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GENERAL ENGLISH · IELTS COURSE · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2-C1)

DO BLONDES
HAVE MORE
FUN?
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1 Warm up

Look at the pictures and choose three words from the list to describe your first impression of each
woman, A and B.

Picture A Picture B

Compare your ideas in pairs or small groups. How can you explain any similarities in your choices?

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1. Have you heard the expression, "Blondes have more fun"?

2. Is this a fact or an opinion? Do you agree?
3. How could researchers demonstrate whether it’s true or not?

2 Before you listen

You are going to practise an IELTS exam listening task with multiple-choice and matching questions.
First, read the information about this section and the tips for answering these question types.

Information: Section 3 of the IELTS listening exam

• This is a conversation between two or three people in an academic setting. You are being
tested on how well you understand different points of view and what the outcome of the
discussion is.
• On the exam, you only hear the recording once.
• On the day of the exam, you will have ten minutes at the end of the listening to record
your answers on the answer sheet.

Tips:

• The questions follow the same order as the information on the recording. Remember you
may not hear the exact words that the questions use, so listen for words/expressions with
the same meaning.
• Multiple choice questions – these can include either questions or sentence stems, plus
three options. Read all of these carefully before you listen and underline key words to
help you identify the correct answer when you hear the recording.
• Matching questions - you can use each option more than once. These questions can test
your understanding of main ideas as well as detailed arguments.

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3 IELTS Listening Section 3

Answer the questions below. Write no more than three words or a number for each answer.

1. The tutor thinks that the topic of the student’s project is

a. controversial.

b. different.

c. predictable.

2. The tutor says that there have been

a. lots of studies on this topic.

b. some studies on this topic.

c. very few studies on this topic.

3. The student wants to compare the experiences of

a. people with darker and lighter blond hair colours.

b. people with natural blond and dyed blond hair.

c. blond men and blond women.

4. The tutor thinks that having subjects change their hair colour for the experiment will

a. show the range of experiences that people with different hair colours have.

b. make it very hard to find people to take part.

c. mean that the subjects will have to be paid.

5. The tutor suggests that the student

a. asks hairdressers if they can suggest people to take part in the experiment.

b. stands outside the hairdressers to ask people to take part in the experiment.

c. asks hairdressers to cut the price of dying people’s hair for the experiment.

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Look at the points 6-10. Listen and decide which person/people in options A-C match(es) each point.
You may use each of the letters (A-C) more than once.

A - the student only

B - the tutor only
C - both the student and the tutor

6. Think(s) it’s important to keep costs down for the experiment BOTH

7. Believe(s) it’s a good idea to do a mini experiment first, to make sure the main experiment will be
successful TUTOR

8. Change(s) their mind about the best way to ask people to describe photos STUDENT

9. Want(s) the experimental subjects to answer two types of question STUDENT BOTH

10. Raise(s) concerns about writing the final report TUTOR

4 Language in context
Read these sentences from the listening and explain the meaning of the phrases in bold.

a. I’m concerned I won’t have enough time to finish the project and submit my report before the
deadline if I go down that road. MAKE A DECISION TO CHANGE A
PARTICULAR OPTION

b. In my experience as a researcher, this is going to cause you a lot of problems further down the
line. LATER ON

A GENERAL PLAN OF
c. But at least now I have a bit of a road map to plan the next few stages. WHAT TO DO TO
ACHIEVE MY GOALS

Answer the questions below.

1. All of these items are metaphors - what general theme do they share?

2. Which two sentences express personal opinions?

3. Should you use all these items on both the IELTS speaking and writing exams?

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5 Speaking

Part 1: You are going to practise an IELTS exam speaking task. First, read the information about this
section and the tips for answering these question types.

Information: Part 1 of the speaking exam

• The examiner asks you questions about familiar everyday topics.

• This first part is meant to help you settle into the exam, so the questions are not meant
to be very difficult.
• This stage lasts 4-5 minutes and you might answer questions about three different topics.

Tips:

• You are very likely to start the exam by discussing one of these four topics: work, study,
hometown and home. You should be ready to talk about all of these.
• Make a good first impression on the examiner by speaking loudly and clearly.
• If you forget or don’t know a word, try to explain what you mean. The examiner will see
that you have good communication skills if you know how to paraphrase.

Read the set of questions about the topic Home and mark the notes for responses as fact (F) or opinion
(O)

• Topic 1: Home

1. Do you live in a house or in a flat?

a. a house - two floors FACT

b. all my life except for one year studying abroad FACT

c. with my family FACT

d. can’t imagine living in an apartment OPINION

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2. Do you have a balcony or outside space at home?

a. garden at the back FACT

b. flowers and trees FACT

c. love relaxing in the evenings OPINION

d. place to cook and eat FACT

3. What is your favourite room?

a. kitchen - small but cosy FACT

b. don’t like cooking! OPINION

c. lots of memories FACT

d. always find someone to talk to FACT

4. What would you change about your neighbourhood?

a. cleaner OPINION

b. too much graffiti and dog mess OPINION

c. neighbours are nice OPINION

d. we know them all FACT

Complete these phrases for introducing opinions by writing one word in each gap.

1. IF YOU ask ME , ...

IN MY
2. view, ...
TO
3. BE honest, ...

4. AS AS I’M concerned, ...

FAR

5. FROM MY point of view, ...

6. PERSONALLY speaking, ...

Do you know any other opinion phrases?

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6 Speaking Part 3

Make your own short notes to help you respond to these Speaking Part 1 questions. Remember to
include both facts and opinions and introduce opinions with a phrase.

Topic 1: Study

1. How many hours per week do you attend class? 2O HOURS PER WEEK

2. How much homework do you get? NOT TO MUCH

NONE
3. What’s your favourite thing about being a student?
4. What plans do you have for when you have finished your course of study? TRAVEL

Topic 2: Free time

1. How do you have fun at the weekends or in the evenings? WARCHING TV SHOWS,
COLORING BOOKS AND TIK
TOKS
2. Are there any new activities or hobbies you’d like to try in the future? LEARN NEW
INSTRUMENT

3. Where do you usually meet your friends when you have some free time? OUR HOUSES

4. Do you think you spend too much time on your phone or on the computer? SOMETIMES

Topic 3: Names

1. Does your name have any special meaning? STRONG LIKE A MAJESTIC SWORD

2. Is it a popular name in your hometown? IF USED TO BE ORIGINAL WHEN I WAS A

KID BUT NOW IT IS PRETTY COMMON
3. Who usually chooses a baby’s name in your country? BABY NAMES BOOKS

4. Do you follow any traditions about welcoming and naming new babies? I DON’T THINK SO, GENERAL
SPEAKING THE PARENTS ARE
THE ONE THA CHOOSE THE
NAME AND INFORM TO THEIR
RELATIVES. FOR EXAMPLE, MI
BROTHER SENT A PICTURE
YESTERDAY WITH THE
CLOTHES FOR THE NEW BABY
AND WRITE THE NAME THAT HE
CHOOSE ON IT. MY OTHER
BROTHER SENT A PICTURE OF
Ask and answer the questions in pairs. THE ECO WITH A “HELLO, MY
NAME IS ANTONI”

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When you finish speaking, think about how you could do better next time. Choose one area from the
box that you want to improve. Then answer the questions again, making that improvement.

• Content: include a good mix of fact and opinion; speak for longer.
• Vocabulary: introduce opinions clearly using set phrases.
• Grammar: be more accurate with structures.
• Pronunciation: be clear and loud enough to understand.
• Self-presentation: make eye contact, use confident body language or speak more
fluently.

7 Optional extension
During this lesson, you encountered both the typical questions topics of work, study, home and
hometown, as well as the more unusual topic of names. Although some topics may occur less frequently
than others in part 1 of the speaking exam, the theme of facts and opinions does not vary. Practising
with unusual topics can build your confidence for the exam.

Work in A/B pairs. Look at your own topic and put the words in order to make the first two questions.
Then write two more questions about this topic using your own ideas. Write one question about facts
and one about opinions.

Student A: Birds

1. birds / Do / good / make / pets? / think / Why or why not? / you

2. birds / can / find / food / hometown? / in / Where / wild / your

3. Fact:

4. Opinion:

Student B: Bicycles

1. a bike, / ever / got / Have / have you / one? /or / you / had
HAVE YOU GOT A BIKE OR HAVE YOU EVER HAD ONE?

2. do / for cyclists / hometown? / How safe / in / it is / think / you / your

HOW SAFE DO YOU THINK YOUR HOMWTOWN IS FOR CYCLISTS IN?

3. Fact:
HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ACCIDENT RIDDING A BIKE?

4. Opinion: DO YOU THINK THAT THE USE OF BICYCLES CAN HELP TO

THE ENVIERONMENT ?

Ask and answer the questions in pairs.

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