Intonation Patterns

All levels57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: use list, contrast and clause intonation to structure long Part 3 answers so the listener always knows where you are.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Signposting with your voice

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Beyond Rise and Fall

    Read a 299-word text about Beyond Rise and Fall

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Intonation Signposts

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Intonation

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Complex Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Intonation in Extended Answers

    Role-play: You are in an IELTS Part 3 discussion. Use advanced intonation patterns to structure your answers. (3 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your signposting mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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on the one hand... on the other handnot only... but alsofirstly... secondly... finallywhereasalthoughin other words

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