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Part 1 Preparation

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 school subjects, language for sharing your opinions, and phrases you can use to disagree politely.
Practice pronouncing /ʃ/ as in "shade" and /dʒ/ as in "jade."

Exercise 1

Warm-Up: Pronunciation Practice

Listen and Repeat

Listen and repeat after your tutor.

A) show

B) Joe

A) sheep

B) jeep

A) shade

B) jade

A) shin

B) gin

A) shell

B) gel

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

School Subjects

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.

history

Noun

math

Noun

English

Noun

art

Noun

physical education

Noun

music

Noun

science

Noun

economics

Noun

Tell your tutor which subjects you enjoyed at school and which you disliked.

For example:

"I enjoyed history."

"I disliked math."

Adjectives

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.

easy

Adjective

difficult

Adjective

useful

Adjective

useless

Adjective

interesting

Adjective

boring

Adjective

enjoyable

Adjective

practical

Adjective

Tell your tutor which of these adjectives are negative and which are positive.

For example:

"Easy is positive."
"Useless is negative."

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.

	Examiner Do you work or study?
	Saya I’m studying at the moment. I’m learning English.
	Examiner Why did you choose to study English?
	Saya In my opinion, English is really important. It's a global language, so I think it'll be useful when I start looking for a job.
	Examiner What do you like and dislike about it?
	Saya Personally, I think it depends on the teacher. When I have a good teacher, it's really enjoyable and interesting. Luckily, I have a good teacher now. For me, English is really difficult! That’s what I don’t like.
	Examiner Is this a popular subject in your country?
	Saya Well, it seems to me like it is. There are English schools everywhere! All my friends are either studying it or have studied it in the past.

Questions

What is Saya studying?

Why did she choose to study this subject?

What does Saya dislike about it?

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.

	Examiner Do you work or study?
	Arisa I’m working but I used to study art history.
	Examiner What did you like and dislike about it?
	Arisa In (1) opinion, art history is very interesting and can tell us a lot about the world. However, it wasn't very (2), so it was difficult for me to get a job once I’d graduated.
	Examiner Is art history a popular subject in your country?
	Arisa Well, it seems (3) me that it isn’t very popular. In my country, most students (4) to be more interested in business or economics. I guess it's more (5) for future employment, but (6) my opinion, this is sad because it is good to know about history.

Choose answers from the options below that fit in blanks 1 to 6

Answer Pool (Questions 1-6)

practical/useful
seem
useful/practical
to
in
my

Exercise 5

Part 1 Test Practice

Useful Language

Saya and Arisa use these phrases to share their opinions. Listen and repeat them with your tutor.

Personally, I think ...
In my opinion, ...
For me, ...
Well, it seems to me that ...

Questions

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

Do you work or study?

Why did you choose to study this?

What do you like and dislike about it?

Is this a popular subject in your country?

Exercise 6

Test Strategies

Sometimes in an IELTS speaking test, you might have to politely disagree with a point that the examiner makes. Here are some useful phrases you can use.

Useful Language

Listen and repeat these phrases with your tutor.

I’m not sure I agree, because ...
I really don’t think that’s true ...
I’m sorry, I have to disagree, because ...
That is not really my view. I think ... instead.

Questions

Use the phrases above to answer these questions.

Some people say learning English isn’t useful. What is your opinion?

Would you agree that English is easy? Why? Why not?

Some people say history isn't an important school subject. Would you agree?

Studying math is useless. Do you agree or disagree? Why?