Adding Depth to Simple Topics

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 4 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 8 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: turn the most ordinary Part 1 questions - breakfast, weekends, your flat - into layered Band 7 answers using the four-layer technique.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Boring questions, layered answers

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Elevating Simple Questions

    Read a 335-word text about Elevating Simple Questions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Depth-Adding Expressions

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: From Flat to Layered

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Layering Technique

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Building Layered Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Depth Practice

    Role-play: Practice transforming simple Part 1 questions into layered, sophisticated responses (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your layering mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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