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IELTS Multiple Choice Listening Practice Lesson

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Vocabulary:

various - разнообразный
over - более

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A multiple choice listening practice lesson for IELTS about a volunteer conservation program. Conservation and wildlife topics are typical in not only IELTS listening but also reading, writing and speaking. Read the multiple choice tips before tackling the listening questions. Tips for MC Questions

1. The key to multiple choice questions is to spot the difference between the options given.

2. You will probably hear words from all options.

3. Don't try to match words - aim for meaning.

4. Your task is to locate the keyword(s) that will help you find the right answer.

5. Keep listening after you choose your answer in case the speaker adds more information that changes the answer.

6. Be ready to move to the next question - do this by keeping an eye on the keywords for the next question.

Read the questions first and then play the recording. In the real IELTS test, you can listen only once. The recording audio is given below the questions. Multiple Choice Questions: 1-5: Complete the statements below by choosing the correct letter. Question 1: The volunteer program relates to....

a) all kinds of turtles.

b) only Olive Ridley turtles.

c) various kinds of turtles.

Question 2: Volunteers can join the program for ....

a) as long as they want.

b) no more than 12 weeks.

c) one week.

Question 3: Accommodation is ....

a) luxury with a local family.

b) with a local family in the best house.

c) basic with a local family.

Question 4: Volunteers must be ...

a) individuals of 18 years old.

b) individuals or groups with experience.

c) over the age of 18 but do not need experience.

Question 5: Volunteers will ...

a) clear the beach of rubbish.

b) relocate baby turtles.

c) help adult turtles move along the beach.

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Notice: The information from this listening exercise is actually based on a real conservation program that helps turtles in Costa Rica. It sounds fantastic! Take a look: Costa Rica Turtle Conservation Program for Volunteers. Always check details with their site because the details above have been adapted for my listening lesson. For me personally, I just love turtles and had to make this lesson 🙂

Answers

The answers and transcript are available to check on the link below: Click here: Answers & Transcript to Turtle Lesson

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IELTS Multiple Choice Listening Practice Lesson

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A multiple choice listening practice lesson for IELTS about a volunteer conservation program. Conservation and wildlife topics are typical in not only IELTS listening but also reading, writing and speaking. Read the multiple choice tips before tackling the listening questions. Tips for MC Questions The key to multiple choice questions is to spot the difference between the options given.

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Desertification Reading Exercise & Useful Vocab

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Desertification Reading Exercise & Useful Vocab

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Vocabulary:

overgrazing - чрезмерный выпас
famine - голод
infertility - неплодородие; бесплодие, бесплодность

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Reading lesson on Desertification to develop ideas and vocabulary for IELTS. This lesson will provide you with ideas and vocabulary for IELTS writing task 2, speaking part 3 and the reading test.

Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife. It is caused by a variety of factors, such as climate change and human activities. Desertification is a significant global ecological and environmental problem.
Questions 1 - 8
Match each paragraph below to a title from the list. Not all letters will be used.

A) Overgrazing

B) Mass migration

C) Overpopulation

D) Polluted drinking water

E) Famine

F) Extinction of species

G) Deforestation

H) Poverty

I) Unsustainable agriculture techniques

J) Soil infertility

Reading Passage: Desertification Causes and Effects
Causes of Desertification
1) Trees are being cut down at much larger scale than ever before to be used as fuel, to provide products we use in our daily life, or to simply create more space for agriculture to sustain growing human population. Once the trees and other vegetation in an area are gone, there is nothing left to hold the soil in place.

2) Our planet's ecosystems sustain life only when balanced. They can cope with incremental challenges and adapt but beyond a certain tipping point they collapse. A rapid increase in the number of people demands higher amounts of natural resources and expands more and more over the landscape, leading to increased desertification.

3) Improper irrigation methods used in arid areas, such as canal irrigation, lead to a buildup of salt in the soil and make it difficult for crops and other plants to grow, increasing desertification. Similarly harmful is cultivation of already deteriorated lands. Through inconsiderate farming methods, farmers only speed up the process of desertification in exchange for poor quality crops with low economic value.

4) In arid regions, grass and other vegetation is necessary to keep the soil in place. If such vegetation is used as feed for cattle without sustainable control, there is nothing that remains to prevent soil from blowing or washing away, and if this process occurs long enough, it can lead to desertification.
Effects of Desertification
5) As desertification occurs, the soil can be blown or washed away, and valuable soil nutrients are lost. As the soil dries out, it hardens and it becomes difficult for any rainfall that does occur to penetrate below the soil's surface. And what remains left is a lifeless pile of dust instead of a life-giving medium.

6) Due to drought conditions and a loss of productive land, local people find themselves and their livestock experiencing starvation.

7) Desertification events have been a major driver behind the movement of large human populations throughout history. When soils are not able to support their civilisation, people set on the move to look for better locations.

8) Species that once lived in a fertile and productive climate may not survive in a newly desertified region.
Answers
The answers are now available for this reading lesson. Click below for Answers:

Please remember that in the real IELTS test, if you are asked to write a letter, you must write the letter and not the word. Always following instructions very carefully for IELTS.

1. G
Deforestation. Keywords: Trees are being cut down

2. C
Overpopulation. Keywords: A rapid increase in the number of people

3. I
Unsustainable agriculture techniques. Keywords: Improper irrigation methods / inconsiderate farming methods

4. A
Overgrazing. Keywords: feed for cattle without sustainable control

5. J
Soil infertility. Keywords: valuable soil nutrients are lost / soil dries out / lifeless pile of dust

6. E
Famine. Keywords: people find themselves and their livestock experiencing starvation.

7. B
Mass migration. Keywords: movement of large human populations

8. F
Extinction of species. Keywords: Species ...................... may not survive ...

All reading exercises on ieltsliz.com have been designed by myself to help you prepare for your IELTS test.
All the best

Liz

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Desertification Reading Exercise & Useful Vocab

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Reading lesson on Desertification to develop ideas and vocabulary for IELTS. This lesson will provide you with ideas and vocabulary for IELTS writing task 2, speaking part 3 and the reading test. Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.

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Present Perfect Continuous guessing game | TEFLtastic

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Present Perfect Continuous and jobs Guess the changes | TEFLtastic

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Present Perfect Continuous and jobs Guess the changes | TEFLtastic

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IELTS Listening Diagrams Practice & Tips

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IELTS Listening Diagrams Practice & Tips

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Vocabulary:

probe - зонд
to be situated - быть расположенным
composition - состав

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Useful practice and tips for IELTS Listening Diagram Labelling Questions. IELTS listening diagrams can come in any section of the IELTS listening test. You will be presented with a visual diagram requiring you to either label parts of the diagram or complete notes in the diagram. It is important that you prepare for this type of IELTS listening question. Please note that the lessons below are not tests, they are practice lessons for IELTS listening diagrams.

1. In your IELTS listening test, you can listen only once. There is no pause button.

2. Different question types will have different instructions - pay attention to this! Word count!

3. Read the questions carefully before listening. You will need to develop speed reading for this.

4. Pay attention to keywords given in the diagram- they will help you find the answers.

5. The information in the diagram will be presented in a logical order. Follow the order.

6. Locate the question numbers on the diagram.

7. The numbers will come in order in the listening test.

8. Be ready for words to be paraphrased from the diagram.

9. Note what kind of answer you are listening for: noun, verb, adj, number etc.

10. When you check your answers for these lessons, always listen to the recording and read the transcript again for more practice.

Read questions and review diagram before listening. Download pdf questions & diagram here: IELTS Listening Diagram Mars Probe
Questions 1 - 3
Complete the sentences using no more than one word and/or a number.

1. The Insight probe will investigate Mars' ..................

2. The probe is currently situated near Mars' ..............

3. Scientists aim to learn about Mars' composition from its core to its ...........

Questions 4 - 7
Complete the diagram below using no more than two words and/or numbers.

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Diagram: Insight Lander

Source: Both diagram and article are from BBC NEWS

Answers & Transcript
Please click below to reveal vocabulary, transcript and answers:

VocabBuilder

plunge = dive, decent

vast = enormous

plain = large area of flat land without obstacles such as large rocks

core = centre

crust = hard outer layer of something

seismometer = an instrument that measures movement such as earthquakes

orbits = circles (vb)

pointers = clues

circular = round

deploy = move into position

Transcript

Use the transcript below to check your answers, make a note of useful tips and paraphrases and also improve your pronunciation by listening to the recording and reading the transcript at the same time.

The US space agency Nasa has landed a new robot on Mars, otherwise known as the Red Planet. after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface., The Insight probe aims to study the world's deep interior, and make it the only planet - apart from Earth - that has been examined in this way. Insight is now sitting on a vast, flat plain, close to the Red Planet's equator. This will be the first probe to dedicate its investigations to understanding Mars' interior. Scientists want to know how the world is constructed - from its core to its crust.

Looking at the functions of the Insight probe shown on the diagram, we can see that at the top there is a robotic arm which places instruments such as the seismometer on the planet's surface. Attached to the arm is an instrument monitoring camera. On the main body of the probe there are sensors for both temperature and wind as well as a rise antenna. This measures the movement of Mars' North Pole as it orbits the sun giving pointers about the iron-rich centre of the planet and hopefully more information about the composition and size of the planet's core. On either side of the main body of the probe are two large circular solar panels which were deployed immediately on landing to operate its systems and warm equipment in the sub-zero temperatures on the planet . To delve deep into the ground and measure the planet's temperature, there is a heat flow probe that will penetrate to a depth of 5m or 16ft.

Answers have been written using all capital letters - this is recommended for both reading and listening answers.

1. INTERIOR

2. EQUATOR

3. CRUST

4. ROBOTIC ARM

5. TEMPERATURE WIND

1. It is not necessary to use a comma - punctuation is not required in IELTS listening answers. Although using a comma is still acceptable.

2. Writing the word "and" would make the answer incorrect for two reasons: 1) there is a word limit of max two words 2) the word "and" is already given in the diagram and cannot be part of the answer.

3. Both words are necessary for one point. There are no half points.

6. SOLAR PANELS

1. You must have the "s" on panels or the answer will be marked wrong.

2. You cannot write "circular solar panels" because that is three words and the limit is two words. Also the word "circular" is purely descriptive to help the reader identify the solar panels on the diagram - it is not a word that makes up the compound noun.

7. 5 16

1. You must have both numbers for one point. If one number is wrong, the whole answer is marked wrong.

2. See above about using commas.

3. You should not put "m" or "ft" or use brackets () with the numbers because that is already given on the diagram. Your task is to write down what is missing.

4. Note that the instructions for questions 1-3 and the instructions for 4-7 are not the same. Please check them again about the limit for numbers written in answers.

All the best

Liz

For more listening lessons and tips, go to the RED BAR at the top of the website. You will also find practice lessons for labelling maps in IELTS listening.

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Work Topic for IELTS Speaking Part 1 Vocabulary

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Work Topic for IELTS Speaking Part 1 Vocabulary

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as a rule - как правило
the head of the department - глава отдела
lately - в последнее время
to try to do - пытаться сделать что-то (сложное, требующее усилий)
to try doing - пробовать сделать что-то (в качестве эксперимента)
to get on well with - ладить с
to get acquainted with - знакомиться с
responsibilities - обязанности

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IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics & Questions

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IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics & Questions

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IELTS speaking part 1 topics and questions. Prepare for your test by developing ideas for topics and practicing answering questions. There is a download link at the bottom of the page for the list of topics. These topics will be used most years and most are currently in use in 2023.

A face to face interview with the examiner (4-5 minutes)
12 Questions based on 3 Topics

Questions about yourself, your life and your country

Below is a list of topics and questions that the examiner can ask you in part 1 of the IELTS speaking test. You should prepare ideas for these topics but not memorise whole answers. Your answers should be natural when you speak in the test. Prepare your daily life, your recent memories, your childhood memories, your opinions, popular things in your country etc. Remember - part 1 is all about you and your country.

These four topics are the most common in IELTS speaking part 1. You should prepare ideas and practice answering these questions. You are VERY LIKELY to get one of these four for your first topic.

What is your job?
Where do you work?
Why did you choose that job?
Is it a popular job in your country?
Do you like your job?
Do you get on well with your colleagues?
What was your first day like?
What responsibilities do you have at work?
If you had the chance, would you change your job?
Do you plan to continue with your job in the future?

What do you study?
Where do you study that?
Why did you choose that subject?
Is it a popular subject in your country?
Do you like that subject?
Do you get on with your colleagues?
What was your first day like?
What are the main aspects of your subject?
If you had the chance, would you change subject?
Do you plan to get a job in the same field as your subject?

Where is your hometown?
Do you like your hometown?
Do you often visit your hometown?
What is your hometown like?
What is the oldest place in your hometown?
What is there for a foreigner to do or see in your hometown?
How could your hometown be improved?
Has your hometown changed much since you were a child?
Is there good public transportation in your hometown?
Do you think your hometown is a good place to bring up children?

Where is your home?
Do you live in a house or a flat?
Who do you live with?
Are there many rooms in your home?
What is your favourite room?
How are the walls decorated?
What would you change about your home?
Do you plan to live there in the future?
What facilities are there near your home?
What is your neighbourhood like?
Do most people live in houses in your country?

Do you usually celebrate your birthdays?
How did you celebrate your last birthday?
Which birthdays are the most important ones in your country?
Do you think children should celebrate their birthdays with a party?

How many foreign languages do you speak?
When did you start learning your first foreign language?
How many foreign languages do children in your country learn at school?
Do you think it is important to learn a foreign language?

Patience
Are you a patient person?
Do you ever get impatient?
When was the last time you lost your patience?
Which person in your family is the most patient?

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IELTS speaking part 1 topics and questions. Prepare for your test by developing ideas for topics and practicing answering questions. There is a download link at the bottom of the page for the list of topics. These topics will be used most years and most are currently in use in 2023.