REVISION (FINAL

LESSON)
READING & WRITING SKILLS
 READING (60 minutes – 3 passages)
I. Target reading skills:
1. Scanning & skimming
2. Understanding main ideas
3. Reading for detail Read the questions before
4. Understanding opinion & attitude reading the passages!
II. Question types:
5. Paragraph headings
6. Short answers
7. MCQs
8. Sentence/note/summary/flow chart/table completion
9. Matching lists/phrases
10. Yes/No/Not given
11. True/False/Not given
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 WRITING (60 minutes)
1. TASK 1: A 15—word summary of information presented in graphic
or diagrammatic form. (20 minutes)
2. TASK 2: A 250-word essay presenting an argument on a given topic.
(40 minutes)
 GRAPHS; CHARTS; TABLES

table

bar chart

line graph pie chart

Maps
Process
Flow Chart
 Bar chart/Line chart/Pie chart/Table

Time period vs. without time period diagram

A diagram with a time period
shows you the changes
among different categories
over a certain period of time.
A diagram without time
priod only shows the
differences among
catergories
 What does the graph/chart/table show?
Give the general trend/change:
Don’t put the specific number
1. the extremes (xu hướng cực đoan)
2. the constant (xu hướng không đổi)
3. a peak/ a trough (đỉnh/điểm thấp nhất)
4. changes: (xu hướng thay đổi)
+ only category to always rise/ fall (luôn tang/giảm)
+ biggest/ smallest increase (tang mạnh nhất/ít nhất)
+ fluctuation (dao động)
5. comparison:
+ comparison of change between two or more categories (general
feature followed by figures)
6. Group 2 or more which share the same features into 1 paragraph
 /ˈɒs.ɪ.leɪt/
/ˈvɒl.ə.taɪl/

to oscillate between sth and sth

e.g. The stock has spent most of the past five years oscillating
between $3 and $5.
Property has always been less volatile than shares.
 CÁCH MIÊU TẢ SỰ THAY ĐỔI

I. tính từ + danh từ
VD:

GM car sales saw a significant growth from $5,000 to $105,000 between 1960 and 2010.

GM car sales witnessed a significant growth from $5,000 to $105,000 between 1960 and 2010.

II. động từ + trạng từ

 1980 - 2000 2020 - 2030
1955 1940 - 1955
1980 - 2000 1980 - 1985
2020 - 2030 1965 - 1975
1980 - 1985 1955 - 1960
2020 - 2030 1965 - 1975
1960 - 1965 1965 - 1975
Khi số phần trăm không có con số chính xác
BA PHƯƠNG PHÁP MÔ TẢ PHẦN TRĂM
1. INTRODUTION:
What does the diagram show?

2. BODY: (1 – 2 paragraphs)
Describe the stages of the diagram
based on the arrows.

Tense: Present (Passive)

Use linking devices (First/The

process starts with ...; Next; At the
same time; Finally ...
 /prɪˌsɪp.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
water that falls from the clouds towards the ground,
as rain or snow
water that flows away from high areas to low areas

/ɪmˈpɜː.vi.əs/
not allowing liquid to go through
HOMEWORK