Test health vocabulary - dictation and collocations

1.

June 22nd
Test health vocabulary - dictation and collocations
Practise speaking part 2 - range of tenses, one
minute’s prep.
Discuss listening - spelling, prediction, confidence
Discuss reading (for homework) - scan/skim

2.

spelling
poisoning he suffer from/ he’s got food poisoning
transplant
system
diet a low-fat diet; a crash diet
allergy an allergy to red food; to insect bites
to undergo treatment, surgery
a procedure
to have an operation

3.

Describe a time that you (or someone
you know) were hurt
• Say: where you were and what you
were doing
• what happened
• what you or other people did to help

4.

IELTS Listening marking schemes
For the listening test, which contains 40 questions, the approximate band scores can be calculated using this table.
Band Score
Score / 40
9
8.5
8
7.5
7
39-40 37-38 35-36 32-34 30-31
6.5
6
5.5
5
4.5
4
3.5
3 2.5
26-29 23-25 18-22 16-17 13-15 10-12 8-10 6-7 4-5
IELTS Academic Reading marking schemes
For the academic reading test, which also contains 40 questions, but is more difficult, the approximate band scores can be calculated using this table.
Band Score
Score / 40
9
39-40
8.5
37-38
8
35-36
7.5
33-34
7
30-32
6.5
27-29
6
23-26
5.5
19-22
5
15-18
4.5
13-14
4
10-12
3.5
8-9
3
6-7
2.5
4-5

5.

new vocabulary
to get away with + noun/ -ing
He/She gets away with murder
social media is blocked
to share information; to pass on information to (a rival company)
it doesn’t affect my work
I get through my work quickly = to get to the end
to clock in and clock out
to work for yourself; to be self-employed
to have/run a business= a company
to do business with someone = to do a deal
to be your own boss
to be freelance; a freelance worker
you see (instead of ‘you know’)
brain shower brain storm?

6.

Describe a practical skill you learned recently.
You
should say:
What it was
When you learned it
Why you learned it
And how you felt about it
Describe an environmental problem that has occurred in your country.
You should say:
The cause of the problem
What effect it has had on your country
The steps, if any, that have been taken to solve this
Explain why you think this problem is so important to solve.
Describe a favorite piece of clothing.
You
should say:
what the item is
how often you wear it
why you like it.

7.

speaking
You can deviate from the subject on the card, but
you must explain what you are doing and why.
the second thing is that … - nice
idioms: I sleep like a log I’m (almost) deaf as a
post (I can only hear in one ear; one of my ears
doesn’t work; I only have hearing in one ear)
hurry - I’m usually in a hurry; I always have to rush

8.

pronunciation
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemic-chart-andapp/interactive-phonemic-chart-british-english/
http://www.phonemicchart.com

9.

grammar
mistake
grammar area
it drive me crazy
S
these things our company do are
company does
I think it will be better to be self-employed
would
I think you would really interested
would be
the best way would to do
would be to
I listened it
listen to

10.

grammar
mistake
correction and comment
it was happened to me
it happened to me
if I had not do it, I would have had good
eyesight
had done
I do bonfire
make a bonfire
I got to hospital
I ended up in hospital

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homework
Reading: Singapore text - I’ll send
Vocabulary unit 8;
Continue with listening practice