2025-03-25

IELTS 1-1

  • Lesson Aims

    • Listing Mock Test 6 from Practice Tests Plus
    • Speaking Mock Test 1 from IELTS Trainer

  • Homework

    • Pearson Practice Tests Plus
      • Continue with reading tasks
    • Continue in Grammar for IELTS or
    • Vocabulary for IELTS

  • Language Spotlight

    • It didn’t affect me bad.
      • It didn’t affect me badly/negatively.
    • He convinced me to like sports cars.
      • got me into
    • So, I can tell he influenced me in good ways only.
      • X I can tell you …
      • In summary, he was a positive influence on me.
    • The problem is when they get it from their parents.
      • The issue revolves around children gaining access to such devices before they’re developmentally ready.
    • The tablet is displaying some animated movie with very bright different colors.
      • Tablets are so attractive with their endless variety of brightly colored animations and games that …

  • They can get rid of the shouting kid with giving him the tablet.

    • Some parents don’t seem to have the parenting skills to know how to deal with an emotional child and so give them the device to calm them down.
      • (pacifier–dummy)
    • They can calm the kid down by giving them a tablet.

  • When they act professional.

    • strict
    • demanding but not mean

  • It was made in Tokyo as in the title.

    • … as the title informs

  • It’s about some mafia actions.

    • mafia activities