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and how places have changed over time.

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10A Word associations p. 142
10B Quantifiers p. 143
10C If I could … p. 144

Lead-in p.151

Warm-up
Community

• Module Test 10
• Review Test 5
• End-of-level test
10
Module 10 covers topics related to community, such as behaviour in public places, festivals, relationships,

Teacher’s Online Materials


• Test Practice Lesson: Reading 1
Teacher’s notes Module 10

2a Give students 30 seconds to skim the title and the first


sentence in each paragraph. Elicit some ideas from the
class and write the ideas on the board.
2b Give students 10 minutes to read the whole passage in
Write My town/city on the board and write two columns more detail. Ask the class to decide if any of the ideas on
underneath it as follows: things I like about where I live and things the board are correct.
I’d like to change about where I live. Divide students into small
groups and give them a few minutes to discuss their ideas. The passage describes how technology has changed the way
in which crime is committed and how that impacts on forensic
1 Divide students into pairs to look at the photos and evidence and the number of people affected.
discuss the questions. Point out that a community is a
group of people who live in the same town, village, 3a Students can do the exercise individually before checking
etc. Having a sense of community means to help take with a partner.
responsibility for the community and not do anything that Suggested answers
might harm people in the community. 1 cyber criminal, commit, crime, one piece, technology
2a–c Tell students to do Exercise 2a individually and then 2 USA, 2011, more victims, physical crime, cybercrime
compare ideas with a partner for Exercise 2b. Put pairs of 3 criminals, prefer, break into, buildings, steal
students together so they can discuss and compare ideas 4 cyber criminals, discovered faster, other criminals
for Exercise 2c.
5 more criminals, prison, cyber crime
6 cyber criminals, work alone
10a Law and order 7 police, planning, do more, find cyber criminals
8 People care more, security online, real world
Reading pp.152–153 3b Elicit the answer from the class and make sure students
understand why these words aren’t useful.
Lesson objective: to identify information which is not
given in a text They are words or phrases used many times throughout the
passage so will not be helpful in locating the information.
Warm-up
3c Do the example with the whole class. Then tell them to
Divide students into groups and ask them to discuss the
continue the exercise individually.
online services they use (e.g. online banking, social media,
paying bills, email, cloud storage for documents and photos, Suggested answers
etc.). Ask them how safe they think the services are, and 2 physical crime 3 buildings 4 discovered faster 5 prison
how they manage their personal online security. 6 work alone 7 police, planning 8 real world
These words/phrases are most likely to help you locate the
1 You may need to do this as a whole class and help
information in the passage because they are key words and are
students with some ideas. You could give students
likely to feature or be paraphrased throughout the passage.
examples and ask them to discuss which one is the worst.

Suggested answers
4a Depending on your students’ ability, you could do this
exercise as a whole class, guiding students to the answers
1 identity theft, stealing money through fraud, accessing
as necessary. If they are a strong group, get them to
information, images etc. illegally, blackmail
do this individually, as it is good practice for building
2 Cyber crime can affect many people. The victim never meets the confidence with True, False, Not given questions.
criminal. It is done via computer.

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1 One piece of technology vs any crime that involves a computer Expert IELTS
and a network …
Students often find True, False, Not given questions
2 USA, 2011, victims (a much larger number of people), physical
challenging, so they should learn not to spend too much
crime (bank robberies), cybercrime time on them. Try to gradually introduce time limits for
3 The passage talks about the fact there were more victims of these questions when practising in class so that students
bank crime online than victims of bank robberies. It does not become accustomed to not spending too much time on
say anything about the number of victims of physical crime or them. One technique could be to leave any True, False, Not
cybercrime in general. given questions until the end in the real test.

4b Again, depending on ability, get students to do this 7 Divide students into pairs to discuss the questions and
exercise individually or as a whole class. Make sure you then elicit some ideas from the whole class.
spend enough time checking the answers thoroughly.
Student’s Resource Book > Reading pp. 96–97
3 Not given (In the past, a thief had to break into an office or MyEnglishLab > 10a Reading
study and go through files to steal the data …)
4 False (They do not always leave evidence that could lead to their Vocabulary p. 154
capture, which means detectives are less likely to catch them.)
5 Not given (The passage says just one cybercriminal goes to
Lesson objective: to build vocabulary related to crime
and punishment
prison per every 50,000 victims ... but it does not say anything
about whether more should go.)
Warm-up
6 False (As people become more interconnected, organised crime
is also becoming more interconnected) Divide students into pairs and ask them to talk about their
7 Not given (police are finding it difficult to keep up with the favourite TV crime dramas, crime films or detective stories.
resources they have) Write the following questions on the board to guide their
8 False (And while people in the physical world tend not to leave
discussion: How real do you think these shows, films or books
are? Why are crime stories so popular? If you could be any
their doors unlocked to avoid being burgled, people in the digital
fictional detective, which one would you be and why?
world are not always so cautious …)

5a–b Refer students to the Test Strategies on page 170 1a Divide students into pairs to do this exercise.
before doing this task. Tell students you’re not going to set 1 commit 2 steal 3 robber 4 burglary 5 burgle 6 murderer
a time limit, but they should check how long it takes them
7 attack 8 attack
to complete the test task.
1b Elicit some ideas from students and write them on the
5a Suggest the following key words:
board. Tell students to record any unknown vocabulary in
1 computer security 2 password 3 mobile device
their notebooks.
4 software bugs 5 Software companies
6 Cloud companies / individual hacks Suggested answers
5b 1 False (much of this information is exaggerated and The criminals in the table are likely to go to prison/jail. Other
sometimes just plain untrue) punishments include a fine, community service, a suspended
2 True (He has found that there are two simple solutions) prison sentence, probation or capital punishment.
3 Not given (The passage mentions text messages but nothing
2a Ensure students have dictionaries and ask them to do this
about passwords and mobile devices. )
exercise individually. Then they can check their answers
4 False (we should not think of information security as an with a partner and give reasons if they disagree.
exact science/She suggests it is impossible to build a
completely secure system) 1 access 2 whereas 3 normally 4 links 5 consequence
5 Not given (The passage talks about hacks being expensive 6 identified 7 attitude 8 majority
but not how much criminals spend.)
2b You could broaden this into a discussion with the class.
6 False (that same person is unlikely to notice if the attack
3 Do the first one together as an example and then ask
involves just one person’s information)
students to continue individually.
6 Divide students into pairs to analyse the task, then get
1E 2C 3A 4F 5D 6B
feedback from the whole class. You may want to give
students some suggestions for time management in the 4a You could give each pair of students a different word and
Reading paper. For example, they could move on to ask them to look up the meaning and uses in a dictionary
another question after one minute, guessing any questions and then write an example sentence for the different
they don’t have answers for at the end. meanings. Write the students’ sentences on the board and
ask other students to correct any errors.

Verbs: catch, commit, fine, investigate, punish


Nouns: court, evidence, fine, prison, victim

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4b Ask students to complete the flow chart individually 1 subject/verb agreement – knows know
before checking with a partner.
2 word order – There are some important rules but some are silly.
1 committed 2 victim 3 investigated 4 caught 5 court 6 evidence 3 -ing/infinitive form – break breaking
7 punished 8 prison 9 fine 4 incomplete sentence – Sometimes people/I/we follow the rules,
sometimes not.
4c You could elicit the answers from the whole class and 5 preposition – of on
write them on the board. 6 passive form – I’ve always been told by my parents that
They are in the passive form, because the subject is the crime (1, 3) rules are important.
or the criminal (4, 7) and not who did the action. 7 tense – I’ve never broken a rule in my life.
8 countable/uncountable nouns – informations information
5a You could do this as a whole class. Write students’
suggestions on the board. 4b This could be done by students listening to some of their
5b Get students to do exercise 5b individually before previous recordings in pairs and trying to identify common
checking with a partner. errors.
4c Ask students to find the errors and check their answers
1 access 2 evidence 3 links 4 consequence 5 prison with a partner.
6 commit/carry out 7 majority 8 whereas 9 considerable/vast
10 thieves/criminals We need rules to tell people what they can and can’t do in
different situations. Without these rules, most people would do
Student’s Resource Book > Vocabulary p. 98 what they wanted. They would only care about their own lives. And
MyEnglishLab > 10a Vocabulary nothing would be organised. There’d be no electricity, no schools,
no hospitals. There probably wouldn’t be any work either. People
Speaking p. 155 would work for themselves or their family. And if there were no
laws, then crime would increase too. So, yes, rules are extremely
Lesson objective: to practise asking for clarification
important because we build our society on them. Without
information about how we should live, society can’t exist.
Warm-up
(The candidate makes four errors with plurals and nouns. Three
Write on the board: My three rules for life. Elicit a couple of of these are uncountable nouns used as plural nouns.)
ideas from students such as always be kind and never give up.
Divide students into groups and give them five minutes to 4d You could ask students for some ideas about how to
think of three rules. Tell them to try to agree on the same avoid the errors before playing the recording.
three rules. Get feedback from the whole class. 5 For this exercise, make sure you monitor students closely
as they may not be able to consistently identify errors in
1 Ask students to discuss the question in pairs. Ask them each other’s language.
to write down some examples of rules using modal verbs 6 Ask students to read the Test Strategies on page 172.
(must, can’t, need to, have to). Then divide them into pairs to do the test practice
2a–b Get students to read the questions and note down exercise. One student should be the examiner and read
some possible answers. Play the recording. out the questions. Make sure the student playing the role
of the candidate listens and does not read the questions
2a 1 rules, follow, lives 2 Why, rules, society, important
on the page. Give students 4–5 minutes and then tell them
2b 1 can, say, again 2 What, mean, follow 3 repeat, question
to change roles.
4 say, more, slowly.
7 After students have analysed their performance, you could
The candidate hasn’t heard or understood the questions, or a word
brainstorm more ideas for question 3 during feedback.
in the question, and wants the examiner to repeat it or explain it.
Suggested answers
2c Play the questions and drill them with students.
Use hesitation language to give yourself time to think.
3 Play the recording and elicit the answers from the class. Focus on one problem area in each speaking task and try to avoid
The second candidate misunderstands the question so doesn’t that error (as in Exercise 5).
answer the right question. The examiner can still assess the
student’s speaking though. It is therefore better to try to answer Extra!
a question even if you still don’t fully understand it after asking for
clarification. Repeat Exercise 6 and get students to make up their
own questions. Monitor and check that the questions are
4a Ask students to do this individually. With stronger suitable for Speaking Part 3. Alternatively, you could make
students, ask them to correct the errors in sentences 1–8. two sets of new questions to give out to students.

MyEnglishLab > 10a Speaking A and B

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Listening p. 156 3a Refer students to the Test Strategies on page 168. Follow
the instructions closely for this exercise, as it is important
Lesson objectives: to follow a process, and practise a for students to practise reading and predicting answers
flow chart completion task in a short time. Remind students to think of synonyms as
they read the questions (e.g. 1 event = festival or party;
Warm-up location = place, venue; collected = gathered, picked up).

Write the following activities on the board: bungee-jumping, It is likely that the missing words are all nouns.
flying an airplane, performing heart surgery, mountain climbing,
boxing (or similar dangerous jobs and activities). Divide 3b Get students to tick the signal words they hear.
students into groups and ask them to discuss which activity the first thing, After that, now, move onto, the next step, next, the
has the most risks associated with it. Give students five
final stage of the process
minutes to discuss this, and then get feedback from the
whole class, writing some of their ideas on the board. 3c Do the test task under test conditions, giving students
30 seconds to read the questions and underline any
Background keywords. After listening, students can check their
answers in pairs before checking as a whole class. Ask
Risk assessment is a process where companies assess the students to read audio script 10.7 on page 215 and
safety of their workers. It involves thinking about what underline the answers. Make sure students discuss
might cause harm to people and then creating ways to any incorrect answers and why they answered them
minimise these risks. For example, if employees work incorrectly.
with chemicals, a company would need to make sure
the employees have special protective clothing and the 1 (Background) Information 2 actions 3 list 4 category 5 solution
chemicals are stored safely. In some countries such as the 6 report 7 Training 8 venue
UK, risk assessment is something that companies must do
by law. 4 Divide students into pairs to discuss the questions and
then get feedback from the class.
1 Divide students into pairs to discuss the questions. Before 1 The first thing ... place
the exercise, you may want to elicit the meaning of festival 2 After that ... the crowd size
and the types of festivals that students are familiar with.
3 Now ... move onto ... impact
Remember that in some cultures, festivals can be more
4 That brings me nicely onto the next step ... evaluation stage
religious or traditional, and some students may not be
familiar with music festivals. 5 Next ... risks
6 make them available ...
2a Before playing the recording, ask students to predict the
7 employees ... deal with any problems
order of events and discuss their ideas with a partner.
8 And that brings me to the final stage of the process ... So a few
1 Ensure visitors stand in the correct line. days before the event ...
2 Examine the visitor’s ticket.
3 Give the ticket back or leave a mark on the visitor’s hand.
5 Get students to discuss the question in pairs or small
groups.
4 Look inside the visitor’s belongings.
5 Return the visitor’s belongings.
Language development p. 157
2b Divide students into pairs to discuss the possible answers
and what parts of speech they will be. Then play the Lesson objective: to review and practise using
recording. quantifiers
1 step 2 thing 3 Then 4 next 5 move onto
Warm-up
2c You could do this as a whole class. Ensure students record Get students to find out how many of their classmates do
these phrases in their notebooks, as they are useful for the following activities: go to concerts, go to the theatre,
writing about a process in Writing Task 1 too. go to the cinema, go to festivals, go to sports events. Give
students five minutes to collect the information they need.
The first step, The next thing, Then, The next step, Once that’s
Write on the board: a few, a large number of, a lot of, some,
done, the final stage in the process
many. Ask students to write a paragraph describing what
they found out, using some of the phrases on the board.
Expert IELTS Then divide students into pairs to read and compare each
other’s paragraphs.
Predicting answers is a useful strategy in the Listening Paper.
If students predict the answers before listening, they are 1 Refer students to the Expert Grammar section on
likely to be more focused when they listen, because they quantifiers on page 182.
will be listening to confirm or reject their predictions. You could do this exercise as a whole class.

1 a little 2 a lot of 3 a large number of 4 few 5 plenty of

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2a Write a few, few, a little, little on the board and ask: What 1a–c Students could do the first two exercises in pairs and
is the difference between these words? If they do not know, then change pairs for Exercise 1c.
tell them they will find out by doing Exercise 2a. 2 Ask students to read the Test Strategies on page 171 and
clarify any points as necessary. Then, get students to look at
1A 2B 3B 4A
the map and ask: What does the map show? Elicit ideas from
2b Ask students to do the exercise individually. the class and write some of them on the board. Then ask
students which introduction in Exercise 2 is better.
1 a few 2 few 3 little 4 A few 5 few 6 a little
1
2c After students have had a few minutes to discuss the
questions, get some feedback from the whole class. You 3a You could do this exercise as a whole class to make sure
could ask students if this situation applies to where they live all the students understand the function of an overview
or not and if so, what they would suggest to improve it. statement.

The writer’s main point is that the community should create more 2, 3
organised events for teenagers.
3b–c Get students to do these exercises individually before
3a–b In order to improve students’ fluency with quantifiers, checking in pairs.
you could do Exercise 3a as a whole class. Choose a
3b 1 main 2 growth 3 number 4 fewer
student and say a number between 1–6. The student
3c 5, 1, 3, 2, 4
reads out the sentence with that number, completing
it with a quantifier. Then divide students into pairs for 3d Ask this question to the whole class and elicit the passive
Exercise 3b. examples.
4a Write the essay question on the board. Divide students
into pairs to brainstorm ideas for a few minutes. Then The verbs are in the past simple tense because the maps were
elicit some examples and write them on the board. both created in the past. Some verbs are in the passive voice
because we do not know who did the action, e.g. the farmland …
Suggested answers was replaced with houses.
Advantages – sense of community, sense that you belong, stronger
feelings of excitement (e.g. football match) 4a Give students plenty of time to do this exercise and let
Disadvantages – fear of being too close to people, preference of them spend some time comparing, editing and rewriting
being with small groups, danger or feeling of unpleasantness (e.g. their answers with a partner too. Monitor and correct
students’ work.
public transport at rush hour)
Suggested answer
4b Ask students to do the exercise individually.
In 1952 there was just one road in the village. However, in 2012
1 a few 2 Most of us 3 large number 4 too little 5 plenty a motorway was constructed to the north of the village. While
6 a large amount of 7 too many 8 enough 9 few 10 many the motorway does not go through the village, a road from the
motorway connects with the main road through the village. In
addition to the motorway, a supermarket and school were built.
Extra! The village shop was turned into houses.
As Exercise 4a has generated ideas for this essay, students
could write an answer in class or for homework. 4b Give students a couple of minutes to re-read and review
the descriptions in Exercises 3b, 3c and 4a. Then ask the
Student’s Resource Book > Language development p. 99 class to identify the correct test task.
MyEnglishLab > 10a Language development 2

Writing p. 158
Lesson objective: to practise describing location 10b Living together
Warm-up Listening p. 159
Write the following categories on the board: Compass Lesson objective: to practise following a process
points, Phrases for location, Prepositions of place. Divide
students into pairs and ask them to write six words for Warm-up
each category. When the first pair has finished, they should
shout STOP! Ask them to read their lists and write them Write on the board: If you could change three things about your
on the board, asking the rest of the class to decide if the town, what would they be and why? Divide students into pairs
words are correct or not. Then ask the rest of the class to or small groups and give each one a category such as Public
contribute further suggestions. transport, Shopping, Sports facilities, Parks, Entertainment, Housing,
etc. Get students to make a list and then get feedback from the
class. Write students’ ideas on the board. Remind students to
record any vocabulary they don’t know in their notebooks.

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1 Ensure students have access to dictionaries for these 1 Ask students to do the exercise individually, before
questions. Check that they understand the meaning of checking answers as a class. Ensure students fully
urban planner (someone who works in the design and understand the rules. You could refer students to the
development of urban spaces). Expert Grammar section on the second conditional on
2 Refer students to the Test Strategies on page 168 and page 183.
the HELP box and remind them of the key strategies for
1 imaginary/unlikely
completing flow charts and summaries. Do the task under
2 Two. Yes, they can be moved around. When the if clause is first,
test conditions, making sure you give the students up to a
there is a comma between the two clauses but not when the if
minute to read the questions before playing the recording.
Get students to swap answers when doing feedback so clause comes second.
that they do not mark their own work. 3 if + past tense, would + infinitive

1/2 A, C 3 goals 4 revised 5 a planning team 2 Ask students to complete the exercise individually before
6 (key) decision-makers 7 individuals 8 past 9 predict 10 exciting comparing answers with a partner.

3 Divide students into pairs to discuss their performance. 1 could 2 would build 3 would create 4 would have
Ask them to read audio script 10.8 on page 216 and find 5 would be able to 6 went 7 would probably fall 8 would become
the answers. You could play the recording a second time 9 would feel 10 would enjoy 11 was/were 12 would make
and pause it at each of the answers so that students can
3a Point out that the text in Exercise 2 resembles a Part 3
hear the correct answer.
answer from the Speaking Paper. Then get students to do
Suggested answers Exercise 3a individually. Get feedback from the class.
1 Student’s own answers.
1 What would you do if you could make a change to your city?
2 Reading ahead – skim for key content words only and focus
2 How would you make the transport system in your city better?
mainly on the words around the gap.
3 If you had to move to another country, where would you go?
Unknown vocabulary – spend more time reviewing vocabulary
4 What would you take with you if you moved abroad?
by picking out useful language from the audio scripts in this book.
5 If you travelled around the world, who would you take with you?
Take time to use it in class or out of class with a study buddy.
6 If you could build a new home, where would you build it?
Following the lecture – review signpost language and remember to
7 How would you spend your time if you had an extra day a week?
actively listen out for it. Spelling – don’t just learn the meaning of
8 If you could meet a famous person, who would you choose?
words – learn the spelling too. Look at typical spelling errors and
think about if there’s a common error you make. If so, learn the 3b Divide students into pairs to practise asking and answering
correct spelling and other words that follow that pattern. the questions.
4a Make sure students have access to dictionaries before
doing this exercise. Drill the pronunciation of the
Expert IELTS following words: architecture /ˈɑː.kɪ.tek.tʃər/,
It is useful to use the audio script on page 216 and replay budget /ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/, overcrowded /ˌəʊ.vəˈkraʊ.dɪd/.
the recordings to help students understand why answers
1 overcrowded, budget 2 block, residents, lay out
are correct and incorrect. This will help train students to
understand the IELTS Listening Paper in terms of the typical 3 facilities, inhabitants 4 network 5 architecture, local
amount of time between questions, how paraphrase is used, 4b Get students to do this exercise individually before
how different questions and distractors work and so on. checking answers as a class. You might want to reverse
the order of these exercises so that students identify the
Student’s Resource Book > Listening p. 101
parts of speech first.
MyEnglishLab > 10b Listening
architecture (n) block (n) budget (n) facilities (n) inhabitants (n)
Language development and vocabulary p. 160 lay out (v) local (adj) network (n) overcrowded (adj)
residents (n)
Lesson objective: to review and practise the second
conditional 5 Students could do this individually or in pairs.

1 staircase (the others are all things found in the street)


Warm-up 2 pedestrian (the others are places where people walk)
Ask students to complete the following sentences: 3 vehicle (the others are all names for underground train systems
1 If I had a million dollars, I would … around the world, i.e. underground = UK, metro = Paris,
2 If I were an animal, I’d be … subway = USA)
3 If I met my favourite celebrity, I would … 4 passenger (the others all describe people who live in a place)
Divide students into pairs and ask them to try to guess each
other’s answers. After three guesses, the other student can
reveal their answer.

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6a Ensure students do this individually in order to practise the 4a–b Play the recordings again if necessary.
vocabulary from Exercise 5. You could ask students to read 4c If possible, ask students to record their second attempt
out their answers so they can practise the pronunciation too. and encourage them to listen to both performances again
to identify if they have made any improvement.
1 residents 2 vehicle(s) 3 overcrowded 4 network 5 passenger
6 public transport Student’s Resource Book > Speaking p. 104
MyEnglishLab > 10b Speaking A, B and C
6b You could expand this discussion by asking students to
consider potential solutions for traffic problems where
they live. Remind them to use conditional structures.
Reading pp. 162–163
Student’s Resource Book > Language development and Vocabulary Lesson objective: to identify information not given in a
pp. 102–103 text
MyEnglishLab > 10b Language development and Vocabulary
Warm-up
Speaking p. 161
Ask students to do a mingling activity. Get them to write
Lesson objective: to improve accuracy in speaking down three qualities that they think are vital in a good
friend. Students should then walk around the classroom for
a few minutes sharing their list with as many other students
Warm-up
as possible. Tell them to make a note of who agrees with
Write family on the board in a circle. Divide students into them and who disagrees. Afterwards, you can put the
pairs and give them give three minutes to brainstorm as results on the board and discuss them.
much vocabulary connected to family as they can. Add their
ideas to the board.
Extra!
1 Give students some time to discuss the questions, making As students have collected some data from their mingling
sure they know the meaning of the words in bold first. activity, they could make it into some visual information
2a Get students to match the headings and descriptors. such as a pie chart or table similar to that found in Writing
Task 1. You could then ask them to write a short summary
1 Lexical resource 2 Fluency and cohesion 3 Pronunciation of the information in the diagram.
4 Grammatical range and accuracy
1 Divide students into groups to discuss the questions.
2b–2c Divide students into pairs and assign A and B roles.
After the recording, ask students to discuss their assessment. 2 Ask students to read the Test Strategies on page 170.
If you think your students would benefit from further After the task, make sure you go over the answers
practice, swap the A/B roles and repeat the exercise. thoroughly, showing students where the True, False,
Not given answers are in the passage, and why they are
Fluency and cohesion – Mariana speaks slowly but at length. Some correct.
hesitation, self-correction and repetition reduce fluency but you
1 A vi 2 B v 3 C ii 4 D viii 5 E iii 6 F ix 7 G vii
can understand her. She links ideas but repeats also a lot. On the
8 True (A close friend puts your happiness first)
other hand is not the best choice (However would be better).
9 Not given
Lexical resource – Mariana has a good enough vocabulary to
10 False (This was not true when the participant believed a stranger
answer the question and paraphrases when she doesn’t know a
would get a shock)
word (independent) but she missed the opportunity to use more
11 True (as well as make us more able to fight disease)
(e.g. have a fight, bills, fall out with your friend, does my laundry).
12 Not given
Grammatical range and accuracy – Mariana uses simple sentences
13 True (early teenage friendships are almost always broken apart
correctly but her sentences are often short and not complex. She
by dissimilarity)
could have used the second conditional at the end (e.g. If I moved
away from my family, my mum wouldn’t be able to wash my clothes.) 3 You could do this with the whole class and provide
Pronunciation – Mariana’s pronunciation is generally clear. students with some guidance.

Extra! Expert IELTS


In the Reading Paper, students don’t need to do the
Play the recording again and ask students to read the audio
questions in order. If there is a particular question type that
script on page 216 as they listen. Ask if reading the script
they find easier or more difficult, they may want to do these
has made them want to change their assessment and why.
questions first or leave them until the end.
3 Before doing the test practice, refer students to the Test
Strategies on page 172. Divide the students into groups of MyEnglishLab > 10b Reading A and B
four and explain the task. Remind students to record and
time themselves, or to make notes to refer to later.

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Teacher’s notes Module 10

Writing pp. 164–165 6 Ensure students do this exercise under test conditions (i.e.
with no dictionaries or conferring).
Lesson objective: to practise describing a map for
Model answer
Writing Task 1
The diagram illustrates the ways in which the town of Wilden has
Warm-up changed since 1990. We can see that in 1990, the area consisted
mostly of factories but today it is more residential with houses
Divide students into pairs and tell them to think about what and flats.
their town will be like in 20, 50 and 100 years’ time. Get
In 1990, there were four factories and a café in the waterfront area
them to make notes on their ideas, and then join another
to the north of the river and south of the main road. These were
pair of students to share their ideas. As feedback, ask each
removed and replaced with the blocks of flats and the restaurant that
group to say which one idea they think is most likely for
each time period. are there today. While there was a café to the east of the factories,
there is now a restaurant to the west of the apartment buildings.
1 You could do this as a whole class discussion, writing North of the road, the park that existed in 1990 has been moved
students’ ideas on the board. You could also ask students west. It has also been extended and now includes a mini golf
to talk about changes they may have heard their parents course and trees. The transport depot to the west of this area was
or grandparents describe. knocked down. Two of the houses to the north of the old park
2 Elicit the answer from the class. For a model of this type were also removed and a community centre was placed there.
of task, refer students to the Expert Writing section on
page 201. 7a Give students sufficient time for the analysis. Monitor in
order to check that students do it thoroughly.
You have to compare the same town in two different time periods 7b This exercise could be done for homework.
and say what the key changes are.
Student’s Resource Book > Writing p. 105
3a–b Get students to read the Test Strategies on page 171.
Then give them five minutes to plan their writing. Review p. 166
4 Get students to do this exercise individually before The Review section revises vocabulary and grammar from the
checking their ideas in pairs. Point out that students could Module. It covers crime vocabulary, quantifiers and the second
probably use all of the words. conditional. You may want students to do this as a timed test
5a Get students to do this individually before feeding back as (suggested time 30 minutes) or for homework.
a class.
1 1 majority 2 investigate 3 catch 4 considerable 5 provides
1 There is no overview statement in this paragraph as it provides 6 thief 7 access 8 evidence 9 victim 10 robbed
detailed information. The focus on the restaurant as a key feature 11 punished 12 committing
is OK. Some information is less relevant (e.g. customers enjoying 2a 1 plenty of 2 a few 3 some 4 number 5 too many 6 some
the view, restaurant available for residents and there is no mention 7 many 8 too many 9 isn’t enough 10 a lot of 11 too few
of the café in 1990). 12 enough time
2 The paragraph starts with a topic sentence and then gives detailed 3a 1 If I were the mayor of my city, I’d introduce a better
information. There are examples of connectors (one, but, as, it). transport system.
3 The writer uses a variety of verbs accurately and with correct 2 People would communicate less if they didn’t have social
spelling. media.
4 The writer makes regular errors with the passive form, although 3 I would you go to Australia if I could go anywhere in the
there are some accurate complex sentences (e.g. where one of the ...). world.
4 If I had more time, I’d learn how to make my own clothes.
5b Students should do this individually before checking with a
5 If I could do any job, I’d train to be a film director.
partner.
6 I think most people would learn a second language if they
One difference is the restaurant. In 1990 there was no restaurant had the chance.
in the area but since that time one has been built. It is located 4 1 inhabitants 2 network 3 laid out 4 residents
near the water where one of the factories was knocked down. 5 architecture 6 blocks 7 metro 8 passengers 9 crossroads
Tables and chairs have been placed outside for customers to 10 roundabouts 11 pavements 12 paths
sit on and enjoy the view while they eat their food. As several
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apartment blocks have been built near the restaurant, the
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restaurant is available for the residents.

5c This exercise will probably work better if students


have (or bring in) examples of their writing which have
been corrected. Give them some time to look over the
corrections and identify patterns and/ or typical errors.
They could do this with a partner.

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