Lesson 9 · Lesson guide
Review: Building Better Sentences
Hello, my dear student!
Hello, my dear student!
You have finished Module 1. You can now name the job of every word, put words in the right order, make verbs agree with long subjects, ask both kinds of question, build word families, use natural word pairs, avoid the ten classic mistakes, and describe the whole Academic IELTS test.
This lesson is a review. Each part checks two or three lessons, and four parts are real IELTS practice: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. At the end you see an estimated band for each skill. It is a rough guide from a few questions, not an official score.
If a part feels hard, go back to that lesson and write the mistake in your mistake notebook. Then Module 2 will feel much easier.
See you in the exercises,Your teacher
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Module 1 in eight ideas
Lesson 1
Parts of speech
Noun (a thing or idea), verb (an action), adjective (describes a noun), adverb (describes a verb: how, when, how often).
- The careful (adj) student (noun) checks (verb) her answers carefully (adv).
Lesson 2
Word order
Subject → verb → object → place → time. Frequency adverbs before the main verb, after be. Nothing between the verb and its object.
- I often meet my friends in the park on Sundays.
- She is always on time.
Lesson 3
Subject–verb agreement
Find the real subject: the price of books is; the number of cars has; everyone knows; people are.
- The number of students has increased.
Lesson 4
Subject and object questions
Who called you? (no did: who is the subject). Who did you call? (did: who is the object).
- What happened?
- What did you say?
Lesson 5
Word families
develop → development → developing; danger → dangerous → dangerously. Ask which job the gap needs, then choose the ending.
- There was a sharp rise. = It rose sharply.
Lesson 6
Collocations
make a decision, do research, heavy traffic, pay attention, play a role, raise awareness.
- Parents play an important role in education.
Lesson 7
The ten mistakes
I agree; he or she; a / an; information; he goes; I am 20; really like; listen to; do you…?; better, not more better.
- My sister is a nurse. She works at night.
Lesson 8
Academic IELTS at a glance
Listening 30 min, Reading 60, Writing 60 (Task 1 ≥150 words, Task 2 ≥250), Speaking 11–14. Overall band = the average, rounded to a whole or half band.
- 5 + 4.5 + 4.5 + 4 = 18 → 18 ÷ 4 = band 4.5
Remember!
If an idea is not clear, open that lesson again: every lesson stays open.
Check yourself
Correct it: The cost of tickets are very high.
Ask about the subject: “Someone took my pen.”
make or do? ___ a mistake, ___ homework
Correct it: I like very much my city.
Now it’s your turn!
8 short parts, each a little harder than the one before. Take your time: mistakes are how we learn.
— Your teacher