2025-03-04

  • Lesson Aims

    • Speaking full test
  • Materials

    • Expert IELTS 7.5
      • pages 78, 84-85; 110, 116-117; 142, 148-149 (Writing Part 1)
    • IELTS Resource Pack
      • Similar or Different (Speaking Part 1)
      • Two Minute Talks (Speaking Part 2)
      • Interview Practice (Speaking Part 3)
  • Plan

    • Check HW
      • Grammar For IELTS
        • units 1-4
      • Expert IELTS 7.5
        • Writing Part 1
          • pages 78, 84-85; 110, 116-117; 142, 148-149
  • Homework

    • Grammar For IELTS
      • units 1-4
    • Vocabulary for IELTS
      • (extra)
    • IELTS Expert
      • 142, 148-149 (writing)
  • Language Spotlight

    • Grammar
      • DETERMINER: you must have a determiner before a noun: an article, quantifier (some, many, none)
      • Articles: articles are used before nouns
      • a/an = indefinite article (first time mentioned | unless very obvious) (only singular)
      • The = definite article (second and subsequent times mentioned | or very obvious) (both singular and plural)
      • Zero article
    • Writing 1
      • original
        • The graph shows relation between level of education and percentage of employment in United Kingdom. Graph has categories like four different levels of education and years between 1995 and 2025. In first 5 years employment of people with high school certificate or no certificate dropped slightly, but employment of other two groups increased a bit. Then, in 1995 data started to form sharper line corresponding  to the bachelor’s degree, it increased sharply, but after 5 years it dropped and started to be less percentage than data corresponding to the master’s degree. In 2005, right after master’s degree had overtaken bachelor’s degree on the graph, it rocketed to level of around 22% in year 2010. After that percentage of employment of people with master’s degrees was increasing slightly to these days, but percentage of employment of people with bachelor’s degrees was fluctuating to end in year 2025 with around 13%. In all of the years percentage of employment of people with high school degree and no degree was dropping really slightly  to end in year 2025 with level below 0%.
      • updated version
        • The graph shows the relationship between the level of education and the percentage of employment in the United Kingdom. There are four different categories representing four different levels of education and period of years between 1995 and 2025. In the first 5 years, the employment of people with high school certificates or without one dropped slightly, however the employment of the other two groups increased slightly. Then, in 1995 the trend started to rise sharply corresponding to the bachelor’s degrees. However,  after 5 years there was a drop in the percentage as compared to master’s degrees. In 2005, right after master’s degree had overtaken bachelor’s degrees on the graph, it rocketed to around 22% in 2010. After that, the percentage of people in the workforce with master’s degrees started increasing slightly to the present day, but the percentage of people working with bachelor’s degrees was fluctuating until the end of 2025, finishing at around 13%. Throughout the span of the graph, the percentage of workers with high school degrees and those who hadn’t graduated was dropping slightly towards the end of 2025, ending with a level below 0%.
    • Writing 2
      • original
        • The bar graph shows information about number of air passengers in eight countries, where transport by plane is the most  popular. Data is expressed in thousands and for every mentioned country there are numbers for years 2014, 2024 and 2034.
        • It can be seen, that flying by plane was and still is getting more common in evere country on the chart. Place, where number of aircraft passengers is the highest in every year is North America, then Asia, South America and Europe respectively. Through the time people are getting less afraid of using this type of moving around. Predictions of the future numbers shows, that in most countries on the bar chart number of passengers can even double, but in such places as United Kingdom or France the numbers are getting higher slowly. In year 2014 there were around 1.3 million air passengers in USA, in 2024 almost 2 millions and it is expected to increase to around 2.7 million by 2034. Country, where least people used aircrafts in 2014 was Mexico with score approximitely 700 thousands of passengers, but it is expected to double by year 2034.
        • The statistics look almost the same in Canada, USA and China, a bit lower numbers were scored by the Brazil and Sudi Arabia, then with around 1.1 million of passengers in 2024 is Mexico. United Kingdom and France have the lowest statistics.
        • In conclusion, we can see, that USA has the most aircraft passengers and United Kingdom has the least. Based on this chart it is seen that air crusies are getting popular in every country mentioned.
      • updated version
        • The bar graph shows information about the number of airline passengers in eight countries. The unit of measurement represents a thousand passengers and for every mentioned country there are three colored bars representing the years 2014, 2024 and 2034.
        • It can be seen, that flying by plane was and still is getting more common in every country on the chart. The place with the highest number of travelers every year is North America, followed by Asia, South America and then Europe respectively. Over time, people are getting less afraid of using this means of transport. Projections of future figures show that in most countries on the bar chart, the number of flight takers can even double, however, in such places as the United Kingdom or France there is a slight increase in the numbers. In 2014 there were around 1.3 million air passengers in the USA, in 2024 almost 2 million and it is expected to increase to around 2.7 million by 2034. The country where the least amount of people used aircrafts in 2014 was Mexico, with a figure of approximately 700 thousand airline users, but it is expected to double by 2034.
        • The statistics look similar in Canada, the USA and China, though lower numbers were recorded by Brazil and Sudi Arabia, followed by Mexico with around 1.1 million passengers in 2024. The United Kingdom and France had the lowest recorded users of planes.
        • In conclusion, we can see that the USA had the most aircraft passengers, while the United Kingdom had the least. Based on this chart it can be concluded that commuting by air is getting popular in every country mentioned.
    • Speaking
      • In free time we hang out driving a car to more interesting places.
        • In our free time we take drive around or take road trips to explore interesting places.
      • Or maybe meet in my fathers X.
        • Or maybe meet in my fathers office.
      • I think exams couldn’t really show what is level of knowledge of people.
        • I think exams can’t ‘really’ show what level someone is/has.
      • It depends of what subjects of tests will be.
        • It depends on what subjects will be tested.

2025-02-27

  • Lesson Aims

    • Speaking
      • Part 2
    • Grammar
      • synonyms
      • prefixes
      • word formation
      • paraphrasing
    • Writing
      • Part 1
  • Materials

  • Homework

    • Grammar For IELTS

    • Expert IELTS

      • Writing Part 1
        • pages 78, 84-85; 110, 116-117; 142, 148-149
    • Optional Vocabulary Enrichment

  • Language Spotlight

    • Part 2 Speaking
      • My grandparents were there for several times.
        • My grandparents were there several times.
      • Me and my family went there last year.
        • My family and I went there last year.
      • The road is well done.
        • There’s not a single pothole–it’s in perfect condition.
      • We were using some swimming pools.
        • We took some time to stop at resorts to enjoy their swimming pools.
      • My parents were in second family car.
        • My parents were in a second family car.
        • My parents were in another family car.
    • Grammar
      • Word Formation
        • accessible
          • access
        • digital
          • digitize
        • easy
        • informative
          • inform
        • legal
          • lealize
        • simple
          • simplify
        • valuable
          • value
        • various
          • vary
    • Vocabulary
      • graphs
        • downward
        • fluctuate
        • subsequent
        • graph
        • peak
        • throughout
        • steady
        • trend
        • hover
        • stable
        • average
        • level
        • approximate
        • meanwhile
        • upward
        • chart
        • lowpoint
        • halve
        • plummet
        • period
        • onwards
        • rocket
        • exceed
        • alter
        • decline
        • figure
      • other
        • likelihood
        • vary

2025-02-25

  • Lesson Aims

    • Needs assessment
    • Get to know each other
    • Get to know the exam
    • Speaking practice
      • Mock speaking
  • Materials

    • Cambridge Guide to IELTS
    • Expert IELTS 7.5
      download
  • Homework

    • Download the coursebook above.
      • Language development and vocabulary
        • pages 13 and 16
      • Writing Part 1
        • pages 14 and 20-21
          • If not for Thursday then for Tuesday: look over the pages and write one piece of writing from either page.
  • Language Spotlight

    • Speaking Part 1
      • I created there few really strong relations.
        • I formed a few really strong relationships there.
      • I had very nice English teacher there.
        • I had a wonderful English teacher there.
      • She had a lot of energy to teach us there to school.
        • She was full of energy when teaching us at school.
      • Everyone know each other.
        • Everyone knows each other.
      • I often meet people I know. UP
        • I frequently run into familiar faces.
      • The teacher didn’t know how to do some tasks from the book. UP
        • The teacher struggled with completing some tasks from the book.
      • I got 2 percent.
        • I scored 2 percent.
      • I learnt myself.
        • I learned it myself.
      • The popular type of buildings is block of flats.
        • Blocks of flats are a popular type of building.
          • detached house
          • semi-detached house
          • terraced housing
      • Block of flats has the problem that the neighbours hear everything.
        • Block of flats has the problem that the neighbours hear everything.
      • Now I live in house.
        • Now I live in a house.
      • I have to do some things on my garden.
        • I have responsibilities around my garden.
      • On the picture it seems not as big as it really is in real life.
        • In the picture, it appears smaller than it actually is in real life.
      • They light it up in blue color.
        • They illuminate it in blue.
        • It is lit up in blue.
        • They light it up in blue.
  • Speaking Part 2
    • I read the interesting story.
      • I read an interesting story.
        • (indefinite articles)
    • … about people gives opinions about connections between these two things.
    • One interesting opinion about the connection between these two things is the speed of light.
      • One interesting opinion shared about the connection between these two things was that …
  • Speaking Part 3
    • The place where people get their news is often strong related to politics.
      • The place where people get their news is often strongly related to politics.
        • An adverb should be used to modify the verb instead of an adjective.
      • classified ad
    • We people have to/need to have the choice.
      • We have to have the choice.
    • A good newspaper contain many different sections.
      • A good newspaper contains many different sections.
      • PARAPHRASE
        • A quality newspaper includes a variety of sections.
    • to throw away your newspaper
      • The newspaper flies away because of the wind.