Cycle Diagrams

B1 · Intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe a continuous cycle — declare a starting point, link every stage, and bring the description back to where it began.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: A process with no beginning

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Describing a process that never ends

    Read a 180-word text about Describing a process that never ends

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Cycle Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 description

    Read a 284-word text about The finished Band 7 description

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Cycle Descriptions

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Cycle Stages

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Close the loop yourself

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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