Practice: Full Task 1 Response

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: plan, write and review a complete Task 1 report under exam conditions — with a Band 6 vs Band 7 contrast of the same table to calibrate your eye.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The complete performance

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The four-paragraph machine

    Read a 259-word text about The four-paragraph machine

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Paraphrasing and Linking Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Common Task 1 Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Building a Model Response

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Planning a Task 1 Response

    Role-play: Your tutor is helping you plan a Task 1 response before you write it. (4 lines)

  6. Reading10 min

    Reading: Band 6 vs Band 7: the same report

    Read a 531-word text about Band 6 vs Band 7: the same report

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The final timed write

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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