As a follow-up to the lesson from the previous class I review the grammar and go through the exercises on pages 60 and 61.

I put the word collocation on the board and elicit some collocations. Then I direct their attention to Adj/n collocations. I ask SS to do the vocabulary exercises in part 1 in pairs.

I ask SS to complete the gap in the paragraph. Page 61 ex. 2 in pairs. Then they discuss the questions in ex. 3

I show give them the worksheet and ask them to match the adjective with the nouns to make new collocations. Answers: modern times, agricultural production, dominant personality, thriving industry, the general opinion, urban areas, governing body, indigenous languages Then I ask them to do the second part of the worksheet. Answers: 1. agricultural production, 2. thriving industry, 3. dominant personality, 4. indigenous languages, 5. urban areas, 6. the general opinion, 7. modern times, 8. governing body

I encourage SS to use the expressions in the box to discuss the prompts (Page 62 ex. 1). I make sure they use future tenses appropriately.

I ask SS to go to page 210 and read through the checklist so they understand what each question is looking for. I try to demonstrate that they can sound more sophisticated if they somehow paraphrase the question initially when they want to answer the questions in IELTS speaking part. For example for a question like this: 'Why do you think people make predictions about the future?' a good answer can be 'Well, I think the reasons behind people's interest in predicting the future is ...'

I put these prompts on the board: Future tenses useful expressions Paraphrasing checklist on page 210 SS discuss the questions in pairs (page 62 ex 2)