Vocabulary Test - Answers

1 period 2 hovering 3 fluctuated 4 trend 5 peak 6 plummeted 7 rocketed 8 steadily 9 meanwhile

10 sitcom
11 make ... plan

Reading Test - Answers

Survivor from the Sky

1 18 (years old) 2 biologist 3 storm/lightning 4A 5D 6C 7A 8B 9C 10D 11N 12N 13Y 14NG

Spider Silk

15B 16C 17B 18A 19B 20NG 21Y 22 N 23 NG 24N 25 pollution 26 stretching, wrinkling, shrinkage (all 3 required for 1 mark) 27 60%

Speakng & Vocabulary Test Results

Please note that you will receive your Vocabulary Test Results on Monday and your Speaking Test Results on Tuesday in class. You will be graded in your speaking ability on a scale from D to A+.

HOMEWORK - Extra weekend homework

Try some reading practice at http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/advanced_reading_comprehension_2.shtml

Try completing the essay for Task 1. Choose how large you want the reading font to be. Make sure you click on "CHART" to see the picture.You need to use words like was, in, the, a, of.


Here's some speaking pronunciation practice for your vowel sounds:
http://www.oup.com/elt/englishfile/intermediate/c_pronunciation/

WRITING: Task 1

http://ela-students.blogspot.com/2010/04/intermediate-ielts-task-1-writing.html

Vocabulary Test

TASK ONE: COMPLETE THE TEXT FOR THE CHART BY WRITING THE WORD IN FULL

The graph shows the 1 f______________ in the number of people at a London underground station over the course of a day.

The busiest time of the day is in the morning. There is a 2s_______ 3 i__________between 06:00 and 08:00, with 400 people using the station at 8 o'clock. After this the numbers 4 d_______ quickly to less than 200 at 10 o'clock. Between 11 am and 3 pm the number rises, with a plateau of just under 300 people using the station.

In the afternoon, numbers 5 d_________, with less than 100 using the station at 4 pm. There is then a rapid 6 r_______ to a 7 p_________ of 380 at 6pm. After 7 pm, numbers 8 f_______ significantly, with only a 9 s_______ increase again at 8pm, tailing off after 9 pm.

Overall, the graph shows that the station is most crowded in the early morning and early evening periods.

TASK TWO:

complete with the following words:

cut prediction predict level off resolve solve

10 In Britain that means trying to ____ the need to travel.
11 Environmentalists _________ that pollution will be a bigger problem in the future.

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ANSWERS
http://www.writefix.com/graphs/usqassign1/vocab.htm
Q 1-9 Please go to the bottom of the webpage above for the answers
Q 10 cut
Q 11 predict

HOMEWORK ANSWERS: Tuesday 25/4/10 p10

p10 Yello IELTS Foundation Book - homework answers

5) A=4,B=1, C=5, D=2, E=3

6) 1=B (paragraph B...you are still protected by the close memory of your home culture)
2=A (paragraph E...Next you may reject the differences you encounter.)
3-D (paragraph D - look at key words: returning home, promote, warn...)

Welcome

Hi Everyone

Welcome to ELA's Intermediate IELTS class! I hope that you will use these pages to assist you with your studies and to share your work and ideas with others.

Nicole : )