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Unit 1 - Speaking

This document provides exercises to help students prepare for the IELTS Speaking exam. It includes examples of task cards and notes students may receive. Students are asked to match points on task cards to sample notes, order sentences using notes to complete responses, and identify true/false statements about the exam format. The goal is for students to practice organizing their thoughts and providing full responses about a person they like using time limits and structural requirements similar to the actual test.

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Unit 1 - Speaking

This document provides exercises to help students prepare for the IELTS Speaking exam. It includes examples of task cards and notes students may receive. Students are asked to match points on task cards to sample notes, order sentences using notes to complete responses, and identify true/false statements about the exam format. The goal is for students to practice organizing their thoughts and providing full responses about a person they like using time limits and structural requirements similar to the actual test.

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Unit 1: Exercise 1

Look at the pictures. Then complete the descriptions of the people in the
pictures. Use the sentences in the box.

He doesn’t worry much about the future.

He looks after his younger brother each afternoon.

He only watches TV and he never does his homework.

Last year he won the science prize at school.

She likes to do exciting sports like water-skiing and rock-climbing.

1.
1. Abdullah is quite clever.

2.
2. Liang is very kind.
3.
3. Masako is really brave.

4.
4. Simon is so lazy.

5.
5. Mikhael is always relaxed.

Unit 1: Exercise 2
In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you will be given a task card on a particular topic.

Watch the video. Then choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1. The examiner says that he will give the candidate a topic/booklet .
2. The examiner says that the candidate should talk for one minute
/one to two minutes
3. The candidate has one minute/one to two minutes to make some
notes.
4. The examiner gives the candidate some paper/a booklet for making play.MP4
notes.
5. The candidate should /shouldn’t write anything in the booklet.

Unit 1: Exercise 3
In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you have one minute to make some notes.

Read the task card. Then match the points on the task card with the student’s
notes. Use the notes in the box.

Describe a person who you really like.

You should say:


who the person is
when and where you first met that person
what type of personality he / she has
and explain why you really like that person.

after he saw me on TV he’s like a member of my family lovely

message on Facebook, then met up my boyfriend, Danny

1. Who the person is:


2. When I met him:
3. Where I met him:
4. What type of personality he has:
5. Why I like him:

Unit 1: Exercise 4
In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you should use your notes to help you make full
sentences when you speak.
Read the task card and the notes the student made. Watch the video. Then
complete the student’s answers using three words in each gap.

 Who the person is: my boyfriend, Danny


 When I met him: after he saw me on TV
 Where I met him: on Facebook, then met up
 What type of personality he has: lovely
 Why I like him: he’s like a member of my family

1. ... The person who I’ll describe is my boyfriend. ____________ Danny.

2. ... a television station ... asked me if I wanted to do an interview, and


____________ me on the television.

3. He wrote _____________ on Facebook, ... and then we met.


play.MP4
4. He ________________ lovely person.

5. ... we’ve been together for three years, and he’s ______________ family ...

Unit 1: Exercise 5
Watch the video of the student giving examples. Then complete the text with
the words she uses.

In IELTS Speaking Part 2, try to explain your answers by giving examples.

He’s a very lovely person. He’s not _______________ my boyfriend, he’s


my _____________ friend. And when, for ______________ , when I’m very
_____________ , he’s there for me. He ______________ about me. play.MP4
Unit 1: Exercise 6
Read the task card. Match the student’s notes with the points on the task card.
Then watch the video and check your answers.

Describe a person who you really like.

You should say:


who the person is
when and where you first met that person
what type of personality he / she has play.MP4
and explain why you really like that person.

Supportive My friend, Ahmed. He is like my brother.

We were aged 5 and 6. At school

1. Who the person is:


2. When I met him:
3. Where I met him:
4. What type of personality he has:
5. Why I like him:

Unit 1: Exercise 7
Read the task card and the student’s notes. Put the words in the correct order to complete the
sentences. Then watch the video and check your answers.

Describe a person who you really like.

You should say:


who the person is: my friend, Ahmed
when and where you first met that person: aged 5 & 6, at school play.MP4

what type of personality he / she has: supportive


and explain why you really like that person: he is like my brother
My friend is really I that The like person

1. __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________


__________ __________ __________

Met school were we years old We at when five and six

2. __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________


__________ __________ __________

Up We together grew

3. __________ __________ __________ __________

A speak I I problem, to have When him

4. __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________


__________ __________ __________

Part family a is my of He like

5. __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________


__________ __________

Unit 1: Exercise 8
Read the task card. Then put the words and phrases in the correct columns.

Describe a person who you really like.

You should say:


who the person is
when and where you first met that person
what type of personality he / she has
and explain why you really like that person.

he / she is lovely on holiday he / she is kind three years ago

my boyfriend my best friend at school I was 15 years old


Who When we met

Where we met Why I like this person

Unit 1: Exercise 9
Decide whether the statements are True or False.

1. In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you have 2 minutes to prepare your talk.

o True
o False

2. While you are preparing IELTS Speaking Part 2, you should make a list of key words
and write as many ideas next to the key words as you can.

o True
o False

3. In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you should speak for 3–4 minutes.

o True
o False

4. In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you should remember to talk about each part of the task
card.

o True
o False

5. In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you should check the task card and your notes during your
talk.

o True
o False

Unit 1: Exercise 10
You are going to do IELTS Speaking Part 2. You will need some paper and a
pencil.

Listen to the examiner. Record your answer. Play to hear your answer

Describe a person who you really like.

You should say:


who the person is
when and where you first met that person
what type of personality he / she has
and explain why you really like that person.

play.MP3

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