Describing Changes and Trends

B1 · Intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe change at Band 6 — 'used to', present perfect and trend vocabulary working together in then-vs-now answers for all three parts of the test.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Then and now

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Talking About Changes and Trends

    Read a 296-word text about Talking About Changes and Trends

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Change & Trend Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Change Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Sentences About Change

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Discussing Changes Practice

    Role-play: Practice answering IELTS questions about changes and trends (6 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: three changes, full toolkit

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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graduallydramaticallyshifttrenddeclinetransform

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