Timed Practice

B1 · Intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: write a complete 150+ word Task 1 report inside 20 minutes — the clock plan, a Band 7 model of the practice chart, and a fully timed mission.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Twenty minutes on the clock

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Spending your twenty minutes

    Read a 270-word text about Spending your twenty minutes

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Quick Reference Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Sentence Completion

    Gap-fill exercise, 4 items

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 report

    Read a 292-word text about The finished Band 7 report

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The full twenty minutes

    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.

witnessedunderwentsubsequentprecedingwherebywhereas

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