Complete IELTS Band 4-5

Cambridge English Bands 4-5 e o with AnswelS Guy Brook-Hart and Vanessa Jakeman CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521179560 © Cambridge University Press 2012 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2012 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue recordfor this publication is availablefrom the British Library. ISBN 978-0-521-17956-0 Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM ISBN 978-0-521-17957-7Student's Book without Answers with CD-ROM ISBN 978-0-521-18515-8 Teacher's Book ISBN 978-0-521-17958-4 Class Audio CDs (2) ISBN 978-0-521-17960-7 Student's Pack (Student's Book with Answers with CD-ROM and Class Audio CDs (2» ISBN 978-1-107-60245-8 Workbook with Answers with Audio CD ISBN 978-1-107-60244-1 Workbook without Answers with Audio CD Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables and other factual information given in this work is correct at the time of first printing, but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter.

Contents 4 6 Map of the units 7 Introduction IELTS Academic Module: content and overview 8 17 1 Great places to be 26 2 People's lives 28 37 Vocabulary and grammar review Units 1 and 2 46 3 Getting from A to B 48 4 It was all new once 57 66 Vocabulary and grammar review Units 3 and 4 68 5 Animal world 6 Being human 77 Vocabulary and grammar review Units 5 and 6 86 7 Literacy skills 88 8 Tourist attractions 97 106 Vocabulary and grammar review Units 7 and 8 9 Every drop counts 108 10 Building design 112 120 Vocabulary and grammar review Units 9 and 10 132 142 Speaking reference 158 Writing reference 175 Language reference 176 Word lists IELTS practice test 199 Recording scripts Additional material Answer key Acknowledgements 0Contents

2 People's lives Reading 2: The happiest country in Listening: Booking a holiday apartment Speaking Part 1 the world • Form completion Answering questions about yourself • Note completion Giving extra details Listening: Finding a travelling companion Expressing likes and dislikes Reading 1: Freya Stark, explorer and Predicting the answers writer Listening for signals to the answers Speaking Part 1 • Flow-chart completion Note completion Correcting mistakes • Short-answer questions Giving reasons, results or consequences with because and so Reading 2: Mau Pi8llug, ocean navigator • True / False / Not Given 3 Getting from A to BReading 1: The electric revolution Listening: A ship's information Speaking Part 2 • Labelling a diagram announcement Understanding the task Structuring the talk Reading 2: Traffic jams - no end in sight Labelling a diagram Introducing points • Matching headings Multiple choice Ending the talk Listening for synonyms and paraphrased Using discourse markers 4 It was all new once Reading 1: Air conditioning ideas in questions • Multiple choice Speaking Part 2 Listening: At an exhibition Writing notes Reading 2: Rubik's Cube Sentence completion Giving reasons, examples and • Summary completion consequences with because, so, for • Pick from a list example, for instance Talking for the full two minutes 5 Animal world Reading 1 The life of the European Listening: Information about a zoo Speaking Parts 1 and 2 6 Being human bee-eater Table completion Paraphrasing • Sentence completion Expressing feelings Reading 2: Humpback wl]_alebreaks • Labelling a map or plan Coping strategies migration record • Pick from a list Listening: Successful people Speaking Part 3 Matching The difference between Part 1 and Reading 1: Making a change Part 3 • Yes / No / Not Given • Pick from a list Generalising Reading 2: Reducing errors in memory Giving a full answer • Summary completion with a box 7 literacy skills Reading: Speed reading Listening: Applying for an online course Speaking Parts 2 and 3 Matching information Form completion Orientating yourself to the Part 2 topic Introducing your opinions in Part 3 and • Table completion • Multiple choice giving reasons 8 Tourist attractions Reading: Here today. gone tomorrow Listening: Welcoming visitors to a science Speaking Parts 1 and 2 Summary completion museum Using fact and opinion adjectives • Matching features Sentence completion • Keeping going / maintaining fluency • Table completion 9 Every drop counts Reading: The burden of thirst Listening: Preparation for a talk on Speaking Parts 2 and 3 Matching headings desalination Choosing the best subject for Part 2 Sentence completion Structuring the talk - useful phrases Pick from a list Matching Analysing the Part 3 questions • Flow-chart completion Giving a relevant, full answer 10 Building design Reading: The Pompidou Centre Listening: A talk on a traditional Samoan Speaking Parts 2 and 3 Multiple choice house design Part 2 practice Matching sentence endings • Note completion Answering a question on your talk Yes I No I Not Given Discussing similarities and differences in Part 3 Using linkers to make a contrast- although, even though, while, whereas o Map of the units

Writing I Vocabulary and Spelling I Pronunciation I Key grammar · Collocations and prepositional Writing Task 1 Sentence stress 1 Present simple and present Describing pie charts and bar charts phrases Selecting key features Stressing the words which answer continuous Using accurate data percent v. percentage the question or give new information Spelling: Making nouns plural Writing Task 2 · Working out the meanings of words Verbs + -ed Past simple Discussing advantages and disadvantages Spelling: Changes when adding -ed Analysing the task Planning an answer Writing an introduction Opening paragraphs Using linkers: also. and. but and however Writing Task 1 · Topic vocabulary: renewable Word stress 1 Making comparisons Describing tables and charts energy. zero emissions. vehicle. etc.; Using a dictionary Present perfect Comparing data and selecting key points commuter. congestion. smog. etc. Writing in paragraphs Chunking 1 Writing an overview · make and cause Using natural pauses to help the Spelling: Changes when adding -er listener Writing Task 2 and -estto adjectives To what extent do you agree or disagree? Brainstorming ideas Topic vocabulary: design. device, Avoiding irrelevance output. etc.: attempt. assemble, Organising your ideas experiment. etc. · What type of word is it? 1 Spelling: Using and misusing double letters Writing Task 1 · Topic vocabulary: diet, prey. breed. .Sentence stress 2 Countable and uncountable nouns Summarising two charts etc. Stressing words which carry Comparing bar charts meaning or express feeling Zero and first conditionals Grouping information · What type of word is it? 2 Ufl unless) Analysing the task and planning an answer · Prepositions in time phrases Intonation 1 Indicating that you have or haven't Writing Task 2 ideas Words that give directions finished your answer Answering a single question Analysing the task and brainstorming ·· Spelling Small words often Planning an answer misspelled · Topic vocabulary: conventionsl. novelty, donate, etc. · Word building Expressing opinions and feelings Word formation and spelling changes Spelling: Suffixes .Writing Task 1 raise or rise? Word stress 2 Prepositions to describe graphs Describing trends Stressing the correct syllable Using verb and noun phrases ·· Spelling: Forming adverbs from Relative pronouns: who. which, Using the correct tense adjectives that, where Writing an overview tourism or tourist? Chunking 2 Writing Task 2 Spelling: Introductory and linking Improving overall fluency Answering two questions phrases Analysing the task . Planning and writing about both parts Writing a conclusion Writing Task 1 Topic vocabulary: filter, pressure. Intonation 2 The passive Summarising a diagram marine, etc. Showing that information is new or Planning an answer effect. benefit, advantage and interesting Ordering the information and using time disadvantage Ending a point markers: when, after. next, then Spelling: Some common mistakes Comparing two diagrams Sentence stress 3 Modal verbs Beginning and ending an answer and Topic vocabulary: traditional, Showing a contrast writing an overview features, construct, etc. Word choice Writing Task 2 Guessing the meaning of words Discussing opposing views and giving your Improving vocabulary use opinion Spelling: Proofreading your essay AnalYSing the task and brainstorming ideas for common spelling mistakes Deciding on your own view Structuring an answer Proofreading an answer for spelling and punctuation mistakes 0Map of the units

Introduction Who this book is for • a Language reference section which clearly explains all the areas of grammar covered in the book and Complete IELTS Bands 4~5 is a short course of 50~60 which will help you in the IELTS exam. classroom hours for students who wish to take the Academic module of the International English Language • a complete IELTS practice test Testing System (IELTS). It teaches you the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills that you need for the exam. It • ten photocopiable word lists (one for each unit) covers all the exam question types, as well as key grammar containing vocabulary found in the units. Each and vocabulary which, from research into the Cambridge vocabulary item in the word list is accompanied Learner Corpus, are known to be useful to candidates doing by a definition from the Cambridge Learner's the test. If you are not planning to take the exam in the near Dictionary (CLD). future, the book teaches you the skills and language you need to reach an intermediate level of English (Common • complete recording scripts for all the listening European Framework (CEF) level B1). material What the book contains • a CD-ROM which provides you with many interactive exercises, including further listening practice In the Student's Book there are: exclusive to the CD-ROM. All these extra exercises are linked to the topics in the Student's Book. • ten units for classroom study, each containing: Also available are: • sections on each of the four papers in the IELTS exam. The units provide language input and skills • two audio CDs containing listening material for the practice to help you to deal successfully with the ten units of the Student's Book plus the Listening Test tasks in each section. in the IELTS practice test. The listening material is indicated by different-coloured icons in the Student's • a range of enjoyable and stimulating speaking activities designed to enable you to perform to the Book as follows: () em, () CD2. best of your ability in each part of the test and to increase your fluency and your ability to express • a Teacher's Book containing: yourself. • step-by-step guidance for handling all the • a step-by-step approach to doing IELTS Writing tasks. activities in the Student's Book • key grammar exercises relevant to the exam. When • a large number of suggestions for alternative you are doing grammar exercises, you will sometimes treatments of activities in the Student's Book and suggestions for extension activities see this symbol: @. These exercises are based on • advice on the test and task types for teachers to research from the Cambridge Learner Corpus and pass on to students they deal with the areas which cause problems for students in the exam. • extra photocopiable materials for each unit of the Student's Book, to practise and extend language • vocabulary related to IELTS topics and spelling • complete answer keys, including sample answers exercises. When you see this symbol @ by an to Writing tasks exercise, the exercise focuses on words which IELTS • complete recording scripts for all the listening candidates often confuse or use wrongly in the exam. material • a unit review. These contain exercises which revise the grammar and vocabulary that you have studied in • five photocopiable progress tests, one for every each unit. two units of the book • Speaking and Writing reference sections which explain • a topic-based word list of words/phrases and the tasks you will have to do in the Speaking and their definitions taken from each unit. Writing papers. They give you examples, together with additional exercises and advice on how best to approach • a Workbook containing: these two IELTS papers. • ten units for homework and self-study. Each unit o Introduction contains full exam practice in one part of the IELTS Reading and Listening papers. • further practice of the grammar and vocabulary taught in the Student's Book • an audio CD containing all the listening material for the Workbook.































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