SPC IELTS Class notes – 26.2.

2024

20 The arts
find sth appealing / attractive / interesting / fascinating
sth appeals to me / doesn’t appeal to me
sth attracts / interests / fascinates me
I get a real rush from ...

1.1
1. modern art / abstract art; an artist
2. ballet ; ballerina
3. a portrait; an artist
4. a play; actors and actresses
5. opera ; opera singer
6. classical music/ orchestral concert (instrumental); orchestra
7. a sculpture ; a sculptor
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1.4
1. Yes
2. No – ‘universal impulse’
3. Yes – ‘reflection’
4. Yes – ‘mundane’
5. Yes – ‘choreographed ...viewer’s rush’
6. Yes – ‘conception’
7. No – ‘burgeoning’
8. Yes - ‘transcend’

learned lur-nid
Noun Verb Adjective
creation, creativity, creator create creative
culture acculturate cultural, cultured (person)
influence, (influencer) influence influential
inspiration inspire inspirational, inspiring,
inspired
imagination imagine imaginative, imaginary
participation, participant participate participatory
richness / enrichment enrich rich

The inspiration for this inspiring story was a desire to inspire and to be inspired.
1. eclectic 2. style 3. popular 4. classical 5. plays 6. role 7. set 8. mood
9. stimulate 10. relaxing 11. inspire 12. distracting 13. headphones 14. escape
15. atmosphere 16. concert 17. electric 18. venues 19. audiences 20. intimacy
21. enriches 22. magical 23. the arts
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Exercise 47 – relative clauses
1. Culture shock is a problem that/which affects overseas students.
2. The UN is an institution where countries can discuss their problems.
3. An ambassador is a person who/that represents a country abroad.
4. A barrister is a lawyer who/that represents clients in court.
5. A school is an institution that/which prepares people for life.
6. A hydroelectric dam is a place where water is used to generate electricity.
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7. The world climate change summit, which was held in Copenhagen in
2009, was designed to reach an agreement to replace the Kyoto agreement,
which expires in 2012.
8. Scientists who have spent years studying global warming stated that the
agreement was vital for the world’s future.
9. However, economists state (that) that action, which could badly damage
the economy, might not even help control climate change.
10. The conference eventually reached an agreement(,) which made
recommendations but did not compel countries to act.
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1st conditional
Used to discuss a realistic/possible outcome
If +present simple, ___will_____.

If it rains, I will get wet.

Can be used to talk about habits/tendencies

If/When I am working, I will usually listen to instrumental music.

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If you don’t study, you won’t get a good score.
Unless (negative form of ‘if’)
Unless you study, you won’t get a good score.

Possible: ‘Unless you don’t study, you will get a good score.’

Second conditional
Used to talk about a hypothetical and highly unlikely/impossible situation in
the present or future.

If drugs were made legal, the pharmaceutical industry would make a huge
profit.

If + past simple, ___would _____.

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a. will not make
b. will/ would not be
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c. were /was
d. would be able
e. will have
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f. are allowed
g. will prevent
h. will probably stop
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Sentence stress
Stress: content words – nouns, main verbs, adjectives
Unstressed: prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs

Section 1
WRITE WHAT YOU HEAR
1. Keiko
2. JO6337
3. 4 months / four months
4. (Advanced) English (Studies)
5. (young) children
6. pets
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7. seafood
8. tennis
9. trains / the train
10. this afternoon
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11. C - CONTEXT
12. B - category
13. A - paraphrase
14. B
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15. car park
16. rose garden
17. cafe / café
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18. cycling
19. biology lessons
20. viewing shelter
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eclectic

2
a. blame is stating who one believes is responsible for a problem or error
fault refers to the objective truth about who is responsible for a problem or
error
4. flop fail to meet expectations e.g. The latest Hollywood movie was a flop.
blunder mistake, usually due to lack of care or thought
I blundered by writing ‘True’ instead of ‘Yes’ as the answer to question 32.
point fingers criticise/ assign blame
give sth a bad name negatively affect sth’s reputation
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1. B – in many companies, blame is never even mentioned. In other
organisations, people are quick to point fingers.

2. D
blame can also prod people to put forth their best efforts

3. C

Baseball managers spend most of….managing things that go wrong.

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Which three grammatical mistakes are you most likely to make in

writing and speaking in English?
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Listening section 3

Discussion between 2-3 (very rarely 4) people in an academic context

Students and a tutor/lecturer/professor
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What are the difficulties involved in answering questions based on a
discussion?

Because there are several speakers, we need to recognise them based on their
voices. - often, the educator will have the last say, or one student may
take the lead
Speakers tend to self-correct or correct each other. → the first answer you
hear is not always the correct answer – voice tends to go down at end of
statement to indicate that the decision has been made
‘have the last say on something’ = have the right to make a decision about
something
Speakers may move quickly between topics → it can be difficult to pinpoint
where you should be on the exam paper
signal words: Right….Ok….Now….Great...
Because the context is academic, the vocabulary can be of a higher difficulty.
1. essay 2. dissertation 3. lecture 4. thesis 5. tutorial

21. 5 / five
22. assessed
23. A
24. B
25. A
26. C
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27. media room
28. resources room
29. embassy
30. statistics
one embassy – possibly several consulates
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31. B
32. C
33. A
34. water
35. meat
36. cheese
37. fifth/ 5th taste
38. common
39. Bitterness / bitterness
40. minerals
Pronunciation in use

Belgian Welsh Dutch

Japanese Russian Chinese
German Polish French
Turkish Chilean

Vocabulary + parts of speech

Teacher says a word – you identify the part of speech and give another form (part of speech) of the
same word

transgenic genetically modified

appetite carbohydrate
nutrition mineral
vitamin consume
protein obese