BASIC IELTS

- UNIT 3 -
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 Pronunciation
01 /ɔ:/, /ɒ/

Table of
Contents 02 Vocabulary
Leisure time & Activities

Grammar
03
Future simple tense
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 Pronunciation

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 Activity 1 Listen and fill in the blank (Track 1)

1. B_ttle
Bottle 6. C_py
Copy Gone
11. G_ne
Box
2. B_x Cost
7. C_st Got
12. G_t
3. Ch_colate
Chocolate 8. Cr_ss
Cross 13. H_liday
Holiday
4. Cl_ck
Clock Doctor
9. D_ctor 14. H_spital
Hospital
Coffee
5. C_ffee Dog
10. D_g Hot
15. H_t

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 Theory Mouth movement

/ɔ:/ /ɒ/
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 Sound and spelling

/ɒ/ is usually spelled o or a

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 Activity 2 Listen and fill in the blank (Track 2)

Quarter
1. Qu _ _ ter past f_ _r
four
2. BBorn
_ rn in _autumn
_ tumn
more
3. Have some m ___
Walking
4. W _ _ king on wwater
_ ter
5. The f fourth
_ _ _ th ddoor _ _ _ th flfloor
_ _ _ on the f fourth ___

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 Sound and spelling

/ɒ/ is usually spelled o or a

/ɔ:/ is usually spelled a, al, au, aw,

augh, ough, ar, o, oor, ore or our

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 Exercise 1. Circle the words containing /ɒ/ sound

Bottle Boat Holiday

Box Doctor Color
Short Balloon Clock

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 Exercise 2. Odd one out

1. A. Body B. Stop C. Form D. Got

2. A. Small B. Top C. Lot D. On
3. A. All B. Daughter C. Job D. Water
4. A. Or B. Short C. Lock D. Ball
5. A. From B. Law C. Walk D. Morning

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 Exercise 3. Fill in the blank with the given words containing /ɔː/ and /ɒ/ sound
IELTS Speaking sample part 1
probably - honest - modern - of - lot - transport - not - always

Are the transport facilities to your home very good?

honest
To be 1) …………….…, of
most 2)………….. transport facilities to my home
the 3)………………..
not
are 4)……………… very 5)….……………. always
modern The bus system is 6)……………….…. a good
probably takes a 8)…………….
choice but it 7)............. lot of time.

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 Vocabulary

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COMMON HOBBIES Activity

Guess what they are doing

Reading books Watching TV Collecting stamps

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COMMON HOBBIES
Gardening Thú làm vườn Verbs of liking
Swimming Bơi lội
Listening to music Nghe nhạc
• Like/Love + V-ing/
Cooking Nấu ăn
to-V
• Enjoy/Fancy + V-ing
Collecting stamps Sưu tập tem
• Prefer + to V
Cycling Đạp xe • Prefer V-ing to V-ing
Doing sports Chơi thể thao
Reading books Đọc sách
Running Chạy bộ
Playing chess Chơi cờ
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COMMON HOBBIES

GO PLAY DO

• Go swimming • Play football • Do sports

• Go cycling • Play chess • Do yoga

• Go fishing • Play sports • Do gardening

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 Exercise 4 Match the verb to the correct noun

chess
Do
gardening

Play cycling

sports
Go
swimming
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 Exercise 5 Read the sample below then answer the question

Examiner: Do you have any hobbies? 1. How many hobbies does Josh have?
A. Only one
B. Two
Josh: Absolutely yes. My favorite
C. Three
hobby is doing sports. Because I want
to get fit, keep strong and healthy. 2. What are his hobbies?
Additionally, I also love listening to A. Doing sports
music. It helps me reduce stress and B. Reading books and listening to music
relax after long working day. C. Listening to music and doing sports

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 Exercise 5 Read the IELTS speaking sample below then answer the question

Examiner: Do you have any hobbies? 3. Why does Josh like doing sports?
A. Because he wants to be strong.
B. Because he wants to stay strong.
Josh: Absolutely yes. My favorite
C. Both A and B.
hobby is doing sports. Because I want
to get fit, keep strong and healthy. 4. Josh likes listening to music because___.
Additionally, I also love listening to A. it helps him relax and reduce stress.
music. It helps me reduce stress and B. it helps him learn fast.
relax after long working day. C. it helps him know more about other
cultures in the world.
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 COMMON HOBBIES

IELTS Listening part 1 sample:

Do you have any hobbies?

Well, to be quite honest, I think I have a lot of interests and I do

many activities such as: swimming, listening to music, reading
books, watching movies and things like that.

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES

Benefits of
hobbies

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES

LEISURE TIME
= Free time

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES

CONFIDENT (adj)
CONFIDENCE (n)

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES

TALENTED (adj)
TALENT (n)

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES

STRESSED (adj)
STRESS (n)

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES

HEALTHY (adj)
HEALTH (n)

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 BENEFITS OF HOBBIES
Relax (v) Thư giãn
Stress (n) Căng thẳng
Get fit Cân đối, khỏe mạnh
Lose weight Giảm cân
Healthy (adj) Lành mạnh, tốt cho sức khỏe
Energy (n) Năng lượng
Confident (adj) Tự tin
Skillful (adj) Có kỹ năng tốt
Reduce (v) Giảm
Patience (n) Sự kiên nhẫn
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 SUMMARY Gardening Relax (v)
Swimming Stress (n)
Listening to music Get fit
Cooking Lose weight

Collecting stamps Healthy (adj)

Cycling Leisure time (n)

Doing sports Confident (adj)

Reading books Skillful (adj)

Running Reduce (v)

Playing chess Patience (n)

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 Grammar

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 Future simple tense Rearrange words to make a full sentence

think / be / there / I / it’ll / hot / extremely

🡪 I think it’ll be extremely hot there.

Talk about predictions, usually based on our opinions or

our past experience

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 Future simple tense

A: How about going to the movies this weekend?

B: Agree, I will buy tickets online.

Talk about something we decide to do at the time of

speaking

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 Future simple tense

Talk about predictions, usually based on our opinions or

our past experience

Talk about something we decide to do at the time of

speaking

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 Future simple tense – Form

I will become an entrepreneur in the future.

S will V

S will not V

? Will S V

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 Check-up Say what you will do if you have a day off

I will + ….
Example: I will go swimming with my friends.

Use words in topic “Leisure time and Activities”

Go cycling Do sports
Go Swimming Read books
Listen to music Play chess
Cook Collect stamps

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 Be going to Fill in the blank with the correct form of verbs

1. are going to hire a bus for our holiday.

We (be) …………..
2. going to quit this job.
I’m so exhausted. I’m (go) ……………...

To talk about events in the future we have already

thought about and intend to do

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 Be going to Make a sentence based on the given words

Look / these / dark / clouds./ It / going / rain / heavily.

🡪 Look at these dark clouds. It’s going to rain heavily.

Make predictions when there is present evidence

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 Be going to

To talk about events in the future we have already

thought about and intend to do

Make predictions when there is present evidence

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 Be going to – Form

I am going to visit my grandpa this summer.

S to be going to V

S to be not going to V

? To be S going to V?

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 Exercise 6 Circle the verbs in future simple tense.

will make went ‘ll study

is learning won’t go were going
will have known played has been played
loves will be going was given
will not cook had ‘ll not go cycling

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 Exercise 7 Match the answer to the correct question
IELTS speaking sample
A. Yes. As I’m a young person, I will do
positive activities to help me keep fit.
1. In the future, do you think more
people than today will read magazines? B. Well, I believe that people will not
eat fast food more than today because
2. Will you ride a bike to work in the it’s really unhealthy.
future?
C. I think people will travel by public
3. How do you think people will travel transport instead of driving
in the future? themselves.

D. I think there will be fewer people

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reading magazines in the future.
 Exercise 8 Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb.

won’t be (not/ be) able to come tomorrow.

1. I'm afraid I………………
won’t take (not/ take) place at 9
2. Because of the train strike, the meeting …………………
o'clock.
3. A: “Go and tidy your room.”
will do (do) it now!”
B: “Okay. I ………………
won’t go (not/ go) to the beach.
4. If it rains, we ………………
5. In my opinion, she won’t
………………pass (not/ pass) the exam.

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 Exercise 8 Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb.

6. A: “I'm driving to the party, would you like a lift?”

will take
B: “Thank you but I …………………………..… (take) the bus.”
is going to rain
7. Look at the sky! It…………………………..…(rain) very heavily!
is going to hold very important meeting next
8. The company (hold) ……………….….………a
month.
isn’t going to snow (not/ snow)
9. According to the weather forecast, it ………………………...……
tomorrow.
will study
10. I think I ……………….…………(study) abroad.
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