Sophisticated Comparison Language

B2 · Upper-intermediate47 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe data with Band 7 precision — hedging, approximation and multipliers instead of bare numbers.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Beyond bare numbers

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Advanced Comparison Techniques

    Read a 141-word text about Advanced Comparison Techniques

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Advanced Comparison Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Advanced Comparison Practice

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Basic to Advanced

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: four devices, four sentences

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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manifoldtwofold/threefoldmarginalpronouncednegligiblecommensurate

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