Maps & Spatial Change

B1 · Intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe how a place has changed between two maps — varied change verbs, a location in every sentence, and an overview that zooms out.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Two maps, one story

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What map questions are really testing

    Read a 275-word text about What map questions are really testing

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Map Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 description

    Read a 291-word text about The finished Band 7 description

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Map Description Practice

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Map Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your town, then and now

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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