Ielts 6 SRBK
Ielts 6 SRBK
Ielts 6 SRBK
1a
Success
Communication today
Test practice
b Read the first paragraph (A), and answer the
questions. 4 Complete the Test practice task.
1 Can you use sign language? The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A–G.
2 Do you know anyone else who can use sign
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from
language?
the list of headings below.
3 What might the sign in the picture mean?
EXPERT LANGUAGE
All the verb phrases in the box can be separated by a
noun or pronoun, except for one. Which one is it?
Test practice
Writing (Task 1)
3 a Look at the pie charts below and complete the
COURSEBOOK page 14, EXPERT WRITING page 192 introductory and overview sentences.
Ownership of phones
Introduction and overview in three different years 17%
1 Look at the sentences. Which ones are 35%
introductory sentences, and which ones are
overview sentences?
1 The graph shows how many books were bought 48%
by men and women between 1990 and 2010.
2 The pie charts compare household expenditure in 12%
the UK in 1960 and 2010.
3 In general, sales of cinema tickets fell, while sales 46%
of DVDs went up. May 2011
4 The table shows Brazil’s main exports and imports 42%
from January to December 2015.
5 It can be seen that, overall, spending on luxury 9%
goods by the 20- to 30-year-old group exceeded
that of other age groups. February 2012
35% 56%
EXPERT LANGUAGE
One word in these sentences means was greater than.
Which word is it? smartphone
different type of cell phone
2 a Look at the bar chart below and complete the no cell phone May 2013
introductory and overview sentences.
The pie charts show the 1 of people owning
Book sales a smartphone, a different type of cell phone, or no
30 cell phone, from 2 to 3 . Over that
conventional books e-books period, 4 ownership rose considerably, while
25 ownership in both the other groups 5 .
b Answer the questions about the details of the pie
20 charts. Use words and/or numbers.
Sales ($billion)
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COURSEBOOK page 16, EXPERT GRAMMAR page 173 after after that before by then in 1874 in 1896
in the same year now subsequently then
Past simple 1 Which words/phrases refer to a specific time?
2 Which words/phrases mean next?
3 Which word has the opposite meaning to after?
4 Which word means at the time of speaking?
5 Which phrase could be used to describe two
events that happened last year?
b Complete the text with the words/phrases in the
box.
after the war before by then in 1920 subsequently
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The media 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
agencies audience broadcast content events issues journalists views
6 5
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Lead-in
1 Answer the questions.
1 How often do you send letters or parcels through 5 Use the words/phrases in the box to describe the
the post? figures (A–E) in words and numbers.
2 Do you use the postal service more often or less almost approximately exactly (just) over
often than you did five years ago? (just) under more than
3 What kind of items do you mostly receive through
the post? A 3 billion B 21 billion C 21.8 billion
D 99.4 billion E 42 billion
Understand the task 6 Answer the questions about the details of the
2 Look at the title and the axes of the graph below. graph. Use words as well as numbers.
Which overview sentence would be better for 1 How many personal bills and payments were
describing it? Why? delivered in 2000?
A The graph shows items delivered by the postal 2 How many mass advertising items were delivered
service from 2000 to 2013. in 2013?
B The graph shows how many items of three 3 How many personal letters were delivered in 2000?
different types were delivered during a thirteen- 4 How many personal letters were delivered in 2007?
year period by the postal service.
Items delivered by the postal service, Test practice
2000–2013
TEST STRATEGY
100
When you do the test task, you only have 20 minutes
mass advertisements
80 to complete it, so include the most important details
from the graph or chart, rather than all of the details. In
60 addition, the examiners want to see that you recognise
Billion
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