Topic-Specific Vocabulary Sets

B2 · Upper-intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: build deep word banks for the four harder IELTS topics - crime, work, media and cities - and deploy each as a connected cluster in timed answers.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The hard-topic banks

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Going Deeper with Topic Vocabulary

    Read a 219-word text about Going Deeper with Topic Vocabulary

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: High-Impact Topic Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Topic Vocabulary in Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Topic Clusters

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Deploying Topic Vocabulary

    Role-play: Practice using topic-specific vocabulary clusters in Part 3 answers (2 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your cluster mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

deterrentgentrificationmisinformationgig economyrehabilitationinfrastructure

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