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Family
Part 1 Preparation
4 Intermediate

Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:

Practice answering questions based on Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking test.

Learn and practice some different ways to talk about your family, language to
make your answers sound more interesting, and phrases you can use if you don't
understand a question.
Practice pronouncing /I/ as in "ship" and /i:/ as in "sheep."

Exercise 1
Warm-Up: Pronunciation Practice
Listen and Repeat

Listen and repeat after your tutor.

A) ship

B) sheep

A) chip
B) cheap

A) mitt

B) meat

A) lip
 B) leap

A) sit

B) seat

Quiz

Your tutor will choose 5 words and say them aloud. After each word, say whether it is from
Group A or Group B.

Quiz Your Tutor

Choose 5 words and say them aloud. After each word, your tutor will say whether it is from
Group A or Group B.
Exercise 2
Helpful Vocabulary
Family

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to
read the definition and example sentence.

aunt uncle niece nephew

Noun Noun Noun Noun

cousin partner stepfather stepmother

Noun Noun Noun Noun

Tell your tutor if you have each of these people as family members and what their names
are.

For example:

"I have two aunts - Hiroki and Kana."

"I don't have any cousins."

Listen and repeat these words and phrases with your tutor.

Family Activities

watching TV
going out for dinner
playing sports
hanging out
going shopping
playing computer games
hiking
 playing board games

Tell your tutor what you like doing with your family.

For example:

"We like watching TV together."

"We don’t really like playing sports together."

Exercise 3
Speaking Test Part 1 Dialogue

Read the dialogue based on Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking test with your tutor. You will be
the examiner. At the end, you will need to answer 3 questions.

Do you get along well with your family? Why? Why not?

Examiner

I get along really well with all of them, even my younger brother! We
laugh a lot. People are often surprised by how much time we spend
Yan-ting together, but we really like hanging out.

What do you like doing with your family?

Examiner

It may sound strange, but my parents and I are really into video games.
They really like Mario Kart so we play that together. Surprisingly, my
Yan-ting mum is really good. Sometimes, we also play board games. We're all
learning Mahjong.
 So, do you spend a lot of time with your family?

Examiner

Yes, my family is really important to me, so I spend most of my time

with them ... except when I’m at work.
Yan-ting

Questions

1. How much time does Yan-ting spend with his family?

2. What do they like doing together?

3. Does he get along well with his younger brother?

Exercise 4
Fill in the Blanks

Read the dialogue based on Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking test with your tutor and fill in the
blanks. Your tutor will be the examiner.

Do you get along well with your family? Why? Why not?

Examiner

Yes, I really do. Surprisingly, I get (1) best with my

grandmother, even though she is 82 and I’m 22. We're great friends. We
Laura both really like (2) shopping and playing (3) games.

What do you like doing with your family?

Examiner
 Believe it or not, when we all get together we love going (4)
for dinner. We all love eating and hanging (5) .
Laura

Do you spend a lot of time with your family?

Examiner

It may sound strange, but I don’t really spend much time with my
family. This is mainly because my (6) are really busy working,
Laura and so I don’t see them much during the week. I do spend a lot of time
(7) TV with my grandmother, though.

Choose answers from the options below that fit in blanks 1 to 7

Answer Pool (Questions 1-7)

watching
out

going
parents
along
board

out

Exercise 5
Part 1 Test Practice
Useful Language

Laura and Yan-ting use these phrases to make their answers sound more interesting.
Listen and repeat them with your tutor.
 It's quite interesting because ...
Believe it or not, …
It may sound strange, but ...
People are often surprised by ...
Surprisingly, ...

Questions

Use the phrases above to answer these questions based on Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking
test.

1. Do you spend a lot of time with your family?

2. What do you like doing with your family?

3. Do you get along well with your family? Why? Why not?

4. Who in your family are you most similar to? Why?

Exercise 6
Test Strategies

Sometimes you might not be able to understand what the IELTS examiner is asking you.
Here are some phrases you can use to ask them to repeat the question.

Useful Language

Listen and repeat these phrases with your tutor.

Pardon?
What was that, sorry?
Could you ask that question again, please?
Sorry, could you say that one more time, please?
I’m sorry, but I’m not quite sure what you mean. Could you say it again?

Questions
 Use the phrases above to ask your tutor to repeat each question, then answer.

1. Do you come from a large or small family?

2. Who in your family are you closest to?

3. Who do you live with?

4. Could you describe your youngest family member?

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