IELTSTECHGENERALMODULE(Reading,Writing,Speaking&ListeningEssentials)

JyotiMalhotra(B.AHons.M.A.,NET-1,E-Commerce)

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Dedication

I,with due respect and profound privilege, serene dignity and foldedhandsdedicatemysmallpieceofresearchprogramtomydevotedanddedicatedparents,Mrs.KiranMalhotra andMr.PradeepMalhotra fortheir wholesome support and their dignified ambience which theyoffered me to sail the boat of my life on the path of hardwork anddetermination.Iamreallyverythankfultobothofthemforbloomingmylifewiththeirhumbleambience.

Acknowledgement

There is a big vote bank of thanks in my whole projection of this project to my worthyparents,Mrs.&Mr.DeepBirla,MyGuide,Mr.ParminderSinghBhogal,CaringBrothers&Sisters -Mrs. &Mr. Rohit Gandhi,Mrs. &Mr. AmanMalhotra andMrs. &Mr. SandeepMalhotra.Myheartiestthankstomylifepartner,Mr.DeepakMalhotra(husband)andthelittlestepsofmyAngel,DityaMalhotra(daughter).Iamreallygrateful tobeapartof theV&SPublisherswhosupportmyresearchanalysiswiththeirexpertteamofpublishing.IamreallyverythankfultoMr.SahilGupta(Director)andMr.BinaySrivastavafortheirwholesomecooperationtoconvertmyresearchprogramtoacompletemasterpiece.

RegardsJyotiMalhotra

Publisher’sNote

V&SPublishershasrecentlyventuredintothefieldofAcademicBookswiththelaunchoftheGenXSeries.‘GenX’standsfor‘ExcellenceinGeneration‘X’.Theseriescomprisesbooksfor aspirants of various competitive examinations. Hence, following the success of ourpreviousbooksinthisseries,wedecidedtolaunchaseriesofIELTSortheInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystembooksunderthisseries.Thesubjecthasbeendividedintofivemainpartswhichhasbeengroupedintofivebooksbytheauthor,suchas:IELTSTech-AcademicModule,IELTSTech-WritingEssentials,IELTSTech-VocalCosmetics,IELTSTech-GeneralModuleand IELTSTech-SpeakingEssentials for the students,whoaspire to study,workorsettleabroad.ThebooksinthisexclusiveSeriesarewrittenespeciallyfortheIndianstudentswhowishtoappearintheIELTSexams.Mostoftheforeignbooksavailableinthemarketonthissubjecthavebeenwrittenkeepinginviewtheforeignreadersandattimes,mayappearGreektothestudents from India, primarily because of issues related to accent, grammatical aspects,spellings, etc. Therefore, the need for these books was felt by V&S Publishers and theauthor ’sextensiveresearchonthissubjectwascarefullymouldedtopresentitintheformoffiveperfectbooksonIELTS,specificallyforIndianstudents.EachbookcontainsSkills,StrategiesandGuidelineswritteninasimplemanneralongwithaCDthataccompaniesthebookwhichisalsooneoftheuniquefeaturesofthisSeries.TheCDsareinteractiveandillustrativeandpresented inamanner thatevenanaveragestudentcangraspthecontentsandmasterthelanguageeasilyandquickly.So,V&SPublishershopesthatthroughthesebooks,wecanoffertheIELTSaspirants--ASmarterWaytoLearnTechnicalEnglishnationwide.

Contents

DedicationAcknowledgementPublisher’sNotePreface

ReadingModuleChapter-1ReadingStrategies&SkillsChapter-2ReadingPracticeTest

ReadingPracticeTest1ReadingPracticeTest2ReadingPracticeTest3

WritingModuleChapter-3WritingStrategies&SkillsChapter-4WritingPracticeTest

WritingPracticeTest-1WritingPracticeTest-2WritingPracticeTest-3

SpeakingModuleChapter-5SpeakingStrategies,Skills&GuidelinesChapter-6Part-IInterviewsessionChapter-7Part-IICueCardsChapter-8Part-IIIFollowupQueries

ListeningModuleChapter-9ListeningStrategies,Pointers&TipsChapter-10ListeningPracticeTest

ListeningPracticeTest1ListeningPracticeTest2ListeningPracticeTest3

Preface

IELTS-TECH-AcompleteToolkitforlearning,practisingandknowingaboutIELTS.Astheworldisgrowingsmarter,thewaysofitslearningandgettingeducationalsogetssmarterdayby day. IELTS-TECH (A TECHNICAL TOOLKIT OFLEARNING INTERNATIONALLANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM) is also acting as a smarter way to learn IELTS viaPresentationsonitsstrategies.Thistoolkitcompletelybclarifiesfoursections.

Reading:ThisreferstotheIELTSaspirants’developmentinreading,“understandingandrespondingtoawiderangeofspoken,writtenandvisualEnglishtexts.It involveslearners’developingunderstandings of how texts are organised and how language varies according to thesituation,socialandculturalcontexts,purposeandaudience.

Writing:It refers to the IELTS aspirants’ development inwriting a range of texts for interpersonal,informational and aesthetic purposes. It involves developing writing skills including taskresponse,Coherence,LexicalResourceandGrammarskills

Speaking:This refers the IELTS aspirants’ development in using spoken Standard English forcommunicationforsocialandschool-basedlearning.Itinvolvesdevelopinglearners’control

overStandardEnglishphonology,word and sentence stress, rhythmand intonation and theinformationconveyedbythesesystems.

Listening:It refers to the IELTS aspirants’ development in understanding spoken Standard English. Itfocusses on the ability to actively listen for a purpose and involves learners being able toselectandapplystrategiestomakemeaninginawiderangeofcontexts.

IELTS TECH SERVES THE YOUNG ASPIRANTS WITHITSTOOLKITOFFIVEBOOKSBOOK1:IELTS-Tech:ItincludesReading,Writing,Speaking,andListeningalongwithitsstrategiestocrackwiththepracticesessions.BOOK1:IELTS-Tech:ItincludesReading,Writing,Speaking,andListeningalongwithitsstrategiestocrackwiththepracticesessions.BOOK2 :WRITINGESSENTIALS : Itwill serve theAcademic andGeneral candidateswithwriting topics.Thisbookcovers thewide rangeofGraphicalRepresentation,GenerallettersandfewAcademicandGeneraltopicsofwriting.B0OOK3:VOCALCOSMETICSANDSPEECHTHERAPYFORIELTS:Thisbookwillenhancethespeakingskillsofthecandidate.Studentswillcometoknowthetechnicalaspectin IELTS related to speaking techniques likeWord Stress, Intonation, Rhythm, Coherence,LexicalResource,Fluency,etc.BOOK4:GENERALMODULEFORIELTSThisbookwillhelpthegeneralcandidatewhoare appearing for IELTS. It covers Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening skills withstrategiesandpracticesessions.BOOK 5 : SPEAKING ESSENTIALS : This will serve both the Academic and Generalcandidatesregardinginterviewsessionsbetweeninterviewerandinterviewee.ItcoversPART-1PersonalInteraction,PART-2Cue-Cards,PART-3FollowupSession.

SPECIALATTRACTIONINIELTS-TECH

AWARENESSSESSIONS:Thesepowerpointsmartsessionswillhelpthestudents tobuildtheir ideology towards simple topics like Education,Media,Music, Technology, Tourism,Culture,Science,Computers,Health,etc.Theseawarenesssessionsisanendeavourtoraisethe standardsofvocabulary and terminologyof the aspirants.Thiswill enhance the lexicalresource for Writing and Speaking skills. These awareness sessions not only servesVocabularyUsagebutalsoprovidesTraditionalandContemporaryOutlook,QuotationsandProverbialMatter,AuthorSayings,VolleyofIdiomsandPhrasesrelatedtoit...etc.ThissmartCDwillbeprovidedwiththeWritingEssentialsandSpeakingEssentials.SMARTCDOFPOWERPOINTPRESENTATION:IELTS-TECHisasmarttechproductwhichhelptheaspirantstounderstandthetechnicalitiesoftheIELTSexamswithvisualaids.ThisproductisthepackageofstrategiestocrackthefourmodulesofIELTS,i.e.,Reading,Writing,SpeakingandListeningwithitsDo’sandDon’ts.COMPACT DISKOF LISTENING SESSIONS : For enhancing the listening part of thecandidate,listeningactivitiesareprovidedintheCDfortheirpractice.

ABSTRACT

READINGMODULE

TheIELTSReadingTesthasthreesectionswhichrequire60minutestocomplete the test. For this, it is essentialfor the IELTS candidates toknowtheskimming&scanningtechniquetoimprovetheirbandscoreinthe reading test. This chapter completely discusses the exact format,strategies and techniques to solve the IELTS Reading Test, MarkingSchemeandQuestionTypes.

Chapter1:Readingstrategiesandskills

TheTestFormatTheIELTSGeneralTrainingReadingTesthas3sections.Youhave60minutestocompletethetest.ThereisNOextratimeat theendofthetest totransferyouranswerstotheanswerpaper (you get 10 extra minutes in the listening test only); your answers must be on theanswerpaperattheendofthe60minutes.Thetesthas40questionsbasedonaseriesoftexts.Thetotallengthofallthetextsputtogethershouldbebetween2000and2750words.Asinallthe different parts of IELTS, the IELTS General Training Reading Test gets progressivelyharder through the paper. Possible formats of texts could be: notices, advertisements,newspapers,instructionmanuals,leaflets,timetables,booksandmagazines.

Section1Section1willnormallyhave2ormaybe3‘texts’with13ormaybe14questionstoanswerin2or3setsofdifferingformats.Wewilllookatthetypesofquestionsthatyouwillmeetlater.Section 1 tests the candidate on ‘social survival’ in an English speaking country. Thequestions usually involve the candidate finding and providing factual information from avarietyof texts.Texts in section1are relatively short and theremaybeanumberof ‘minitexts’tolookthrough,eg:aseriesofadvertisementsonsimilarsubjects.

Section2Section 2 again usually has 2 texts with 13 or maybe 14 questions to answer. Section 2concentratesonthecontextoftrainingandwelfareinanEnglishspeakingcountry.Thetextsherearemorecomplicatedusingmoreintricatelanguageandstructure.

Section3Section 3 has 1 text with 13 or maybe 14 questions to answer. Section 3 tests candidates’ability to dealwith longer pieces ofwriting.The readingpassagewill again involvemorecomplexlanguagethanthe2previoussections.

MarkingThereare40questions in theIELTSGeneralTrainingReadingTestand1markisawardedfor each correct answer. There are no half marks. Your final marks out of 40 is thenconvertedtoabandfrom1-9usingaconvertingtableandthisbandisthenaveragedwiththeother3partsofthetesttogiveyourfinalIELTSband.The IELTS General Training Reading Test Marks, Bands and Results - Rough GuideConverter

Score Band

1-2 13-5 26-11 312-17 418-25 526-33 634-37 738-39 840 9

QuestionTypesBelowisa listof the typesofquestions thatyoucouldmeet in theIELTSGeneralTrainingReadingTest.

MultipleChoiceQuestionsShortAnswerQuestionsCompletionQuestions:CompletingSentencesCompletingNotesCompletingaSummary(nowordbank)CompletingaSummary(withwordbank)CompletingaDiagramCompletingaFlowChartCompletingaTableMatchingaBankofHeadingstoIdentifyParagraphsorPartsofTextMatchingaBankofWriters’Views/Claims/InformationwiththeWriterIdentificationofInformationintheText:Yes/No/NotGivenQuestionsTrue/False/NotGivenQuestionsMatchingLists/PhrasesClassificationQuestions

SomeTipsfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingReadingTest1. Don’t spend too long on a single question as that will lose you time for answering

questions that could be easier for you. Sometimes, leaving a question and coming backlatercanhelpyouanswerittoo.Leaveanyquestionsthatyouhavespenttoolongon,andcome back at the end of the test if you have time. Sometimes, if the question has ayes/no/notgivenanswer,theansweryouarelookingfordoesnotexistasitcouldbeanotgivenone.Beawaresoyoudon’twastetimelookingforsomethingthatisn’tthere.

2.Read thequestionsand instructions so thatyoudon’tmakea sillymistake.Forexample,peopleoftenwillmix theyes/noanswerswith the true/falseanswersandwriteyesasananswerinsteadof‘true’orviceversa.Strictlyspeaking,youarewrongalthoughyouhaveunderstoodthequestionandanswer.

3.Ifthequestionasksforoneanswer,thengiveoneanswer.Givingtwoiswrongasitasksfor one and youwill bemarkedwrong. The type of questionwhere this could happenwouldbe:Giveoneexampleof...Writingtwoexamples,toshowyoureallyunderstand,iswrong.

4.Ifthequestionasksfornomorethan3words,usenomorethan3words.Writing4wordsormore iswrong.Youwon’tbeasked todo it in3wordsor less,unless it ispossible.Therefore,don’tworry;itcanalwaysbedone.

5.Oneareathatstudentsdon’tlikeisthat,intheReadingTest,goodgrammarandspellingsare important.Thegrammarpart is not as important asyoucan’tmakemanygrammarerrors in3words(themaximumyouuseinthereadingtest)but, ifyouspellsomethingwrong, it will be marked as wrong. People think, quite rightly in my opinion, that thereading should test whether you understand what you read and not how you spellsomething.Butthesearetherules.So,becarefulaboutyourspellingstoo!

6.Oneconstantdiscussionwehavehadwithstudentsiswhethertoreadthequestionsfirstandthen read the passage, or read the passage first and then the questions. From ourexperiencewithourstudents,myconclusionisthatthereisnocorrectanswerforthis.Itdependsonanumberofvariables.andependonthetypesofquestionsandhowdifficultthequestionsare.Itcandependonhowgoodandfastareaderyouare.Itcanalsodependonthelengthofthetextandhowmuchtimeyouhave.Let’slookatthesevariables.

VariousVariables1.Ifthequestiontypeisdifficultandaskingsomethingwhichishardtoanswer,thenreading

thetextfirstcanhelp.Justaquickreadthroughusingatechniquecalledskimmingcangiveyoutheknowledgeofthetextthatwillhelpyoufindtheanswersmoreeasily.

2.Ifyouareagood,fastreader,thenyoucanreadthetextquickly,gettinggoodknowledgeofthecontentswithoutusingtoomuchofyourprecioustime.Thiscanhelpyouanswerthequestionsbetter

3.If thetextsareshort, thenitdoesn’t takelongtoquicklyreadthroughthem.Ontheotherhand, if the textsareshort, it iseasier tofind theanswerssoyoumaynothave towastetimereadingthetextstofindtheanswersquickly,especiallyifthetimeisshort.

4.Ifthetimeisshort,thenitdoesn’tmatterhowcomplexorlongthetextsare.Youneedtogetsomeanswersontheanswersheetasquicklyaspossible.So,youcanseethatthereisnotoneanswertotheproblemofwhethertoreadthetextsorquestionsfirst.

5.Timemanagementisanimportantthingtobeawareof.Youhaveanumberoftextstoreadand40questionstoanswerin1hour.Ifyouspendtoolongononepart,youmayfindthatyouhavenotenoughtimetofinishallthequestionsandsomeofthosequestionscouldbeonesthatyoucouldanswerquiteeasily.AsIsaidabove,don’tspendtoolongonadifficultanswer,butalsokeepaneyeontheclock.It’sagoodideatohaveyourwatchorasmall

clockonyourdesksoyouknowexactlyhowlongyouhave left in the testatanygiventime.Inadditiontothis,keepacontrolonhowlongyouspendoneachsection.

RemembertheIELTSGeneralTrainingReadingTestgetsmoredifficultasitgoeson,soyouwill probably needmore time for the questions at the end than for those at the beginning.Maybeaguidelinecouldbe:17minutesonsection1.20minutesonsection2.23minutesonsection3.

ReadingTechniques-SkimmingandScanningSkimmingandscanningarethetwomaintechniquesthatpeopleusetoreadandanswertheIELTSReadingTests.It’snotaquestionofusingoneortheother,butyouwillneedbothmethodsindoingthetest.Let’shavealookatthetwotechniquesinturn.

SkimmingSkimmingisreadingfasttogetthe‘gist’orthegeneralideaofthetext.Therearedifferenttechniquesofdoingskimming.1.Youcanrunyoureyesoverthetextgettingthegeneralmeaning,notstoppingatwordsthat

youdon’tunderstandas thiswill slowyoudown.The important thingwithskimming isspeed.

2.Anotherwaytoskimistojustreadthefirstandlastparagraphsofatextandthesummariesaswell.

3.Youcouldalsojustreadthetitle,subtitlesandillustrationsifthereareany.ForIELTSthefirstway-readingitallquickly toget thegeneralmeaning,butofcourse itdependsonyour reading speed. If you are a slow reader in English, you really need to practise toimprove.YoucanpractisewithanyEnglishtexts,but,nearertheexam,youshoulddoyourpracticeontheIELTSPracticeTests.

ScanningThisisanotherveryimportant techniquefor theIELTSReadingTests.Thisis thetechniquethatyouusewhenyouarereadingatelephonebookoradictionary.Youarenotstartingatthetopandreadingeverylinebackandforthasyouwouldreadanovel.You are moving your eyes around the text, back and across and up and down. You aresearchingforsomespecificinformation:awordorname.ThisisanimportanttechniqueinIELTS reading as you are often searching for some specific information. You read thequestionandthenyousearchforthekeywordsorideasassociatedwiththequestion.

Chapter2:ReadingPracticeTest

READINGPRACTICETEST1

SECTION-1

Questions1-9CAUSTONHEALTHCENTREPATIENTINFORMATIONLEAFLET

A.AppointmentsPlease telephone 826969 (8.30am - 5.00pm:Mon - Fri).We suggest that you try to see thesamedoctorwheneverpossiblebecause it ishelpful forbothyouandyourdoctor toknoweachotherwell.We tryhard tokeepour appointments runningon time, andaskyou tobepunctual tohelpusachievethis; ifyoucannotkeepanappointment,pleasephoneandletusknowassoonaspossible,sothatitcanbeusedforsomeoneelse.Pleasetrytoavoideveningappointments ifpossible.Eachappointment is foronepersononly.Pleaseask for a longerappointmentifyouneedsomemoretime.

B.WeekendsandNightsPleasetelephone823307andarecordedmessagewillgiveyouthenumberofthedoctorfromtheCentreonduty.Please remember this is inaddition toournormalworkingday.Urgentcallsonlyplease.ASaturdaymorningemergency surgery is availablebetween9.30amand10.00am.Pleasetelephoneforhomevisitsbefore10.00amatweekends.

C.CentreNursesMs. Reena, Ms. Anita and Ms. Alley are available daily by appointment to help you withdressings,earsyringing,children’simmunisations,removalofstitchesandbloodtests.Theywillalsoadviseonforeigntravel,andcanadministervariousinjectionsandbloodpressurechecks.For anyover75sunable to attend the clinic,Ms.Alleywillmakeahomevisit.AIIthreeCentreNursesareavailableduringnormalworkinghourstocarryouthealthchecksonpatientswhohavebeenondoctors’listsfor3years.

D.NewPatientsWithin3monthsofregisteringwiththeCentre,newpatientsonregularmedicationareinvitedtoattendahealthcheckwiththeirdoctor.OtherpatientscanarrangetobeseenbyoneoftheCentreNurses.

E.ServicesNotCoveredSomeservicesarenotcoveredbytheCentree.g.privatecertificates, insurance,drivingandsportsmedicals, passport signatures, schoolmedicals and prescriptions for foreign travel.TherearerecommendedfeesforthesesetbytheNationalMedicalAssociation.Pleaseaskatreception.

F.ReceptionistsOur receptionists provide your primary point of contact-they are all very experienced andhavealotofbasicinformationattheirfingertips.Theywillbeabletoanswermanyofyourinitialqueriesandalsoactasalinkwiththerestoftheteam.Theymayrequestbriefdetailsofyoursymptomsorillnesseswhichenablesthedoctorstoassessthedegreeofurgency.G.ChangeofAddressPlease remember to letusknow ifyoudecide to relocate. It is alsouseful forus tohavearecordofyourtelephonenumber.

Questions10-14BENTLEYHOSPITALCATERINGSERVICE

TOALLPERMANENTANDTEMPORARYMEMBERSOFTHESTAFF

ImportantInformationMealBreaks(minimumcompanyguidelines)Hoursworked Breaktobetaken0-4hrs nil4-6hrs 15mins6-8hrs 30mins8-12hrs 60mins(takenas2x30mins)12-24hrs 75mins(takenas2x30mins+1x15mins)

Yoursectionstaffingboardwillshowthetimeswhenthesebreaksaretobetaken.

PleasenoteIt is your responsibility to check that the total break time shown on the staffing sheetsaccuratelyreflectsthebreaksthatyoutake.AnydiscrepanciesshouldberaisedwithyourStaffCoordinatorimmediately.

SpecialRequirements-FoodHandlers

Foodhandlersarethoseconcernedwithpreparingandservingunwrappedfood.Food handlers should report any instance of sickness, diarrhoea and/or stomach upsetexperienced either while at work or during a holiday to a member of the PersonnelManagement team.Any infections of ear, nose, throat,mouth, chest or skin should also bereportedtoamemberofthePersonnelManagementteam.Food handlers need to have an annual dental examination by the company dentist.Alternatively,acurrentcertificateofdentalfitnessmaybeproducedfromtheirowndentist.Thisappliestoallpermanentstaffwhohandlefood.

Questions1-4ReadingPassage1hassevensections,A-G.Whichparagraphcontainsthefollowinginformation?Writethecorrectletter,A-Ginboxes1-4onyouranswersheet.1.Whattodoifyouneedhelpoutsidenormalworkinghours?2.Whotospeaktofirstforgeneralinformation?3.WhathappenswhenyouregisterwiththeCentre?4.Whattodoifyouneedtocanceladoctor ’sappointment?

Questions5-9DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgivenintheReadingPassage1?Inboxes,5-9onyouranswersheet,write:

True ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationFalse ifthestatementcontradictswiththeinformationNotGiven ifthereisnoinformationonthis5.YoumustalwaysseethesamedoctorifyouvisittheCentre.6.Ifyouwantarepeatprescription,youmustmakeanappointment.7.HelenStrangeristheHeadNurse.8.Itispossiblethatreceptionistswillaskyoutoexplainyourproblem.9.YoushouldgivetheHealthCentreyournewcontactdetails,ifyoumovehouse.

Questions10-14Completeeachsentencewiththecorrectending,A-J,below.Writethecorrectletter,A-J,inboxes,10-14onyouranswersheet.10.Temporaryemployeesonlyworking3hoursshould11.Employeeswhowork11hoursshould12.Tofindoutwhentohavetheirbreaks,employeesshould13.Employeesworkingwithfoodmust

14.Foodhandlerswhohavebeenill

A.talktoastaffcoordinator.

B.havetwothirty-minutebreaks.

C.nottakeanybreaksformeals.

D.payforanymealstheyhave.

E.getasingleone-hourbreak.

F.lookatthesectionstaffingboard.

G.losepayfortheirbreaktimes.

H.tellamemberofthePersonnelManagementteam.

I.haveanannualdentalexamination.

J.consulttheirdoctor.

SECTION-2

Questions15-21HAMPTONCOLLEGEINTERNATIONALSCHOLARSHIPS

ThereareseventypesofscholarshipsofferedbytheHamptonCollegetoenrollinternationalstudents to assist with the costs of their courses. With the exception of applications forscholarshipcategoryE,allnewly-enrolledinternationalstudentsareautomaticallyconsideredforthesescholarships.Thescholarshipisawardedinthestudent’sfirstyearasacredittothesecondsemestercoursefees.Inallsubsequentyears,thescholarshipisawardedasacredittothe first semester course fees. The scholarships are awarded once a year unless otherwisestated.

Thescholarshipcategoriesare:

A. One scholarship of $2000 for the most outstanding students entering the FoundationStudiesProgramfromeachofthefollowingcountries:Singapore,MalaysiaandThailand.An additional six scholarships are available for students from other countries. Thesescholarships are offered on two dates to students in theMarch and June intakes of theprogram.Scholarshipsareawardedonthebasisoffirstsemesterresults.

B.Threescholarshipsproviding25%ofthecoursefeesforthedurationofthecoursetothe3most outstanding State Certificate of Education (SCE) students entering a Diploma orCertificate program. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of the previous year ’s SCEresults

C.Seventeenscholarshipsproviding25%ofthecoursefeesforthedurationofthecoursetothe outstandingDiploma orCertificate students entering eachHamptonCollegeSchool:three each in the Schools of Business and Engineering; two in the School of AppliedScience;twointheSchoolofEnvironmentalDesignandConstruction;twointheSchoolofArtandDesign;twointheSchoolofSocialSciencesandCommunications;oneintheSchoolofBiomedicalandHealthScience;oneintheSchoolofEducationandoneintheSchoolofNursing.Scholarshipsareawardedonthebasisofthefirstsemesterresults.

D.Onescholarshipof$4000perannumforthedurationofthecoursetothemostoutstandingstudententeringtheDiplomainCommunication.Scholarshipsareawardedonthebasisofthefirstsemesterresults.

E. Nine scholarships of $3000 per annum for the duration of the course to the mostoutstanding students commencing any Advanced Certificate course. Scholarships areawarded on the basis of the Basic Certificate results (not the SCE results). Notethatapplicants need to apply for this scholarship on the Hampton College InternationalScholarshipApplicationForm.

F.Onefull-feescholarshiptothemostoutstandingstudentcommencingaDiplomainArtandDesign (Photography) course. This scholarship is offered every second year, and isawardedonthebasisoftheresultsobtainedintheCertificateinDesigncourse.

G.Fourhalf-feescholarshipstotheoutstandingstudentsoftheHamptonCollege’sSingaporecampusforthefinalyearofthetwo-yearCertificateinBusinessStudiestobecompletedinMelbourne,Australia.Scholarshipsareawardedonthebasisofthefirstyearresults.

Questions22-27USINGTHEINTERNETANDTHECD-ROMDATABASESINTHELIBRARY

TheHamptonCollegenowhasfullelectronicinformationresourcesintheCollegeLibraryto help you in your studies. On the CD-ROM in the library, we have about 50 databases,includingmanystatisticalsources.WanttoknowtheaveragerainfallinTokyoorthebiggestexportearnerofVanuatu?It’seasytofindout.WhetheryouareintheSchoolofBusinessortheSchoolofArt&Design,it’sallhereforyou.YoucanconductyourownCD-ROMsearchfornocharge,andyoucanprintoutyourresultsonthelibraryprintersusingyourlibraryphotocopyingcard.Alternatively,youcandownloadyourresultstodisk,againfornocharge,butbringyourownformattedfloppydiskorCD-ROM.Ifyouarenotsurehowtoconductasearchforyourself,thelibrarystaffcandoitforyou,butwecharge$20forthisservice,nomatterhowlongorhowshortatimeittakesAlllibraryworkstationshavebroadbandaccesstotheInternet,soyoucanfindtheweb-basedinformationyouneedquicklyandeasily.IfyouareunfamiliarwithusingtheInternet,helpisavailable in several ways. You can start with the online tutorial Netstart; just click on the‘Netstart’IconontheMainMenu.ThetutorialwilltakeyouthroughthebasicstepstousingtheInternet,atanytimeconvenienttoyou.Ifyouprefer,askoneofthelibrariansforinternetadvice (best at quiet times between 9.00am and 11.30am weekdays) or attend one of theintroductorygroupsessionsthatareheldinthefirsttwoweeksofeachterm.SignyournameonthelistontheLibraryBulletinBoardtoguaranteeaplace,astheyareverypopular.A word of warning: demand for access to library workstations is very high, so you arestronglyadvisedtobookaworkstation,andyouhavetolimityourusetoamaximumofonehour at any one time. Make your booking (for which you will receive a receipt) at theinformationDeskorattheenquirydesksintheMediaServicesArea(Level1).Also,theuseof the computers is limited to theHampton studentsonly, soyoumaybe asked toproduceyourStudentIdentificationCardtomakeabooking,orwhileusingtheworkstations.

Questions15-21ReadingPassage2hassixsections,A-G.Whichparagraphcontainsthefollowinginformation?WritethecorrectletterA-Ginboxes,15-21onyouranswersheet.NBYoumayuseanylettermorethanonce.15.ItisawardedonresultsobtainedintheSCEexam.16.ItisonlyavailabletostudentsfromtheCollege’soverseasbranch.17.Itisnotofferedeveryyear.18.Studentsneedtoapplyforit.

19.Itisofferedtwiceeachyear.20.Itpays100%ofthestudent’stuitionfees.21.Itprovides50%ofoneyear ’sfees.

Questions22-27ChoosethecorrectIetterA,B,CorD.Writethecorrectletterinboxes,22-27onyouranswersheet.22.Tousethelibraryprinters,studentsmusthave:A.afloppydisk.B.correctchangeincoins.C.aphotocopyingcard.D.theirownpaper.

23.Tocopysearchresultstoafloppydisk,studentspay:A.$20.B.nofees.C.afeebasedonactualcosts.D.afeedependentonthetimetaken.

24.Ifthelibrarystaff,searchesforinformationontheCD-ROM,studentspay:A.$20.B.nofees.C.afeebasedontheactualcosts.D.afeedependentonthetimetaken.

25.StudentscanlearntousetheInternet:A.atalltimes.B.inthefirsttwoweeksofthetermonly.C.MondaytoFridayonly.D.between9.00amand11.30amonly.

26.Toensureefficientaccesstothelibraryworkstations,studentsshould:A.queuetouseaworkstationintheMediaServicesArea.B.reserveatimetouseaworkstation.C.workingroupsononeworkstation.D.conductasmanysearchesaspossibleatonetime.

27.Atanyonetime,studentsmayusealibraryworkstationfor:A.halfanhour.B.onehour.C.twohours.D.anunlimitedtime.

SECTION-3

Questions28-40THEWATERCRISIS

Greater efficiency inwater use is needed tomeet the growing demands of a changingworldA. The per capita water usage has been on an upward trend formany years. As countries

industrialiseandtheircitizensbecomemoreandmoreprosperous,theirindividualwaterusageincreasesrapidly.AnnualpercapitawaterwithdrawalsintheUSA,forexample,areabout1,700cubicmetres,fourtimesthelevelinChinaand50timesthelevelinEthiopia.Inthe21stcentury,theworld’slimitedsupplyofrenewablefreshwateristryingtomeetthedemandsofboth larger totalpopulationand increasedpercapitaconsumption.Theonlypracticable ways to resolve this problem in the longer term are economic pricing inconjunctionwithconservationmeasures.

B.Agricultureconsumesabout70%oftheworld’sfreshwater,soimprovementsinirrigationcanmake the greatest impact. At present, the average efficiency in the use of irrigatedwater in agriculture may be as low as 50%. Simple changes could improve the ratesubstantially,thoughit isunrealistictoexpectveryhighlevelsofwater-useefficiencyinmanydevelopingcountries,facedastheyarewithachroniclackofcapitalandalargelyuntrainedruralworkforce.Afteragriculture,theindustrysectoristhesecondbiggestuserof water and, in terms of value added per litre used, is 60 timesmore productive thanagriculture.However,someindustrialprocessesusevastamountsofwater.Forexample,productionof1kgofaluminiummightrequire1,500litresofwater.Paperproductiontoois often verywater-intensive.Thoughnewprocesses havegreatly reduced consumption,thereisstillplentyofroomforbigsavingsintheindustrialusesofwater.

C.Inrichcountries,waterconsumptionhasgraduallybeensloweddownbyprice increasesand the use ofmodern technology and recycling. In theUSA, industrial production hasrisenfourfoldsince1950,whilewaterconsumptionhasfallenbymorethanathird.JapanandGermanyhavesimilarlyimprovedtheiruseofwaterinmanufacturingprocesses.TheJapanese industry, for example, now recycles more than 75% of the processed water.However,industrialwaterconsumptioniscontinuingtoincreasesharplyinthedevelopingcountrieslikeindia.Withdomesticandagriculturaldemandsalsoincreasing,thecapacityofwatersupplysystemsisalsoundergrowingstrain.

D.Many experts believe that the bestway to counter this trend is to imposewater chargesbasedontherealcostofsupplies.Thiswouldprovideapowerfulincentiveforconsumersto introduce water-saving processes and recycling. Few governments charge realisticpricesforwater,especiallytothefarmers.EveninrichCalifornia,farmersgetwaterforlessthanatenthofthecostofsupply.Inmanydevelopingcountries,thereisvirtuallynochargeforirrigationwater,whileenergypricesareheavilysubsidisedtoo(whichmeansthat farmers can afford to run water pumps day and night). Water, which was once

regardedasafreegiftfromheaven,isbecomingacommodity,whichmustbeboughtandsoldontheopenmarketjustlikeoil.Intheoilindustry,thepriceincreaseswhichhitthemarket in the 1970s, coupledwith concerns that supplieswere running low, led to newenergy conservation measures all over the world. It was realised that investing in newsourceswasafarmorecostlyoptionthanimprovingefficiencyofuse.Asimilaremphasisonconservationwillbe thebestandcheapestoptionforbridging thegapbetweenwatersupplyanddemand.

E.Onewaytocutbackonwaterconsumptionissimplytopreventleaks.Itisestimatedthatinsomeof the biggest cities of theThirdWorld,more than half of thewater entering thesystem is lost through leaks inpipes,dripping tapsandbroken installations.Even in theUK,losseswereestimatedat25%intheearly1990sbecauseofthefailuretomaintaintheantiquatedwatersupplyinfrastructure.Inaddition,hugequantitiesofwaterareconsumedbecauseusedwaterfromsewagepipes,stormdrainsandfactoriesismerelyflushedawayanddischargedintoriversortheseas.Themodernapproach,however,istoseetheusedwater as a resourcewhich canbeput to gooduse - either in irrigationor, after carefultreatment,asrecycleddomesticwater.Israel,forinstance,hasspentheavilyonusedwatertreatment.Soon,treated,recycledwaterwillaccountformostofthefarmirrigationthere.There are ether examples in cities, such as St Petersburg, Florida, where allmunicipalwaterisrecycledbackintodomesticsystems.

F. Another way of conserving water resources involves better management of theenvironmentgenerally. Interferencewith theecosystemcanhavea severeeffectonboththe local rainfall patterns and thewater run-off. Forest clearings associatedwith India’sKabiniDamprojectreducedthelocalrainfallby25%,aphenomenonobservedinvariousotherpartsoftheworldwherelarge-scaledeforestationhastakenplace.Grassandothervegetationactasaspongewhichabsorbrainfall,bothintheplantsandaround.Removalofthevegetationmeansthattherainfallrunsoffthetopoftheland,acceleratingerosioninsteadofbeinggraduallyfedintothesoiltorenewgroundwater.

G.Global warming is bound to affect the rainfall patterns, though there is considerabledisagreementabout itspreciseeffects.But it is likely thatas sea levels rise,countries inlow-lying coastal areas will be hit by the seawater penetration of groundwater.Othercountries will experience changes in rainfall which could have a major impact on theagriculturalyield-eitherforbetterorforworse.Inbroadterms,itisthoughtthatrainfallzoneswillshiftnorthwards,addingtothewaterdeficitinAfrica,theMiddleEastandtheMediterranean-agrimprospectindeed.

Questions28-34ReadingPassage3hassevenparagraphs,A-G.Choosethecorrectheadingforeachparagraphfromthelistofheadingsbelow:Writethecorrectnumberi-x,inboxes28-34onyouranswersheet.

ListofHeadings(i) Americanwaterwithdrawal(ii) Economicpricing

(iii) Whatthefutureholds(iv) Successfulmeasurestakenbysome(v) Theroleofresearch(vi) Thethirstysectors(vii) Waysofreducingwaste(viii) Interdependenceofnaturalresources(ix) Thedemandsofdevelopment(x) Theconsequencesofagriculture28.ParagraphA29.ParagraphB30.ParagraphC31.ParagraphD32.ParagraphE33.ParagraphF34.ParagraphG

Questions35-40Completethesummarybelow.

Choose NOMORETHANTWOWORDS from the text foreachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxes,35-40onyouranswersheet.Individual water usage is rising dramatically as people living in industrialised countriesbecomeincreasingly35...................Aswellasincreasedconsumptionpercapita,thegrowingdemandforfreshwater

isduetoabiggerglobal36...................thaninthepast.Theonlywaytocontrolthisincreaseindemandistochargehigh

pricesforwaterwhilealsopromotingconservationmeasures.Improvementsinirrigationsystemsand industrialprocessescoulddramatically increase theefficiencyofwateruse.There are examples of industries in some rich countries that have reduced theirconsumptionratesthroughpriceincreases,theapplicationof

37...................andrecycling.Butinagriculturalanddomesticsectors,thepriceofwaterisstillsubsidisedsoitisnotregardedasacommoditythatpeopleneedtopayarealisticpriceforOtherwaysofprotectingsuppliesaretoreducewaterlossresultingfrom

38. ..................in the supply systems and to find ways of utilising used water. Longer termmeasures,suchasimprovedenvironmental

39...................wouldprotecttheecosystemandensurethereplenishmentofgroundnwaterforfuturegenerations.Withoutsuchmeasures,futuresuppliesareuncertain,especiallywhenglobalwarmingisexpectedtointerferewithrainfallpatternsandtoworsenthe

40...................alreadysufferedbymanycountriestoday.

ReadingPracticeTest1

Answers1.B 21.G2.F 22.C3.D 23.B4.A 24.A5.False 25.A6.Notgiven 26.B7.Notgiven 27.B8.True 28.ix9.True 29.vi10.C 30.iv11.B 31.ii12.F 32.vii13.I 33.viii14.H 34.iii15.B 35.Prosperous16.G 36.Population17.F 37.ModernTechnology18.E 38.Leaks19.A 39.Management20.F 40.Waterdeficit

READINGPRACTICETEST2

SECTION1

Read the information below and answer the questions (1-14)onyouranswersheet

SELF-CATERINGHOLIDAYCOTTAGESINTHELAKEDISTRICTNATIONALPARK

AtLilliputFarm,wehavethreecottagesforrentasself-cateringholidayaccommodation.We have been awarded 4 stars in the Holiday Accommodation Accreditation Service forexcellencequalityDairymaid’sLoftissituatedabovethebarnundertheeaves.Itisthelargestoftheproperties,havingonedoublebedroomwithen suite, a twin roomanda single room.There is alsoasofa-bedinthelivingroomThereisalargekitchen,alivingroom,adiningroomandnewly-fittedbathroom.Pleasenotethat,sincetheentirepropertyisonthefirstfloor,andthestairsaresteep,theaccommodationisnotsuitablefortheelderly,theinfirm,thepetsandtheveryyoungchildren.TheShepherd’sRest is suitable forup to fouroccupants.There isadoublebedroomandatwin room with bunk-beds. There is a small kitchen and a large living room. There is ashowerroomwithseparateWC.Theaccommodationisspreadovertwofloors.Petsareallowed,butwerequestthattheyarekeptdownstairsTheHaymaker ’sDenisaone-bedroomcottageatthegroundfloorlevel.Thereisalsoasofa-bed in the living roomwhichcansleep twopeople. Ithasa large livingareacomprisingakitchen/dinneranda livingspace.There isa rampleadingup to theproperty,and the largebathroomisfittedsoastobesuitableforwheelchairusersandpeoplewhousewalkingaids.WeaskthatpetsarenotbroughtintothispropertyAll theproperties have: a television, aCDplayer and aDVDplayer.Dairymaid’sLoft andHaymaker ’sDen have Sky Television. Shepherd’s Rest has wi-fi access. Cots can be provided to allproperties,butpleasenotethatDairymaid’sLoftmaybeunsuitablefortoddlersandcrawlingbabies.Allpropertieshaveawashingmachine, fridge freezerandmicrowave.Dairymaid’sLoftalsohasadishwasherandatumbledrier.Thecottagesshareanoutsideareawithswings,apatioandbarbecuearea.Outdoorfurnitureisavailableinthebarn.Allcottageshaveelectricpower.Nonearefittedwithgas.Electricityispaidviaameter.Youwillreceivea£10worthofelectricityatthebeginningofyourstaywithourcompliments(£5forshortbreaks).After that,youwillneedtoaddmoneyto themeter.Shepherd’sRestalso

has a wood-burning stove. Guests will receive one complimentary basket of wood.Subsequentbasketscanbepurhasedfor£2each.Pleasehelpyourselftothewoodsinthebarnandputmoneyinthehonestybox.Cottagescanbebookedbytheweekorforshortbreaks.ShortbreaksareeitheronFridays-Mondays (3 nights), orMondays to Fridays (4 nights). Discounts are available in the lowseason(OctobertoMarch).CouplesstayinginDairymaid’sLoftandShepherd’sRestcanalsogeta2percentiscount.Week-longbookingsareonaSaturday-Saturdaybasis.WeregretthatitisnotpossibletoccommodatearrivalsonFridays.Weaskthatguestsarriveafter3pmandvacate the property by 10.30 on their departure date, so allow us to clean and prepare thepropertiesforthenextguests.Tomakeabooking,youwillneedtomakeadepositof50percentupfront.Theremainderispayableoneonthbeforeyourarrival.(Ifyoumakeabookinglessthanamonthinadvance,youmustpaytheentiremountupfront).Ifyouneedtocancelyourstay,youwillreceiveacompleterefundifyoucontactus30aysinadvanceofyourbooking.Cancellationsmadetwoweeksinadvancewillreceivea60%discount.We regret that we cannot give a discount for cancellations made less than two weeks inadvance.

Selectthefollowingdenstofillthefollowingblanksfrom(1-6).Youcanusehintsmorethanonce.Hints:-Haymaker ’sDen,Shepherd’sRest,Dairymaidloft1.Whichofthecottagesismostsuitableforthefollowingguests?Anelderlycouple,oneofwhomusesawalkingframe?

2.Afamilyoftwoadultsandtwochildren,theyoungestbeing3yearsold?3.Agroupofsixyoungadults4.Someonewhowantstousetheinternetduringtheirstay5.Someonewhodoesn’twanttowashupwhileonholiday.6.Afamilywithadog

Dothefollowingstatements(7-10)agreewiththeinformationgiveninthepassage?True- ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationFalse- ifthestatementcontradictswiththeinformationNotGiven- ifthereisnoinformationonthis7.Guestshavetopayextraforalltheelectricitytheyuse8.Eachpropertyhasitsowngarden9.Dairymaid’sLoftcostslesstorentifonlytwopeoplestaythereinDecember10.TherearenoelectricheatersinShepherd’sRest

Completethespaces(11-14)usingnomorethanthreewordsoranumber.11.Guestsstayingforaweekendshouldarriveona12.Guestsstayingforafullweekshouldarriveona

13.Ifyoubooktwoweeksbeforeyourstay,youmustpay%ofthecostatonce.14.Togetallyourmoneyback,youmustcancelyourstayatleastinadvance.

SECTION-2ReadtheinformationaboutvisasforentryintotheUKandthenanswerthequestions.

BORDERREGULATIONSANDVISAAPPLICATIONSIfyouwishtocometotheUnitedKingdom,eitherasavisitororastudent,youmayneedtoapplyforavisa.Visasvaryaccordingtoyourage,thelengthofyourstayandyourlevelofEnglishstudy.Thefollowingvisatypesareavailable:A.ChildStudentB.ChildVisitorC.AdultStudentD.StudentVisitorE.ProspectiveStudentTheUKoperatesapoints-basedsystemwhichwilldecidewhetherornotyoucanapplyforavisa.Youneed40points inorder toapplyforavisa.Youwillobtain30points ifyouhaveconfirmationfromthecollege,universityorschoolthatyouhavebeenacceptedonacourse.YourchosenplaceofstudiesmustberegisteredontheUKBorderAgencylistofsponsors.Youcanobtainalistbyclickingonthelinkbelow.Youwillneedtoearnafurther10bydemonstratingthatyoucoverthecostofyourstudyfeesandlivingcosts.Indoingso,youcanberestassuredthatyouwillavoidfinancialdifficultieswhileyouarestudying.IfyouwishtoextendyourstudyexperienceintheUK,youwillneedtopassafurtherpoints-basedassessment toensure thatyouhavebeenacceptedonanothercourseand thatyoucanaffordtopaythefeesandlivingcosts.TomakeyourUKstudyexperienceeven richer,youmaybeeligible foraworkandstudyvisa.GettingajobwhileyouarestudyingcanimproveyourlanguageskillsandenhanceyourCVbyshowingthatyouareflexible,team-orientedandwell-organised.Youwillalsobeabletogeta reference fromyouremployerwhichwillhelpyougainemployment in the future.Beforeacceptingajob,youmustfindoutwhetheryourvisaallowsyoutoworkintheUK,and themaximumnumberofhoursyoucanworkeachweek from theUKBorderAgency.MostUK places of study have a career servicewhichwill help you to access job listings,writeaCVorapplicationformandprepareforajobinterview.To work in the UK, you will need aNational Insurance Number. This number is used todeductmoneyfromyourearningstofundbenefitsfortheunemployed,incapacitatedandtheretired.ToobtainaNationalInsuranceNumber,youwillneedtoattendanInterview.Youcanmakeanappointment foran interviewbycalling08456000643duringusualofficehours.Youwillneedtotaketheproofofidentity,proofofyourrighttoworkintheUKandwrittenproofofyour joboffer.Youmaystartworkbeforeyournumber is issuedas longasyouremployerdeductstheappropriatenationalinsurancecontributionsfromyourpay.

Eachoftheshortparagraphsbelowgivesinformationaboutthefivetypesofvisas,A-E.Readeachparagraphandchoosewhichofthefivelinkswouldcontainthisinformation.Thereisoneparagraphthatyoudonotneed.A.Paragraphi.IfyouhavealreadycompletedacourseofstudyintheUKanddonotintendtostudyfurther,youcanapplyforthisvisatoextendyourstay.ThisvisaallowsyoutoworkintheUKforafurther6months.B.Paragraphii.Ifyouareundertheageof17andwishtostudyforlessthansixmonths,youcanapply for thisvisa. Ifyouwish toextendyourcourseof study,youmaynot swap to astudentvisa,whileyouareintheUK.Youmustreturntoyourhomecountryanddosothere.C.Paragraphiii.Students inpost-16educationcanapplyfor thisvisa.Thisvisa issuitablefor students attending courses for over sixmonths.Holders of this visamaybe eligible toworkintheUK.D.Paragraphiv.Studentsover the ageof18,whowish to study forup to sixmonths canapplyfor thisvisa.Thisvisadoesnotallowstudents towork in theUK.Studentsmayonlyextendtheirvisaorswitchtoastudentvisabyreturningtotheirhomecountry.E.Paragraphv.You can apply for this visa, if you are between the ages of 4 and 15 andintendtoattendafull-time,fee-payingindependentschoolforaperiodofoversixmonthsormore.16and17yearoldsmayattendpart-time,fee-payingestablishments.F.Paragraphvi.IfyouwanttocometotheUKbeforechoosingyourcourseofstudy,youcanapplyforthisvisa.Youwillneedtostartyourcoursewithin6monthsofarrival.Youmayswitch to an adult or child student visa, while in the UK without returning to your homecountry.Selecttheparagraph(i-vi)tofillthefollowingblanks(15-19)onyouranswersheet.15.ChildStudent16.ChildVisitor17.AdultStudent18.StudentVisitor19.ProspectiveStudent

Choose the appropriate option which fulfils the criteria of the written statement andanswerthefollowingblanksfrom(20-25)onyouranswersheet.20.Youcanobtain30pointstowardsyourvisaif21.Ifyouwanttoextendyourstudyvisa22.YoucanworkintheUKif23.Foradviceonfindingajob,thewritersuggeststhatyoucontact24.Yournationalinsurancenumberwillensurethat25.Youcanstartwork

SECTION-3Scouts are arranged in different age groups. The youngest section of the Scouts is for theBeaverScouts.TheBeaverScoutorganizationacceptsmembersbetweensixandeightyearsold, and engages them in a ‘Balanced Programme’ which is intended to encouragesocializationandself-discovery.TheBeaverScoutsareencouragedtodevelopcreativityandpractical skills while finding out more about the world around them and developing aknowledgeof thebeliefsandattitudesofothers. It is intended that theyshouldcomplete theprogrammeandbereadytomovetotheCubScoutprogrammewhentheyareeightyearstoeightyearssixmonthsold.The basic idea behind the Beaver Scout programme is that young people can developthemselves andhave fun at the same time.TheBeaverScouts are encouraged to share andworkoncooperativeprojects,andaretaughtthevalueofhelpingothers.Playinggamesandlistening to stories are essential parts of the course, and the Beaver Scouts are given thechance to try their talents at making things, acting, singing ormakingmusic. The BeaverScoutsusuallymeetonceaweekinaBeaverScoutcolony,andsometimes,theyparticipateinorganizedsleepovers-whicharesometimes,thefirsttimethattheyhavespentanightawayfromhomewithouttheirparents.

A.AwardsandBadgesThe Beaver Scouts wear a distinctive turquoise sweatshirt which displays the badges andawards that the scout has earned. Though emphasis is on giving the children the broadexperienceoftheBalancedProgramme,badgesandawardsarestillavitalpartofscouting.Thereareseveraldifferentclassesofbadges.B.JoininginandGroupBadgesThese are often rectangular. Group badges are generally worn on the right sleeve, orsometimes,displayedonthebackoftheScout’sscarf.JoininginbadgesarewornontheleftofthechestandreflecthowlonganindividualhasbeenassociatedwiththeScoutMovement,andtheyellowmovingonawardisgivenwhentheScoutmovestoanewlevel-forexamplefromtheBeavertotheCub.C.ActivityBadgesActivity Badges are circular and worn on the other sleeve to group the badges. Gainingactivitybadgesisoptional,buttheyshowthattheBeaverScouthaslearntaskillorparticularunderstanding of an issue. Activity badges include Healthy Eating, where Scouts have toprepare a healthy snack, list some unhealthy foods and be able to make wholesomesandwichesandfruitsalads.EarningaFaithBadgeincludeswritingaprayerorareflectiononspiritualmattersandvisitingaplaceofworship.Thereareadozensof thesebadges,aswell as staged activity badges which show the level the Scout has reached in things likeinformationtechnology,swimmingorfirstaid.D.ChallengeBadges

Challenge Badges are diamond-shaped and are worn on the other side of the chest fromJoininginBadges.UnlikeActivitybadges,ChallengesareapartoftheBalancedProgramme,andtheScoutscanearnbadgesfor theOutdoorChallenge, theDiscoverychallengeandtheFriendship Challenge. If a Scout is particularly interested in a particular challenge; thatchallenge can be completedmore than once to earn a second badge, but to get the secondbadge,thescouthastoshowgreaterskillsandknowledgeofthetopic.E.AwardsAbove the Challenge Badges, a Scout displays any awards for the meritous conduct orgallantry. This includes the oval-shaped Chief Scout’s Bronze Award which is the highestaward available in the Beaver Scout Section. This is gained by completing the Outdoorchallenge, one of the other challenges and a personal challenge. (The personal challengemightbe,forexample,earningacertificategainedthroughswimming,gymnastics,balletormusic.)26.WhichisthemostappropriatetitleforsectionA?a.HowtobecomeaBeaverScout?b.AboutBeaverScoutsc.LearningaboutPracticalSkillsd.TheBeaverScoutMessageDecide from the information in the textwhether these statements are true, false or if the

informationisnotgiven.True- ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationFalse- ifthestatementcontradictswiththeinformationNotGiven- ifthereisnoinformationonthis

27.Anessentialpartofthecourseisacting,singingandmakingmusic.28.SleepovershappenattheBeaverScoutColony.29.Learningaboutthemselvesandotherpeopleareobjectivesofthecourse.30.Discoveringsocialismisencouraged.31.ScoutsmustchoosetoearneitherChallengeorActivityBadges.32.AllBeaverScoutsparticipateintheBalancedProgramme.

Writetheletterwhichindicateswherethebadgesforthefollowingachievementswouldbeworn.

(Youdonotneedalltheletters,andyoucanusesomelettersmorethanonce.)

33.BecomingamemberofapartoftheScoutingOrganization34.Doingsomething,particularlyBraveordeservingofrecognition35.GettingabadgeforcompletingtheOutdoorandPersonalandDiscoverychallenges36.LearninghowtouseaComputer37.CompletingthePersonalandFriendshipChallenges38.BeaverScoutsteaches:

a)thevalueofhelpingothers.b)thevalueofcooperativeprojects.c)sharing&playing.d)Allofthese.

39.TheSweatShirtofBeaverscoutsdisplays:a)theirexperience.b)theirparticipation.c)theirtalent.d)theirbadges&awards.

40.TheShapesofBadgesare:a)rectangular.b)square.c)circular.d)hexagonal.

ReadingPracticeTest2

Answers1.Haymaker ’sDen 21.V2.Shepherd’sRest 22.ii3.Dairymaid’sloft 23.i4.Shepherd’sRest 24.Vii5.Dairymaid’sloft 25.Viii6.Shepherd’sRest 26.B7.False 27.False8.False 28.Notgiven9.True 29.True10.Notgiven 30.False11.Friday 31.False12.Saturday 32.True13.100 33.D14.30days 34.C15.Paragraphv 35.C16.Paragraphii 36.E17.Paragraghiii 37.A18.Paragraphiv 38.A19.Paragraphvi 39.B20.Xi 40.A

READINGPRACTICETEST3

SECTION-1AustralianImmigrantInvestorVisaDetailsandOnlineApplicationForm

Questions1-7

MAILORDERBROCHURE

Wantsomegreatclothingideasforyourfamily?

OurkeyforclothingspecialsinJuly:

Mformen Wforwomen CforchildrenForunder$10

CottonsocksC- madeofpurecottonforlongwearing

WoollensocksC- tokeepyoungfeetwarminwinter

SportssocksM- togowithjeansandothercasualclothes

PatternedbeltsW- togowithjeansandothercasualclothes

Forunder$25CottonshirtsW- fordayandeveningwear

SilkshirtsM- fivesizes,indesignercolours,forthatspecialsocialoccasion

TshirtsC- hard-wearing,whitewithavarietyofanimalmotifs

ColourT-shirtsMW- cottonandpolyesterblend,plaincolours,noironing

Forunder$50

BluejeansMW- non-shrink,colourfast,smallsizesonly

SilkshirtsMW- plainandpatterned,allsizes

HoodedjacketC- protectsfromthewind,4sizes,largestrongpockets

jacketW-waterproofwithzipperfront,

allsizes11Oryoucanbuyagiftvouchersothatsomeoneelsecanchoose.Thesecomein$10,$20and$50amounts.

AdditionalmonthlyspecialsforJulytoSeptemberJuly- $10voucherwithanypurchaseover$60

August- Travelalarmclockworth$19.95freewithpurchasesof$80ormore!

September- Children’sbackpacks.Freewithanycreditcardpurchaseover$75!

Note:PostageandpackingchargesTheseareappliedtoeachorderasfollows:

WithinAustralia:$7.95peraddress,regularpost$17.95forExpressDeliveryService(overnight)

OVERSEASSurfaceMail(allowaminimumoftwomonthsfordelivery)Airmail(allowaroundtwoweeksdeliverytomostdestinations)

Questions8-14NewBookReleasesA.This book describes the creativity of theAboriginal people living in the driest parts of

Australia.Stunningreproductionsofpaintings,beautifulphotographyandinformativetext.B. Pocket-sized maps and illustrations with detailed information on the nesting sites and

migrationpatternsofAustralia.Thisisaclassicbookletsuitableforboththebeginnerandtheexpert.

C.Packedfullofinformationfortheavidhiker,thisbookisamust.Photographs,mapsandpractical advice will guide your journeys on foot through the forests of the southerncontinent

D. More than an Atlas - this book contains maps, photographs and an abundance ofinformationonthelandandclimateofcountriesfromaroundtheglobe

E.Australia’s premiermountain biking guidebook - taking you through a host of nationalparksandstateforests.

F. Here’s the A-Z of Australian native animals - take an in-depth look at their lives andcharacteristics,throughfantasticphotographsandinformativetext.

G. Graphic artists have worked with researchers and scientists to illustrate how these

prehistoricanimalslivedanddiedontheAustraliancontinent.H.Adefinitivehandbookonoutdoorsafetywithaspecificfocusonequipment,nutrition,first

aid,specialclothingandbushskills.I.Detailedguidesto15sceniccartoursthatwilltakeyouontofascinatingwildernesstracks

andalongroutesthatyoucouldotherwisehavemissed.

SECTION1

Question1-14

Questions1-7

Dothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthetext.

Inboxes,1-7onyouranswersheet,write:True- ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationFalse- ifthestatementcontradictswiththeinformationNotGiven- ifthereisnoinformationonthis1.Women’scottonsockscostlessthanmen’s.2.Men’ssilkshirtsareavailableinmorethanfivecolours.3.Children’s7-shirtscomeinavarietyofcolours.4.Thechild’sjackethasfourpockets.5.Ifyoubuyclothesworth$80inAugust,youwillreceiveafreealarmclock.6.Thechargeforspecialnext-daydeliveryinAustraliais$7.95.7.Allclothingsisguaranteedtoarrivewithintwomonths.

Questions8-14ThelistofNewBookReleasesonthefollowingpagehasninebookdescriptionsA-I.Choosethecorrecttitleforeachbookfromthelistofthebooktitlesgivenbelow.Writethecorrectnumber(i-xi)inboxes(8-14)onyouranswersheet.

ListofBookTitlesi.FieldGuidetoNativeBirdsofAustraliaii.TheBushonTwoWheels:100TopRidesiii.BushFoodsofAustralianAboriginesiv.APictorialHistoryoftheDinosaurinAustraliav.BushwalkinginAustralia

vi.WorldGeographicavii.DrivingAdventuresfor4-wheel-driveVehiclesviii.SurvivalTechniquesintheWildix.EncyclopaediaofAustralianWildlifex.GuidetotheArtoftheAustralianDesertxi.FieldGuidetoAnimalsoftheWorld

8.BookA9.BookB10.BookC

ExampleBookDAnswervi11.BookE12.BookF13.BookG14.BookH

ExampleBookIAnswervii

SECTION-2Questions15-20

WORK&TRAVELUSADoyouwanttohevethebestsummerholidayever?Haveyoujustgraduatedandwanttoescapeforauniqueexperienceabroad?Only$1950willmakeItallhappen!Thisunbeatableprogramfeeincludes:

returnflightfromSydneytoLosAngeles(onwardtravelinUSAnotincluded)3months’insurancecover2nights’accommodationonarrivalplusmeetandgreetandairporttransferarrivalorientationbyexperiencedInterExchangestaffvisaapplicationfees

Youalsohave:accesstoaJlvisaenablingyoutoworkintheUSAanextensivedirectoryofemployersInterExchangesupportthroughouttheprogram24-houremergencysupportthroughoutthelengthoftheprogram

Calltoll-free1800678738InterExchangehas50years’ experience in international student exchangeprograms.18,000studentsfromaroundtheworldtravelyearlytotheUSAonthisveryprogram.InterExchangeconalsoofferyouworkopportunitiesinothercountries.

WhatisInterexchange?InterExchange,oneoftheworld’sleadingoperatorsofinternationalexchangeprogramsandrelatedservices:

isanon-profit,non-governmentalorganisationhas700professionalstaffin30countriesworldwidewasfoundedin1947

InterExchangeoperatestheseprogramsforstudentsallaroundtheworld.Itoffersyoutrainedandtravelledstaff,plusfullsupportduringtheapplicationprocess.Youcanchooseanyjobthat interestsyouanywhere in theUSA,whether that isworking ina law firm inBoston, afamousskiresortinColoradoorservingcoffeeanddoughnutsinthebuzzingstreetsofNewYork.Youcanselecttheperiodyouworkandtheperiodyoutravel;youmaywanttoworkfor1monthandtravelfor3,orworktheentiredurationofyourstay.Thechoiceisyours.

YoucanTakeupthisOpportunityifyouAre:

afull-timestudentatanAustralianuniversityorTAFEcollege

presentlyenrolled,orfinishingthisyear,oryouhavedeferredayearofstudy over 18 years old by November in the academic year in which you apply to theInterExchange

enthusiasticabouttheexperienceofalifetime...

Questions21-27AaboutArthurPhillipCollege GlearningmethodsBentryrequirements HcoursefeesCorientationfornewstudents IstudycommitmentDacademiccounsellingservice JassessmentandresultsBcreditcoursestouniversity KsocialactivitiesandclubsFassistanceforinternationalstudents Lwhat’snew

SECTION-2

Questions15-27

Questions15-20Dothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgivenintheadvertisement.Inboxes,15-20onyouranswersheet,write

True ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationFalse ifthestatementcontradictswiththeinformationNotGiven ifthereisnoinformationonthis15.TheprogramcostincludesinternalflightswithintheUSA16.Emergencyassistanceofferedintheprogramincludeslegaladvice17.InterExchangeofferssimilarprogramsincountriesotherthantheUSA.18.InterExchangeispartofagovernmentprogram.19.Therearenorestrictionsonthetypeofjobyoucando.20.Thereisanupperagelimitforapplicants.

Questions21-27Each of the short paragraphs below (21-27) gives information about Arthur PhillipCollegeReadeachparagraphandchoosewhichofthelinkedsectionsofthewebsite,A-L,wouldcontainthisinformation.Writethecorrectletter,A-Linboxes(21-27)onyouranswersheet.21.All students receivea transcriptof resultsand relevantawarddocumentationwhen they

endtheirstudieswiththeCollege.22.Onenrolment,allstudentsreceiveanautomaticmembershiptotheSocialClubandPublic

SpeakingClub.Studentsmaychoosetoparticipateinanyarrangedactivities.TheCollegeencourages and promotes interaction between students and the teaching and the non-teachingstaff.

23. Successful completion and the achievement of an A or B result in some courses willenablestudentstoachieveadvancedstandinginthesesubjectsiftheyproceedtouniversitystudy.Foralistofthecoursesacceptabletoaparticularuniversity,e-mailusyourrequestwiththenameoftheuniversityandthecourseyouareinterestedin

24. Arthur Phillip College is one of the top business colleges in Sydney, Australia. TheCollegeoffersawiderangeofeducationalandtrainingprogramsinbusinessandrelatedareas. Its accredited vocational training courses are designed to meet the needs ofindividualstudentsandindustry.

25. At Arthur Phillip College, youwill learn from lectures, seminars, case studies, groupprojects, individual assignments and class workshops. Lectures and seminars presentconceptsandideasandprovideforquestion-and-answersessions.Studentsareexpectedtotake an active role in the learningprocess throughclassparticipation, presentations andprojects.

26. Courses atArthur Phillip College involve an average of 25 hours perweek of tuitiontime,withsupervisedgroupstudyaccountingforafurther5hoursperweek.Atleast10hoursperweekofindividualstudyisalsorecommendedformostcourses

27. During this program, you will meet the Director of Studies, teachers and keyadministrativestaff such,as theAccommodationOfficerandStudentCounsellorso that,rightfromyourfirstday,youwillknowhoweachofthemcanhelpyouduringyourtimeattheCollege.

SECTION-3

Questions28-40LACKOFSLEEP

SectionAItisestimatedthattheaveragemanorwomanneedsseven-and-a-halftoeighthours’sleepatnight.Somecanmanagealotless.BaronessThatcher,forexample,wasreportedtobeabletoget only four hours’ sleep a night when she was the Prime Minister of Britain. Dr JillWilkinson, senior lecturer in psychology at the Surrey University and co-author of‘PsychologyinCounsellingandTherapeuticPractice’,statesthathealthyindividualssleepinglessthanfivehoursorevenaslittleastwohoursinevery24hoursarerare,butrepresentasizeableminority.

SectionBThe latest beliefs are that the main purposes of sleep are to enable the body to rest andreplenish,allowingtimeforrepairs to takeplaceandfor the tissues toberegenerated.Onesupportingpieceofevidenceforthisrest-and-repairtheoryisthatproductionofthegrowthhormonesomatotropin,whichhelpstissuetoregenerate,peakswhileweareasleep.Lackofsleep, however, can compromise the immune system, muddle thinking, cause depression,promoteanxietyandencourageirritability.

SectionCResearchers inSanDiegodeprivedagroupofmenofsleepbetweenSamandLamon justonenight,andfoundthatlevelsoftheirbodies’naturaldefencesagainstviralinfectionshadfallen significantly when measured the following morning. ‘Sleep is essential for ourphysical and emotional well-being and there are few aspects of daily living that are notdisrupted by the lack of it’, saysProfessorWilliamRegelson of theVirginiaUniversity, aspecialistininsomnia.‘Asitcanseriouslyunderminethefunctioningoftheimmunesystem,sufferersarevulnerabletoinfection.’

SectionDFormanypeople,lackofsleepisrarelyamatterofchoice.Somehaveproblemsgettingtosleep, otherswith staying asleepuntil themorning.Despite popular belief that sleep is onelongevent, researchshowsthat, inanaveragenight, therearefivestagesofsleepandfourcycles,duringwhichthesequenceofstagesisrepeated.Inthefirstlightphase,theheartrateandthebloodpressuregodownandthemusclesrelax.In

the next two stages, sleep gets progressively deeper. In stage four, usually reachedafter anhour,theslumberissodeepthat,ifawoken,thesleeperwouldbeconfusedanddisorientated.Itisinthisphasethatsleep-walkingcanoccur,withanaverageepisodelastingnotmorethan15minutes.Inthefifthstage,theRapidEyeMovement(REM)stage,theheartbeatquicklygetsbacktothenormallevels,andthebrainactivityacceleratestodaytimeheightsandaboveandthe eyesmove constantly beneath the closed lids as if the sleeper is looking at something.During this stage, the body is almost paralysed.ThisREMphase is also the timewhenwedream.

SectionESleepingpatternschangewithage,whichiswhymanypeopleover60developinsomnia.InAmerica,thatagegroupconsumesalmosthalfthesleepmedicationonthemarket.Onetheoryfor the age-related change is that it is due to hormonal changes. The temperatureGeneralTraining:ReadingandWritingriseoccursatdaybreakintheyoung,butatthreeorfourinthemorningintheelderly.Ageaside,itisestimatedthatroughlyoneinthreepeoplesuffersomekindofsleepdisturbance.Causescanbeanythingfrompregnancyandstresstoalcoholandheart disease. Smoking is a known handicap to sleep, with one survey showing that ex-smokersgotosleepin18minutesratherthantheirearlieraverageof52minutes.

SectionFApart from, the self-help therapy, such as regular exercise, there are psychologicaltreatments,includingrelaxationtrainingandtherapyaimedatgettingridofpre-sleepworriesandanxieties.Thereisalsosleepreductiontherapy,wheretheaimistoimprovesleepqualitybystrictlyregulatingthetimepeoplegotobedandwhentheygetup.Medicationisregardedbymanyasalastresortandoftentakestheformofsleepingpills,normallybenzodiazepines,whichareminortranquilizers.

SectionGProfessorRegelsonadvocatestheuseofmelatoninfortreatingsleepdisorders.Melatoninisanaturally secreted hormone, located in the pineal gland deep inside the brain. The mainfunctionofthehormoneis tocontrol thebody’sbiologicalclock,sothatweknowwhentosleepandwhentowake.Theglanddetectslightreachingitthroughtheeye;whenthereisnolight, it secretes the melatonin into the bloodstream, lowering the body temperature andhelping to inducesleep.Melatoninpillscontaina syntheticversionof thehormoneandarecommonlyusedforjetlagaswellasforsleepdisturbance.JohnNicholls,salesmanagerofone of America’s largest health food shops, claims that sales of the pill have increaseddramatically.Heexplainsthatitissoldincapsules,tablets,lozengesandmixedwithherbs.Itis not effective for all insomniacs, but many users have weaned themselves off sleepingtabletsasaresultofitssideeffects.

SECTION-3

Questions28-40

Questions28-37ThepassagehassevensectionslabelledA-G.Whichsectioncontainsthefollowinginformation?Writethecorrectletter,A-Ginboxes28-35onyouranswersheet.Youmayuseanylettermorethanonce.28.thedifferentamountsofsleepthatpeoplerequire29.aninvestigationintotheresultsofsleepdeprivation30.somereasonswhypeoplemaysufferfromsleepdisorders31.lifestylechangeswhichcanhelpovercomesleep-relatedproblems32.aprocessbywhichsleephelpsustoremainmentallyandphysicallyhealthy33.claimsaboutacommercialisedman-madeproductforsleeplessness34.theroleofphysicalchangesinsleepinghabits35.theprocessesinvolvedduringsleep

Questions36-40Dothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthepassage?Inboxes,36-40onyouranswersheet,write

True ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationFalse ifthestatementcontradictswiththeinformationNotGiven ifthereisnoinformationonthis36.Sleepcancuresomeillnesses.37.Thevariousstagesofsleepoccurmorethanonceanight.38.Dreamingandsleep-walkingoccuratsimilarstagesofsleep.39.SleepersmovearoundalotduringtheREMstageofsleep.40.Thebodytemperaturerisesrelativelyearlyinelderlypeople.

ReadingPracticeTest3

Answers1.NotGiven 21.J2.NotGiven 22.K3.False 23.E4.NotGiven 24.A5.True 25.G6.False 26.I7.False 27.C8.X 28.A9.i 29.C10.v 30.E11.ii 31.F12.ix 32.B13.iv 33.G14.viii 34.E15.False 35.D16.NotGiven 36.Notgiven17.True 37.True18.False 38.False19.True 39.False20.Notgiven 40.True

ABSTRACT

WRITINGMODULE

ThischapterhelpsthecandidatesregardingtheIELTSGeneralWritingTestTask1withitsformatandstrategiesforcrackingtheWritingTask1. It includes themarkingcriteria, tips forwriting taskalongwith thedo’s and don’t for candidates. It also includesWriting Task 2with itsstrategiesandskills.

Chapter3:WritingStrategiesandSkills

STRATEGIESFORTASK1

IELTSWRITINGTIPS

THEGENERALWRITINGTEST-TASK1TheIELTSGeneralTrainingWritingTestTask1:Thescopeofthetaskisfairlylimited,andyoucanpractiseextremelysimilartasks,whichwillgreatlyprepareyoufortheexam.

TheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask1WritingTestTheIELTSGeneralTrainingWritingTest lasts for1hourand includes2 tasks.Task1 isaletterandyoumustwriteatleast150words.Youshouldspendabout20minutesoutofthe1hourforTask1.Task2isanessayandyoumustwriteatleast250words.Youshouldspendabout40minutesforTask2.

TheTaskfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask1WritingTheIELTSGeneralTrainingWritingTask1asksyoutowritealetterofaminimumof150wordsinresponsetosomesituationorproblem.Thetaskwillprobablyaskyoutocomplainaboutsomething,torequestinformation,askforhelp,tomakearrangementsand/orexplainasituation.Allthesearefairlysimilartasks.

MarkingfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask1WritingThe IELTSGeneral TrainingTask 1Writingwill bemarked in four areas.Youwill get amark from 1 to 9 on Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource andGrammaticalRangeandAccuracy.YourfinalbandforTask1willbeeffectivelyanaverageofthefourmarksawardedintheseareas.Task1writingislessimportantthanTask2andtocalculatethefinalwritingmarks,moreweightisassignedtotheTask2markthantotask1’smark.Toget a goodoverallmarks forThe IELTSGeneralTrainingWriting though, bothtaskshavetobewellanswered,sodon’tholdbackonTask1orgiveyourselftoolittle,timetoansweritproperly.1. Task Achievement: This is where you can really make a difference through careful

preparation.Thismarkgradesyouonbasically“haveyouansweredthequestion”.Itmarkswhether you have covered all requirements of the task sufficiently and whether youpresented,highlightedandillustratedthekeypointsappropriately.

2.CoherenceandCohesion:Thesetwoareinterrelatedwhichiswhytheyaredonetogether.Cohesion ishowyourwritingfits together.Doesyourwritingwith its ideasandcontentflow logically?Coherence is howyou aremakingyourself understood andwhether the

readerofyourwritingunderstandswhatyouaresaying.Anexampleofbadcoherenceandcohesionwouldbeasfollows:

1.Wewenttothebeachbecauseitwasraining.Probably,thewriterofthissentencedoesnotmean“because”aspeopledon’tusuallygotothebeachwhenitisraining.Thewritershouldhavewritten:

2.Wewenttothebeachalthoughitwasraining.Sentence 1 has made a cohesion and coherence error (as well as a vocabulary one).“Because”doesnot join the ideasof the sentence togethercorrectlyand, asa result, thereaderdoesnotunderstandwhatthewriterwantstosay.

3.LexicalResource:Thisarea looksat theyourchoiceofwords.Themarkerwill lookatwhether therightwordsareusedandwhether theyareusedat theright timein therightplaceandintherightway.Togetagoodmarkhere,thewordchoiceshouldnotonlybeaccuratebutwideranging,naturalandsophisticated

4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Here the examiner will mark your appropriate,flexibleandaccurateuseofgrammaticalstructures.Manypeopleareworriedabouttheirgrammarbut,asyoucansee,grammarisonlyonesectionofthefourusedtogradeyourwriting. IELTS is much more interested in communication rather than grammaticalaccuracy.Itis,ofcourse,stillpartofthemarkingschemeandimportantassuch.

TipsforWritingTask1

1.AnsweringthequestionTaskachievement(answeringthequestion)isonequarterofyourtotalmarksanditisanareainwhicheveryoneshoulddowell.Thisisoften,however,notthecase.Whatyoumustdoistowritealetter,whichwouldfullyanswertheneedsoftheprobleminareallifesituation.Evenifyouhavecoveredallthatthequestionitselfasks,haveyouincludedeverythingintheletterneededtorealisticallyperformitsfunction?Forexample,aquestionIhaveseensomewheregivesthecandidatethefollowingtask:Youhavesomelibrarybooksthatyouareunabletoreturnasamemberofyourfamilyinanothercityhasfallensickandyouhavehadtogoandlookafterhim/her.Writea letter to the libraryexplainingthesituation.Apologizefor the inconveniencecalledandsaywhatyouaregoingtodo.Youshouldwriteatleast150words.Thisseemsafairly typicalIELTSGeneralTrainingTask1writingquestion.AnsweringthequestioninawaythatwillgetyouagoodTaskFulfilmentGradeneedsanumberofthingsforyoutodo.

1.Writeatleast150words.Writinglessdoesnotanswerthequestion,whichtellsyoutowriteatleast150words.Ifyouwritelessthan150words,theexaminermarkingyourpaperwillgiveyouamaximumof5

forTaskAchievementorevenless.

2.Fullydoallthethingsthatthequestionasksyou.Inthiscase,itasksyoutodo3mainthings:1.Explainthesituation2.Apologizefortheinconvenience3.Saywhatyouaregoingtodo

The important part is to fully do these things. Don’t take one line to explain about yourrelative - people who do this often don’t make the 150 word limit. Enlarge on what thequestion tells you.Use your imagination. Itmust be something fairly serious tomake youleavetownandyoumustbetheonlyonepossibletolookaftertherelativesogointothesethings.Berealisticaswell.You’rewritingtoalibraryandyoushouldn’tmakeit toopersonal.Apologizingwon’ttakemuchspace,butyoucanstilldevoteacoupleofsentencestoit.Sayingwhatyouaregoingtodoshouldbeafullexplanationaswell.

3.Makeyourletterrealistictofunctioninareallifesituation.Thisinvolvesaddingotherthingstotheletter,whichitmaynotaskyoufor,butwithoutwhichyour letter would not perform its function. For this question, it would mean introducingyourselfbyname,givingyourlibrarycardmembershipnumber,tellingthelibrarythetitlesof the books that you have borrowed, the names of their authors, their library referencenumbers,whenyouborrowedthemandwhentheyweredueback.Finally, in thisquestion, thesituationmight involveyougettingafinefor the latebookssoyou could ask politely for that to be cancelled due to the circumstances. Without thisinformation, the letter wouldn’t help the library much in real life and, even though thequestiondoesn’t askyouspecifically to include it, theexaminer readingyourworkwillbelookingforsuch things.Theseare things thatareneeded togeta9 for taskfulfilmentand,theoretically,anyone,whatevertheirlevelofEnglish,shouldbeabletogetagoodmarkhere.

4.TheOpeningGreetingoftheLetterYourletterwillprobablyneedtobeareasonablyinformallettertoafriendorasemi-formalletter.Theopeningofyourlettershouldreflectwhichoneyouarewriting.Afriendlyletterwillopenwith‘Dear ’followedbyanamewhichshouldthenbefollowedbyacomma,eg:DearJohn,A semi-formal letter will also open with ‘Dear ’ and then be followed by a name, (if youdecidethatinthesituationyouwouldknowthename)orbySir(ifit’saman),Madam(ifit’sawoman)orSir/Madam,ifyoudon’tknow,eg:DearMr.Phillips,

DearMrs.Phillips,DearSir,DearMadam,DearSir/Madam,Thequestionalsomightspecifyhowyouaretobegin,sofollowwhatitsays.

5.TheOpeningParagraphoftheLetterInasemi-formalletter,Ifeelitisimportanttostatethereasonfortheletterstraightaway.Youcouldusethefollowingtohelpyou:Iamwritingtoask/tell//informyouthat...Iamwritingtoask/inquire...Iamwritingwithregardto...Iamwritingwithreferenceto...Iamwritinginconnectionwith...Iamwritinginresponseto...Inreplytoyourletter,Iamwritingto...(ifthequestionindicatesthatyouhavehadaletter)Iftheletterisalessformalonetoafriend,thenyoushouldopentheletterinafriendlierway.e.g.:DearAnil,Hithere!It’sbeensolongsinceI’veheardfromyou.IhopeyouaredoingwellandIhopeallyourfamilyaredoingfine.I’mprettygoodinspiteofworkinghard.Anyway,thereasonI’mwritingis...

6.TheSubstanceoftheLetterIn thissection,studentshavetoanswerall theaboveaskedquestions in the letter.Therearesome ideas bout some words to use in the substance of the letter which will help you toanswerthetaskwell.

AskingforHelpIwouldlikeyouto...Iwouldbegratefulifyoucould...Ineedtoaskyouradviceabout...I’dliketoaskforinformationabout...WhatI’mlookingforis...ComplainingI’mwritingtoexpressmydissatisfaction/annoyance/about...

I’mwritingtoexpressmyangerat...Iamnothappyabout......isnotwhatIexpected/wasexpecting.Iwanttoknowwhatyouaregoingtodoaboutthissituation.

ThankingI’mverygratefulfor...I’dliketothankyouverymuchfor...Iverymuchappreciated...ApologizingI’mverysorrythat/about...Pleaseforgivemefor...I’dliketoapologizeabout...Pleaseacceptmyapologies

7.EndingYourLetterFirstofall,inEnglish,weoftenendlettersbeforethesignoffwithcertainphrases.Thesecanbeincludedinmostlettersandwillmakeyourletterseemrealisticandpolished.Foraformalletter,youcoulduse:Ifyourequireanyfurtherinformation,pleasedonothesitatetocontactme.Thankingyouinadvanceforyourhelp,IlookforwardtohearingfromyousoonForamoreinformalletter,youcoulduse:Ifyouneedtoknowanythingelse,justgetintouchwithmeassoonasyoucan.ThanksalotforyourhelpandIhopetohearfromyousoonBe careful, though the IELTS examiners quite rightly look for writing that has beenmemorisedandjustrepeated,so,ifyouuseexpressionsliketheonesabove,makesurethattheyfitinwiththerestofyourletter.Finally,you’llneedtosignoffyourletter.Foraformalletteruse:Yoursfaithfully,ORYourssincerely,Remember, the commas (it makes a good impression on the examiner, if you use goodpunctuation)andspell,‘sincerely’correctly(alotofpeopledon’t!)Foraninformalletter,loveisnotalwaysappropriatethoughEnglishspeakersuseitalot.Itwouldbebettertouse:Regards,Yours,Bestwishes,

OtherHintsfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask1Writing1. DON’T copy any part of the question in your answer. This is not your own work and

thereforewillbedisregardedbytheexamineranddeductedfromthewordcount.Youcanuseindividualwordsbutbecarefulofusing‘chunks’ofthequestiontext.

2.Don’t repeat yourself or the same ideas. This gives a bad impression and the examinerrealisesthatitisn’taddingtothecontentofyourletter.

3.IfyouareweakinEnglishgrammar,trytouseshortsentences.Thisallowsyoutocontrolthegrammarandthemeaningofyourwritingmuchmoreeasilyandcontributestoabettercoherenceandcohesionmark.It’smucheasiertomakethingsclearinaforeignlanguageifyoukeepyoursentencesshort!

4.Thinkaboutthetensesofyourverbs.Ifyou’rewritingaboutsomethingthathappenedinthepast, your verbswill need to be in the past tense. If you’re arranging something in thefuture,youwillneedtousethefuturetense.Ifit’sahabitualaction,you’llneedthepresentsimple tense and soon. If youhave time, a quick checkof yourverbs at the endof theexamcanhelpyoufinderrors.

5.Don’tbeirrelevant.Althoughyoucanuseyourimaginationtoexpandonyouranswer,ifanypartofyourletteristotallyunrelatedtothequestionandputintojustputupthewordcount,thentheexaminerwillnottakeitintoaccountanddeductitfromthewordcount.

STRATEGIESFORTASK2

THEGENERALWRITINGTEST-TASK2

TheIELTSGeneralTrainingWritingTestTheIELTSGeneralTrainingWritingTest lasts for1hourand includes2 tasks.Task1 isaletterandyoumustwriteatleast150words.Youshouldspendabout20minutesoutof1hourforTask1.Task2isanessayandyoumustwriteatleast250words.Youshouldspendabout40minutesforTask2.

TheTaskfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask2Writing

1.ShortEssayforMinimum250wordsTheIELTSGeneralTrainingWritingTask2asksyoutowriteashortessayofaminimumof250words.Theessayisusuallyadiscussionofasubjectofgeneralinterest.Youmayhavetopresentandjustifyyouropinionaboutsomething,givethesolutiontoaproblemorcomparedifferingideasorviewpoints.

2.MarkingfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask2WritingYourtaskwillbemarkedinfourareas.Youwillgetamarkfrom1to9onTaskresponse,

CoherenceandCohesion,LexicalResourceandGrammaticalRangeandAccuracy.YourfinalbandforTask2willbeeffectivelyanaverageofthefourmarksawardedintheseareas.Task2writingismoreimportantthanTask1andtocalculatethefinalwritingmark,moreweightisassignedtotheTask2markthantotheTask1’smark.Togetagoodoverallmarkthough,bothtaskshavetobewellanswered,sodon’tholdbackonTask1orgiveyourselftoolittletimetoansweritproperly.

(a)TaskResponseThismarkgradesyouonthecontentofyouressay.Itmarkswhetheryouhavefullyaddressedallpartsofthetask.Theexaminerwantsyouinyouressaytohaveafullydevelopedanswerto thequestiongivenwith releventandextended ideasandsupport.Thesupport is the factsthatyouusetobackupyourideas.SupportisveryimportantinTask2.Youneedtobringinfactsfromyourownexperienceinordertosupportyourideas.

3. Paragraphing for the IELTS General Training Task 2WritingVeryoftentheexaminerhastofacewitha‘sea’ofwritingwithnobreaksfromstarttofinish.Thebestwritingsarethosewherethereareparagraphsseparatedbyanemptylineandalsoindented.Inthisway,yourideasareseparatedclearly.Itshowsandgivesorganizationtoyourwritingandmakesitmorereadable.For Task 2, have a paragraph break after your introduction, and then for every differingsectionofyourseparateideaswiththesupportingevidence.Thenhaveafinalparagraphforyour conclusion. You should aim to have 3 or 4 paragraphs plus the introduction andconclusion.

4.IdeastoThinkaboutfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask2Writing(a)Timing:Theexampaperrecommends thatyouspendabout40minuteson thisquestionandthis isaboutright.RememberthatTask2givesmoretoyourfinalwritingbandandsoyou shouldmake sure that you have enough time after Task 1 to properly answer Task 2.SomestudentsdoTask2firstinordertomakesurethatTask2isansweredwellbeforetheygetontoTask1.Thereisnoproblemwiththisbutmakesure,youwritethe150wordstogiveagoodanswerforTask1aswell.So,whateveryoudecidetodoaboutyourapproachtoTask1andTask2inthewritingpaper,makesurethatyouspendapproximately20minutesonTask1and40minutesonTask2.Thisshouldgiveyoutherightamountoftimetoprovidegoodanswerstoboththetasks.(b)Answering the question:First of all, read the question very carefully in order to seeexactlywhatitasksyou.Veryoften,therewillbemorethan1parttothequestion;sometimeseven3or4parts.Whenyouproduceyouranswer,youmustanswerallthedifferentpartsofthequestion.Howmuchyouproduceoneachpartdependsonhowimportantyouthinkitis.

(c)Planning:Justtakeascrapofpaperandjotdownsomeideasthatyouaregoingtouseinyour essay. Then you can divide the ideas into 3 or 4 paragraphs in a logical order. Thisshouldn’ttakeyoulongandthestructurethatthiswillgiveyouressaywillbewellworththetimethatyouspenddoingit.FormatforWritingtheEssay1.IntroductionYourintroductionshouldfirstsaywhatyouunderstandbythequestion.Thengivethemainissueor issues thatyou intend tobring intoyouranswer.Don’tgo intoanydetail;youcansavethatforthelaterparagraphs.Finally, the question often asks you to take up a position over an issue. There is no rightanswerforputtingyourviewsinthebeginningandthenexplainingthisthroughouttheessay,or developing your opinion through your essay and stating your final stance at the end. Ipersonallyliketheopinionatthestartoftheessay.Quicklyandclearly,answerthequestion,makingyourattitudeplain.Don’tgiveanyreasons.Again,that’swhatthebodyofyouressayis for.Youdon’thave todo it thisway though.Youcanwaituntilyourconclusion togiveyourpositionasregardsthequestion.

2.TheBodyofYourEssayYoushouldaimtohave3or4paragraphs inyouranswer.This isnotexact.Youcanwritemore or fewer paragraphs, as your answer requires.Remember, you’ve only got about 40minutestocoverallthequestionareas,sodon’tbetooambitiousandtrytowritetoomuch.Inthebodyofyouressay,youshoulddoseveralthings.Youneedtoexamineallthepartsofthequestion.Remember, thereisoftenmorethan1questioncontainedintheessayquestiontext.Youneed to lookat all that is askedand lookatboth sidesof every issue.The IELTSessayquestionsusuallyaskyousomethingwhichhas twoormorepointsofview,andyouneedtoconsiderbothsidesofeveryargumentnomatterwhatyouropinionis.Lookbelowattheexample.Thequestionaskswhetherornotyoubelieve,whethersocietiesshouldusecapitalpunishment.Thereare,ofcourse,twopointsofview:1.capitalpunishmentshouldbeusedand2.capitalpunishmentshouldn’tbeused.

Let’s say for example that you don’t believe that capital punishment should be used bysocieties. No matter what point of view you have, you should look at both sides, thoughnaturally,yourwritingwillfavourthepositionthatyouhavetaken.Givethereasonswhyyoudon’tbelieveincapitalpunishment,butthenlookattheopposingviewandsaywhyyoudon’tacceptit.Inthisway,youwillshowthereaderyourpowersofanalysiswhenlookingatsuchanissue.Don’t forget thatwhenyouhavefinished lookingat this issue, there isasecondpartof thequestiontobeanalysedtoo.Aswesaidearlier,yourideasneedtobesupportedbyexamplesanditisinthebodyofyouressaythattheyshouldappear.Foreveryideathatyoupresent,tryandgiveanexamplefromyourownexperiencethatshowsthatyourideaisright.

Anexamplefromyourownexperiencemeanssomethingthatyouknowfromyourlife,fromyour country’s newsor history or anything that youhave read anywhere.You can actuallyinventexamples ifyouneedas longas they seemrealistic andbelievable.Theexaminer isprobablynotgoingtoresearchanythingyouwriteabout.Theexamplebelowshouldillustratewhatwehavebeendiscussinghere.

3.ConclusionSimply review themainpoints (beingcarefulnot to restate themexactlyor repeat allyourexamples)andbrieflydescribeyour feelingsabout the topic; thisprovidesananswer toallpartsofthequestion.Ananecdotecanalsoendyouressayinausefulway.AnExampleoftheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask2WritingHereisapossiblequestionthatwouldbetypicalforaTask2essayquestion.“Doyoubelievethatsocietiesoughttoenforcecapitalpunishmentoraretherealternativeformsofpunishmentthatwouldbebetterused?”

Firstofall,youneed toconsider thequestion.Whatdoes itask?Straightaway,youcanseethatitasks2things

Itwantstoknowifityoubelievethatthesocietyshouldusecapitalpunishment(cp)anditalsowantstoknowifyoucanofferanyalternativestothecapitalpunishment.Youranswershouldgive abalancedviewofboth thepartsof thisquestion.What is important to realize is thatthereisnocorrectanswerhere.Youcanpresentanypointofviewaslongasyoucansupportit.

So,inyourplanningstage,youshouldhavearoadmapfortheintroduction,eachparagraphandtheconclusion.Hereismybriefplanfortheessay.

IntroductionWhatCapitalPunishmentorCP?Whereisitused?Differingopinions.Idon’tbelieveinCapitalPunishment.Therearealternativepunishments.

Body1.Inhumane-weshouldn’tsinktothelevelofcriminals.2.Wecangetconvictionswrong;prisonerscanbereleased if there’sanerroror theyare

mentallyill.3.Alternativepunishments:Lifemeanslife;hospitalsforcriminallyinsane.Costsmorebut

societyhasadutytocare.4. Many countries favour it and they say it works. Prisons are too full. Killers deserve

nothingless.Somecrimesdeserveit.Notmymoralsthough.

ConclusionIdon’tagree.Wecandootherthings.Avoidmistakesandmakethemodernsocietyahumaneone.TheaboveisabasicplanofhowIwanttowritemyessay.It’snotrigid.IcanchangemyideasandformatasIwriteifIfeelIcandobetter.So,belowisanexampleessayusingtheplanaboveasabasis.ExampleEssayfortheIELTSGeneralTrainingTask2WritingCapital Punishment (CP) is the killing of a criminal for a crime that he has committed.Previouslymostcountriesemployedthismethodofpunishmentbutnowadays,itismuchlesswidelyused.IpersonallydonotbelievethatsocietiestodayshouldusecapitalpunishmentandIalsobelievethattherearealternativepunishmentsthatcanbeused.MymainargumentagainstcapitalpunishmentisthatIbelievewedonothavetherighttokillanotherhumanbeingregardlessof thecrime. Idon’tbelieve in theoldreligiousmaximof‘aneyeforaneye.’Modernsocietiesshouldn’tturntosuchbarbaricpunishments.Another argument against capital punishment is that people can bewrongly convicted andexecuted.Ifamanisinprison,hecanbereleasediflaterprovednotguilty.Ifheisdead,thereis nothing that can be done. In the UK, a group of supposed terrorists were convicted ofmurder in Birmingham in the 1970s. Theywere proved innocent about 15 years later andreleased.Iftheyhadbeenexecuted,innocentpeoplewouldhavedied.There are alternative punishments available. For severe crimes life imprisonment can begivenwithcriminalsimprisonedfortherestoftheirlives.Alsoalotofhorrificcrimesarecommitted by people who are mentally sick. These people are not responsible for theiractionsandcanbekeptsafelyandpermanentlyinsecurehospitals.Yes,thiscostsalotmorebutIbelieveitisthedutyofthesocietytodothisThere are arguments forCapital Punishment(CP).Manypeople feel its threat stops seriouscrimesandthatcriminalsdeservenothingless.It’scheaperandkeepstheprisonsmanageable.IcanunderstandthispointofviewbutIcannotagreewithit.So,inconclusion,Idon’tbelieveincapitalpunishment,astherearelessbarbaricalternativesavailable.Wecanavoidhorrificmistakesandmakethemodernsocietyahumaneone.

Chapter4:WritingPracticeTest

WRITINGTEST1

TASK1

BadexperiencewithacruiseYouhavetakenacruiseandhavebeendisappointedwiththeexperience.Writealettertothecruiseproviderandspecify.

whatwentwrong?howdidyoufeelaboutit?whatdoyouwanttobedoneaboutit?

DearSir/Madam,MynameisAnkushandIamwritingtobringyourattentiontoanunsatisfactoryexperiencewehadwiththeChristmasCruisesonDecember25,2010.First, contrary towhatwas in the advertisement, the boatwas old and homely. Itwas coldinside from the beginning, but when a hundred passengers boarded, the windows becamemistedduetopoorventilation,whichmadeitimpossibletoenjoytheviewsoftheharbour.Second, even thoughwewere providedwith a ‘private table’, therewere somany privatetablesthatwewereliterallysittingelbowtoelbowwithotherpassengers.Thecheap,unsteadytableswereputsoclosetoeachotherthatwebecamebarricadedandhadtoaskotherpeopletostandupandletuspasstogetthefoodortousethewashroom.Thisallprovideduswiththe feeling of growing embarrassment incompatible with enjoying the cruise and theChristmasspirit.In these circumstances,wedonot feel that it is unreasonable to expect a full refundof themoneypaidtoyoufollowingthemisrepresentationofwhatChristmasCruiseswereoffering.Weexpect,therefore,arefundofthefullamount.Yoursfaithfully,Ankush

TASK2Youshouldspendabout40minutesonthistask.

Today,thehighsalesofpopularconsumergoodsreflectthepowerofadvertisingandnotthe real needs of the society in which they are sold. To what extent do you agree ordisagree?

Youshouldwriteatleast250words.Nowadays,millionsofcompaniesproducebillionsofproductsandtheroleofadvertisingisquiteobvious.Adshelpconsumerstofindthegoodsorservicesoftheirneeds.However,doourneedsgrowequallyfastasthenumberofproducts?Somemarketanalystsinsistmoderncommercialsarenotmerelymatchmakersofaproductandaconsumer,butactivelyinterferewiththebuyer ’sdesires,developingartificialneeds.Undoubtedly,advertisementguidespeople throughthemarket,andserves thosewhodonothavetimetolearnthedifferencesbetweengoods.Theseproductsareprobablythesame,butloyaltytoaparticularbrand,formedbyacommercialhelpsmakeachoice.Whenapersonbuysonemobilephoneoutof50models,hethinkshemadehischoicehimself.Butthatwasacommercialwhotoldhimaboutthefeaturesofthisphone.Nevertheless,adsnotonly informusaboutnewgoods,butforcepeople towant them.Thiscan be even useful, for example, for someone who suffers from back pains and withoutcommercials, he would never imagine there are new mattresses which could ease his/herpains.Unfortunately,promotersnowoperateourmindsmoreaggressively.Commercialsnolongerpromote products, but lifestyles. They tell us to purchase things just because they arefashionableoruptodatewiththeimageofasuccessfulperson.Andwebuynewcars,gadgetsandclothesinordertomatchthisimageandnotbecauseoldonesarenolongerusable.Personally,Ithinkthathighsalesofpopularcommoditiesaretheresultofnewpromotionaltechnologies.Thebestillustrationofthatisthateveryonenowisconcernedmostlyabouthowanewmobilephonewillreflecthis/herpersonality,anewshirt-his/herimage,orwillanewcarmakehis/hercolleaguesfeeljealous?

WRITINGTEST2

TASK1

Yourecentlyhadyourcomputer fixedat the localcomputerstore.Howeveryouarenotpleasedwiththeserviceyoureceived.Writealettertothestoremanager.Intheletter

describethesituation.explainwhyyouaredissatisfied.saywhatyouwantthemanagertodo.

Writeatleast150words.YoudoNOTneedtowriteyourownaddress.Beginyourletterasfollows:DearSirorMadam,DearSirorMadam,IamwritingtoexpressmydissatisfactionwiththeserviceIreceivedatyourestablishment.Actually, the computer I have bought at your store on the late January was quite good.However, after just half a year things got wrong. Some programs were getting frozenfrequently.WhenItookmycomputertoyourspecialistandtriedtoexplaintheproblemtothetechnicianAniket,herefusedto takemycomputer intoservicebecausetheproblemdidnotappearthattime.Iwastryingtoconvincehimtospendmoretimetoidentifythereasonitisgettingstuck,buthewasrudeandimpatientexplainingthisistheendofhisshift.Onthenextday,anothertechnicianlistenedtomecarefullyandfixedmycomputerin10minutes.I suppose your employee, Aniket is not suitable for his position because of hisunprofessionalism.Isuggestyoutoemploysomeonemoreskilledandwithbetterpersonalityinordernottocauseyourcustomerstolosetheirtimelikeme.Yoursfaithfully,RakeshSharma

TASK2Youshouldspendabout40minutesonthistask.

Somepeoplebelievethatchildren’sleisureactivitiesmustbeeducational,otherwise,theyareacompletewasteoftime.Doyouagreeordisagree?Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourexperience.

Youshouldwriteatleast250words.

Thesedayschildrenspendsomuchtimeatschoolandattendvariousadditionalclassesthatthismakes some educational specialists feel pity for them.They suggest giving kidsmorespare time to play and have fun.Meanwhile, there is an opinion that youngsters should doonly those activities thatbenefit theirknowledgeandeducate them, and I totally agreewiththispointofview.Ofcourse,thevolumeoftheinformationchildrenreceiveatschoolandoughttomemorizeisenormousandtheyshouldbegivensomefreetimetorelax.Playingwithothersisessentialtodevelopcommunicationskillsandthisalsogivestheyoungbrainssomerest.Although,wehavetoadmitthatinourcompetitiveworld,themoretimeakiddevotestothestudyprocess,thebetterlifehecanachieve.Therearewaystomakeplayingwithothersveryeducationalandparentsshouldencouragetheirchildrentoplaygameswhichmakethebrainwork.Forexample,kidscouldhaveacompetitioncombiningphysicalactivityandsomekindoftriviaongeography,likewehadinourchildhood.Moreover,evencomputergamescanbevery intelligent. There are so many electronic entertainments which teach languages, giveinformationonhistoryandgeographythatchildrenaddictedtocomputerscouldbecomeverysmartandeducated.In addition, unattended kids hardly makes proper use of their leisure time. If it happens,childrenjustwatchTVorgetunderpeerpressure.They,unfortunatelydonothaveskillsofanalyzingandfilteringwhatisbadorwhatisgood.Educationthroughgames,insteadmakesthemoccupiedandatthesametimeteacheshowtoanalyze.Toconcludewith,educationthroughfunisnotveryexhaustingforkids,butitsusefulnesscanbegreat.ItwouldbeashametodevotethistimetoTVorotherentertainment.

WRITINGTEST3TASK1

Youareemployedfull-timeandalsodoingapart-timeeveningcourse.Youarenotabletocontinuethecourse.Writealettertothecourselecturer.Intheletter,

explainwhyyoucannotcontinuethecourse.describethesituation.saywhatyouwillbedoing.

Writeatleast150words.YoudoNOTneedtowriteyourownaddress.Beginyourletterasfollows:Dear,DearDr.Ahuja,IamwritingtoinformyouthatInolongerhaveapossibilitytoattendyoureveninglecturesontreatingemergencies.AsItoldyouearlier,IreceivedapositionofanurseattheFamilyHospital.Myshiftendsat5pmandsinceIhavegotalotofovertimejobrecently,Ifindmyselfunabletobeontimeatyour lectures,whichbegin at 5.30 pm.This disappointsme a lot, since I value and respectyourcourseandyourexperience.Iwouldbegratefulifyoucouldconsiderlettingmetostudyyourcoursemyself.Asofmyjob is closely related to the treatmentof the injured, I feel I amable to learnmyself everypoint of the course in practice. In addition, I have already read almost every book yourecommendedasthesupplementaryreadingforyourlectures.I hope to get your approval on thismatter soon. I am looking forward to receiving yourresponse.yourssincerely,Ankit

TASK2Youshouldspendabout40minutesonthistask.

It has been proved that smoking kills. In some countries, it has beenmade illegal forpeople to smoke inall publicplaces except in certainareas.All countries shouldmaketheserules.Doyouagreeordisagreewiththisstatement?

Youshouldwriteatleast250words.Theideaofbanningsmokingfrompublicplacesalwayswasaverycontroversialone.Those

whodefendsmokingonstreetsandinofficesrefertohumanrightsandthefactthattobaccoislegal.Othersholdanopinionthatsincethereareundeniableproofsthatcigarettescauselethaldiseasesnotonlytosmokersbuttothesurroundingpeople,smokingshouldbeallowedonlyinspecialplaces.Itotallyagreewiththeideaofmakingsmokinglegalincertainplacesonly.Ononehand,itisthesocietywhomakessmokerstosmokeanditwouldbenotfairjusttoputthemintoexileandconsidertheproblemsolved.Sincewesellthemtobacco,theyshouldhavetherighttouseitwherevertheywant.Ontheotherhand,thosewhodonotsmokeshouldhavetherighttobreathecleanair.Whensomebodyissmokingcigarette,healthofthenon-smokersisunderattack.Personally,Iamaformer smoker, but even forme, breathing tobacco smell is unbearable. It not onlymakespeopletemporarilyfeelbad,butalsocauseslong-termeffects.Thereareresearchesshowingthat the so called ‘passive smoking’ could be even worse for health than smoking itself.Causingdamagetoanyone’shealthisillegal,andthatiswhythereisnoexcuseforsmokinginpublicplaces.Another reason for this is the fact that not every legal action is allowed in public.Moral,culturalandjudicial limitationsdoexist.Forexample, thereare toiletsforpeople’sbladderandnobody is allowed tourinateon streets.Tobacco ismuchmoredangerous than that sothereisnodoubteverycountryshouldconsidermovingsmokerstospecialplacesToconcludewith,everycountrymustthinkofthewell-beingofitscitizensandtakestepstoprotectthemfromthedangerouseffectsoftobaccobybanningsmokingfrompublicplaces.

ABSTRACT

SPEAKINGMODULEThe IELTS speaking has three parts Part 1, II & III which iuncludesInterview Sessions, Cue Cards& FollowupQuerries.We endavour tohelpthecandidateswiththecollectionofthemostpopular50questionsforpartIandthemostpopularCueCardsoftheIELTSexamalongwiththefollowupqueries.

Chapter5:SpeakingStrategies,SkillsandGuidelines

PhaseA:Home/Study/Work

PhaseB:Likes&Dislikes

Food/Shopping/Festivals/Markets/Books/Sports,etc.

SAMPLEQUESTIONSFORPHASEA

(WARMUPQUERIES)

Home/Study/WorkDOyouwork,orareyouastudent?Canyoutellmesomethingaboutyourstudies?Whatisyourfavouritesubject?Whatisyourstudyplan?

SAMPLEQUESTIONSFORPHASE-B

Whatdoyoueatforbreakfast?

STRATEGYNO.1:BECULTURALAPPROPRIATELYFor example: While answering this question, make sure that certain diet/breakfast mustbelongtothecultureofyourstate.

Willpeople’sdietchangeinfuture?

STRATEGYNO.2:BEVERSATILEINANSWERINGForexample:Dodiscusssomeothercuisinesapartfromyourstate.Heretheexaminerwantstoseeyourexposure.

Doyouhaveanyhobbies?

STRATEGYNO.3:UPDATEANSWERItisnecessarytobeup-to-dateinansweringthequestions.Don’tfollowrotememorization.Whateverpresenthobbies,thecandidateisadheredtoansweronlyoptforthat.

Whatarethemostpopularsportsinyourcountry?

STRATEGYNO.4:ALWAYSUSECURRENTUPDATESForexample:Whileansweringthisquestion,makesurethatwhateverisgoingoncurrently

shouldbediscussed.TrytouseyourIQlevel.

Howdoyouspendyoursparetime?

STRATEGYNO.5:BEPRACTICALINANSWERINGForexample:Dotheexaminercometoknowwhatexactlyyourwayandstandardofliving.Nevertrytobeoverconfidentinanswering.

What kind of musical instrument do you enjoy in playing? Do you play a musicalinstrument?

STRATEGYNO.6:BEOPTIMISTICINYOURAPPROACHANDTRYTOCOVERTHEANSWERSININTRODUCTORYLINESSometimes, Questions are beyond one’s comprehension, so don’t lose heart. Try tointroducethesubjectoftheQuestionForexample,Playinganinstrumentisnotthecupofeveryone’stea.Whileanswering,followanoptimisticapproachandsaypresently,“Idon’tknowbutIreallywishtolearnflute/piano,etc.”orUsesomeintroductorylinesformusic,forexample:“Musicisthefoodforthesoul”,etc.

CUE-CARD1

DESCRIBEYOURFAVOURITEMOVIEYoushouldsay:WhichthemovieisitWhyhasthemovieimpressedyousomuch?Youcangiveyourownsuggestions.AndExplainhowitinfluencedyou.

STRATEGYNO.7:TOCRACKCUE-CARDSSTEPNO.1:MAKEAGRID:Whentheexamineroffers2minutestothinkoverthetopic,makeaGrid,anddecidethetitleoftheQ-Card.STEPNO.2:ANSWERTHEQUERIES:MakethenotesandanswersofallthefollowingquestionsoftheCUE-CARD.STEP NO. 3 : SYNCHRONIZE THE NOTES WITH SUMMARIZATION: Now startspeakingbyusingthepronounslikeIt,This,I,etc.YoucanusethreetypesofpronounsliketheFirstPerson,SecondPerson,ThirdPerson,etc.

CUE-CARD2

DESCRIBEYOURFAVOURITEGADGETYoushouldsay:WhichisthegadgetWhyyoulikethatgadget?Howdoesithelpsyou?Andexplain,whetheritbringschangeintoyourlife.

CUE-CARD3

DESCRIBEANYNATIONALDAYYoushouldsay:Whichistheday?Whyisitcelebrated?Howisitcelebrated?Andexplain,whatyoudoonthisday?

STRATEGIESTOAPPROACHTHECUE-CARDS

FOLLOWUPQUESTIONS1.IftheCue-CardsarerelatedtotheidealteachertheninPart3followonconceptwillbeapplied,i.e.,allthequestionsarerelatedtoeducation,schoolandcollege.

JUSTFOLLOWTHISEXAMPLEWhatistheimportanceofateacherinourlives?Shouldateacherbeversatile?Doyouthinkteachersshouldupdatetheirknowledge?

2.IftheCue-CardsarerelatedtotechnologyinPart3,thefollowonconceptwillbeapplied,i.e.,allthequestionsarerelatedtoscience,communicationandinventions.

JUSTFOLLOWTHISEXAMPLEWhataretheimportantinventionsofthecentury?Whatarethedestructiveusesoftechnology?Whichformsoftechnologyareyouusingathome/office?Whatisthefutureoftechnology?

3.If theCue-Cards are related to shopping, then inPart 3 the followonConceptwill beapplied,i.e.,allthequestionsarerelatedtoyoungsters,malesandfemalesboth.

JUSTFOLLOWTHISEXAMPLEDoyoulikeshopping?Doyouthinkwindow-shoppingiswastageoftime?Whatarethebenefitsanddrawbacksofconsumerism?Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofcreditcards?

GUIDELINESFORSPEAKINGMODULE

DAYOfINTERVIEWSUCCESSFULTIPSFORSTUDENTS

BELOUD&CLEAR

MAINTAINTHERATEOFSPEECH

TAKEADEEPBREATH&RELAX

STRICTTOINTERVIEWETIQUETTES

POSITIVEBODYLANGUAGE/DRESSPROPERLYCOMMONERRORS

BEINGEXCESSIVELYPOLITEExplanation: Foreign Examiners can become uncomfortablewhen the candidate is overlyrespectful.

ExampleofError:Sayingsirormaam,andwaitingtobeaskedtositdownonthechairforthecandidate.HowtoAvoidthisError:Bepoliteandrespectful,butnotexcessivelyso.Say,‘Hi’insteadof‘Goodmorningsir/maam.’

THINKING THAT THE IELTS EXAMINER IS A STRANGER TO YOURCOUNTRYExplanation:TheIELTSexamineralmostcertainlylivesinthesamecountryasyouandhasdonesoforsometime.ExampleofError:Sayingthingssuchas‘Welcometothemycountry!’HowtoAvoid thisError:Showing thatyouknow that the examiner is familiarwithyourcountrybysaying,‘InmycountryasIamsurethatyouareaware...’

NOTSPEAKINGLIKEANINDIVIDUALExplanation:Althoughit iscommontothinkasbeinginpartofagroupformanypeople,mostIELTSexaminerscomefrombackgroundswheretheyexpectandpreferindividualstogivetheirownpersonalanswerstoquestions.ExampleofError:Forexample,answeringaquestionbysaying,‘OfcourseIamfrom....,soIlike’HowtoAvoidthisError:Whengivingyourownopinionsay:“Inmypersonalopinion....

USINGSTEREOTYPESExplanation: Describing one ethnic or national group as unique and deserving, specialtreatmentisoffensivetomanypeople.ExampleofError:For example, answering aquestionby saying, “—people are themosthospitablepeopleintheworld.”HowtoAvoidthisError:Recognizingthat therearemanydifferent typesofpeopleintheworld and that no one country or ethnic group can be the best at anything. So sayingsomethingsuchasthefollowingwouldbeacceptable:“Mypeoplehaveareputationforbeingveryhospitable...”

TRYINGTOBEFRIENDTHEEXAMINERExplanation:Tryingtofindoutinformationabouttheexaminersuchas“Soyournameis..?”or“Whereareyoufrom?”ExampleofError:Bepoliteandsmileonly.HowtoAvoidthisError:Rememberthatyouaretakingpartinatest,notasocialactivity.

DRESSINGINAPPROPRIATELYExplanation:The IELTS speaking exam is a formal exam.You should dress formally andtherebygaintherespectoftheExaminer.ExampleofError:Wearingcasualclothes.HowtoAvoidthisError:Dresslikeyouweregoingtoajobinterview.

TRYINGTOMAKEPHYSICALCONTACTWITHTHEIELTSEXAMINERExplanation:ThisisusuallythroughtryingtoshakehandswiththeExaminer.Itisaformalexam,sophysicalcontactbetweentheCandidateandtheExaminerisinappropriateandmaytheExaminerfeeluncomfortable.ExampleofError:TryingtoshakehandwiththeExaminer.HowtoAvoidthisError:Avoid itunless theexaminerchooses to shakeyourhand.Thenyouprobablyshoulddoso,soastoavoidbeingdisrespectfultotheIELTSExaminer..

INTRUDINGONTHEEXAMINER’SPERSONALSPACE.Explanation:MostExaminers are fromcountrieswhere it is important to respect people’spersonal space;which is around a handshake distance from another person (30 cm).Manypeople, especially native English speaking Examiners, frequently feel uncomfortable andoffendedwhenstrangersintrudeintotheirareaofpersonalspace.ExampleofError:Leaningacrosstheinterviewtableintotheexaminer.

DO’SANDDON’T’SFOR

IELTSSPEAKINGEXAMDO’SFORIELTS

Giveextentedresponses.TheIELTSinstructorgivesmoreweightagetocomprehensiveandcompleteanswers.Beconciseandtothepoint.Don’tbeataboutthebushinfrontoftheIELTSexaminer.Begrammaticallycorrect.Trytousecorrecttensesandconnectors.Speakinsimple,smallsentences.UsageofappropriateEnglishwords.Don’tuseslanglanguagelikewanna,gonna,etc.Usageofproverbs,phrases,idiomsandmetaphors.BeaTrouble-shooter.IfthequestionisnotclearAvoidcontroversiesusewordslikesorry/pardon.Speakinaniceandpleasanttone.Usesynonymsbysubstitutingmeanings.

Chapter6:PartI—InterviewSession

MOSTPOPULAR50QUESTIONS(INTERVIEWSESSION)

1.Whatisyourfullname?WhatshouldIcallyou?Ans.MynameisAnkitBhardwaj.YoucancallmeANKIT.2.CanIseeyourID?

Ans.Sure....Please.

FAMILY3.Tellmesomethingaboutyourfamily?

Ans.WellIbelongtoasimple,smallandnuclearfamily.Iamlivingwithadorableparentsandtwosmallsisters.Allcoordinatewithoneanotherandlivehappily.Imustsay

Godhasblessedme‘ACLOSEKNITFAMILY’.4.Whatdoyoulikedoingmostwithyourfamily?

Ans. I like to have longmeals, amusement, fun and frolic,would like to teasemy sisters,sharing griefs and sorrows with them. It is a common saying - ‘The family which eatstogether,livestogetherandlaughstogetheristrulyacloseknitfamily.’5.Whoareclosetoyouinyourfamily?

Ans.Well.Iamveryclosetomymother,‘Atruepictureofmaternity’.ShecookswhatIwanttoeat.Shelovesandteachesmewhatisgoodorbadforme.Sheisreallyaveryvirtuousladywith the blend of passionate feelings of a child. I wish to salute this real role model andadmirethiswonderfulcreationofGodonthisplanet!6.Inwhatwayisyourfamilyimportanttoyou?

Ans.Myfamilyiseverythingtome.Myfamilymembersaremybestfriendsandtheysupportmeineveryrealchallengeofmylife.Iknowtheyarealwayswithme,nomatterwhat.Theyare not onlymy best friends butwe truly are tiedwith strong bonds of respect, unity andstrength.That’swhyIsaymyfamilyismyrealearnedwealthandstrength.

WORK7.Doyouworkorareyouastudent?

Ans. I am a hardworking person. Presently, I am doing both the tasks simultaneously. Inmorninghours,IusuallygoformyorientationclassesoflanguageasIamfondoflearninglinguisticsandintheafternoon,Iamworkingasanexecutiveinareputedcompany.8.Whatareyourresponsibilitiesatwork?

Ans. To keep an eye upon the junior executives for maintaining organisational goals andobjectives.Sokeepingsupervisionover them,checking their targetsaswellasmaintainingcoordination and proper communication are my primary jobs. Thorough commitment to

workismyfirstandlastresponsibilitytowardswork.

STUDY9.Doyouwork,orareyouastudent?

Ans.Iamastudentat themoment.IamstudyingEnglishLinguisticsandliterature togetherandhopingtogetmoreandmoreexcelinthisfield.10.Whydoyouchoosethiscourseorjob?

Ans. Honestly speaking, as everyone knows English is a global language. It serves bothsociallyaswellasprofessionally.BecausewhatIbelievesociallyitistheorderofthedayandprofessionallyitis“ABagofHandsomePerks&Incentives.”11.Whatisthemostdifficultthingaboutyourstudiesorjob?

Ans. Themost difficult thing aboutmy studies is its grammatical rules and of course, thelexical part. It’s really hard to remember the high profile words and proverbs.Moreover,grammaticalruleslimitmytendencytolearnthethings.12.Whattypeofstudymostofthestudentspreferthesedays?

Ans.Very interestingquestion, seeTheultimate goal of every education is to earnwell.Somost of the students these days tend to fall upon more professional studies despite ofacademicones.Asthesetypeofvocationalstudieswidenuptheirempiricaloutlookandopentheirarenasfortheprofessionalworld.

HOBBIES13.Whatareyourhobbies?

Ans.ThereisnoonethingI’mobsessedabout.Ihavevariousinterests.Iamakeencookandlove tomake new dishes. I love reading books. I am creative too and love to follow newmusicaltrackseveryday.Franklyspeaking,hobbiesaddcharmstolifeandpulloutthehiddentalentsandabilities.14.Whatdoyoulikeaboutyourhobbies?

Ans.Well....thethingthatreallyfascinatesmeaboutmyhobbiesarethatitpullsoutmyhiddentalents and abilities. It brings out a positive change in my life. It proves to be a creativeutilisationoftime.Itisthebestwaytorefuelmybodyandmind.15.Whattypeofhobbiesarepopularamongteenagersinyourcountry?

Ans.Actually,hobbiesarepersonaltastesofeveryindividual.Asfarasmycountry,teenagehobbiesareconcerned,ImustsayamongboysliketogettinginvolvedintoOnlineFriends,RegularVisitorofOrkut,FacebookandTwitter,Netsurfing,VisitingHealthResorts,Gymsand Spa, sending SMS, etc. and amongGirls are Reading, Story books, Solving, Puzzles,Chatting,Tidbits,CreativeArts,Music,Sports,etc.

FREETIME,LEISURE16.Whatarethebestwaystoutiliseyourfreetime?

Ans.‘Hobbyadaykeepsthedoldrumsaway.’Sothebestwaytoutiliseyourfreetimeistogetcompletely involved indoingwhatyou like themost. It is reallybeneficial foreveryone tocultivateasuitablehobbytohelpintheproperchannelizationoffreetime.17.Dopeoplehavemorefreetimenowthaninthepast?

Ans. It’s really quite ironical to say, aswe are living in the gadgetry and luxuriousworldwherelaboursavingmachines,suchaswashingmachinesanddishwashersareprevailingbutstillpeoplearetoobusyintheratraceofearningandspendingmoney.Theydon’thavetimetospendwith their relations.But in thepast,allworkwasmanuallyhandledyetpeoplehadtimetoeatandlaughtogether.18.Whatistheimpactofleisureactivitiesonthesociety?

Ans.Theimpactofleisureactivitiesonthesocietyisspectacular.Itbecomesapatternorstyleof living for the entire society. Everyone follows the same pattern of living and theycoordinatetheirlivesaccordingly.Theycanplantheirschedulesandprogrammesaspereachother ’sconveniences.

FRIEND,FRIENDSHIP19.Howdoyouusuallycontactyourfriends?

Ans.Well.IusuallygetverylesstimetocontactmyfriendsbutIalwaystrymyeverylevelbesttocallthemorchatwiththemonline.20.Arefriendsasimportanttoyouasyourfamily?

Ans.Friendsandfamilybothareinvaluableandnodoubt,bothactasafour-leafclover,‘hardtofindandluckytohave’...21.Doyouthinkfriendshipschangeaswegetolder?

Ans.Very true:Goneare thosedayswhen friendswere truly loved forever,nowadays fakefriendships are in the air via following technological advancements like the Facebook orTwitter.Nobodyremembershis/herchildhoodfriends.22.Whomdoyoucallabestfriend?

Ans.Accordingtomyopinion,aBestFriendismuchbeyondroamingtogetherandsharinggoodmoments.Itisaboutalonglastingfriendshipwithsomeoneandcomingtorescueofapersonfromtheworstphaseoflife.Friendshipwithyourbestfriendiseternal.

HOMETOWN23. Describe your hometown. (Individual Opinion, because candidate has to answeraccordingtotheplacewherehe/sheisresiding.)

24.Isyourhometowninthegripofproblems?Ans. Undoubtedly, the general problems of my city these days are overpopulated streets,pollution,trafficembezzlements,etc.Someproblemsshiverdownmyspineliketheevilsoffemalefoeticideandhooliganism.25.Whatchangeswouldyouliketohaveinyourhometown?

Ans. Very interesting question. Well if I have been given an opportunity to change myhometown,myfirstprioritywillbetoprovidehomestotheslums,thenencourageeachandevery student of the city to be literate and educated and last but not the least is to bringtechnicalbackupformycity.

TRAVEL26.Doyouthinkitistruethattravelbroadensthemind?

Ans.Ido,yes.itistrue.Travelandchangeofplaceimpartnewvigourtothemind.Travellersneverthinkthattheyareforeigners.Rather,youseedifferentwaysofliving,eating,drinking,interactingwithothersanditallowsyoutoseeyourownculturemoreobjectively.27.Doyoungpeopleandolderpeoplegetbenefitsfromtravelling?

Ans.Wellforyoungsterstravellingisanadventurousexperiencebut,fortheolderpeople,itismore of relaxation than enjoyment becausewhile travelling, they get switched off fromtheirregulardutiesandroutinework.Moreover,itisadvantageousforboththegenerationsto go for travelling as it is an eye opener when we observe people of different states orcountries and are familiarized with their lifestyles. It’s common saying - ‘TheWorld is aBook,andthosewhodonottravelreadonlyapage.’28.Howdoyouusuallytraveltoworkorcollege?

Ans.Wellthemeansof transport is thebestsourceof travellingfromoneplace toanother.Generally,ItraveltoplaceofmyworkviaMetroasitisthecheapestmeansoftransportaswellasfasterandpetrolsavvy.29.Whatplacedoyouliketovisitmost?

Ans.Mycountry,Indiaisatourist’sparadise.Well.ifIgetanopportunitytovisitsomeplace,thenIwouldliketoseeKashmir,therealparadiseonearth.Itisacompleteblendofnaturalbeauty,ethnicsplendourandculturaldiversity.Itisthe‘CROWNHEAD’ofIndia.

ENGLISHLANGUAGE/LANGUAGELEARNING30.HowdothepeopleinyourcountryfeelaboutEnglishbeingtheworldlanguage?

Ans.ThereisnosuchfeelinginlearningtheEnglishlanguage.Everyoneknowsitisagloballanguage,solearningit isautomaticallyinevitableandeveryonehastoembracethisgloballinguafrancanotonlyforcommunicationbutalsofortheireconomicbenefits.31. Do you think the culture of English Speaking Countries as well as the Englishlanguagedominatethewholeworld?

Ans.Undoubtedly.IdobelievethattheusageofInternetreallyallowsthescopeofEnglishoninternationalgrounds. It becomesa trendy language thesedays.Nodoubt, thesedays it hasbecomethewineuponthelips.32. When and where you began studying English? Do you face any problem whilestudyingEnglish?

Ans.Asyouknow,IbelongtoIndiasoEnglishisnotmymothertongue.Beingnotmynativelanguage,IbeganlearningthislanguageinmyschoolwhenIwas5yearsold.Learningthe

English languagefor thefirst timecanbedifficult.However,whendone inanexcitingandhumourous way, learning English vocabulary and grammar are less confusing and moreenjoyable.33.WhatisthemosteffectivewayoflearningEnglish?

Ans.The bestway of learningEnglish is to listen properly. It can bewith any source likeEnglishNativeSpeakers,SomeEnglishAudioDVD’sorCD’s,WatchingEnglishMovies,etc.

FESTIVAL34.Whatisthemostimportantfestivalofyourcountry?

Ans.AHHHH..Afestivaloflights,i.e.,Diwaliisthemostimportantfestivalofmycountry.Itcomes in themonthofOctoberorNovember. It is related to theHinduandSikhhistory. Itbrings everyone together under the roof of happiness and prosperity. It provides anopportunity to meet friends and relatives. It strengthens our social bonds and breaks themonotonyofhecticandengrossedlife.35.Canyoudefinefestival,howisitcelebratedandwhyisitcelebrated?

Ans.Festivalsactlikevehiclesthatcarryourculture,religionandhistorytoanewgeneration.WellImustsay, it isanoccasionwhereeveryoneenjoyfunandfiesta.Duringfestivals,wemeetourfriends,sitandsharewiththemmealsandlaughforlonghours.Itiscelebratedasasymbolofourconventionsandcustoms.

CULTURE36.Doyouthinkthecultureofyourcountryinfluencesyou?

Ans.Yes..Ido.itreflectsinyourpersonalitythewayyoueat,thewayyoudress,thewayyouadoptdifferentlifestyles,itsvaluesandbeliefs,etc.Itisthewideningofmindsandspirits.Itteachesyouhowunitycanbemaintainedinthediversitiesofculture.37.Whichcultureisthebest,“Indian”or“Western”?

Ans.Well.cultureneverteachesyouanythingwrong.ItisthethinkingcapacityofthepersonthatallowsyoutothinkthisisIndianorWestern.TheIndiancultureisalreadyenrichedwithvalues,andthat’swhyit isincredibleandtheWesterniscompletelybasedonFactsofthosevalues,soIthinknocomparisonexistsbetweenbothofthem.Bothteachestherealvirtuesoflife.38.Howhasyourcountrys’culturechangedinthelast50yearsoftime?

Ans.Changeisthelawofnature,butsometimesit’sfrighteningtoacceptthechange.Culturedoes not change because no doubt, it is accepted by the society in a differentways but itsvalues and norms always remain the same. Earlier, it was limited to customs, now it isinfluencingourdeportment,etiquettes,mannerisms,foodhabits.Itwouldnotbewrongtosayitisour‘Signature’sStyle’thesedays.

LIFESTYLE,HEALTH,KEEPINGFIT

39.Whydosomepeoplethinkthatmodernlifestylesarenothealthy?Ans.See,peoplehaveavalidreasonforthinkingso.Peopletodaylovecomfortandluxuryandtheywanttosatisfytheirappetitesatanycost.Ratherthancookingathome,theylovetoeatout,atrestaurantsandfastfoodjoints.Fastfoodmaybetastybutcontainsalotoffatthatisnotgood forhealth.Previously,peopleused towalkor engage in somekindofmanualwork.Thatisnotthecasetoday.Personalvehiclesandmoderndeviceshavemadetheirlifeeasy and people have great aversion towards sweating their bodies.This lifestyle naturallyinvitesdiseases.40.Whydosomepeoplechoosetoleadunhealthylives?

Ans.Thesimpleansweris‘laziness’.Todaymanypeopledonothavethedisciplinetoleadahealthylife.Theylovecomfortandconvenienceineverythingthattheydo.Infact,theydon’trealise that their comfort and luxury are going to end soon. They need to face the realitysoonerthanlater.41. Should individuals or governments be responsible for making people lifestyleshealthy?

Ans.Itistheindividualsthemselves,whoareresponsibleformakingtheirlifestyleshealthy.Itisone’spersonalfreedomtoleadahealthylifestyle.Thegovernmenthasnothingtodowithit.Nogovernmentcaninterfereintosuchpersonalaffairs.Governmentcan’taskpeopletoeatthisorthat.Theonlythingthatthegovernmentcandoistospreadawarenessaboutthisissue.Nothingmorethanthat.42.Whatcouldbedonetoencouragepeopletoliveinahealthyway?

Ans.Thebestwaytoencouragepeopletoliveinahealthywayistospreadawarenessabouttheconsequencesofanunhealthylifestyle.Thiscanbedonethroughthemedialiketelevisionandnewspapers.Atanearlyage,childrenshouldbegiveneducationaboutthesignificanceofahealthy lifestyle. It shouldalsobe included in thecurriculum.Moreover,sportsshouldbemade compulsory in schools.Another effectiveway is to give gymand sports facilities infactoriesandoffices.

MUSIC43.Whichinstrumentdoyouliketolistenmost?Why?

Ans.My favouritemusical instrument is the flute. (I love listening to the flute, themost). IhavealwayswonderedwhyIlikeflute.Maybe,itisbecauseofitssimplicityorbecauseofitssweetsound.Flutehasaverysoothingmusicanditgoesdirectlyintoyourheart.Ithinkitistoughtolearnflute,butIamnotsure.Anyway,Ilikeit.44.Haveyoueverlearnttoplayamusicalinstrument?

Ans.Notreally,Idon’tthinkIhavethetalentforit.SoIhavenotseriouslytried.WhenIwassmall, I just used to playwith the harmonium, but actually, I could never play any propernotes.Evennow,IlovetopressthekeysoftheelectrickeyboardandIliketohearthesound.ButIhaveneverlearnttoplayanymusicalinstrument,thoughIlovetolistentogoodandsoftmusic.

CHILDREN’SGAMES45.Howhavegameschangedfromthetimewhenyouwereachild?

Ans.Gameshavechangedtremendouslyovertheyears.Whenwewerechildrenthestandardofthegameortheplayerswasnotasgoodasit is today.Moreover,newerruleshavebeenintroduced tomake itmoreappealing to televisionaudiences. I think thespeedof thegamehasconsiderablyincreased.Thereismuchmoremoneyinsportsandgamestoday,somoreandmoreyoungpeopleare interestedinmakingitafull timecareer.Thatwasnot thecasewhenIwasachild.46.Doyouthinkthishasbeenapositivechange?Why?

Ans. Yes, it has definitely been a positive change in all ways. Games have become morepopular and players get much better rewards. Televised games have made it possible forpeopletowatchgamesinthecomfortoftheirhomesratherthangoingtoastadium.Watchinggameshavebecomeaveryeasyaffair.Overall,thestandardofthegamehasimproved.47.Whydoyouthinkchildrenlikeplayinggames?

Ans.Childrenarephysicallyveryactiveandyoucan’tkeepthemidleforalongtime.Theyalwaysliketobewiththeirfriends,playingsomegames.Psychologically,at theirage,theycan’t thinkof engaging in a serious activity for a long time.Playinggameswouldoccupytheminaveryeffectiveway;otherwise,theyaregoingtocreatesomemischiefathome.

BOOKS48.Whatkindofbooksdoyouliketoread?

Ans. Imostly like to readbiographies. I’mnot surewhy, but it is interesting to read aboutpeople’sreallives,especiallywhentheyhavehadinterestinglivesandhavehadtodealwithmanyproblems.Idoreadfictionsaswell,butIoftenfinditdifficulttogetholdofabookthatIreallylike.Ialsolikereadingaboutbooksoncurrentaffairs.49.Doyoureadthesamekindofbooksnowthatyoureadwhenyouwereachild?

Ans.Not really,no.Actually, Ididn’t read thatmuchwhenIwasachild,but if Idid, itwasmainlyfictionbooks,suchasfairytales.ThingslikeTheLion,TheWitchandtheWardrobe,Fantasythings,etc.50.Whendoyouthinkisthebesttimetoread?

Ans.Ithinkanytimeisok,butwhenIread,Iliketoconcentrate,soIcan’treadforashorttimelikeonabusridelikesomepeopledo.I liketoputtimeasidetoenjoyit.SoifIhavesomefreetimeattheweekends,Imightreadforafewhours.AndInearlyalwaysreadbeforeIgotobed-thisreallyhelpsmetogetasoundsleep.

Chapter7:Part–2Cue-Cards

MOSTPOPULARCUE-CARDSFORIELTSTEST

CUE-CARD-1:LANGUAGELEARNING

LetustalkaboutlearningEnglish

HowlonghaveyoubeenlearningEnglish?

Wheredidyoulearn?

Whatiseasy/difficult?

IsEnglishimportantinyourjob?

IhavebeenlearningEnglisheversinceIwasabout10yearsold,whenIwasstudyinginmyfifth grade. I learnt the alphabets and basic words at that time. I studied in a vernacularmediumschool,butEnglishwasasubjectthroughoutmyschoolyears.IdidnottakeEnglishveryseriouslyduringmyschooldays,andIscoredcomparativelypoormarksfor it.Well,Englishwasthemostdifficultsubjectforme;andtobefrank,Ihatedthissubjectatthattime.OneofthereasonsthatIdidnotlikeEnglishwasthatwedidnothaveanygoodteachers.Itwasafter I joinedcollege, Ibegan studyingEnglish seriously. IhadawonderfulEnglishteacherwho laid a sound foundation in EnglishGrammar. Since then, I started loving thissubject and began reading books inEnglish.Now I am inmy forties and themore I studyEnglishthebetterIloveit.Since I am an English teacher, I need to improve my English all the time, learning newvocabularyand readingmoreandmorebooks. Imake sure that IupdatemyknowledgeofEnglishallthetime.

CUE-CARD-2:AGIFTTHATYOUPRESENTED

Whatwasthegift?

Whatwastheoccasion?

Whomdidyougiveitto?

Whywasthisgiftveryspecial?

MyyoungestbrotherwasgettingmarriedandIwantedtogivehimaspecialgift.AcoupleofdaysbeforethemarriagemywifeandIwenttotheShoppingMallforsomeshopping.Aswewere about to return, we just went to my favourite store, ‘Wills Life Store’. In fact, thisparticularshophasthetrendiestandthemostfashionableclothesforbothmenandwomen.IhadthegiftinmymindwhenIwentintotheshop.Afterspendingafewminutesinthestore,Ispotted an off-white linen casual shirt. Itwas a designerwear and I put it on to see how it

looked.Mywifesaid,‘Itwasthebestshirtthathadeverdecoratedmybody.Iwasveryhappy.Itwasanexpensiveshirt,butitgavemeagreatsenseofsatisfaction’.Ontheeveofthemarriage,wehadapartyandmybrotherputthisshirton.Everybodywasveryappreciativeoftheshirtandmybrotherwasveryhappyaboutit.ThisgiftwasveryspecialtomebecauseIreallylikedthecolour,materialandthedesignoftheshirt.Apartfromthat,itwasfirstgiftthatIeverpresentedtomyyoungestbrother.Iwasextremelyhappy thathe really liked the shirt. Itwas the rightoccasion that Igavehim thispresent.

CUE-CARD-3:AGIFTORARTICLEYOUTREASUREMOST

Whatwasthearticle

Wheredidyougetit?

Howdidyoupreserveit?

Whyisitveryprecioustoyou?

SomethingthatItreasuremostismyIBMlaptop,whichwasnotactuallyagift.Althoughitisquite old, it never had any serious technical problems, except a few software crashes, eversince I bought it about 8 years ago. Well, I bought it from a friend of mine who has acomputerbusiness.HesuggestedthebrandandIthinkImadetherightchoicebybuyinganIBM laptop.Technically, the components ofmy computer are of very superior quality andtherefore,inspiteofmyconstantuse,Ihaveneverchangedanyparts.AlthoughIhavealeatherlaptopcontainer,Irarelyuseitnow.Iusedtoputitinaleatherbaginitially,butlater,duetomylaziness,Ijustleaveitonmystudytable.Sometimes,itgathersalotofdustandoccasionally,Iwipeitwithatowel.Iwouldsaymylaptopisveryuntidilykept,butbyGod’sgraceitkeepsworking.MylaptopisveryprecioustomebecauseItypemynotesinitanduseitforpresentationsinmyclassandmeetings.Sometimes,Iwatchmoviesinit.Ihavealsostoredalotofdataandpersonalinformationinmycomputer.Aftermyofficehours,Ispendalotoftimeinfrontofmycomputer,eitherbrowsingthenetorstudying.

CUE-CARD-4:DESCRIBEAWEDDINGYOUATTENDED

Youshouldsay:whenitwas,whogotmarried,

whathappenedatthewedding

Andexplain,whetheritwasatypicalweddingceremony

Happyandsadeventsareapartandparcelofourlives.ThehappyeventIamgoingtotalkabouthereistheweddingofmycousin.Iattendedthisweddingon15thJanuary.MycousinnameisPriya.Sheismymaternalaunt’sdaughter.Allourfriendsandrelativeswereinvited.Actually, the whole week before the 15th, I was busy in the pre-wedding celebrations like

Tilak, Sangeet, Mehandi, and Haldi. On the day of the wedding, the marriage place wasdecoratedlikeabride.Mycousinalsolookedbeautifulinhersequinspangledlehanga.Thebarratcameat5p.m.Highteawasservedinwhichtherewerelotsofcakesandsnacks.ThentherewastheJaiMala.TheBrideandtheGroomexchangedfreshflowergarlands.Thenweall danced and enjoyed to the beat of themusic.After the sumptuous dinner, all the guestsdepartedandonlytheclosefamilymemberwereleft.Thenthepriestsetasmallfireandtheremainingceremonytookplacearoundthefire.TheDoliwastakenearlyinthemorning.Itwasaverytearfulmomentforallofusbutwewereallhappyfromdeepinside,asmycousinwasbeginninghernewphaseoflife.Suchcelebrationsareverycommoninmycountry.

CUE-CARD-5:DESCRIBEAGAMEORSPORTYOUENJOYPLAYING

Youshouldsay:

1Whatkindofsportisit?

Withwhomdoyouplay?

Wheredoyouplayitandexplainwhyyouenjoyplayingit

Ienjoyplayingvariouskindsofbraingamesonline.ThereareanumberofdifferentwebsitesIvisitonaregularbasisinordertoplaythesegamesbymyself.Theobjectiveofthegamesistoexercisedifferentareasofyourbrainsothatyoupreserveandenhanceyourmemoryandalsoexpandanddevelopyourbraincapacity.Thegamesareofvariouskinds.Someenableyoutopractiseyourverbalskills.Otherstestyourlogicalreasoning,spatialskillsandvisualmemory.Icankeepatrackofmyscores,sothateachtimeIplay,mygoal is todobetter thanthepast- tooutdomyself,sotospeak.Inaddition, if I want, I can compare my scores to others who play online. This aspect isintriguing,butfrankly,itdoesn’tinterestmemuch.Idon’tregardthisasacompetitionwithanyoneelse.ItissomethingIdosimplytosharpenmymentalabilitiesandimprovemyself.In fact, one ofmy favourite games is supposed to be the best for brain fitness. It involvessolving a number of simplemath problems using addition, subtraction,multiplication anddivision as quickly as possible. I really hope these games will enable me to preserve myintellectandmymemoryintooldage.

CUE-CARD-6:DESCRIBESOMEONEINYOURFAMILYWHOMYOULIKE

Youshouldsay:

Howisthispersonrelatedtoyou?

Howdoesthispersonlooklike?

Whatkindofpersonhe/sheisandexplainwhyyoulikethisperson

ThepersoninmyfamilywhoIreallylikeandalsoloveismymother.SheisaveryspecialpersonandIcannotimaginewhatIwouldbewithouther.

Physically,mymotherispetite.Sheisonlyabout5feettall,andweighsabout110pounds.Shehasfine,blackhairandafaircomplexion.Onethingpeopleoftennotice is thatmymotheralwaystakesprideinherappearance.Evennow,attheageof80,mymotherisawelldressed,well-groomed and an elegant woman, with her fine choice of clothes and matchingaccessories,jewelleryandshoes.Intellectually,mymotheralwaysloveslearning.Evenafterherbusyday,shewon’tgotobedwithoutreadingthenewspaper.Shewasoneofthefewmembersofherfamilywhocompletedtheuniversityeducation.Shealsohasmanycreativeandcultural interestssuchasliterature,musicanddance.Throughherownenjoyment,shepassedon this loveofculture toallherchildren,includingme.Emotionally,mymotherhasaheartofgold.Allherlife,shehasbeenready,willingandabletohelpanyonewhoneedsanything,withasmileonherface.Sheisoftheoldschool-sherememberstowishfriendsandrelativesontheirbirthdaysandanniversaries,sheattendstheirweddings,dinnersandparties,andshevisitsthemwhenthey’rehurt,unwellorinmourning.Infact,mymotherhasalwaysbeenakindsoulandpeopleofallagesloveherassoonastheymeether.Ithinkthisisbecausesheisgood-heartedfromhercore,andherauthenticityiswhateveryone relates to. She has taughtme themeaning of being compassionate, loving, kind,helpful, supportiveand somuchmore. In fact, thanks to theunconditional loveofbothmywonderfulparents,IfeelI’vebeentrulyblessedinthislifetime.

CUE-CARD-7:DESCRIBEYOURFAVOURITEBOOK

Youshouldsay:

Whichbookisit?

Wheredidyoureadit?

Whydoyouthinkitwouldbeusefulinfuture?

I have readmany books inmy life. Inmy view, books represent away to get away fromboredom of life and it helps me to be more creative by helping me exercise my ownimaginations.Books alsohelpme to increasemyknowledge aswell as vocabulary. It alsoenhancesmyreadingskills.Thebook,Iwouldliketotalkabouthereis‘THESECRET’.It iswrittenbyRhondaByrne.Sheisaveryfamouswriter.Amoviehasalsobeenmadeafterthesuccessofthisbook.Thesecretcontainswisdomofmoderndayteachers,menandwomenwhohaveusedittoachievehealth,wealthandhappiness.Byapplyingthesecret,theybringtolightthecompellingstoriesoferadicatingdiseases,acquiringmassivewealthandovercomingobstacles.Theyhaveachievedsomanythingswhichonewouldregardasimpossible.Inthisbook,youwill learnhowtouse thesecret ineveryaspectof life, i.e,money,healthandrelationships.Youwillbegintounderstandthehiddenuntappedpowerthat’swithinyouandthisrevelationcanbringjoytoeveryaspectofyourlife.Thereisalsoaveryfamousquotewritteninthisbookthatifyoureallythinkofachievingsomethingthenthewholeworldconspiresinyourfavour.

SoIthinkIwoulddefinitelyliketoreadthisbookagainasitevokespositivefeelingswithinmeandeverytime,IfeelmotivatedandrevitalizedwheneverIgothroughthisbook.Iwouldrathersuggestmyfriendsalsotoreadthisbook.

CUE-CARD-8:TALKABOUTASITUATIONWHENYOUWEREANGRY

Whatwasthesituation?

Wherewasit?

Whowasthere?

Whenwasit?

Normally, Idonot losemy tempereasily.My friends say that I amascool asacucumber.However,therehavebeentimeswhenIwasalittleangry.IrememberonesuchtimewhenIwasangrywithmyfriend.I had to go for a job interview to Jalandhar, and I was very nervous. It was a walk-in-interview for a call centre job and I requested my friend, Roshni to accompany me. Isomehowfeelveryconfidentwhensheisaround.Shehasagreatsenseofhumourandneverletsmefeelsadordepressed.Shealsopromisedto accompanymebut on thedayof the interview, shedidnot turnup.Herphonewas alsoswitchedoff.Ihadtogoalone.Iwasveryhurtandangry.Iappearedfortheinterviewandaftercomingbackhome,Iwentstraighttoherhouse.Iwantedtoshoutatherandgiveherapieceofmymind.However,whenIreachedherhome,Icametoknowthatherfatherhadtakenillsuddenlyandwasadmittedtothe ICU.Her phonewas also switchedoff because shewas in the ICUattendingher father.Everythinghadhappenedsosuddenlythatshedidnotgetthetimetocallandinformme.AllmyangervanishedandIfeltashamedofmyself.Ishouldhaveknownthatshewouldnotditch me for some trivial reason. I should have had more faith in her. This incidentstrengthenedourtiesoffriendshipevenmore.

CUE-CARD-9:TALKABOUTYOURFAVOURITECOLOUR

Youmaysay:

Whatcolourisit?

Whenthiscolourbecomeimportantinyourlife

Whydoesthiscolourmattertoyou?

Howdoesyourchoicesgetaffectedbythiscolour?

Coloursareveryimportantineveryone’slife.Itaddscharmandspicetoone’slife.Aworldwithout colour would be dull and boring indeed! I like many colours such as red, blue,yellow,greenandblack.Butmyalltimefavouriteisred.Idon’texactlyrememberwhenthis

colourbecameimportanttomebutonceinschool,I tookpart inafancydresscompetitionandworesomethinginred.ThenIwonthefirstprize.Sincethatday,Iconsideritmyluckycolour.Evenmyschoolbagusedtobered.Eventoday,mywardrobeisfullofshadesofred.ThiscolourmatterstomebecauseIlookgoodinred.WheneverIwearred,Igetmanycompliments.Mychoicesarealsoaffectedbythiscolour.Ibuyaccessories,suchasbags,sandalsandjewelleryalsoindifferentshadesofred.[Forboys-Mybike(car)isalsoofredcolour]Redhasalotofimportanceinourculture.Hindubridesusuallywearred.Redisalsothesymboloflove.Italsosymbolisesdanger.RedisalsousedasavitaltrafficsignalThecolourofourbloodisalsored.Fireenginesareredtoo!Itisaprimary colour. We can make many colours by mixing red - for example, we can makeorangebymixingyellowwith red.Wecanmakepinkbymixingwhitewith red.Therefore,redismyfavouritecolour.

CUE-CARD-CUE-CARD-10:DESCRIBEANOLDPERSONTHATYOUKNOW

Youshouldsay:

Whatisyourrelationshipwiththisperson?

Howoftendoyouseehim?

Whatdopeoplethinkaboutthisperson?

Explainwhyyoulikehim.

Ok,I’dliketotellyouaboutanoldpersonthatIknow.HisnameisHarsh,andheistheownerofasmallconveniencestoreattheendofmystreet.Iwouldsaythatmyrelationshipwithhimisasafriend.IknowhimbecauseIregularlygotothe shop in order to buy thingswhen I don’t have time to go to a supermarket.He’s quitefriendlyandIalwayshaveachatwithhim.Infact,I’veknownhimnowforaboutfiveyears-sinceI’velivedinthisarea.That’swhy,I’dnowcallhimafriend.I’d say that I seehim fairly regularly.Like I said, I go to thebig supermarketoutof townsometimes to stock up, but you always need odd things during theweek, such asmilk, orsomesnackorother.Sowhenthishappens,Ijusthaveawalkdowntohisshop.Therefore,SoI’dsayIseehimeverydayoreverytwodays.IthinkHarshisprettypopularashe’sbeenthereforyearsasfarasI’maware,somostofthelocals around the areaknowhim.Therewill alwaysbe someone in the shophavinga chatwithhim.Theylikehimbecausehe’snotjusttheshopkeeperbuthe’salsoveryinvolvedinthelocalactivitiesinthecommunity.Forexample,Iknowhehelpsoutattheoldpeople’shomesomenights,andherunsthequizzesatthelocalpub.Healsohelpstoorganizethefairthatisheldeachyearinthetown.ThereasonthatIlikehimisthathe’sgreattohaveachatwith.Forinstance,awhileback,Iwas having problemswithmywork, and Iwas really feeling stressed. I didn’t really haveanyonetotalktoatthetimeasmyfamilyisabroadandacoupleofmygoodfriendswerenot

around.ImentionedittoHarshandhewasgreat.Helistenedandalsogavemesomereallygood advice.Generally, he’s reallywelcomingwhen you go to his shop.He always has asmileonhisface.

CUE-CARD-11:DescribeYourFavouriteDress

Youshouldsay:

Whatisit?

Whendidyoubuyit?

Whydidyoubuyitandsaywhyyoulikeitsomuch?

There are various kinds of dresseswhich are available in themarket thatwe canwear ondifferent occasions but the dresswhich I think proved important formewas a partywearleatherjacketwithItaliandesignsonit.IgotthisjacketfromChandigarhwhenIwenttomycousin’s marriage function. That time I was taken for shopping in the famous market ofChandigarhwhereIcouldfindthedressesofdifferentbrandswithsomewarrantywiththem.So,IboughtthisjacketasIlikeditmost.ThisjacketwasusefultomeasIcoulduseittowearonmycousin’smarriageandmoreover,everybodypraiseditwhenIworeitonthemarriageday.Ithaddesigningofsomemirrorsonitwhichfascinatedeverybodyinthegatheringandeverybodypraisedmyjacketanddressingsense.Yes,ofcourse,IcansaythisdressisveryspecialformenowalsoasIsometimeswearitonsomespecialoccasionsandalsobecauseitwashelpfultomefetchingsomegoodwordsfromthepeoplepresentinmycousin’sweddingaboutmydressingsense.SoIlikethisdressverymuch.

CUE-CARD-CUE-CARD-12:DESCRIBETHESTAGEINYOURLIFEYOUHAVEENJOYEDMOST

Youshouldsay:

Whichwasstageit?

Whyitwasglorious?

Howyouenjoyedandsaywhatlessonyoulearned.

Normallyeverybodypassesthroughvarioustypesofsituationscomprisingtheirwealorwoein life. I rememberonestageofmy lifewhichwas reallyenjoyableandfullof fun formewhichcameinmychildhoodperiodandwasmyschooldays.Yesdefinitely,thesedaysweretheenjoyableperiodofmylifeasIwouldgetupintimeanddressupandcarrythebagalreadypackedbymymother.SometimemymotherwouldhelpmeincompletingtheworkwhichIwouldgetfrommyteacherinmyschool.SoIcansayIhavenotensioninthosedaysandresponsibilitieswerealsonotonmyhead.ItwasthegalatimeofmylifeinwhichIwouldmeetmyfriendsandenjoytheircompanywhenwewould

gettogetherduringthehalftimebreakinschoolandusedtoenjoyeatingfoodtogether.Thisperiodwasimportantformeasittaughtmehowwecanworkhardintherightdirectiontoaccomplishourgoalsoraimsinlife.Moreoverthistimegavemesomelessonaboutfriendsthattruefriendshipisbasedonloyaltyandtruthspokenbytwofriendstoeachother.Sothiswasthemostenjoyabletimeofmylife.

CUE-CARD-13:DESCRIBEAPHOTOGRAPHTHATYOUREMEMBER

Youshouldsay:

Whenwasittaken?

Whotookit?

Whatisinthephotographandexplainwhyyourememberthisphotograph?

Ihaveacollectionofmanyphotographsinmyalbum.HereI’mgoingtodescribeonesuchphotographinwhichIandmycousinarestandingwithourgrandparentsinourfarmhouse.Thereisasmallroundtableonwhichthereisacake.Iremembervividly,itwastheGoldenJubileecelebrationsofmygrandparents.Myauntbakedandicedthecakeathome.She’sanexpertcook.Sheonlyclickedthephoto.That’swhysheisnotthereinthepicture.Butherpresencecanbefeltthroughthecake.Onlythefourofuswerethereinthepicture.Lastyear,whenIcelebratedmyparentsSilverJubilee,IwishedinmyheartthatIcelebratetheirGoldenJubileetoo.Thetableclothwhichisspreadon the tablewas embroidered bymy grandma. She had a gifted hand in needle and threadwork.Bothmygrandparentsarenomoreinthisworldnow.Ireallytreasurethisphotographasthisbringsnostalgicmemoriesofmychildhood.NowIhaveadigitalcamerainwhichIcapturepreciousmoments.Maybe,onedaymychildrenwillvaluethem.

CUE-CARD-14:DESCRIBEANYHISTORICALBUILDINGYOUVISITED

Youshouldsay:

Whatisit?

Whereisitlocated?

Whatdidyoulikeinitandexplainwhatisitssignificanceinyourcountry’shistory?

India isadiversecountry. Ithasa richhistoricalbackground.Theplace Iamgoing to talkabout here is the Golden Temple or the Harmandir Sahib or the Temple of the God atAmritsar.Itisaplaceofstupendousbeautyandsublimepeace.ItissituatedatAmritsarinPunjab.TheSikhsallovertheworlddailywishtopayobeisanceatShriHarmandirSahib.Althoughthe4thguruofSikhstheGuruRamDalhadthe ideaof this temple,but itwasmadebythe5thguru,GuruArjanDevji.Ittook16yearstocompletethistemple.Thetempleissurroundedwithalargelakeofwater,knownassaroverwhichconsistsofAmrit(holywaterorimmortal

vector). There are four entrances which signifies openness and acceptance. People of allcastes,creed,religionandsexarewelcomehere.However,everyonemustcoverhis/herheadas amark of respect, remove their shoes andwash feet in the small pool ofwater. PeoplefromeverynookandcorneroftheworldflocktoseetheGoldenTemple.Igothereonceamonth to prostrate before the God. Whenever we have guests then a visit to the GoldenTempleissurelyonouragenda.

CUE-CARD-CUE-CARD-15TALKABOUTANYLAWOFYOURCOUNTRY

Whatisthatlaw?

Whyisitimportant?

Whenisitimplementedandexplainwhatstepshavebeentakentoimplementit?

Therearevariouslawsintroducedorimposedbythegovernmentfromtimetotime.Alltheselawsaremeant for thesociety.Otherwise, therewillbe theRuleofJungleprevailing in thesocietywhereMightisRightisthesloganofeverycitizenandchaosandanarchyarethekeywords that represent its rule. The law I am going to talk about is PNDT, i.e, PRENATALDIAGNOSTICTECHNIQUEACT.Thiswasfirstenforcedin1994andthenamendedin2002.Init,thereisfineofRs.1lakh,imprisonmentandcancellationoflicenceandregistrationofthedoctorwhoiscaughtdoingthetest.It is a big disgrace to the Indian societywhich considers the birth of a girl child as a badinvestmentinthefuture.Sheisconsideredasaconsumerthanaproducerthatgivesrisetothepracticeoffemalefoeticide.ThesituationisquiteworstinPunjabwheresexratiois700girlsper1000boys.Thedeclineinthesexratiobringsthedegenerationofmoralvaluesresultingin red rafficking, polyandry, violence against women, etc. Undoubtedly, this law isimplementedinaproperway,butisfearedthat thesepracticesaregoingonthebackstreet.Only this law is not sufficient,we should take some specialmeasures to implement it, likeprovidingoldagepensiontotheoldpersonsparticularly,whodon’thaveanyson,freeandcompulsoryeducationforthegirls, jobreservationforthegirls,equalshareofthegirls inthepropertyofparents.Intheend,etc.Imustsayweallhavetojoinhandstobuildagenderbalancedsociety.

CUE-CARD-CUE-CARD-16:DESCRIBEAMAJORDECISIONYOUHAVETAKENINYOURLIFE

Youshouldsay:

Whatwasthedecision?

Whatotherchoiceswereavailabletoyou?

Whydidyoutakethedecisionandexplainifyouthinkthatthedecisionwasagoodone.

AreallyimportantdecisionI’vemaderecentlyistostudyabroad.Noonefrommyfamilyhas ever had the chance to do this before, and my parents were actually hoping I’d start

working for the family textile business. I think it’s too soon to join the business though. Ireallywanttostudymarketing-especiallye-marketing-sothatIcancontributemoretomyparent’sfirminthefuture.IfIstudye-marketingintheUK,Icanlearnhowtousetheinternetto sell our clothes all over theworld.As forwhether itwas the right decision, I’m prettyconfidentitwasandIcan’tchangemymindnowanywaybecausemyparentshaveborrowedmoneyfrommyuncletopayformytuitions.Ireallycan’twaittocomebackwithnewideasthat will help expand our business. All I need now is to get a good score in IELTS. So,anyway,that’sanimportantdecisioninmylife.

CUE-CARD-17:DESCRIBEANACTIVITYYOULIKEDOINGMOST

Youshouldsay:

Whatistheactivity?

Howoftenityoudo?

Howdoesithelpyouforgetyourroutinelife?

Andsaywhetheryouwouldrecommendotherpeopletrythesamething.

OK,I’dliketotalkabouthorse-riding.I’mactuallythejointownerofahorsewithtwoofmyfriends andwe take turns lookingafter it, cleaningout the stable and soon. I don’t have apart-timejob,soIspendmostofmyweekendsatthestable.Takingcareofahorseisquiteadirtybusinesssoit’sobviouslyverydifferentfromstudyingatcollege.There’squitealargefieldnexttothestableandIjustgetawonderfulsenseoffreedomwhenI’mridingaroundonmyhorse.Thecollegeseemsamillionmilesawaythen!DoIthinkotherpeoplewouldenjoyhorse-riding?Yes,absolutely.Ithinkeveryoneshouldgiveitatry.

CUE-CARD-18:DESCRIBEALANGUAGEYOUWOULDLIKETOLEARN

Youshouldsay:

Whatisthelanguage?

Whereisitspoken?

Whyareyouinterestedinthislanguage?

Andsay,ifyouthinkyouwilleveractuallyhavethechancetolearnit.

LetmetellyouaboutalanguageI’vealwayswantedtolearn,whichisRussian.It’sspokeninRussia, obviously, but also inmany other countrieswhich have been influenced byRussiaincludingplaceslikeMongoliaandKazakhstan.Thereason,IwouldliketolearnRussianisthat the energy industry is huge and there are lots of jobs in that industry. A lot of mycountry’soilandgascomefromRussia;soit’sreallyusefultobeabletospeakthatlanguageifyouwanttoworkintheenergyfield.AndIknowthatalotofRussianscan’tspeakEnglishverywell,sothere’sanotherreasontolearntheirlanguage.TheproblemisI’malreadyinmythirtiesandI’vespentmorethantenyearslearningEnglish.Idon’tknowifIwouldeverbe

able to study Russian because it uses a completely different alphabet and sounds reallydifficult.Butitwouldbereallynicetohavethechancetolearnit.

CUE-CARD-19:TALKABOUTAJOBTHATHELPSTOMAKETHEWORLDABETTERPLACE

Youshouldsay:

Whatjobisit?

Wheredidyoulearnaboutit?

Whydoyouthinkithelpssomuch?

Therearemanyjobsintheworldwhichhelptomaketheworldabetterplace,suchasthejobofateacher,adoctor,anurse,ascientist,apoliticianandsomanymore.Infact,theworldcanbemadebetterbythecumulativeeffortofallthesejobs.HereIwouldliketotalkaboutajobwhichhelpstomaketheworldabetterplace.Thisisthejobofateacher.Everyone passes through the hands of teachers in school and college years. Teachers areknownasnationbuilders.Allotherprofessions,alsopassthroughthehandsofateacher.ThatiswhyIbelievethatteacherscanmaketheworldabetterplace.Ateacherislikeacandlethatburns itself and shows light to others.Since age-old times, teachinghasbeen consideredanoble profession. In ancient India, there was theGurukul system. Even the king’s childrenstayedinthehomesofthegurusortheteachers.Theyusedtodothehouseholdchoresoftheguruandinreturntheguruimpartedknowledge.Teachers improve the literacy rate of a country. When literacy rate is high, crime andviolencegodown.Ateacherrequiresgoodcommunicationskillsanddepthofknowledgeofhissubject.A good teacher should treat all students equally. Nowadays, teachers are being paidhandsomelybythegovernment.Thisistolurebrightstudentstojointhisprofession.

CUE-CARD-20:DESCRIBEAPIECEOFFURNITUREINYOURHOUSE

(Thewordingmightinclude“thatyouoftenuse”)

Youshouldsay:

Whatisit?

Writeisit?

Whatitlookslike(or,whatitismadeof)andexplainhoworwhyyouuseit.

Furniture is a part and parcel of every home. There is a lot of furniture inmy home too.There are beds and sofa sets, chairs and tables, cupboards and dressing tables. But here IwouldliketotalkaboutapieceoffurniturethatIuseveryoften.Thisisastudytable.Ihave this table inmyroom.This isaspecial tablewhichmyfathergotmadeformebya

carpenter inmyhometown.Thebodyof thetable ismadeofpureteakwood.Thetopisofboardwhichhasagreymicatopping.Thisisbiggerthanaconventionalstudytable.ItisL-shaped.Ononeside,IhavesetmydesktopPC.ThereareshelvesonthetoponwhichIhavesetmybooks.Therearedrawersononeside inwhich IkeepmystationerymaterialsCDsandDVDs.Achaircanbeslidinsidethetablewhennotinuse.I find this table very convenient when I have to study or work onmy computer. I have abeautifultablelampononeside.Thelightfallsonmybooksfromtheleftside.Ijustlovethistable.So,thisisoneimportantitemoffurnitureinmyhouse.

CUE-CARD-21:TALKABOUTAPLACEYOUHAVEVISITEDATOPENAIR

Youshouldsay:

Wheredidyougo?

Whydidyougothere?

Whatdidyoudothere?

Ihavevisitedmanyplacesintheopenair,suchasparksandstadiums.ButhereIwouldliketotalkabouttherockgardeninChandigarh.Iwenttherewithmycollege/schooltriplastyear.Our school/college organised an educational tour toChandigarh.Wewere 30 students andtwo teachers.Wesawmanyplaces,suchas theRoseGarden,SukhnaLake,MiniZooand theRockGarden.TheRockGardenbyNekChandfascinatedmethemost.Wespent twohoursthere and clicked a lot of photographs.About 5000 people(tourists) visit theRockGardendaily.Ithasaround5000sculptures.Itisauniquegardenthatconsistsofvariousartobjects.But thebestpartabout theRockGarden is thateachof itsartworkhasbeenmadebyusingwastematerials.TheRockGardenhasbecomeimmenselypopular.Ithasbeenestablishedintheformofanopen-airexhibitionhall.Thegardenhassculpturesmadebyusingavarietyofdifferentdiscardedwastematerialslikeframes, mudguards, forks, handle bars, metal wires, play marbles, porcelain, auto parts,brokenbangles,etc.Thegardenhighlightsthevalueofmaterialsmanypeopleconsidertrash.Peoplecomefromdifferent parts of the world to see this amazing garden. It is located in Sector 1 near theSukhnaLake.NekChandreceivedthePadamShriin1983forhisefforts.AsculptureofthisgardenalsoappearedonanIndianpostagestamp.TheChandigarhRockGarden is nowacknowledgedasoneof theModernWondersof theWorld.

CUE-CARD-22:TALKABOUTASITUATIONINYOURLIFETHATMADEYOUFROMYOURHEART.

Youshouldsay:

Whatwastheoccasion?

Whenwasitheld?

Whowitnesseditwithyouandwhydiditmakeyoulaugh?

It has been rightly said that laughter is the best medicine. Unfortunately, in the fast pacedhecticlifestyleoftodayweareforgettingtorealisetheimportanceofthisfreemedicine.Evendoctorsarerecommendingthistherapyformanydepressivedisorders.Nowadays,peoplehaveagainbeguntorealiseitsimportance.Nowonder,wecanseemanysitcomsonTVnowadays, such asComedyCircus andChhoteMiyan. Laughter Clubs, etc.,which have also opened inmany citieswhere people come to laugh out theirworries andstress.IhavealsofacedmanysituationswhenIburstintopealsoflaughter.HereIwouldliketotalkaboutonesuchsituationwhenIreallylaughedfrommyheart.Itwasmy cousin’s wedding two months ago and we were all dancing on the beats of DJ. Thegroom’s father, that is my uncle had taken a few pegs of whiskey. He was dancing themaximum.Hisoddandweirddancingstepswereveryhilariousandeveryonewaslaughingathim.Buthewasnotatallperturbed.Hewasthoroughlyenjoyinghimself.Myaunt triedtostophimmanytimesbuthewouldn’t listen.Hewaswearingasilkendhotikurta.Suddenly,hetrippedandhisdhoticameoff.Thatwasthemosthilariousmomentofall.Thebrideandthegroomalsohadaheartylaugh.Thephotographercaptureditallverynicelyinhisvideocamera.Eventoday,whenweseethatvideoweallhaveaheartylaugh.

CUE-CARD-23:ANADVERTISEMENTTHATCAUGHTYOURATTRACTION

Youshouldsay:

Whichadvertisementisit?

Whydoyoulikeit?

nWhatisthisadvertisementallaboutandexplainwhatmessageitwantstoconvey.

Youknow,nowsomecommercialsarebetterthantheTVprogrammes.Inthepast,wedidnothavesomanyTVcommercials.Now,wehaveaplethoraofthem-before,inthemiddleandaftereachprogram.I thinkTVcommercialsaddvarietytotheprogrambecausesometimestheprogrambecomesverymonotonous.SomeTVcommercialsalsogiveyouachanceof refreshment.TheTVadvertisement IamgoingtotalkabouthereisofVodaphoneTelecom.It isaveryhumorouscommercial.A6-7yearsoldgirlisshowntobegettingreadyforschool.Shecan’tfindhersocks.Herverycutepuppy obliges by finding her socks. Then she is shown sitting in her school bus. She hasforgotten her school tie. Then they show the cute puppy running after the buswith the tiearounditsneck.What thevodaphonepeoplewant toconvey is that theirnetwork followswherever theygo.

Theyalsowanttoshowthattheyarealwayswillingtohelp.Ichangedmyphoneconnectionfromcell-onetovodaphoneafterseeingthisadvertisement.Cell-onewasgivingmealotofproblemswithnetwork,butnowIhavenosuchproblems.

CUE-CARD-24:YOURFAVOURITECUISINE

Youshouldsay:

Whichdishisit?

Howisitmade?

nWhomadeitandexplainwhereitisavailable.

Ilikeallcuisines,suchasChinese,IndianandMexican,butmyalltimefavouriteistheIndiancuisine. The Indian cuisine has a lot of diversity. The North Indian and the South Indiancuisinesarepolesapart.AlthoughIlikeboth,butIreallyrelishNorthIndiancuisine.Greenvegetables,pulses,lentilsandavarietyofdessertsarepartoftheNorthIndiancuisine.MyfavouritedishisMakkidiRotiandsarsondasaag.Actually,makkidirotiisaloafmadeofmaizeflourandsarsondasaagisadishmadeofmustardleavestowhichspinachleavescanbeadded.Mymothercooksverydelicioussaag.Itisawinterdishbutnowyoucaneatthetinnedsaagatanytimeoftheyear.Goodmarkedcompaniesmarketthetinnedvariety.

CUE-CARD-25:MYFAVOURITESHOPPINGMALL

Youshouldsay:

Whichmallisit?

Howdoesitlookslike?

Whattypeofstoresandexplainwhomaintainit

Manynewshoppingmallshavecometoviewrecentlyinmyhometown.TheArjunMallandAnsalPlazaarethetwomajorones.HereIamgoingtotalkabouttheAnsalPlaza.It is in thesuburbsofPhagwara. It isamodernshoppingmallbuiltwith thestate-of-the-arttechnology.AnsalPlazahasfourstoreys.Ithasahugeparkinginthebasementthatcanholdmorethana100 cars. Ansal Plaza has escalators and 4 lifts. The Plaza has 3-4 food courts includingMcDonaldswhichismyfavouriteplacetoeatout.TheAnsalPlazaisajointventureofsomebusinessmenofDelhiandhasmanybranchesinIndia.It ison thehighwayand is always flockedbycountlesshordesofpeople. It alsohasmanybrandedstoreslikeReebokandNike.

CUE-CARD-26:YOURFAVOURITEPLACEOFEATINGOUT

Describearestaurantyouknow.

Youshouldsay:

Whereisthisrestaurant?

Whattypeoffooddoestherestaurantserves?

Howoftendoyouvisitthisrestaurantandexplainwhyyouwouldrecommend

TherearemanyrestaurantswhichIvisitfrequentlybuthereIamgoingtodescribetheHaveli.It is on the National Highway between Jalandhar and Phagwara. Basically, it falls in thesuburbsofPhagwara.I like it becauseof thedeliciousandquality food,quickandprompt serviceanda friendlyatmosphere.Itisalwaysswarmingwithpeopleandbrimmingwithactivity.Thefoodispricedatverynormalrates.Itisahugeplacewithaseatingcapacityofabout200people.Theinterior isdecoratedtosimulatea traditionalPunjabivillagescene.Handicraftsadornthewallswhichgivetheplaceaveryethniclook.Thefoodservedismouthwateringand delicious. The restaurant is very clean and hygienic.The waiters are amicable andfriendly.IntheeveningsPunjabiculturalsongs&dancesareperformedbyvariousartists.Itisamust-visitplaceforoneandall.Itissointerestingthatonecanneverfeelboredthere.

CUE-CARD-27:YOURFAVOURITEMAGAZINE/PERIODICAL/JOURNALDESCRIBEAMAGAZINEYOUTHINKISINTERESTING

Youshouldsay:

Whydoyoulikethismagazine?

Whatareitssalientfeatures?

Whatdoesitcontainandexplainwhyyouthinkthismagazineisinteresting.

Myfavouritemagazineis‘TheReader ’sDigest’.Itisamonthlyinternationalmagazine.TheeditorofthemagazineisMohanSivanand.Ilikethismagazinebecauseitisnotamagazinetobereadandthrownaway.Itisinformativeandthought-provoking.I have collectedmanypast issues of themagazine inmypersonal library.There aremanyregularfeaturesofthemagazine.ThefeatureIlikethemostis‘wordpower ’.Itgivesme20newwordsofEnglisheverymonthwiththeirmeaningsandantonyms.Ithelpsmetoimprovemyvocabularytremendously.Theotherregularfeaturesare-‘laughteristhebestmedicine’,‘lifeislikethat’and‘humourinuniform’.Allthesearticlescontainjokesandhumourswhicharealwaysfresh.Therearealsomanyquotablequotesinthismagazine.AnotherarticleIlikeis‘Thereader ’schoice’.Itrunsfor15-20pages.Itcontainsatruestory

oranabridgedformofanovel.Allthesearticlesareveryinspiring.Readingthismagazinerelaxesme.Thismagazineisentertainingandeducative.Everybodyinmyhousereadsit.Thismagazinehassomethingforeverybody.

CUE-CARD-28:YOURFAVOURITENEWSPAPER

Youshouldsay:

Whydoyoulikethisnewspaper?

Whatareitssalientfeatures?

Whatitcontainsandexplainwhyyouthinkthisnewpaperisinteresting.

There are many newspapers published inmy city in different languages.My parents havesubscribedtoonePunjabinewspaperAjeetandoneEnglishnewspaper,i.e.,TheTribuneIliketoreadTheTribune.Itisacompletenewspaperaccordingtome.Ithasmanypagesthatcoverimportanttopics,nationalandinternationalnewsandalsolocalnews frommy state and city.The editor ’s page is called the ‘Opinion’. I read the editorialdaily.It touches topics of daily interest. Different social, political and international topics arediscussedinthissection.Onlytheotherday,Ireadaboutglobalwarming.Thereisasupplementeveryalternateday.On Wednesday, it is Jalandhar Plus. In this supplement, local news of my hometownPhagwaraisalsothere.Ihavebeenreadingthisnewspaperforquitesometimenow.Idon’tthinkthereisanyroomforimprovement,butthenatechnologysectionwouldaddafeatherinthecapofthispaper.

CUE-CARD-29:YOURFAVOURITECHANNEL

Youshouldsay:

Whichchanneldoyoulike?

Whatareitsfeatures?

Whydoyoulikeitandexplainwhatyoulearnfromthischannel?

NowadaysthereisamultitudeofchannelsandaplethoraofprogrammesonTV.As I am an animal lover,my favourite channel isAnimal Planet. Animal Planet is a veryinformativechannel.IlikethischannelbecauseIhavelearntalotfromthischannel.ItprovidesmewithanewwordofEnglishevery20minutes.Soithasimprovedmyvocabularyalot.ItisanoffshootoftheDiscovery Channel. My favourite programme is Animal Safari. You can learn aboutanimals,birdsandreptilesfromit.Thischannelcanneverbeboring.Someprogrammesarerealeye-openers.

Ilearntmanyfactsabouttheanimalworldfromthischannel.

CUE-CARD-30:YOURFAVOURITEANIMAL

Youshouldsay:

Whichanimaldoyoulike?

Whydoyoulike?

Wheredoesitresideandexplainitslifestyle.

TheanimalIlikethemostistheelephant.Theelephantsarethebiggest landanimals.Theyareherbivorousandcanbe identifiedbecauseof their trunks.The trunk is theprojectionoftheirnosesandtheupperlips.Therearetwotypesofelephants-theIndianandtheAfrican.AfricanelephantsarebiggerthantheirIndiancounterparts.They have comparatively larger ears. Among the African elephants, both the males andfemales have tusks,whereas, only themales among the Indian elephants have tusks and sotheyarecalledtuskers.The back of the Indian elephants are convex, whereas that of the African elephants areconcave. The Indian elephants can be tamed and they are more beautiful. Elephants aregregarious animals and live in herds headed by the tuskers. They have a well-structuredfamilylife.Theyoungones,calledthecalf,arelookedafterbythecowelephants.Theircryiscalledthetrumpet.InIndia,elephantsarecaptured,tamedandusedforvariouspurposes.Elephantsareamongthefewanimalswhoseexistencearenotendangeredtillnow.

CUE-CARD-31:YOURFAVOURITEPOET

Youshouldsay:

Whichpoethe/sheis?

Whatdoyoulikeinhis/herpersonality?

His/hertalentfeaturesandexplainhis/herworks

MyfavouritepoetessisAmritaPritam.She’snomorenow.Shediedattheageof86on31stOctober,2005.Shewasacharismaticpersonality.Shewasverybeautifulwithalmond-shapedeyes,finefeaturesandafaircomplexion.She began composing poetry in her teens. Amrita’s father was a man of letters andencouragedAmrita to readandwrite.Shepublishedher firstbookofpoemswhenshewasjustfourteen.After thePartition in 1947,Delhi becameher home.Her talent blossomed in the capital ofindependent India, andwriting inPunjabi, hermother tongue, shewas to take the languageplaces. Her poemAajAakhaanWaris ShahNoo made her reach the pinnacles of fame. She

oftenwrote on the condition of Indianwomen and herwritings reflected their neglect andsuppressioninIndiansociety.Shehastohercredit15novels,numerousshortstoriesandpoems.ShewitnessedthePartitionofIndiaandportrayed it in her works. Her works have beenwidely translated. She has receivedmanyawards,includingIndia’shighestliteraryaward,Jnanpith,in1981.Filmshavebeenmadeontwoofhernovels-DaakuandPinjar(skeleton).Herotherfamousnovelsare:KachchiSarak(HINDI), Lal Dhagee ka Rishta HINDI)Raseedi Ticket (HINDI), The Revenue Stamp - AnAutobiography.HerotherfamouspoemsareKhamoshiSePahle(HINDI)Aawazen(HINDI).

CUE-CARD-32:YOURFAVOURITEFILMSTAR

Youshouldsay:

WhichFilmstarhe/sheis

Whatyoulikeinhispersonality

His/hertalentfeaturesandexplainhis/herworks

IlikemanyfilmstarslikeShahRukhKhan,AamirKhan,SalmanKhanbuthereIamgoingtotalkaboutAmitabhBachhan.Heismyall-timefavourite.Heisaversatileactorandreallylivestheroleheisgiven.HeistheShehanshahofBollywoodandthesuperstarofthemillennium.HeisanappleoftheeyeofmillionsofIndians.Hehasappearedinmorethan180films.Hisdebutfilm‘SaatHindustani’didnotsucceedintheboxofficebuthis1970sfilmsZanjeer,DeewarandSholaytookhimtothepinnacleofhiscareer.Hemetwithanear-fatalaccidentwhileshootingforCooliein1983.Hehasastrongwillpower.Hetookillonceagainin2005andunderwentamajorsurgeryofintestine but again recovered because of hiswill power.He haswonmany awards.He hasevenhostedaTVshow,KBC(KaunBanegaCrorepati)Heisalegend.Thereisnooneelsewhocanreplacethislegend.IlikehismovieBaghbanthemost.

CUE-CARD-33:ASTORYYOUHAVEHEARDASACHILD

Youshouldsay:

Whichstoryitis

Whatisthestoryallabout?

Whydoyoulikeitandexplainwhatmorallessonyouhavelearntfromit.

ThestoryI’veheardasachildisofathirstycrow.Onceuponatime,therewasacrow.Thecrowwasveryintelligent.Oneday,itfeltverythirsty.Itwantedtoquenchitsthirst.Itlookedforwatereverywhere.Butnowherecoulditfindthewater.Thenitfoundapitcherwithalittlewateratthebottom.

Thecrowcouldnotreachthewater.Itponderedandimmediatelyhituponanidea.Itgatheredpebbles and dropped them into the pitcher. The water level rose. It drank the water andquenched its thirst. It’s very easy to learn and one of the most popular stories duringchildhooddays.Themoralofthestoryisthatatthetimeofadversity,you’vetouseyourwits.

CUE-CARD-34:YOURLASTDAYATSCHOOL

Youshouldinclude:

Whichdaywasit

Howdidyoucelebrate?

Whatdidyoudoandexplainhowitbecamememorableforthewholeofyourlife

Anunforgettable incident inyourschooldaysandinyour life.Mylastdayatschoolwasaverymemorableone.Iremembervividlythedatealso.Itwasthe6thofFebruary.Ourjuniorshadorganisedafarewellpartyforus.Weallwereveryexcitedaboutthatday.Infact,mostofushadboughtnewclothesforthatday.Ourprincipalandalltheteacherswerealsoinvited.Our juniorshadmanysurprisesforusuptheirsleeves.Theyalsohadmanyawardsforus.Weallwereaskedtoperformonthestage.Itcouldbeamono-actingorajokeorasongordance.Everyonewasdoingratherwell.Whenmyturncame,Ibecameverynervous.Itwasstagefright.Ihadneverperformedonthestagebefore.Mylegswereshaking.AsIwentupthestage,Itrippedandfellfacedownonthestage.Everyoneburstintopearlsoflaughter.Itwasthemostembarrassingmomentforme.Itoostartedlaughing.Irealisedthatifyouhavethecouragetolaughatyourselfothersdon’tlaughatyouanymoreand that’s thebestwaytoovercomeembarrassment. I told themallajoke.AsIstartedspeaking,Irealisedthatallmynervousnessflewawayandeveryoneenjoyedmyperformance.Guesswhat?Iwonthebestboy/girlawardtoo!Itwasthehappiestmomentofmylifeandthemostunforgettableonetoo!Wehadalotofrefreshmentstooanddancedalotonthatday.Itwasverypainful.

CUE-CARD-35:YOURFAVOURITEFESTIVAL

Youshouldsay:

Whichfestivalitis

Whydoyoulikethisfestival?

Howisitcelebratedandexplainwhatactivitiesareprominentduringthisfestival

DiwaliorDeepawaliisaHindufestivaloflights.Theword,Deepawaliliterallymeansrowsofdiyas (clay lamps). It is a family festival. It is celebrated 20 days after Dussehra. It iscelebratedtocommemoratethereturnofLordRamatohiskingdomafter14yearsofexile.ItisalsomeanttocelebratethedestructionofthearroganttyrantBaliatthehandsofVishnu.

AnotherreasonforthecelebrationofDiwaliisthatthe6thguruoftheSikhs,GuruHargobindJi,wassetfreefromGwaliorjailalongwith52kingsonthisday.During Diwali twinkling oil lamps or diyas light up every home and there are numerousfireworkdisplays.LordGanesha,theelephant-headedGod,thesymbolofauspiciousnessandwisdom,isworshippedinmostoftheHinduhomes.Goddess Lakshmi, who is the symbol of wealth and prosperity, is also worshipped. Springcleaningandwhitewashingofhousesaredone.Rangolis(decorativedesigns)arepaintedonthewalls and the floors.New clothes are bought and familymembers and relatives gathertogethertoofferprayers,distributesweetsandtolightuptheirhouses.Therearesomebadpracticesalsofollowedonthisday.Somepeopleresorttodrinkingandgamblingwhichisnotgood.

CUE-CARD-36:AVISITTOAMUSEUM

Whendidyouvisitit?

Describethemuseum.

Howdidyoufeelaftergoingthere?

Last month, my cousins came over to my house and they were insisting on going to amuseum.Iwasnot interested ingoing to themuseumbecauseIdonot likemuseumsatall.TheyfinallypersuadedmetogothereandwhenIenteredthemuseum,Iwasmesmerizedbyitsbeauty!Themuseumwasdividedintosections.Thefirstsectionwasrelatedtothegreatinventions,whereastheothersectionwasmainlyconcernedwiththepaintingsandallotherstuff.Iwasmore inclined towards the inventions, so Iwent to the first section.As I entered the area, Icouldseeahugecomputer.Thecomputerwasmadein1960sanditwasofthesizeofaroom.IwasamazedtoseeitssizeandIrealizedthat thecomputerengineersof todaywouldhavemadealotofefforttoreducethesizeofthecomputer.Ialsosawthefirstbulbandotherstuff.Mycousincametomeandtoldthattherewassomeinterestingstuffdownthereontheothersection,soIdecidedtogiveitalook.TheothersectionconsistedofpaintingsoftheMughalera.Thepaintingswereverybeautifulandtheyweredepictingthebeautyofthatperiod.Therewasalsoahugefoodcourtinthemuseum,sowewenttoeatsomething.Theoverallexperienceofthemuseumwassimplyfantastic.IsawalotofthingsandIcametoknowaboutmycountry’sculture. I think that if Ihadnotvisited themuseum, Iwouldhaveregretted this decision for the rest of my life. I feel that everyone should pay a visit to amuseum because it keeps him or her well informed about the culture and we should allapplaudtheeffortsofourancestorsastheymademanysacrificestomakeourlifeeasier.

CUE-CARD-37:THESADDESTMOMENTINMYLIFE

Whathadhappened?

Howdiditchangeyourlife?

Howdidyoucopewithit?

IhavehadalotofsadmomentsinmylifebutthesaddestmomentinmylifeiswhenIfailedinmyMathexam.Itwasingrade9.IwasstrugglingalotwithmyMath,somyfathercametomyrescueandhetaughtme.HeusedtoteachmewellbutIneverrevisedtheconcepts.Igot39%inthemathexamandIcamebackhome.Myfatheraskedmeabouttheresultashehadgreatexpectationsfromme,butItoldhimthatIhadfailedtheexam.Atthatmoment,Isawhisface,almostblackensuddenlyshowingasifhewasblaminghimselfformy failure.Hedidnot even scoldmeandwent straight in tohis room.Thatmoment Irealizedthatnottakingmystudiesseriouslywasnotonlyhurtingme,butalsomyparents.IdidnotmakeanyfakepromisesthistimeandImadeatruepromisetomyselfthatnomatterwhathappensIwillworkveryhardformyexamsandwilltrymybesttoachievegoodgradesintheexams.I stopped watching movies and began concentrating on my studies. I don’t know whatwashappening.IwasgettingakindofstrengthtoworkharderandIwasfullydeterminedtoshowtotheworldthatIwascapableofsomethinggoodandultimately,IpassedthenextmathexamwithanAgrade.

CUE-CARD-38:YOURFAVOURITEMUSIC

Whatkindofmusicdoyoulike?

Whendoyoulistentoit?

Howdoesitchangeyourmood?

Musicisaveryimportantpartofeveryhumanbeing’slife.Somepeoplelikehiphop,somepeoplelikerapandotherslikejazz.Differentpeoplehavedifferenttastesformusicbutthereisonethingcommonamongstallthesepeople,whichisthatalmosteveryoneinthisworldismadlyinlovewithmusic.Iamveryfondofmusic. I likeall typesofmusic,butmyfavourite typeofmusic isIndianmusic.IliketolistentosadIndiansongsbecauseIfeelthatIcanrelatetothem.MylifehasnotworkedaccordingtotheplanandIhavebeensadformostpartofmylife.SoIthinkthatthesesongsaremadeforme.Ireallylikethesongsinwhichthepianoisplayed.IalsoknowhowtoplaythepianosoIalsoplaythesametunesonmyownpiano.AsItoldyouearlierthatifIamsadIlistentosadsongssothatIcouldbecomemoresadder,butwhenIamhappyIdonotlistentosadsong,onthecontraryIlistentohappysongswhichmakememorehappy.SoIwouldsaythatsadsongsmakemesadderwhereashappysongsmakemehappier.OncerecalledadaywhenIwassadandmycousinturnedonarapsonganditactuallyinfuriatedmeandIwentoutoftheroom,bangingthedoor.

CUE-CARD-39:MEANSOFCOMMUNICATION

Differentmeansofcommunication

Whatisyourfavouritemeansofcommunication?

Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingit?

Communication isvery important to impart informationfromoneperson toanother. In themedieval times people used to communicate via birds, signs and fire. Now the means ofcommunication have changed, but the purpose of communication is the same. Languagesweremadetofacilitatecommunicationandpeoplelearntlanguagestomakecommunicationbetter.There aremanymeans of communication in thisworld. Iwould like to tell you about themeansofcommunicationwhichIuse.Iusephone,laptop,e-mailsandletter.Ipersonallyfeelthatmobilephone is thebestmeansofcommunication. I remember thatonce ImetwithanaccidentandIwastravellingaloneinarainynight.Ididnotknowwhattodo,butIhadmyphoneandIstraightawaycalledforhelpandIwasabletogetthehelpbecauseofthephone.TherearemanyadvantagesofusingamobilephoneasImentionedearlierthatitcanhelpaperson in emergencies other than that the phones are operating asmini-computers as theyhaveallthefeatureswhichareavailableinacomputer.Wecancatchupwithafriendwithoutactually meeting the friend personally. Mobile phones tend to save time if they are usedproperly,forinstanceifIhavetocancelaclassIsimplysendsamessagetothestudentsandtheycometoknowthatIwon’tattendclasstoday.Thiswouldapplyifyouareateacher.Therearealsosomedisadvantagesofusingmobilephone.Themostobviousonesare thatpeoplewastealotoftimeandmoneybytalkingonthephoneforhours.Ialsohatetheringtonesofmobiles,soImostlykeepmymobilesilent.

CUE-CARD-40:MEANSOFTRANSPORTATION

Meansoftransportationinurbanandruralareasyourcountry?

Whichmeansoftransportationdoyougenerallyuse?

Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingit?

Therearemanymeansoftransportationinmycountry.Peopleintheurbanareasusuallyhavetheir own cars or they use the public transports,whereas people in the rural areas tend totravelonbicyclesandtractors.Peopleinthisworldusethosemeansoftransportationwhichare suitable for them. The previous mentioned means of transportation are used to travelwithinthecountrywhereastheairplanesareusedtotravelfromonecountytoanother.Myfavouritemeansoftransportationisacar.IgotthiscarwhenIwas19yearsold.FirstIusedtotravelbyabus,butaftergettingthecarmylifegotalotofeasierandfeltthatcarwasanecessityratherthanaluxury.FirstIusedtotravelbybusandneverreachedmydestinationontime.TherewasadaywhenImissedabusandduetothatIalsomissedmyexamsoIgotazero inmyexam.I think that theuseofacarenablesaperson to reachon timeand italsoprotectsapersonfrombadweather.Therearealsosomedisadvantagesattachedtotheuseof

car as it is very expensive to keep a car and a person also has to pay for themaintenancecharges.Carsalsocreatealotofpollutionandtrafficcongestion.Istillfeelthatthebenefitsofusingacaroutweighthedrawbacks,andmoreandmorepeopleinthisworldaretryingtogettheirowncars.

CUE-CARD-41:UNIFORM

Whydopeoplewearuniform?

Haveyoueverwornauniform?

Whatroledoesuniformplayinaperson’slife?

Weallhaveseenpeoplewearinguniform.Peopleofdifferentprofessionswearuniformsinorder todistinguish themfromotherpeopleand toshowunity.Youcaneasilyobserve thatdifferent organizations have different uniforms. I personally like the uniform of lawyers.Lawyerswearablackcoat inmycountrywhichis lookingquitegood.Apartfromlawyersthere are also other people who wear uniforms. The most obvious ones are army men,doctors,students,policemenandpeopleofotherlawenforcementagencies.IusedtowearauniformwhenIwasinmyschool.Iusedtowearawhiteshirtandblackpant.Iwas totally not coolwith it. I always thought thatmy school should have allowed all thestudents in my school to wear of their chain clothes. I never felt good after wearing theuniformandIwantedtojusttakeitoff.ButnowthatIamanadultIrealizehowwiseitwasoftheschooltomakeusweartheseclothes.Wearingauniformjustsavesusfromtheefforttotrysohardtochoosetheclothes.NowIcontemplatetheideabehindmakingthestudentswearuniform. There are some rich and poor people in a school, so the schools introduce auniformtopromoteequalityandbrotherhoodamongstthem.Uniformplaysavitalroleinthelifeofaperson.Itpromotesunity,disciplineandintegrity.Icaneasilysaythatuniformhasplayedaveryimperativeroleinmylife.

CUE-CARD-42:TYPESOFMOVIESYOULIKE

Youshouldsay:

Whattypeofmoviesdoyoulike?

Comparedifferenttypesofmovies.

Howdoyoufeelafterwatchingthem?

I like towatchsadmovies. Iknowthatpeoplewouldconsidermeassadist,but I feelgoodafterwatchingthem.IammostlyinterestedinwatchingsadIndianmovies.Ifeelthatnoonedoes sadmovies better than the Indians and the songsmake the entire thing a very uniqueexperience.Twodaysago,IwatchedtwosadIndianmoviesandbothofthemwereofShahRukhKhan.Theactoractedwellinboththefilms.]Igoformovieseveryweekwithmyfriendsandallofthemareinterestedinactionmovies.

So,afterrepeatedrequests,Idecidedtowatchthemovieandintheend,Iwasboredtodeath.The action was so childish and all people were jumping over buildings as if they werespiderman.ItwaspatheticandIthinkthatIwouldneverbeenabletoadoptalikingforactionmoviesasIamsomuchintosadmovies.Ialsowatchactionmovies,but Ianunable toconnectmyfeelingswith thosemovies. Igotbored after 30minutes, but therewas awholedifferent storywith sadmovies.My life hasbeensadlately.IfeelthatIamabletorelatemyselftothosemoviesandIendeavourtofindapatternwhichmatchesmylifestyle.Iknowthismightbesoundingcrazybutit ishowIfeelaboutthething.

CUE-CARD-43:MYFAVOURITEMOVIE

Nameofyourfavouritemovie.

Whydoyoulikeitsomuch.

Whatmessagedoesthemovieconvey?

Iwatcha lotofmoviesand this is the thingwhich Ido inmy leisure time. I love towatchmoviesandtherearesomemovieswhichIwatchagainandagain.MyfavouritemovieisTheTerminal.Ihavewatchedthismoviemanytimes,andIamnotexaggeratingit.IlovedthewayTomHanksactedinthemovieanditwasaverywellexecutedmovie.Themovieisaboutapersonwho gets stuck in an airport and he has to live over there formonths because theauthoritiesdonotlethimgooutsideoftheairport.TomHanksplaysacharacterofapersonwhocomestoAmericatofulfilhisfather ’slastwishandduetosomereasonheisunabletodowhathehastodo.In themovie, Tomhanks lands at the aiport and at the same time, there is amutiny in hiscountryandAmericastopsrecognizinghiscountry.Themovieshowshowapersonsurvivesallthesemonthsandfulfilsthewishofhisdeadfather.Thereisasceneinthemoviewhentheauthoritiesaskhimtosaythatheisafraidofhiscountry,buthesaysno.YouwouldnotbelievewhatIamgoingtotellyounow.OnceIwastravellingandIwasstuckinSchipolAirportfor2days.Ihadtofaceasimilarkindofsituationbecausemytickethadexpired.IjustfeltasifthewholemoviewasgoingtobeplayedagainandIwastoplaythemaincharacterthistime.Themovieshowsthatnomatterwhathappens,apersonshouldnevercompromiseonhisorherloveforhiscountry.Themoviealsogivesamessagethatnomatterhowlongthewaitis,peoplewithstrongdeterminationalwaysachievetheirgoals.

CUE-CARD-44:ANINCIDENTTHATCHANGEDMYLIFE

Whathappened?

Whowasinvolvedinit?

Howdiditchangeyourlife?

Itwasabout3yearsagowhenIwasgoingtomyfriend’shouse.Iwasdrivingthecarreallyfast.Speedalways thrilledmeand Ialways feltgoodbydriving thecarvery fast, so Iwasdrivingthecarfastwhenacarpassedbyme.ItwasfasterthanmeandIreckonitwouldbetravelling at a speedof 200km/hr.First I thought, Iwasgoing at the same speedbut then Istopped.Afterabout30seconds,Isawthatthecarhadhitatruckandthedriverofthatcarwaslyingdead.Iwasnotdirectly involved in theaccident,but ithadanoverwhelmingeffectonmy life. Itchanged everything. I never took life seriously and I never considered driving to be ahazardousactivity,butthekillingofthepersonhadadevastatingeffectonmylife.Irealizedthat the thingwhich Iconsidered tobe funcouldeven takemy lifeawayandcoulddestroyotherstoo!ImadeastrongresolutionthatdaythatIwouldendthiskindofbehaviourandtrytoavoidthese things. I thought thatdoing thisstuffcouldalso takeanotherperson’s life forwhichIwouldhaveneverbeenabletoforgivemyself.Nowwhen ever I drive,my car, it is at a slow speed, and even if I have to reach a placeurgently,Idecidetodriveslowbecauseitisbettertoreachlatethannever.

CUE-CARD-45:THEHAPPIESTMOMENTINMYLIFE

Describeit.

Whydoyouregarditasthehappiestmoment?

Howdiditaffectyourlife?

Thehappiestmoment inmy lifewaswhen IpassedmyGrade12. Itwasacrazyday. IwasbehavinglikeamaniacasIwassostressedout.IhadtogotomyschooltogetmyresultsandIwaspanicking.MyadmissioninthecollegewassolelydependentonwhetherIpassorfailtheexam,soitwasveryimportantformetopasstheexam.IreachedmyschoolandIwastremblingwithfearbecauseIthoughtthatIwouldfailinoneofthe subjects. After a long wait, I was asked to pickmy result and with trembling hands, Iopenedtheenvelope.I had passed the exam. It was the happiest moment of my life. The main reason for thehappinesswasthatIhadnotworkedhardfortheexam,butstillIpassedit.SomewhereinmyheartIthought,thatIdidnotdeservethepassingmarks,asgettingithadalmostnoeffort.IfIcomparethissituationtoothereventsinmylife,IcansaythatIhavehadbettermarksinotherexams,butthiswasthemostimportantone.AftergettingtheHSD,IgotadmissioninthecollegeandIbeganmyhigherstudies.Irememberthatmostofthestudentsinmyclasshadnotgottenitandtheyhadtositforthemake-upexam;however,Iwasdamnluckyanditalsohelpedmerealizethatluckwasnotalwaysgoingtoworkandinthefuture,Iwillhavetoputupsomerealeffortstoachievesuccessinlife.

CUE-CARD-46:THEMOSTEMBARRASSINGMOMENTINMYLIFE

Describetheevent.

Whydidyoufeelsomuchembarrassed?

Canweavoidthesekindsofincidents?

ThemostembarrassingmomentinmylifewaswhenIwenttoschoolwithoutmybook.Iwasstudyingreallyhardallnight.Actually,Iwaspullinganall-nighter,andIforgottobringmybookstoschool.AsIwassittingintheclass,myMathteacheraskedall thestudentstotaketheirbooksout,andasthestudentsweretakingtheirbookout,theprincipalenteredtheclass.IputmyhandinthebagandIrealizedthatIhadforgottenthebookathome.Everyoneintheclass had brought the books and I was the only one who had not brought the book. TheprincipalapproachedandaskedmethatwhyhadInotbroughtthebooks?ItoldhimthatIwasstudyinglate,soIforgotthebooksinthehouse.Hesaidtomethattheonlyreasonyouhaveto studyathome is thatyoudonotbringyourbooks to school andyoudonot studyoverhere. It was such an embarrassingmoment for me that I felt like crying. The entire classstartedlaughingatmeandIwasthenewdumbooftheclass.Idonotthinkthatwecanavoidtheseembarrassingmomentsinourlife.Theyarebeyondourcontrol as in my situation, my hard work for the night was not acclaimed and a slightestmistakejustturnedouttobeablunderandIhadtofaceembarrassmentinfrontofthewholeclass.Somepeoplesaythatwecanavoidcertainthingstoavoidtheseincidents,butIdonotthinkinasimilarway.

CUE-CARD-47:MYFAVOURITEELECTRONICDEVICE

Nameofthedevice

Whendoyouuseit?

Howdootherpeopleregardthisdevice?

Myfavouriteelectronicdeviceisalaptop.IamnotexaggeratingbysayingthatIcannotlivewithoutit.WhenIdidnothaveitIneverthoughtitwouldbecomesuchanimportantthinginmylife,butwhenIstartedusingit,IrealizedthatIcouldnotlivewithoutit.IuseaDelllaptopanditisverybeautiful.Apartfrombeingbeautiful,ithasalotoffunctionsandfeatureswhichhavemademylifeeasier.Icarrymylaptopallthetime.Themainreason,IusethelaptopisthatIamrunningmyownwebsiteandforthatreason,Ihavetolookatthewebsitestatisticsatalltimes.IfIdonotusemylaptop,Iwouldnotbeabletooperatemywebsite.IalsousethelaptopwhenIhavetotalktomyfriendsorwhenIhavetocheckthee-mails.IhavesomefriendswholiveinothercitiessowhenIfeelthatIammissingthem,orIfeelthatIshouldkeepintouchwiththemthenItalktothemonskype.Alaptopisanelectronicdevicewhichhasnotonlymademylifebetter,butalsothelivesofmanypeoplebetter.Peoplehavebeenable tocommunicate inamuchbetterand fasterwayand the communication done via the laptop or internet is almost free. At first, it was

consideredtobealuxury,butthankstothemoderntechnology,ithasnowbecomeaffordableforeveryone.

CUE-CARD-48:YOURFAVOURITESPORTSEVENT

WhenandWhydidyouattendit?

Describethesportseventyouattended.

Whatwasthebestpartaboutthesportsevent?

Itwasabout9yearsagowhenIwenttotheAnnualSportsDayofaschool.Itwasaverygrandevent;morethan600studentswereparticipatingindifferentgames.Ihadtoattenditbecausemycousinwasplayinginthehockeyteam.IhadcometowatchthehockeymatchbecauseIwantedtosupportmycousin.]Itwasamagnificentevent.Thingswereorganized incrediblywelland theheadboyof theschoolwasorganizingeverythingbyhimself.IwasreallyimpressedbythelookoftheeventanditwouldnotbewrongtocomparetheeventtoOlympics.Therewasamassivedisplayoffireworksatthebeginningofthehockeymatchandthentheteamscameforthematch.Imustsaythatitwasaveryinterestingencounter.Thebestofthesportseventwaswhenmycousinscoredthegoal.Hehadbeenworkingreallyhardtogetaplaceintheteam,andwhenheusedthisopportunityinthebestwaybyscoringthe only goal of the match. The entire crowd was cheering for my cousin, and it was amoment to cherish. I was feeling proud of my cousin and I realized that he was now acelebratedpersonofhisschool.Afterthematchwasover,IcongratulatedmycousinandtoldhimthattheentiresportseventwasablastandIhaveenjoyedalotbycomingtotheeventandbywatchingthematch

CUE-CARD-49:MYFAVOURITEFOOD

Whatkindoffooddoyoulike?

Howdoyoufeelaftereatingit?

Doyouknowhowtocookit?

My favourite food is thePakistani food andmy favourite dish isBiryani. I like to eat thePakistanifoodbecauseIhavebeeneatingitsincemychildhoodandamfondofeatingspicyfood. I have been tomany countries in thisworld and I have triedmany things, but still IconsiderPakistani food tobemy favourite food.Somepeople like to eat thingswhich areexpensiveandtheyfeelthatthethingswhichtheyeatorlikearerecognizedworldwide,butIhaveadifferentopinion. I like to eat thingswhicharedelicious and the foodwhich Ihavebeeneatingsincemychildhood.IrememberthatonceIwasfeelingverysad,andIdidnotwanttoeatanythingatall.Butthenas I sawBiryani and I began feeling hungry. There are timeswhen I am not even feelinghungry,andIstarteatingBiryanithemomentIlookatit.IfeelverygoodaftereatingBiryani.

Itissomouth-wateringandsumptuousthatsometimesIeatitinhighquantities.Somepeoplethinkthatonlygirlsshouldbetheoneswhocook,butIthink,boysshouldalsoknowhowtocookfood. I learntmaking thisdishand itwasauniquekindofexperience. Inever thought thatcookingwassofun,andnowwhenever Iwant toeatBiryani, Iprefer tomakeitmyself.Ibelievethatyoushouldalsotryitoutsomedayasmostpeopleinmycountryloveitsomuch.

CUE-CARD-50:MYFAVOURITEDRINK

Nameofyourfavouritedrink.

Tellmesomethingaboutthetaste.

Whendoyoudrinkit.Myfavouritedrink isMountainDew. Idrink iteverydayandyoucansay that Iamalmostaddictedtoit.Icannotliveadaywithoutit.MyfridgeisalwaysstuffedwithchilledcansofMountainDew.Itwas5yearsagowhenIsawtheadofMountainDew.IwasreallyimpressedbytheadventurousadofMountainDewandthoughtoftryingitout.ThesurprisingthingisthatIlikeditthefirsttime,Itasteditandtheentirefeelingwasincredible.Itiseasytotellaboutthetasteofthedrink.Ithasauniquetasteanditfeelsasifthereislemoninthedrink.Thedrinktastesthebestwhenitischilled.Icannotdescribethefeelingandtaste,butyoucouldgetagoodideaofitsqualityandtaste,ifyoutryityourself.Idrinkiteveryday.ThisisthereasonwhyIhavebeenputtingonalotofweight.Mountaindewhasalotofcalories,butIjustignorethecaloriesasIamaslavetoitstaste.Idrink1500-mlbottleeverydayandIprefertodrinkthiswhileIamhavingdinner.Idonotgetangryatpeopleanditisverydifficulttoannoymebutonce,IhadputmyMountainDewinthefridge,andmy cousin drank. This thing irritated me so much that I shouted at him. I am just sopossessive about mountain dew that I cannot tolerate anyone else drinking my drink andgettingallthepleasures.

CUE-CARD-51:MYFAVOURITEWEBSITE

Whyisityourfavouritewebsite?

Howoftendoyouuseit?

Whatwouldyourlifebewithoutit?

Myfavouritewebsiteisyoutube.com.AlotofpeopleinthisworldregardyoutubetobetheirfavouritewebsiteandIfeelinthesimilarway.Thisisawebsiteinwhichapersoncanwatchoruploadvideosforfree,andthebestpartisthattheusercanevencreatehisorherchannelandthenearnmoneybythevideosheorshehasuploaded.Wecanfindalmosteverythingonyoutubeandeverythingisavailableovertherefreeofcharge.Istartedusingyoutube4yearsagoandithasbeenreallyagreatexperience.Ispendmostofmy lesiure time on youtube. I have uploadedmy own video lectures on youtube and these

video lectures areprovided topeople for free. I also stayonyoutube towatch trailers andsongs.You can find almost every song of thisworld on youtube. Therewas a daywhen ImissedacricketmatchbecauseIwasbusyinsomething,butbecauseofyoutubeIwasabletowatchtheentirematchagainbecausesomeonehaduploadedthematchanditmademeveryhappy.Mylifewouldbehellwithoutyoutube.Iwouldnotbeabletofunctionwithoutit.Iamrunningan educational institute in Pakistan, and I provide free online video lectures to everyoneirrespectiveofthefactthattheyaremystudentsornot.Ifyoutubegoesoutofmylife,Iwouldnotbeabletoprovidethisfreeserviceanditwouldbebadnotonlyforme,butalsoforallthepeoplewhoarebenefittingfromit.

CUE-CARD-52:IMPORTANCEOFEXERCISE

Whendoyouexercise?

Whatexercisedoyoudo?

Howdoyoufeelafterdoingexercise?

Idonotthinkthatanyoneinthisworldcandenytheimportanceofexerciseintheirlife.Ihaveseenthatpeoplewhodoexerciseliveahealthyandwealthylife.Iwouldevenconsiderobesityasadiseasewhichdeservestobeeradicatedfromthisworld.I definitely know about the signifiance of exercise because at first, I used to be very fat. Iweighed200poundsandIwasobsessedwithjunkfood.IgotsomuchfatthatIstartedhatingmyself.Oneday,ImadeacommitmenttomyselfthatIwouldlosemyweightandthatcouldonlybedonethroughexercise.I started off with jogging on the treadmill, but as time progressed, I also began weighttraining.TheexercisewhichIlikethemostisrunningorjogging.Afterjogging,IfeelasifIamflyinghighupintheairandIfeelverygood.Irunforabout30minuteseverydayanditisaverygoodexperience.Lastmonth,Ihadtogooutoftownforabusinessmeeting.AsIwasattending themeeting Ididnotgetachance todomyregularexerciseand felt sobad.Some people say that they feel tired after doing exercise, but that is not the casewithme.Whenever Idoexercise, I feelenergeticandamable toperformmyother tasks inabettermanner.Iwouldrecommendeveryonetoindulgeinsomekindofexercisebecauseitwouldmakeapersonbothmentallyandphysicallyfit.

Chapter8:Part3Follow-upQueries

MOSTPOPULARDISCUSSIONTOPICS

Thetopicofdiscussionisrelatedtothetopicsofthesecondpart(aSpeech/Cuecard),butthedifferenceisthathereyoushouldEXPRESSANOPINIONandexplainwhyitisandwhatitis.Thisisthepartwhereyoushouldcomparetwoopinions,presentseveralpointsofview,saywhatyourperceptionis,whatfuturedevelopmentsmightfollow,etc.Thispartusuallytakes4-5minutes.It’sdifficulttopredictexactlywhatquestionswillbeaskedinthethirdpartoftheexam,butusuallytheywillhaveacloseconnectiontothetopicswediscussedinPart2oftheexam.Inaddition,thefollowingfunctionsmaybetested:1.Comparing(time/objects/concepts)2.Predicting3.Advantages4.Disadvantages5.Problems6.Solutions7.Opinions(why)1.Comparing

Doyouthinkpeopleweresmarterinthepast?Whatisthedifferencebetweenlearningskillsandknowledge?2.Predicting

Doyouthinkpeoplewillbemoreintelligentinthefuture?Doyouthinktechnologycanreplaceteachersinthefuture?3.Advantages

Whatarethemainadvantagesofstudyingonline?Whatarethemainadvantagesofstudyingabroad?4.Disadvantages

Whatarethemaindisadvantagesofstudyingonline?Whatarethemaindisadvantagesofstudyingabroad?5.Problems

Whatare someof themainproblems that studentsoftenencounterwhile learningEnglish?Whatproblemsdostudentsoftenhavewiththeirclassmates?6.Solutions

[forabove“howcouldwesolvetheseproblems”]7.Opinion

Whydoyouthinksomepeopleenjoylearningnewthings?

Whataresomeusefulwaystorememberthings?1.Comparing:Trytousethelanguageofcomparison(cheaper,moreexpensive,more/less

than)Opening: Well, obviously, there are a variety of possible differences here; Well,undoubtedly,theyarelikechalkandcheese.TheFirstDifference:However,I(guess/suppose)thatthemoststrikingdifferenceis~;whereas in contrast.But Iwould say themost fundamentalwould be that (S+V).On thecontrary,The Second Difference: In addition, a subsequent contrast could be that (S+V).Conversely,moreover,afurtherdistinctionmightbethat(S+V).Whileontheotherhand,...

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMInwhatwaysdothemagazinesaredifferentfromnewspapers?HowcouldwedealwiththeproblemsofInternet?Arepeopletravellingmorenowthaninthepast?Whomakebetterteachers-menorwomen?Howhavefamilyvalueschangedovertheyears?

2.Predicting:Trytousefuturetense(will,goingto+verb)Opening:Iamsurethatinyearstocome,wewillseeanumberofchangesrelatedtothis;Iimaginethatinthenearfuture,wewillwitnesssomemajorchangeswithregardsto(N).TheFirstPrediction:Tobeginwith,Iwouldpredictthatwewillmostlikelytohave(N).Primarily,itlooksquitepossiblethatwearegoingtohave(N).TheSecondPrediction:Aswellas,somepeopleclaimthatwewillprobablystarttosee(N).Likewise,Iwouldimaginethatwemayevenbeabletosee(N).TheThirdPrediction:Andwhoknows,thereisevenachancethatwewillhave(N).AndIknowitisabitofacrazythought,butonedaywemayevenhave(N).

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMWhatwillschoolsbelikeinthefuture?Whatwillcarsbelikeinthefuture?Doyouthinkpeoplewillhavetoconservewaterinthefuture?Doyouthinkwewillgetthenewsindifferentwaysinthefuture?Whatwillyourcountrybelikein50years?

3.Advantages(merits,benefits,rewards)Opening:Clearlythereareanumberofobviousmerits;Obviouslythereareanumberofpositivefeatures.TheMainAdvantage:ButIwouldprobablysaythatforthemostpart,theonethingthatreallystandsout is that~.This isobviously favourablebecause (S+V).However, Iguessthatthemostevidentwouldbethat(S+V).Thisissurelyapositivefeatureas(S+V).TheSecondAdvantage: Besides this, a second plus point could be that (S+V). This is

undoubtedlyfavourableandatthesametime,asecondbonusmightbethatof(S+V).

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMWhataretheadvantagesoflivinginanoldbuilding?Whataretheadvantagesoflivinginbigcities?Whataretheadvantagesofowninganup-to-datemobilephone?Whataretheadvantagesofadvertising?Whataretheadvantagesofstudyingabroad?

4.Disadvantages(drawbacks,shortcomings)Opening:Iamsuremostpeoplewouldagreethattherearesomedrawbacks;Ofcourse,thereareacoupleofshortcomings.TheMainDisadvantage:I suppose the most unfavourable quality might be that (S+V).Thisisaweaknessobviouslybecauseof(S+V).Iguessthemostimpracticalcharacteristicwouldbethatof(S+V).Thisisaclearlimitationbecauseof(S+V).TheSecondDisadvantage:At the same time, another stumblingblockmight be that ~.Andthe troublewith this is that...Correspondingly,anadditionalweakpointmaybe that(S+V).Andthiscanbeahassleas~...

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMWhatarethedisadvantagesoflivinginanoldbuilding?Whatarethedisadvantagesoflivinginbigcities?Whatarethedisadvantagesofowninganup-to-datemobilephone?Whatarethedisadvantagesofadvertising?Whatarethedisadvantagesofstudyingabroad?

5.ProblemsOpening:Obviously,wecansay that therearequitea lotofdangerswith regard to thisissue.Itisuniversallyacceptedthatthereareafewhazardsinvolvedwith(N).The Main Problem: Essentially, one fundamental concern is probably that ~. This isclearlyalarmingbecause—The Second Problem: Equally worrying is the suggestion that~. And the underlyingrepercussionsofthisare...

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMWhatproblemsareassociatedwitheatingfastfood?Whatproblemsarecausedbyalackofphysicalexercise?Howisourbusylifestylecontributingtohealthproblems?Whatproblemsareassociatedwithglobalwarming?WhatproblemsareassociatedwithviolencebeingshownonTV?

6.Solutions:Opening:Inmyview,thereareafewwaystotacklethisproblem.

TheFirstSolution:Whendealingwith,theeasiestwaytosolveitoutwouldbe~.TheSecondSolution:Ialsothinkthatwecould

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMHowcouldwedealwitheatingfastfood?Whatwouldyoudotogetmorephysicalexercise?Howcanstressfromourbusylifestyleberelieved?Whatstepscouldbetakentotackleglobalwarming?HowcouldkidsbepreventedfromseeingviolenceonTV?

7.Opinion(why)Opening:Well inmyopinion,thereareundoubtedlyavarietyofjustificationsforthis.Isuppose Iwould say that (S+V).There areprobablyanumberof factors involved.Wellgenerally, it is my belief that (S+V). There are obviously a number of motivessurroundingthisidea.TheFirstReason:Thechiefcausemightbethat(S+V).Thekeyexplanationispossiblybecauseof(S+V).TheSecondReason:Aswellasthis,asubsequentfactorcouldbebecauseof(S+V).Atthesametime,asecondarymotivecouldbethatof(S+V).

PracticeQuestionsforPart3oftheIELTSEXAMWhydopeopleliketravellingtoforeigncountries?Whydosomanypeoplemovefromthecountrysidetocities?Whyisitimportantforchildrentoplaysports?WhydoyoungpeoplespendsomuchtimeontheInternet?WhyiswatchingTVsopopularallovertheworld?

POPULARDISCUSSIONTOPICS

GIFTS1.Whatarethepositive/negativeaspectsofgivingandreceivinggifts?

Ans:Givingandreceivinggiftshavebothadvantagesanddisadvantages.Ononehand,itisanexpressionofone’sloveorappreciationforsomeone,andontheotherhand,itstrengthensrelationships.Itcanalsocreateagoodfeelinginthemindsofpeople.On the other hand, giving and receiving gifts today has become a commercial activity.Sometimesweareforcedtogiveandreceivegifts.Alotoftimeandmoneyareinvolvedinbuyinggifts.Forexample,ifsomeonecallsyouforabirthday,youarecompelledtogiveagift.Sometimes,itcanbecomeaburdenonyourbudget.2.Whatare thedifferent typesof gifts thatwomen,menandchildrenwould like toreceive?

Ans:Womenareusuallyfondofornamentsandclothes.Theyalsoliketoreceivehouseholdappliances andhandicrafts.For special occasions, likebirthdays, they receive a lot of suchgifts.Childrenareusuallyattractedtotoysanddolls.Theylovechocolatesandsweetstoo.3.Whatchangeshavetakenplaceingivingandreceivinggiftsinthelast50years?

Ans:Anumberofchangeshavetakenplaceinthewaypeoplegiveandreceivegifts,overthelast50years.Intheoldendays,giftswerenotverycommonanditwasexchangedonlyduringrareoccasionslikemarriages.Today,givingandreceivinggiftshavebecomeaveryfrequentaffair.Exchanginggiftshavebecomeverycommononanumberofoccasionslikebirthdays,anniversariesandsuccessinanexam.4.Whosegiftsdoyoutreasuremost?

Ans:Itreasurethegiftsofmylovedones.Forinstance,Ialwayscherishthegiftsthatmywifehas givenme. In fact, she gives them tomewith great love. I greatly value gifts frommyparentstoo.Giftsfromclosefriendsorcolleaguesalsogivemegreatpleasure.5.Doyouthinkpeoplehavebecomemoreorlessmaterialisticinthelast25years?

Ans:WhatIfeelis,people’sattitudetowardsmaterialthingshavenotchangedoverthelast25years. The only difference is that today we have greater access to comforts and luxuriesunlikeinthepast,andwehaveenoughmoneytobuythem,soweenjoythem.Forthisreason,manypeople tend tosay thatmaterialismison the increase.Actually, that isnot thecase. Ifpeopleinthepasthadaccesstosuchthingsandiftheyhadasmuchmoneyaswehavetoday,theywouldhavedefinitely enjoyed luxuries.Theonlydifference is the economicprogressthat we have made. The attitude towards materialism remains the same always.I feel thatpeople have definitely become more materialistic during the last 25 years. Formerly,comfortsandluxurieswerenotavailabletopeopleasmuchaswehavetoday.Maybe,peoplewere more idealistic and they had better human relationships. Especially in ruralcommunities,peoplemaintainedtraditionalvaluesinfamiliesandsociallife.Whereas,todaythe situation has changed. Urbanisation has forced people to be more individualistic andachievement-oriented. Material achievement has become a major purpose in life and

therefore,Ithink,othervaluesoflifehavetakenabackseat.6.Whatkindofgiftschildrenusuallylike?

Ans:Childrenusuallylikechocolates,toysandelectronicgames.Youknow,forexample,ifyou go to a shop with your children, you will see them running to the toy corner or thechocolate rack.Thesedays, a lotof childrenhaveagreat liking towards electronicgames.Therearemanychildrenwholikecartoonsandstorybookstoo.7.Whatkindofthingsgiveasenseofprestigetopeopletoday?

Ans: From my personal experience, I feel, material possessions can give a great deal ofprestigetopeopletoday.Forexample,ifyouhavealuxuriouscarorabeautifullydesignedhouse itcangiveyouasenseofpride.Another importantcriterion forprestige ispoliticalpoweratdifferentlevels,whichcanmakeyoupopularandacceptedbythesociety.Superiorpositionsingovernmentservicescanalsodefinitelygiveyouprominenceinthesociety.WhatI mean is, senior police officers, judges and similar officials have great prestige in thesociety.Apartfromthat,superioreducationcangiveyoualotofhonouramongthepeople.Certainprofessionalslikedoctors,engineersandteachersarerespectedinthesociety.8.Whatkindofthingswerestatussymbolsinyourgrandfather’stime?

Ans:AlthoughIamnotverysure,moneyandothermaterialpossessionswerestatussymbolseven in my grandparents’ time. I think, people who had a lot of land were consideredhonourableinthesociety.Superioreducationandpoliticalpowerwerealsoconsideredstatussymbolsatthattime.Ibelieve,basically,thestatussymbolsofpeopleofallagesaregenerallythesame.9.Whatkindofthingsarewomenusuallyattractedto?

Ans:Womenaregenerallyfondofgoodclothesandornaments.Ifyougotoatextilestoreorjewellery shop, themajorityof the shoppersareusuallywomen.Thismeans that there is acertain vanity in women and they love to flaunt their beauty. They are also attracted tocosmetics.Manywomenbuyalotofhouseholdappliancesandcrockery.10. Do you think people purchase a lot of things for prestige and not because ofgenuineneed?

Ans:Certainly,todayifyouhavemoneytospare,youcertainlybuythingsthatcanshowoffyourwealth.Although youmay not need such luxurious items, you buy thembecause youwantotherstolookuponyou.Forexample,oneoftheconsiderationsformanypeople,whentheychooseacar,iswhetheraparticularcarisusedbytheeliteinthesociety.Or,evenifthefamilyisasmallone,peoplebuildhugehousesandmanyoftheroomsareunusedforyears.Prestigeisaseriousconsiderationformanypeoplethesedays.11.Whatwillbethekindofthingsthatwillgiveasenseofprestigetopeopleinfuture?

Ans:Eveninthefuture,wealthwillbeamajordeterminingfactorwhichisasenseofprestigeto people. Education, the expertise in technology and communication abilities also give asenseofpridetothepeople.

FAMILY1.Inwhatwayscanpeopleinafamilybesimilartoeachother?

Ans:People ina familycanbe similar toeachother inmanyways.Theyusually resembleeach other in their physical appearances. For example, children look like their parents, intheirfacialfeatures,colour,typeofhairandsoon.Theycanalsobealike,intheircharacterandbehaviour.2.Doyouthinkdaughtersarealwaysmoresimilartomothersthantotheothermalerelatives?

Ans:Notalways!Therearemanydaughterswholookmoreliketheirfathersorothermalemembersofthefamilythanmothers.Thatincludestheircolour,face,hairandsoon.ButIdothinkthatmostdaughterslookliketheirmothersinphysicalfeatures.3.Whataboutsonsandfathers?

Ans:Ithinkitisthesamewiththemaswell.Therearemanysonswhoresembletheirmothersmorethantheirfathersorothermalemembersofthefamily.4. In terms of personality, are peoplemore influenced by their family or friends? Inwhatways?

Ans: People are usuallymore influenced by their family than friends, because as children,mostpeoplelivewiththeirfamilies.Andthatiswhenanindividual’spersonalityisdeveloped.Even after that, people spendmore timewith their familymembers and interactwith themmorecloselythantheirfriends.Thisintimacywiththefamilymembershasagreatinfluenceintheircharacterformation.Ontheotherhand,friendsalsohaveasignificant influenceonone’spersonality,butnotasmuchasfamilymembers.

GENETICRESEARCH1.Wherecanpeopleinyourcountrygetinformationaboutgeneticresearch?Ans: There are many sources in my country where people can get information about

geneticresearch.I thinkthemostcommonsourceisabook.Youcanfindbooksongeneticresearch in public libraries or in bookshops. Apart from that, there are a number ofuniversitiesandinstitutesthatdoresearchingeneticstudies.Therearelotsofscientistsandprofessorswho can give information about this subject. I think the internet is awonderfulsource to get information about genetic research. If you searchonGoogle, youwill comeacross many websites that will give you, at least, the primary information about geneticresearch.2.Howdopeopleinyourcountryfeelaboutgeneticresearch?

Ans:Ingeneral,Ithinkpeopleinmycountryhaveapositiveattitudetowardsgeneticresearch.Theyknowithasalotofbenefitsintermsofbetteragriculturalproductionandpreventionofmanygeneticdiseases.However,somepeopleareworriedaboutgeneticallymodifiedfoods.Theyfearthatitcanbedangeroustohumanhealth.3.Shouldthisresearchbefundedbythegovernmentsorprivatecompanies?

Ans:Ithinkbothgovernmentandprivatecompaniesshouldjointlyorseparatelyfundgeneticresearch. It shouldnotbe themonopolyofeitherof theparties. Ifprivatecompaniesalonefundgeneticresearch,thebenefitsoftheresearchmaynotreachthecommonman,becauseof

theirprofitmotive.Sothegovernmentalsohastheresponsibilitytofundit,sothateverybodyenjoysthebenefits.

TRAFFICWHEREYOULIVE1.Howdomostpeopletraveltoworkwhereyoulive?

Ans:Mostpeopleinmyplacetraveltoworkusingthepublictransportsystem.Wehavebothgovernment andprivatebus services that arevery efficient and frequent.Thebus fares arealsoquietmoderate,andthatmakesitthefavouritemodeoftravelforordinarypeopletogotowork.People,whogotolongerdistancestowork,usuallymakeuseoftrains.Wehaveanumberofshortdistancetrains,whichareveryinexpensive.Alotofpeoplealsohavetheirownprivatevehiclestogotowork.Mostyoungpeoplehavetheirownmotorbikes.Themoreaffluentgotoworkbycar.2.Whattrafficproblemsarethereinyourarea?

Ans: Traffic problems are quite frequent in my area, especially during the peak hours ofmorningandevening,whenpeopletraveltoworkorstudyandcomeback.Manyroadsareverynarrowand cannothold the increasing trafficvolumeat a time.So trafficmoves at asnail’s pace, especially during the rush hours. There are also a lot of puddles on theroads,particularly during the rainy season and manoeuvring them would further slow thetrafficdown.Thereareconstantrepairsontheroadswhicharebothslowandineffectiveandtrafficisoftendivertedthroughnarrowerroadsmakingthesituationstillworse.3.Howdotrafficproblemsaffectyou?

Ans:Trafficproblemsaffectmeverybadly.Ineedtoreachworkontimeandveryoften,theunexpectedtrafficsnarlsandjamsdonotletmedoit.IhavemadeitapointthatIstartabitearlierfromhome,sothattheseunexpecteddelaysdonotaffectmemuch.Anotherproblemisthatdrivinginhighgearinthetrafficjamexhaustsmyfueltankveryfast.4.Howwouldyoureducethetrafficproblemsinyourarea?

Ans:Thefirstthingthatthegovernmentshoulddoistowidentheroadswithimmediateeffectand thatcandefinitely reduce theproblemsdrastically.Anotherarea that theauthoritiescanlookintoistoengageabigcompanytoconstructroadsthatcanlastforalongerperiodoftime.Itwoulddefinitelyreducetheconstantrepairsonroads.Peopleshouldalsobemadetoobeytrafficrulesverystrictly.

PARTY1.Whattypesofpartiesdopeoplehave,andwhyarepartiesimportant?

Ans: People have parties to celebrate special occasions like birthdays, weddings, or thebeginning of a new year. I think it’s important to celebrate these things because they arelandmarks in our lives. Parties are a good way to bring people together, and they’re anopportunitytoletoffsomesteam.2.Whydoyouthinksomepeoplelikepartiesbutothershatethem?

Ans:Most people like parties because they have a good time at them - eating a nicemeal,

chatting to friends, or dancing. People who don’t like them might find social situationsdifficultbecausetheyareshy,ormaybe,theydon’tenjoymakingsmalltalkwithpeopletheydon’tknow.3.Doyouthinkpartieswillbecomemorepopularinthefuture?

Ans:No,Idon’tthinkanythingwillchange.Peoplehavealwayshadparties,andI’msuretheyalwayswillinthefuture.Humansneedtosocialiseandenjoythemselves,andpartiesareoneofthebestwaystodothat.

DECISION1.Is itbettertomake important lifedecisionsonyourownor is itbettertoconsultotherpeople?

Ans:Therearegoodreasonsforboth,Isuppose.Ultimately,it’syourlifesoIsupposeyoushould make the decisions. On the other hand, any decisions you make can affect otherpeople, so it seems only right to discuss thingswith others first. Likemany philosophicalquestions,there’snosimpleanswer,I’mafraid.2.Doyouthinkgooddecision-makingcanbetaught?

Ans:Well, if you go to a bookstore, you’ll see lots of self-help books that claim to teachdecision-making.I’mnotsureanyofthemareeffectivethough.Isupposeitdependsonthetypeofdecisionyoumean.Ifit’sabusinessstrategy,thenI’msuresomedecisionsarebetterthanothersandbusinessschoolsteachthis.Butifit’samoralissuethenI’mnotsureanyonecanclaimtoknowtherightdecision,sohowcananyoneteachit?

LEISURETIME1.IswatchingTVagoodwayofforgettingaboutworkorstudy?

Ans: Absolutely, yes. These days there’s somuch choice available that we can completelyimmerseourselvesinentertainment.Imean,youcanturnonagooddramaorcomedyshowandprettysoon,youforgetabouteverything thathappened thatday. I think thatwithoutTVwe’dallgoalittlecrazy.2.Shouldcoworkersalsospendtheirleisuretimetogether?

Ans:I’mcompletelyagainstthis.Theproblemwithpeoplegoingouttogetherafterworkisthat they just gossip about certain people in the office or factory, and this can hardly be agoodthingforthecompany,canit?Anotherthingisthatthere’salwaystheriskthatyouwillsaysomethingyouregretafterafewdrinksandthenyouhavetofaceyourcolleaguesagainthenextday.So,inshort,Iwoulddefinitelyadvisepeopletothinktwiceaboutsocialisingwithcolleagues.

TOURISM1.Whatdoyouthinkarethepreferredplacesfortourisminyourcountry?

Ans.My country, India is a tourist paradise.Wehave all sorts of destination for people of

varied tastes. From Kashmir to Kanayakumari, India is blend with natural beauty, ethnicsplendourandculturaldiversityintheformofhillstationslikeMussorie,Dalhousie,Shimla,Ooty,etc.ThenaturalparadiseonearthisKASHMIR.2.Whatarethenegativeimpactsoftourism?

Ans.Well, I’ve seenareaswhere largenumberofvisitorshavehadadetrimental effectonlocalhabitats.Excessiveuseofnaturalresources,dangerofepidemicsandexciseorimportsissuesincludingthreatsofterrorismcan’tbeignored.3.Howdoyouthinkcanwemaketourismbetterforthelocalcommunity?

Ans.Undoubtedly, the local economy really uproars if the tourism is promoted in a betterway. Itdoesnotonly increase theGrossDomesticProduct (GDP)of theplacebut rather, itaddsvaluetothenationalExchange.Buttheneedofthehouristopreserveandprotectit.4.Howhastourismchangedinyourcountryoverthelast10years?

Ans.Tourismhaschangedmanifold.Tourismbrings investmentandbetter infrastructure topoorercommunities.Itbringstheimprovedqualityoflifeforthelocalpeople.Italsobringsgreater work opportunities for the local people. For example, earlier they are limited tofishingandfarmingbutnowdays,itoffershighearningjobs.5.Howdoyouthinkwillitchangeinthefuture?

Ans.Well..Imustsayinthecomingyears,oureconomicdevelopmentlargelydependsuponthe tourism sector. It will strengthen universal brotherhood, fraternity, international worldpeaceandexchangeofculturalvalues.6.Howwellequippedisyourcountrytodealwithtourists?

Ans.Ahhh...Veryinteresting,butImustsaypresently,weareunderthegripofloopholesasmost of the tourist centres like TajMahal.. .the SevenWonders of theWorld, are facing asevere threat of pollution. Similarly, wildlife sanctuaries are also facing the problem ofextinction,poachingandhunting.Historicalsitesarelosingtheircharmsduetofastermeansof globalisation and communication. So catering interest among tourists for visiting theseplacesseemstobeahardnuttocrack.

EDUCATION1.Whatdoyouthinkareimportantskillsforateacher?

Ans.Ateacheristhemilestonethatplaysanindispensableroleinbuildingupofanation.Forastudentisamirrorwherethetransparentpictureofasubjectcanbeeasilyseen.Soitisquiteessentialthattheteachershouldbewelleducated,cultured,disciplined,mostimportantisup-to-datewiththepresentscenarioinhis/hersubjectofteaching.HereImustsay,he/sheshouldbeanEncyclopaediaofknowledge.2.Whatfacilitiesshouldaschoolhave?

Ans.GivingandgettingSmartEducationis theorderof theday.Gonearethosedayswhenteacherswererestrictedtochalkandblackboard.Todayinthissmarterworld,theteacherandstudentbothneedtobesmartertogetthebestandpracticaleducation.EachandeveryschoolshouldtrytofacilitatethesystemofSmartEducationintheformofOnlineEducation.

3.Whataretheproblemswiththeeducationsysteminyourcountry?Ans:Educationisthegatewaytosuccess.Butifstepsarenotproper,itmayleadtoignoranceanddarkness.OureducationsystemisalsointhegripofanumberofproblemslikeUtopianEducation(Imaginary),morestressonexaminationratherthanputtingeffortsforbuildingupofattitudeandaptitudeinknowledge.Undoubtedly,itisflexibleandexperimentalthesedaysbutsometimes,itisallGreektothosewhoareunabletoanswerit.4.Whatcanbedonetosolvetheseproblems?

Ans.More stress should be laid down upon Smart and Practical Education to improve itsstandards. Time Immemorial Syllabus should be immediately banned, i.e., the quality ofcurriculum should be changed according to the the times, so that students become moreupdatedtothepresentscenario.5.Whatdoyouthinkthetypicalclassroomwilllooklikein20years?

Ans.The typical chalk-blackboard classroom will be converted into high profile onlineclassroomswherethecreationandproliferationofthepersonalcomputer, theglobalizationofideasandotherhumanacts,andtheuseoftechnologyinexchangingideasandprovidingaccesstomorepeoplewillbedone.

SKILLS1.Howimportantisittohaveaskill?

Ans. Keeping and having skills are the indispensable requirement in the vocational,professional and occupational world. Gone are those days when degrees or diplomas aresufficient to get any job but these days, it is necessary to possess skills like language,communication,IT,manpower,techniques,etc.Theseskillsareevenhighlylucrativeasfarasmonetaryaspectisconcerned.2.Whatisthemostusefulskillyouhave?

Ans.Well..Idobelievepossessingskillsistheinherentrequirementofthepresentscenario.ThemostusefulskillwhatIhaveisthatofCommunication.Idobelievethatthisskillistheneedofthehourastheworldisgovernedaccordingtothisskill.Possessinggoodcommandoverlanguagenotonlyenhancesyourlanguageskills,butalsoallowsyoutointeractwiththeworld.3.Howcanchildrenlearndifferentskills?

Ans.Childrenarethenationbuildersoftomorrow.Itishighlyessentialforthemtopossessskillslikecommunication,IT,techniques,dance,acting,swimming,etc.Theycanlearntheseskillswhiledoingtheiracademiceducationinschool.Moreover,itisthemoralresponsibilityoftheschoolstoopenavenuesforchildrentoadheretotheseskills,sothattheyshouldnotacademicallybebrilliantbutalsotalentedandskilledintheartofdoingsomepracticalwork.4.Cananyonebeagoodartist/singer,etc.?

Ans.Yes..ofcourse,whynot.Iknowtalentandskillbotharedifferenttermsbutifwetrytopolishthetalent,thenitbecomesagoodskillthathelpsanybodytoachievehigherinlife.Forexample,anybodycanbeagoodartistorsingerifhe/sheislearnedandpractisedinaright

waybecausepossessingtalentisnotsufficientenoughuntilorunlessitispolishedtoformaskill.

THEENVIRONMENT1.Howcanweteachpeopletocaremoreabouttheenvironment?

Ans.Undoubtedly, it is the next generationwhowill have to bear the burden of saving theplanet.SoitisnecessarytoalertthemwiththehavocofenvironmentalproblemslikeGlobalWarming, Depletion of Natural Resources, Scarcity ofWater, Pollution, etc. For this, theyshouldbegivenproperstatisticsandsurveydetailsofalltheseproblemssothatthecominggeneration should understand its urgency and take proper repercussions to improve theenvironmentalproblems.2.Arepeopleinyourcountryawareofenvironmentalproblems?

Ans.Tobehonest,no...Ithinkthemiddleandupperclassesaremadintheratraceofearningandspendingmoney,andtherearemanypeopleinmycountry,wholivebelowthepovertyline and they quite literally can’t afford to worry about the environment when they arestrugglingtoputfoodonthetableandjustsurvive.3.Whatisthebiggestenvironmentalissueinyourcountryatthemoment?

Ans.Globalwarming is themajor issue inmycountryat themomentbecause it resultsnotonly in the depletion of the ozone layer but also responsible for creating suffocation andcongestionintheenvironment.4.Doestheresponsibilityforprotectingtheenvironmentliewiththegovernmentsorwiththeindividuals?

Ans. Inmyview, the responsibility lieswith all of us.However, individuals, at least inmycountry,aren’ttakingactionoftheirownaccordandnorourbusinesses,theyarejustouttomakeprofits.Thegovernmentalso fails to forcepeople tobemoregreen, forexamplebyfiningcompaniesorfactoryownersthatreleasetoxicwasteintoourriversorincentivisingustorecycle.

BOOKS1.Howimportantarebookstoyou?

Ans.Booksaremybestfriendswhichneverdemandandnevercomplain.ItistheStorehouseofKnowledge.Itdirectsustowardsourgoals.ItalsoimprovesourFocusandVisiontowardsLife.2.Doyouthinkthatchildrendon’treadenoughthesedays?

Ans.Yes..certainlyintheworldofe-books,readinghabitsaredashedintothegroundinthechildren’sworld.TheylovetodoNetSurfinginsteadofgettingengrossedintothebookishworld.Butthosewhoarefondofreadingstilllovereadingnovelsatlength.3.Howcanwemakesurethatchildrenshouldkeepreading?

Ans.Well, here Imust say children of present day aremore observatory and experimentalrather than theoretical.We canmake sure children should keep reading by using the art of

creativity to cater their interests because reading simple textwithout graphics seems to becumbersomeandahardnut tocrackforthem.Soit isbetter tohaveanimated,creativeandfantasybasedbookstomaintaintheirartofreading.4.Whatimpacthasnewtechnologyonbooksandreading?

Ans.Newtechnologybringsrevolutionarychangeonbooksandreading.Itbringstheeraofe-books.Nowdays,withthemushroomgrowthofscienceandtechnology,media, televisionchannels,etc.,itsscopebecomesmorewidenedandbroad.Nowonlineorientedmaterialtakestheplaceofmanualtext.5.Howdobookpreferencesnowcomparedtopreferencesinthepast?

Ans.Well,earlierpeoplewerefondofreadingReligiousBooks.Theyweremoreinclinedtobooks related to philosophy. But today in the era of E-books, students aremore aware ofexperimentalknowledge.Theybecomemorefactualthanvaluebased.6.Doyouthinkinthefuturepaperbookswilldisappearalltogether?

Ans.Certainly..HereImustsaynotinfuture,rathereveninthepresenteducationsystemtoo,theeraofsmartbookshasinvadedtheglobaleducationsystem.Ithasreplacedpaperbookstogreatextent.Eventheschoolinfrastructureisdesignedonbehalfofgivingsmartereducationtochildrenforthispurpose.SmartscreensareusedforprovidingonlineeducationinplaceofchalkBlackboardpedagogy.

TECHNOLOGY1.Doyoulikethenewtechnology/gadgets?

Ans.Yes.whynot..ofcourse..itistheorderoftheday.Withoutitlifeisindispensable.Ilovethegadgetaryworldanditsequipmentsasitmakeslifemorecomfortableandpleasanttolive.Itremovesthedefinitionofisolationfromtheworldandallowsthenetworkingofsocialsiteswhichbringsrevolutionarychangeinthecultureofsocialisation.2.Howimportantistechnologyinyourlife?

Ans.Tobeveryfrank,Imustsaylifewillbeburdensomeiftechnologyisnotinmylife.Itisoneofthecheapestandbestsourcetoleadacomfortablelife.Ithasexcelledthefieldbeyondone’sexpectations.Whateverareaitmaybe,whetheritismedical,communication,insurance,education,science,etc..itleavesitsblueprintremarkably.3.Whichdevicehashadthebiggestimpactondailylife?

Ans.Undoubtedly,theInternethasthebiggestimpactonourdailylives.Itistherevolutionaryinventionofthe21stcentury.Withtheadventofinternet,theworldhasbeenconvertedintoaglobal village. It is the house of information, door of social networking sites, educationpackageforyoungsters,packageofgamesandleisuretimeactivitiesforchildren.4.Howdoescommunicationthesedaysdifferfromcommunication10yearsago?

Ans. Well, earlier communication took place in the form of postal letters and telephonicconversation,but thesedays, themodeofcommunicationhascompletelychanged.E-mails,the fastest mode of transportation, has excelled the field of communication beyond one’sexpectations.Earliertelevisionwastheonlymediaofknowinginformation.Nowdays,inthe

era of gadgetary world, mobile devices like cellular phones, tablets, I-pads, etc. haveimprovedthemodesofcommunication.5.Whatarethedisadvantagesofallthistechnology?

Ans.Wearebecomingtheservantsinthought,asinaction,ofthemachinewehavecreatedtoserveus.Technology... isaqueer thing. Itbringsyougreatgiftswithonehand,and itstabsyouatthebackwiththeother.Itmakesyourlifemorelethargic.Itoffersasedentarylifestylewherethereisnophysicalexerciseofthebody.

LEARNINGALANGUAGE1.Howharddoyoufindittolearnalanguage?

Ans.Yes, it is true. Sometimes, its tough to learn the phonetics of alphabets of the secondlanguage,asitisnotourmothertongue.Sothebestwaytounderstandthesecondlanguageistomeet thesamefolkofpeoplebelongingto that languageforregularcommunicationandonlyexchangeofwordsinthesamelanguageenchancesyourlanguagecapacities.LearningtheEnglishlanguageforthefirsttimecanbedifficult.However,whendoneinanexcitingandhumorous way, learning English vocabulary and grammar are less confusing and moreenjoyable.2.Whataspectsdoyoufindthemostdifficult?

Ans. Language is the medium of communication. If the individual excelled in the art ofspeaking a language, then it understands how to communicate in the same language with,otherpeople.SoIthinkcommunicationinthesamelanguageisthemostdifficultaspect.3.Isitnecessarytolearnthecultureofacountrytounderstanditslanguage?

Ans. Every language is a temple, in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined.Languageisthemirrorofeveryculture.Thewaywecommunicatebecomesourcaste,colourandcreed.Asyouknow,IbelongtoIndiawhichisamultilingualstate,withunityindiversity,so language becomes themost significant factor that distinguishes one culture from otherwhichlaterunitedusintoonenation.Forexample,PunjabibelongstoPunjabpeople,MarathibelongstoMaharashtrathebuttogether,weareonlyIndian.SoIthink,onecaneasilylearnaboutthecultureofacountrybythewaywecommunicate.4.Isitpossibletogetagoodjobthesedayswithoutknowingasecondlanguage?

Well.. these days .., Imust say... no.. .It is tough for Indians to get a job on behalf of theirmothertongue.AswearelivingintheenvironmentofMNCsandcorporateswhichworkwithEnglishbasednationsrequiresemployeeswhoknowEnglishtocommunicatetheirbusiness.Soundoubtedly,itisveryhardtosurviveonmothertonguealonethesedays.5.Howcanpeoplebestlearnalanguage?

Thebestwaytolearnanylanguageistocommunicatewiththosepeoplewhoareusingthatlanguageastheirmeansofcommunication.Theotherwaystolearnaforeignlanguageistowatchmoviesinthatlanguage,listentoaudioCds/Dvd’softhelanguageyouwishtolearn.

ABSTRACT

LISTENINGMODULEIn listening module we endeavour to help the candidate to know thepointers, tips and common errors in listening section and for practiceweencloseherewithThreeListeningPracticeTestsforcandidates.

Chapter9:ListeningStrategies&Skills

LISTENINGMODULEIELTS

Duration&Format:FirstModuleIELTStestof30minutesTestisplayedonceonlyApproximately30minutes+10minutestransfertimeTotal40Questions

STRUCTUREOFTHETEST No.ofSpeakers No.ofitems(Questions)

SectionOne Conversationbetweentwospeakers Ten(10)SectionTwo OneSpeaker Ten(10)SectionThree Conversationbetweentwo&fourspeakers Ten(10)SectionFour Onespeaker Ten(10)

QuestionTypesShortAnswerTypeMultipleChoiceMatchingClassificationSummaryCompletionSentenceCompletionDiagramCompletionTableCompletionFormCompletion

FactorsinTheAssessmentProperunderstandingofforeignaccentRecognizetheroleofspeakersUnderstandandidentifyingnumbers,datesandnamesUnderstandthegeneralmeaningoftheconversation

TESTTIPSFORLISTENINGTESTTIPNO.1:ENCIRCLETHEKEYWORDSIn the beginning of the test, 40-45 seconds are alloted to candidate.During that time try toencirclethekeywordsoflisteningsections.TIPNO.2:BECAREFULOF“W”FamilyFocus what type of questions the speaker is talking about, i.e. What, Where When, Why,Whom.TIPNO.3:DONOTREPEATTHEINFORMATIONDonotrewritethewordwhichisalreadywritteninthequestionpaer.TIPNO.4:LISTENTOINSTRUCTIONSCAREFULLYTIPNO.5:NEVERCHECKYOURANSWERSWhile attempting the test never check your answers, otherwise you will miss rest of thequestions.TIPNO.6:QUERIESAREINCHRONOLOGICALORDERTIPNO.7:DONOTEXCEEDTHEWORDLIMIT

Chapter10:ListeningPracticeTest

LISTENINGTEST1

SectionOneListentothejourneyofthe44thBlackPresidentofAmerica‘BARACKOBAMA’andanswerthefollowingquestions(1-7)onyouranswersheet.Circletheappropriateletterfrom(A-D).

1.BarackObamatookofficeonA.20thJanuary,2009B.January20,2009C.Jan20,2009D.2009,Jan20

2.BarackObamaisthe.............ofHarvardLawReview.A.AttorneyB.PresidentC.AfricanD.CommunityOrganizer

3.BarackObamaservedthesenateforthreeyearsasA.CommunityOrganizerB.CivilRightsAttorneyC.PresidentD.Teacher

4.HewastheLecturerof.........................intheUniversityofChicagoLawSchoolA.LawB.ConstitutionC.ConstitutionalLawD.Noneofthese

5.BarackObamaisnotsuccessfulinthehouseofA.U.S.SenateB.U.S.HouseofRepresentativesC.DemocraticNationalConventionD.HarvardLawSchool

6.BarackObamaRIVAL/RunningMateisA.JoeBiden/McCainB.McCain/DelawareC.McCain/JoeBidenD.JoeBiden

7.BarackObamawonwithA.70%ofvotes

B.46%ofvotesC.53%ofvotesD.Noneofthese

SectionTwoListentheprofileofBarackObamaandanswerthefollowingquestions(8-20)onyouranswersheet.

Born8.__________________________________________________________YouthName9.____________________________________________________MetMichelleRobinson,Wifein10.____________________________________Marriedon11._________________________________________________1992FirstDaughter12.____________________________________________in1998SECONDDAUGHTER‘Sasha’in13._________________________________Familyisjustlike14._______________________________________________SecondHusbandofMotherbelongsto15._______________________________FavouriteSport16.________________________________________________Obamaleavethehabitof17._________________________________________Religion18._______________________________________________________Dreamsfrommyfatherreleasedin19.__________________________________In2007hereleased20.______________________________________________

BARACKOBAMA

PRESIDENTOFUNITEDSTATES

SectionThreeListen the description of an Umbrella by the narrator and answer the following questionsfrom(21-28)onyouranswersheet.

SectionFourThis section gives a brief idea of the courses offered for studying abroad in graduate andpost-graduateclassesincountrieslike,UK,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealand.Listenthetapescriptcarefullyandtick(V)markthefollowinganswerfrom(29-36)onyouranswersheet.

Completethefollowingblanks:37.PHDinSocialScienceofferedin___________________.38.Canadaoffered____________________courses.39.AustraliaofferedPHDin____________________courses.40.Degree/Diplomaofferedby____________________.

AnswerSheetforListeningTest-1

ListeningTest1

AnswersSectionOne1.B 2.B 3.B 4.C5.B 6.C 7.B SectionTwo8.Aug,4,1961 9.Barry10.June,1989 11.October,312.MaliaAnn 13.200114.MiniUnitedNation 15.Indonesia16.BasketBall 17.Smoking18.Christian 19.199520.StateofBlackAmericaSectionThree21.G 22.A 23.C 24.F25.B 26.H 27.D 28.FSectionFour29.B,D 30.E,F 31.A,B,C 32.A,B,E,F,G33.A,B 34.C 35.B,C,D 36.B,D37.UK 38.Vocational 39.Arts 40.NewZealand

ListeningTest-2

SectionOneListen and tick (ü) A, B, C or D to indicate which picture in (1 - 8) questions is beingdiscussed.

InternationalTourismManagement

SectionTwoCompletethisformbyputtingnotmorethanthreewordsforeachanswerin(9-17).ITM: International TourismManagement course is a new course in the field of TourismManagement. This course not only includes teaching, research, industry expertise but alsobusiness 9._______________ Scottish Centre of Tourism provide expertise10._______________forteachingthestudents.Opportunities:Studentsgetopportunitieslike

PlanningandImplementationoftourism11._______________Thoroughunderstandingofcontemporarytourism12._______________Properhandlingof13._______________issues.Learntoget14._______________and15._______________

Skills:Studentswilllearntransferableskillslike16.______________________________17.______________________________IndependentLearningAbilityCircletheappropriateletterfrom(18-22).

Benefits18.ITMcanbestudiedA.FulltimeB.ParttimeC.Both

19.ITMgivesA.AcademicQualification/ProfessionalqualificationB.ProfessionalQualification/IndustrialqualificationC.Academic/Professional/IndustrialqualificationD.IndustrialQualification

SubjectsOffered:20.ITMofferssubjectslikeA.E-businessB.E-businessandITapplicationC.CaseStudies&DecisionMakingD.Alloftheabove

CareerOpportunities:21.AnITMcandidategetscareerinthefieldofPublicSectorTourismlikeA.LeisureOrganisationB.TourismresearchC.RegionalTouristBoardsD.Visitorattraction

22.CustomerFocussedOrganisationgetsA.LeisureOrganisationB.TravelOrganisationC.BusinessToolKitD.TouristResearch

SectionThreeListenthetapescriptandlablethediagramfrom(23-29)recyclingofaluminium.Writenotmorethanthreewordsforeachanswer.

RecyclingofAluminium

SectionFourCompletethefollowingsummaryfrom(30-40)byusingwordsfromthebox.Therearemorewordsintheboxthanyouneed.Somemaybeusedmorethanonce.

Themostusualcauseofheadacheis30._______________Headachecanalsocomeasaresultof excessive 31._______________ . Some people say they get a headache when they 32._______________.Thisisprobablybecausetheygetvery33._______________.Itmayalsobebecausetheyareworkinginpoorlightwhichmakesthemvery34._______________.Itishelpfulifyourreadingmaterialisonabook\restedat35._______________tothedesk.Itisalsoimportantto36._______________inbed.Youmayevengetaheadachebecauseyou37._______________too hard. The best advice is to try to eat regular meals, get enough 38._______________and avoid 39._______________ places. These places can also do youserious40._______________damage.

AnswerSheetforListeningTest-2

ListeningTest2

AnswersSectionOne1.C 2.A 3.B 4.A5.D 6.B 7.C 8.CSectionTwo9.ManagementSkills 10.Staff 11.Strategies 12.Issues13.Complex 14.Autonomously 15.Professionally 16.Initiative17.Decision-making 18.C 19.C 20.D21.C 22.CSectionThree

23.Unsednotthrown 24.CollectedandCrushed 25.Largebale

26.Moltenaluminium 27.Thinsheet 28.PunchingofCans29.DecoratedandfilledSectionFour30.hunger 31.noise 32.study33.tense 34.tired 35.45degrees36.relaxed 37.chew 38.exercise39.smoky 40.long-term

ListeningTest-3

SectionOneListentheJapaneseCultureof‘Go-game’andcompletethefollowingblanksfrom(1-10)byputtingnotmorethreewordsonyouranswersheet.

GO-GAMEOFJAPAN1.OTHERNAMEOF‘GO’

_________________________________2.ORIGININ

_________________________________3.INTRODUCEDIN

_________________________________4.INCONTEMPORARYTIMES

_________________________________1Indoorgame1Outdoorgame

5.InEarliertimes‘GO’isan1Indoorgame1Outdoorgame

6.THEMEOF‘GO’GAME_________________________________7.PLAYERS_________________________________8.TYPESOFSTONES_________________________________9.CAPTURINGMORETERRITORIALMEANS10.People’sParticipationmeans_________________________________

SectionTwoListentothespectacularactsofWhiteElephantsofThailanddevliveredbythenarrator,andcomplete the following summary using not more than three words for each answer. Nowanswerthefollowingquestions(11-26)onyouranswersheet.WHITE ELEPHANTS of Thailand is a symbol of 11 and

_____________________________ 12 _____________________________ . King ofTHAILANDishonouredwiththehightest“Orderof13_____________________________.Thailandwhiteelephantsareappreciatedbecauseofits14_____________________________on the field of sport foot movement, agility. Racing and tactics are the special skills ofElephants.By getting the signal of take off elephants 15._____________________________immediately.OFTENElephantsarecompetitive.Theyplayobstacle raceelephants football,sparying 16. _________________ are quite common Elephants loved music. They are 17_________________ in the rockJazzand18._____________________________categories.Bygettingcommandfromtheirtrainertheyswayandpranceofthe19__________trunk20_________________ feet keeping time with 21 ____________________ and heads 22__________________ Elephants are best friends they even have their 23_______________________ and 24 ______________ Elephant’s friendship becomes mostobviouswhen thefemale isaboveready togive25______________shesolicitshelp in26_________________

SectionThreeListen to the tapescript and lable the process of papermaking.Write notmore thanthreewordsforeachanswer(27-31).

SectionFourThis section willl tell you about the deatiled description of the process of paper making.Listen to the tapescriptandcomplete thesummarybyusingwords fromthebox.Therearemorewordsintheboxthanyouneed.Somewordsmayhavebeenusedmorethanonce.Nowlistencarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions(32-40)onyouranswersheet.

Forest product companies and 32. ___________ for papermaking. In the process of papermaking,debarkerisusedforremoving33.______________andchippersareusedtocutthe34._____________Theninthemixtureofwaterandchemicalsthesechipsarepressure35..Laterpulp isbleachedandpumped into amoving36____________ screen.When thepulptravels down the screen, 37. ____________ is drained away and recycled. The semidry 38.____________ is passed through heated dryer to remove the remaining water. 39.

_____________paperiswoundintolargerollswhoseweightisaround40._______________tons.

AnswerSheetforListeningTest-3

ListeningTest3

AnswersSectionOne 1.Go/Goboardgame 2.China 3.Japan4.Indoorgame 5.Outdoorgame 6.WinningTerritory7.Two 8.black&White 9.Winner10.Sevenmillion SectionTwo 11.Power 12.Place 13.Whiteelephant14.Intelligence 15.stampede 16.watergames17.trained 18.folk 19.rhythm20.Initiative 21.beat 22.toandfro23.likes 24.dislikes 25.birth26.Delivery SectionThree 27.Forestry 28.Debarking,chipping/Recycling 29.PulpPreparation 30.Paperformation 31.Paperfinishing SectionFour 32.trees 33.bark 34.wood35.cooked 36.wire 37.water38.web 39.Finished 40.25