Teacher Guide
Have the students choose which of the words provided feels more natural for them in each gap and then discuss why the other options are not correct. Explain that the need to pay attention to the word that follows the gap. Have the students choose which of the words provided feels more natural for them in each gap and then discuss why the other options are not correct. Explain that the need to pay attention to the word that follows the gap.
20mins: Introduction: Watch Cambridge Advanced speaking test (on youtube). Pause the video at the beginning and end of each speaking part. Discuss each part, including what the candidate did correctly and incorrectly. Ask the student to answer each of the questions in their own words.
Online homework: Discuss any problems or difficulties the student may be having.
Independent reading: Ask the student about what they have read in English during the last week. If you are reading a novel together, discuss the assigned reading and any vocabulary words/ writing assignments.
10mins: Test: 22 reading practice - part 8
15mins: Worksheet: 22 reading practice - part 1
10mins: Extension: Writing/Speaking practice: Do you prefer travelling alone or with other people? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each? Which of the writers' opinions do you agree with the most? Why?
05mins: Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time. Encourage students to do additional reading for vocabulary building outside of the lesson. News articles, short stories, and novels are all great examples.
00mins: Homework - complete the next section of the online homework
Answers Reading Part 1:
- B 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) C 5) A 6) C 7) C 8) C
Answers Reading Part 8:
- B 2) C 3) A 4) D 5) E 6) C 7) A 8) B 9) E 10) F
1) Read through the text before answering the questions to give yourself a sense of what it's about.
2) In this section, you will need to be familiar with collocations, phrasal verbs, linking words and vocabulary. Students will need to differentiate between the shades of meaning in similar words, focusing on the appropriate selection of words that fit the overarching topic of the text, as well as prepositions and infinitives that surround the gaps which can affect the meaning of the word.
3) Read through the gaps. Continue the sentence until you arrive at a full stop. This will help give you context.
4) If you are unsure, try to work out which words are incorrect. Use process of elimination. 5) If you don't know the correct answer, make a guess.
- A - action
- B - targeted
- C - including
- C - since
- A - copyrighted
- C - cost
- C - representing
- C - further