Man-Made Processes

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 14 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe an industrial process from raw material to dispatch — manufacturing verbs, linking structures, and a complete finished model to copy.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: From raw material to dispatch

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The language of manufacturing

    Read a 217-word text about The language of manufacturing

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Manufacturing Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 description

    Read a 267-word text about The finished Band 7 description

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Manufacturing Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Manufacturing Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Processes to Descriptions

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Describe a Manufacturing Process

    Role-play: Your IELTS tutor asks you to practise describing a manufacturing process orally before writing it. (4 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your factory, described

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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