Dynamic vs Static Descriptions

B2 · Upper-intermediate47 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: pick the right verbs and tenses instantly — change-over-time language for trends, proportion language for snapshots.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Snapshot or story?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Dynamic vs Static Data

    Read a 117-word text about Dynamic vs Static Data

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Dynamic and Static Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Tense Errors

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Dynamic and Static Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 4 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the speed round

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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