Comparative Cue Cards

B2 · Upper-intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: handle 'how has it changed' cue cards - paint the past, describe the change with precise degree language, and end with a judgement.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Before, after, and how much

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Comparison Cue Cards

    Read a 199-word text about Comparison Cue Cards

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Comparison Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Comparison Errors

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Comparison Practice

    Role-play: Practice describing change in Part 2 (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your comparison mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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