Daily English Listening - Appearance Vocabulary - High Level Listening Disheveled "Disheveled" by Mark and Kat. 1. Disheveled 00:582. Scruffy 00:493. Welcome to our Daily English Listening Practice with this week’s series: Appearance Vocabulary This is the second piece of a 5-part series with listening practice to help you use your new appearance vocabulary from the first time you hear it! Please listen to the audio files for explanations. Transcripts unavailable. Notes from the Audio Files Scruffy ** informal Lookin’ a bit scruffyI’ve let myself go: I’m not working on my appearance How to use it: “I’m pretty sure Tom didn’t even bother to go home last night as he’s still in his office and looking really scruffy.” Disheveled Walk of shame: wearing the same clothes the next day after a long night out How to use it: “He walked in looking really disheveled; I think he got into a fight at the bar.” To Go Grey / To Go Bald Silver fox: a good looking grey-haired personThey rocked it: They showed a lot of confidence and embraced a problemGet rid of it: Remove it Puffy Eyes
takeielts.britishcouncil You will be allowed 1 hour to complete two tasks in the IELTS General Training Writing test. The two parts of this practice Writing test are presented on two separate web pages. Make sure you move swiftly from one page to the next so that your practice is as realistic as possible. If you prefer to work offline, download the test paper. In the actual test you will do your writing in an answer booklet. The total time allowed for the IELTS General Training Writing test is 60 minutes. Time yourself and allow just one hour to complete both parts. Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. Writing task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on task 1 write in a personal, semi-formal or formal stylewrite at least 150 words Writing task 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on task 2 give reasons for your answer and include examples from your own knowledge or experiencewrite at least 250 words Instructions to candidates In the actual test you will be given the following instructions: Review
takeielts.britishcouncil Follow this Reading test advice, and make sure you understand how to respond to ‘completion’ type questions. It is essential that you write your answers on the answer sheet. Nothing you write on the question paper will be marked. You may write your answers on the question paper and transfer them to the answer sheet before the end of the test if you like. You must write your answers in pencil. Make the most of your Reading test: Making the right choices: ‘Lean On Me’ – On the same page Every word in the song “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers has been written into a grid with some distractors. Starting in the upper left corner, students complete the lyrics choosing one of the words available right next to the last word in any direction and using each square only once. To guide them through the process, the writing worksheet provides students with a few words in each line, including the first ones, which are also capitalised in the grid for easier reference. Students will be practising a number of skills as they make their choices. Before listening to the song and checking the lyrics, students are asked to write down and share what they think the last line of the song is, adding an extra purpose to the listening task. Lean on me.pdf Kim Henrie from Canada has sent her ideas on how to use this activity and a few changes she made. Mystery Song_Lean On Me.doc Mystery Song_Lean On Me.pdf Mystery Song_Lean On Me_Key.doc Mystery Song_Lean On Me_Key.pdf Like this: Like Loading...
Practice Test by Margaret Matthews Choose a paper. Academic reading Choose a Reading passage to download. Reading passage 1 (PDF, 217KB) Reading passage 2 (PDF, 178KB) Reading passage 3 (PDF, 210KB) Reading passage answers (PDF, 129KB) Listening Choose a Listening section to download. Listening section 1 (PDF, 208KB) | audio (MP3, 1758KB) answers and tapescript (PDF, 152KB) Listening section 2 (PDF, 202KB) | audio (MP3, 1757KB) answers and tapescript (PDF, 167KB) Listening section 3 (PDF, 130KB) | audio (MP3, 1789KB) answers and tapescript (PDF, 152KB) Listening section 4 (PDF, 130KB) | audio (MP3, 1793KB) answers and tapescript (PDF, 150KB) Speaking Parts 1,2, and 3 (PDF, 129KB) Academic writing Choose a Writing task to download.
takeielts.britishcouncil Follow this Listening test advice, and make sure you understand how to respond to 'completion' type questions. You will be given time to read through the questions before you listen. You will hear each recording of the Listening test only once. As you listen, write your answers on the question paper. It is essential that you transfer your answers to the answer sheet. Make the most of your Listening test: Podcasts to help English learners practise listening Do your students want more listening practice? Aoife McLoughlin, blogger with ELT-Connect.com and latest winner of the British Council's Teaching English blog award, recommends five podcasts to get them started. Do you spend enough time working on listening skills with your students? Often, when we ask students what part of their English they most want to improve, they will say listening and speaking. But we often give less attention to the receptive skill of listening, perhaps in the belief that 'if you can do it alone, you can do it at home'. Podcasts are a great way for students to improve their listening on the go. With such a huge selection available, students are bound to find a podcast they are interested in that suits their needs. Here are my top five podcasts for learners of English: Englishclass101.com This is much more than a podcast. TED audio podcasts Podcastsinenglish.com This website has a range of podcasts at all levels covering interesting and real-life topics.
IELTS Skills - Free ► IELTS Skills - Reading ► IELTS Skills - Listening ► IELTS Skills - Speaking ► IELTS Skills - Writing All four skills are also available together in a single app - IELTS Skills. The IELTS Skills apps provide exam practice exercises and interactive tasks to help you develop the skills you will need to do well at IELTS. ► Written by Sam McCarter the author of the best selling Ready for IELTS and Tips for IELTS . ► A wide range of innovative and interactive exercises that help you work on the essential skills needed for the IELTS exam. ► Each skill is explained andcomes with examples and an interactive exercise. ► Practise answering a full range of question types that you can expect to find in the IELTS exam. ► A detailed overview of the exam. ► Score yourself on the interactive Can Do statement section. IELTS Skills - Free provides sample content from each IELTS Skills app. Each IELTS Skill is available as a separate app:
Man rescued after being lost in IKEA for 12 days – Luxembourg Wurst ARLON, Belgium — A disoriented shopper was rescued on Thursday after being lost for nearly two weeks in an IKEA store near the Luxembourg border. Late last month, Michael Parrish, 33, entered the premises for a “quick stop” to purchase an inexpensive lamp for his infant son’s bedroom and 100 lime-green napkins requested by his wife, he says. However, after more than an hour of unsuccessfully searching for the cash registers, he knew he was in trouble. “I kept following those stupid arrows on the ground, but as if by design, they only led me in circles,” he told the Wurst. “Each time I passed an employee, I tried explaining in perfectly good English that I was lost and desperately needed an exit, but no one understood me.” “They just kept repeating in these comical Belgian accents, ‘Euh, no, I am so sorry, we have no more in stock,’” he said. “I actually ran smack-dab into that new intern from my company’s accounting department, Sandrine what’s-her-name, from France,” Parrish said.
The 7-step Listening Challenge How can your students develop their listening while away from your English classes ? A learner training moment of reflection on how to take responsibility for their language acquisition. Quiz me *Do you need to train your ears for the different accents and pronunciation out there? *Is it important to listen to a recording on a particular topic to check your general understanding? *Would you like to have a chance to check your pronunciation and intonation? *Do you believe it's important to test your knowledge of vocabulary and have immediate feedback? *Would you consider listening to books? *Is it important to check how much of the vocabulary and expressions from your English classes you can naturally remember? *Can on-line interaction with other students motivate you to learn more? If you (or your students) answered yes to any of the questions above, check out and choose from the7 tips below. The 7-step Listening Challenge 1st Listen and laugh with TV series, sitcoms in English 4th App challenge