The Sound of

Music
Longman –
Focus on IELTS
The list shows the main categories of music included in a recent
international survey.
Survey results
Sampling a text
Scanning for specific information
T/F/DNS – exam practice
Matching
True or False?

If a word is
It is important to If you don’t
boggly, try to
flubberlog every flubberlog a
munser the
word in a text. word, clux it!
general meaning.
Golden rues

It is NOT If a word is
If you don’t
important to important, try to
understand a
understand every guess the general
word, ignore it!
word in a text. meaning.
How does it work in practice…
Understanding how ideas are linked
Compound Nouns
Write a paragraph (80 – 100 words) about
traditional music in your country or your
favourite genre of music. Use linking
expressions and compound nouns.
Describing objects – blind taboo

→ Work in two teams

→ one volunteer from each team gets an object to describe

→ But they can’t see what the object is

→ They are not allowed to say what it is or what it is used for

→ Team members try to guess

→ But first – learn some vocabulary!

Match the adjectives on the left to typical examples
smooth a fish just out of the water
polished a thick sheepsking rug
silky a thistle, a hedgehog, thorns on a rose
sleek fine, expensive tights or stockings

downy highly polished, streamlined new car bodork

slippery new, unwashed denim jeans/bark of a tree

furry new-born baby's hair
rough sand

coarse sharp, irregular edges of broken glass or metal

jagged the paper in an expensive book

prickly twisted, dead wood from an old tree

gnarled varnished wood/a shiny metal surface

Personalise
Shapes
Describing objects – blind taboo

→ Work in two teams

→ one volunteer from each team gets an object to describe

→ But they can’t see what the object is

→ They are not allowed to say what it is or what it is used for

→ Team members try to guess

Practise describing objects

→ Describe the objects on your worksheet to your partner without saying what they are

→ Once your partner guesses, change roles

Exam Practice

→ How much time have you got

to prepare?

→ Can you write down any ideas

in the exam?

→ How long do you need to

speak for?

→ How many points do you need

to mention?
Time limit training

→ Speak about a topic that your teacher gives you for 1 full minute without stopping
→ A pen
→ A national holiday
→ A travel experience
→ Your best friend
→ A famous person
→ A city
→ Your high-school
Organise the following words into categories (maximum 4)

→ sculpture → stunt → programme

→ stage → conductor → dress rehearsal

→ subtitles → still life → special effects

→ exhibit → scenery → landscape

→ screen → on location → soundtrack

→ collection → act → catalogue

Pronunciation