in the United Arab 
Emirates.
2 No, it’s a small family. I’m an only child. There 
are my parents and my grandmother.
3 My mother is a manager in an office.
4 Yes, we live in a big flat in the centre of the city.
Exercise 2 
What do you do?
How would you describe your family?
Who is important to you in your family?
Model answer:
1 I’m a teacher. I work in a language school.
2 My family is large. I have two brothers and 
three sisters. My parents have got lots of 
brothers and sisters too.
3 My father is important to me. He works every 
day but he always helps me with my studies.
We like going for walks together.
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Unit 2
Part 1: 
Language development
Vocabulary: Free time activities
Exercise 1 
A chatting online
B reading magazines
C jogging
D going shopping
Exercise 2
doing: exercise, nothing 
going: to the gym, for walks 
playing: football, tennis 
watching: a DVD, TV
Vocabulary: Expressing preferences 
Exercise 5
Speaker 1: using the Internet, playing computer 
games
Speaker 2: doing nothing, reading magazines 
Speaker 3: going shopping, going for walks
Exercise 6
1 I love
2 I really like
3 I prefer
4 I don’t like
5 It depends
6 My favourite thing
Grammar: Present simple 
Exercise 8
l a
3 b
5 a
2 b 
4 a
Part 2: 
Skills development
Exercise 2
1 magazine
2 sport
3 interviews, news
4 the weekend
Unit 2 
Free tim e
5 home
6 It’s very interesting.
Exercise 3
1 newspaper or magazine
2 which parts
3 when
4 what kind
5 explain why
6 where
Part 3: 
Exam practice
Exercise 1
Key words: activity, like, where, when, who with, why
Exercise 2
Model answer:
Activity: watching DVDs 
Where: home or at brother’s flat 
When: every weekend 
Who with: my family
Why: relaxing, spend time with my family, eating
Exercise 3 
Model answer:
The activity I like doing is watching DVDs. I love 
watching films. I watch DVDs every weekend and 
sometimes in the week. I prefer watching films 
at home to going to the cinema. I watch films at 
my brother’s flat too. I like watching films with my 
family. We cook a meal and then we enjoy eating 
and watching a funny film. It’s fun and I like 
spending time with my family.
Answer key 
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Unit 3 
Special occasions
Part 1: 
Language development
Vocabulary: Special occasions
Exercise 1 
A family, balloons
B fireworks
C carnival, costumes, parade
Exercise 2
1 give
2 make
3 family
4 presents
5 parade
6 wear
7 watch
8 fireworks
Vocabulary: Connecting ideas 
Exercise 3
I d
4 e
2 f 
5 b
3 c 
6 a
Exercise 4
1 but
2 then
3 too
4 After
5 because
6 When
Grammar: Past simple
Exercise 5
1 ate
2 gave
3 made
4 met
5 wore
6 saw
Exercise 6
1 went
2 graduated
3 was
4 danced
5 didn’t stay
6 were
Pronunciation: Past simple verbs and 
-ed
Exercise 8
/ t /
liked
walked
/ d /
loved
studied
/ i d /
started
wanted
Exercise 9
1 met, watched, travelled, but
2 wore, played, when, saw