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Set 2

Common Idioms	Definitions
Oh well, I got 5.5 in IELTS again. Back to the drawing board!	When an attempt to do something fails and it's time to start all over again using different methods
I hate my job so much I can’t bare going to work, but if I quit I don’t think I can get another job. I’m really stuck / caught between a rock and a hard place.	Having two very bad choices. (note: stuck/caught can be omitted)
I have to bite my tongue so I don’t say what I really think of him!	Wanting to say something but stopping yourself.
Come on, cut to the chase. We haven’t got all day!	Leave out all the unnecessary details and just get to the point
Are you putting all of your savings into that company? Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.	Putting all of ones resources into one possibility
Try not to worry about it. Every cloud has a silver lining.	Believing that every bad situation has a positive side / eventually leads to something good
It was difficult when I moved to another country but I eventually found my feet.	To become comfortable in what you are doing
My parents are very fixed in their ways. They won’t start using the internet.	Not wanting to change from the normal ways of doing things
I think he got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. He is in a terrible mood.	To refer to someone who is having a bad day
My mother will always go the extra mile to help people.	Doing much more than is required when  doing something

   

   

  

 

 

Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. for each answer

11 The company expanded in

A 2000

B 2007

C 2014

12 The number of permanent staff is

A 75

B 90

C 150

13 Most volunteers join the program

A in Winter

B in July

C when it is best for them

14 Time Abroad receives all its income from

A partner organisations

B volunteers

C the govenment

Complete the table.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

 

 

Volunteering Opportunity	Activity	Benefits
English Teaching	Helping with English (15)	Significantly improve the (16) of many children and adults
Agriculture and Farming	Promoting sustainable and (17) farming	- Promote (18) farming methods - educate local communities
Veterinary Medicine	- Helping the vet with (19) - Joining the vet on home visits	- Amazing insights into the country - See a lot of fascinating animals - Gain a greater ((20) of the difficulties in the country

 

homework

 

 

 

 

 

+ You had to record your oral answer for the question :

 Have the types of transport people use changed much over the last few decades?

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 https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm

11. Уже поздно, а он до сих пор не закончил свою работу.

12. Было уже поздно, когда он закончил свою работу.

13. Это самая интересная книга, которую я когда-либо читал.

14. Когда я вернулся, она была дома.

15. Вы когда –нибудь читали книги этого автора?

16. За последнее время ученые сделали целый ряд открытий в этой области.

17. Последний раз я разговаривал с ним позавчера.

18. Последние пять лет он не выходил из дома, насколько я знаю.

19. Пять лет назад они поженились.

20. В этом году у меня было много работы.

 

There are three basic things you need to structure an IELTS writing task 1.

1. Introduce the graph
2. Give an overview
3. Give the detail

 

The line graph compares the fast food consumption of teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over the period, whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.  

In 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was fish and chips, being eaten 100 times a year. This was far higher than Pizza and hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5 times a year. However, apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the consumption of fish and chips gradually declined over the 25 year timescale to finish at just under 40. 

In sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher levels. Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the consumption of fish and chips in 1990. It then levelled off from 1995 to 2000. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers as the occasions they were eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, exceeding that of fish and chips in 1985. It finished at the same level that fish and chips began, with consumption at 100 times a year.   

 

The graph presents data showing of consumption of Fast Food by Australian Teenagers from 1975 to 2000.The chart is divided into 3 parts: Pizza, Fish and Chips and Hamburgers. According to the graph, in 1975 most popular fast food product was Fish and Chips. But after 25 year gradually felt to minimum value. While hamburgers and pizzas rapidly increased to nearly three quarters. Crucial moment in fat sphere was in 1985. Fish and chips started to rapidly decrease, whereas another fats gradually increased. Number of times when people eated pizzas in 1976-2000 rapidly increased in four times. What means that pizza-industry climbs up. This three categories was the most popular fast food since 1975. They undergoes big changes, especial sharp decrease of fish and chips. To summarize all of this I can say that the graph provides strong evidence that fish and chips went out of style. In contrast pizza, which now on the top of the popularity.

Speaking :

 How do you think the internet will change people's buying habits in the future?

 

Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. for each answer

11 The company expanded in

A 2000

B 2007

C 2014

12 The number of permanent staff is

A 75

B 90

C 150

13 Most volunteers join the program

A in Winter

B in July

C when it is best for them

14 Time Abroad receives all its income from

A partner organisations

B volunteers

C the govenment

Complete the table.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

 

 

Volunteering Opportunity	Activity	Benefits
English Teaching	Helping with English (15)	Significantly improve the (16) of many children and adults
Agriculture and Farming	Promoting sustainable and (17) farming	- Promote (18) farming methods - educate local communities
Veterinary Medicine	- Helping the vet with (19) - Joining the vet on home visits	- Amazing insights into the country - See a lot of fascinating animals - Gain a greater ((20) of the difficulties in the country

 

 

 

  

 

 

homework

 Answer the question in oral form & record yourself. 

send me the photo of your draft

 Have the types of transport people use changed much over the last few decades?

 

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Common Idioms List

Set 1

Common Idioms	Definitions
It cost me an arm and a leg to take my trip to Australia.	Very expensive
I was over the moon when he asked me to marry him.	Extremely pleased or happy
You are taking your IELTS test next week?? Aren’t you jumping the gun. You’ve only just started studying.	Doing or starting something too early
He comes round to see me once in a blue moon.	Happening very rarely
He’s got a chip on his shoulder.	Feeling inferior or having a grievance about something
I reckon getting a band 7 in IELTS will be a piece of cake! I’m very good at English.	Very easy
The money sent by comic relief to help poverty in Africa is just a drop in the ocean. They need far more than this.	A very small part of something much bigger
Getting a low score the first time I took IELTS was a blessing in disguise. It forced me to study extremely hard so I got a much better score the next time.	Something positive that isn’t recognized until later
We have to actually do something about global warming. Actions speak louder than words.	It’s better to actually do something rather than just talking about it
I bumped into Jenny in town the other day. It's a small world.	Meeting someone you would not have expected to

    

Often you are asked to compare a situation now with the same situation in the past.

One way of describing how things have changed is to use “used to”.  We use it to refer to facts or situations that were true in the past but are not true now.  When the change occurred is not important. Example:

“Vietnam used to be a colony of France, (but now it is independent)”

“Jimmy Carter used to be the President of the United States, (but now he isn’t.)”

This can, of course be used to give personal information.

“I used to smoke, (but I gave up 2 years ago.)”

“Mike used to be a detective in the CID, (but now he’s a teacher)”

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Comparatives

In these types of questions the function being tested is “compare”, so using comparatives is obviously a good way of answering the question and speaking about change.

Example:

"Thirty years ago, the streets were much quieter than now.”

“I think that reading was much more popular in the past.”

When talking about how things are different now, the present perfect is often used as well as the present simple.

“The streets have become much noisier these days.” (Notice, a specific time is not needed)

“Reading is much less popular than it was in the past.”

_________________________________________________ How have shopping habits changed over recent years? https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/upper-intermediate-b2/comparing-two-charts 

 

  

 

Question 1-6

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THREE WORDS AND OR/NUMBERS for each answer

Hotel Information
Example answer Name of accommodation:	(0) Carlton Hotel
Length of stay:	3 nights
Ages of children:	(1)
Rooms available:	Two en-suites at £270
Price inclusive of:	(2)
Payment method:	credit card
Name:	Michael (3)
Date of birth:	(4) 1968
Address:	273, Stanton Court, London.
Post code:	(5)
Telephone:	08773 (6)

 

Questions 7-10

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THREE WORDS AND OR/ A NUMBER for each answer

Transport Options
Mode of Transport	Cost	Arrangements	Travel time to town
Taxi	Approximately (7) £	Pick up from the hotel	10 minutes
Bus	£2 per person	Walk down Oak Tree (8)	15 minutes
Walking	--------	Walk through (9)	(10)

 

 

Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. for each answer

11 The company expanded in

A 2000

B 2007

C 2014

12 The number of permanent staff is

A 75

B 90

C 150

13 Most volunteers join the program

A in Winter

B in July

C when it is best for them

14 Time Abroad receives all its income from

A partner organisations

B volunteers

C the govenment

 

  

homework

1   https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/present-perfect-with-for-and-since

2  Сompare a situation now with the same situation in the past.  (in oral form. Send me your audio with the answer)

Are the types of leisure activities that are popular today the same as those that were popular when your parents were young?

 

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Useful phrases for describing a graph

 

Introductory statements

• According to the graph … – Согласно графика …
• As it is evident from the graph …- Как видно из графика …
• It may be concluded from the chart that … — Можно сделать вывод из диаграммы, что …
• The graph presents data showing… — На графике представлены данные, показывающие …
• The graph provides strong evidence that … — График предоставляет убедительные доказательства того, что …
• As it may be seen from the chart … — Как это видно из диаграммы …
• As the chart illustrates… — Как диаграмма иллюстрирует …
• The chart plainly indicates that… — Диаграмма ясно указывает, что …
• The chart is about … – Данная диаграмма о …
• The chart is divided into … parts. — Диаграмма разбита на … частей.
• The chart neither proves nor refutes the contention that… — Диаграмма, как не доказывает, так и не опровергает утверждения того, что …
• The line graph displays … — Линейный график отображает …
• The line graph clearly shows …- Линия графика ясно показывает …
• The bar graph/chart shows … — Гистограмма показывает …
• The bar chart deals with …- Гистограмма имеет дело с …
• The pie charts disclose/reveal … — Круговые диаграммы показывают …
• The pie chart compares the …- круговая диаграмма сравнивает …
• The diagram contains data about … — Диаграмма/схема содержит данные о …
• The table provides information about … — Таблица предоставляет информацию о …

     Examples:

1. The bar chart displays information about motor vehicle production in three countries: the USA, Germany and Japan in 2000 and 2001.
2. The given pie charts represent the proportion of male and female employees in 6 broad categories, dividing into manual and non-manual occupations in Australia, between 2010 and 2015.
3. The chart gives information about consumer expenditures on six products in four countries namely Germany, Italy, Britain and France.
4. The supplied bar graph compares the number of male and female graduates in three developing countries while the table data presents the overall literacy rate in these countries.
5. The bar graph and the table data depict the water consumption in different sectors in five regions.
6. The bar graph enumerates the money spent on different research projects while the column graph demonstrates the fund sources over a decade, commencing from 1981.
7. The line graph delineates the proportion of male and female employees in three different sectors in Australia between 2010 and 2015.

Verbs describing a change

• increase = rise = go up = uplift — увеличиться, возрасти
• decrease = fall = go down — уменьшиться, упасть
• be unchanged = level out = remain constant = remain steady = remain the same = remain stable = remain static — оставаться без изменений, быть стабильным
• climb — подняться
• rocket = skyrocket — стремительно, быстро увеличиться
• reduce — снижаться
• decline — идти на спад
• wane — идти на убыль, уменьшаться
• plummet = plunge — стремительно упасть
• double — увеличиться вдвое
• triple — утроиться
• halve — сократиться наполовину
• peak at… — достигнуть пика
• bottom out at… — достигнуть низшей точки
• fluctuate — колебаться
• remain stable (steady, constant) — оставаться стабильными (постоянными)
• level out — выровняться
• plateau at — стабилизироваться на (каком-либо уровне)
  Examples:
  1. The overall sale of the company increased by 20% at the end of the year.
  2. The price of crude oil was increasing rapidly, but during the fourth quarter of 2010 plummeted from $143 to $43 per barrel. The expenditure of the office remained constant for the last 6 months but the profit rose by almost 25%.
  3. There was a 15% drop in the ratio of student enrollment at this University.
  4. The population of these two cities increased significantly in the last two decades and it is expected that it will remain stable during the next 5 years.

 Adverbs describing a change

• Dramatically — разительно
• Sharply — резко
• Steeply — круто
• Substantially — существенно
• Significantly — значительно
• Markedly — выражено
• Rapidly — быстро, стремительно
• Suddenly — внезапно
• Moderately — умеренно
• Slightly — слегка
• Steadily — устойчиво, равномерно
• Gradually — постепенно
• Slowly — медленно

Compare and Contrast

• more than — больше, чем
• less than = fewer than — меньше, чем
• the same as — такой же, как …
• similar to — подобный
• comparable — сравнительный
• identical — идентичный
• different — различный, другой
• twice as much as … — вдвое больше, чем …
• three times as much as … — в три раза больше, чем …
• approximately — приблизительно, примерно
• almost = nearly — почти

Examples:

1. The curve X is significantly / slightly / much larger / smaller / higher / lower than …
2. There is a strong correlation between the X and the Y.
3. The X and Y seem to be inversely correlated.

Percentages

10% increase, 25 percent decrease, increased by 15%, dropped by 10 percent, fall at 50%, reached to 75%, tripled, doubled, one-fourth, three-quarters, half, double fold, treble, 5 times higher, 3 timers lower, declined to about 49%, stood exactly at 43%.

Fractions

4% = A tiny fraction.
24% = Almost a quarter.
25% Exactly a quarter.
26% = Roughly one quarter.
32% Nearly one-third, nearly a third.
49% = Around a half, just under a half.
50% Exactly a half.
51% = Just over a half.
73% = Nearly three quarters.
77% = Approximately three quarter, more than three-quarter.
79% = Well over three quarters.

Proportions

2% = A tiny portion, a very small proportion.
4% = An insignificant minority, an insignificant proportion.
16% = A small minority, a small portion.
70% = A large proportion.
72% = A significant majority, A significant proportion.89% = A very large proportion.
89% = A very large proportion.

Linking sentences

• In contrast, … — В отличие
• In comparison, … — В сравнении
• Similarly, … — Подобным образом
• On the other hand, … — С другой стороны
• However, … — Тем не менее
• Whereas, … — Тогда, как …
• While… — В то время, как …
• But – но
• Although, … — хотя…

Examples:

1. The most popular form of the holiday among the Welsh was self-catering with over 60% choosing to cook for themselves. In contrast, only 5 % of the English chose this form of vacation and hotel accommodation was much more popular at 48%.
2. The total number of online sales rose significantly by nearly 20% between 2008 and 2012, whereas the phone sales gradually decreased in the same period.

Conclusion (optional)

• Generally, …- В общих чертах, …
• Overall, … — В целом, …
• To conclude, … — В заключении, …
• To sum up, … — Подводя итоги, …

Examples:

1. To sum up, the demand for electric hairdryers has shown a strong upward trend over the given period.
2. Generally, in 2011 the distribution of revenue between the sectors remained the same as it was in 2010.

 

 

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https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/upper-intermediate-b2/a-summary-of-a-line-graph

 

 

   

 

Question 1-6

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THREE WORDS AND OR/NUMBERS for each answer

Hotel Information
Example answer Name of accommodation:	(0) Carlton Hotel
Length of stay:	3 nights
Ages of children:	(1)
Rooms available:	Two en-suites at £270
Price inclusive of:	(2)
Payment method:	credit card
Name:	Michael (3)
Date of birth:	(4) 1968
Address:	273, Stanton Court, London.
Post code:	(5)
Telephone:	08773 (6)

Now pause the recording. You have 30 seconds to look at questions 7-10.


Questions 7-10

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THREE WORDS AND OR/ A NUMBER for each answer

Transport Options
Mode of Transport	Cost	Arrangements	Travel time to town
Taxi	Approximately (7) £	Pick up from the hotel	10 minutes
Bus	£2 per person	Walk down Oak Tree (8)	15 minutes
Walking	--------	Walk through (9)	(10)

 

 

Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C. for each answer

11 The company expanded in

A 2000

B 2007

C 2014

12 The number of permanent staff is

A 75

B 90

C 150

13 Most volunteers join the program

A in Winter

B in July

C when it is best for them

14 Time Abroad receives all its income from

A partner organisations

B volunteers

C the govenment

Complete the table.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Volunteering Opportunity	Activity	Benefits
English Teaching	Helping with English (15)	Significantly improve the (16) of many children and adults
Agriculture and Farming	Promoting sustainable and (17) farming	- Promote (18) farming methods - educate local communities
Veterinary Medicine	- Helping the vet with (19) - Joining the vet on home visits	- Amazing insights into the country - See a lot of fascinating animals - Gain a greater ((20) of the difficulties in the country

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