Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

All levels1 hr 7 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: build your personal error profile across the five band-costing mistakes, study a completed Band 5.5 to Band 7 transformation, and cut your own mistake tally in half — live.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Your personal error profile

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Mistakes That Cost Bands

    Read a 373-word text about Mistakes That Cost Bands

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Precision Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished answer: from Band 5.5 to Band 7

    Read a 314-word text about The finished answer: from Band 5.5 to Band 7

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Spot and Fix the Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Choose the Better Answer

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Before and After Practice

    Role-play: Practise transforming weak answers into strong, band-boosting responses. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: beat your own tally

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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