Vocabulary for IELTS - Lesson 8 - Through the ages

Vocabulary for IELTS - Lesson 8 - Through the ages

​Time, History

by Ngọc Minh Nguyễn

​TIME

Poll

1.1 Which of the statements are true for you?

1.   A I wear a digital watch.

B I wear an analogue watch.

C I don't wear a watch

Poll

1.1 Which of the statements are true for you?

2. A I write important dates on my calendar

B I keep a diary.

C I don't use either

Poll

1.1 Which of the statements are true for you?

3       A I am very punctual.

B I am often in a hurry.

C I am always late

Multiple Choice

1.2 (R8a) Listen to three people speaking about punctuality and decide whether they are

 A punctual.

B always in a hurry.

C always late

SPEAKER 1

Multiple Choice

1.2 (R8a) Listen to three people speaking about punctuality and decide whether they are

 A punctual.

B always in a hurry.

C always late

SPEAKER 2

Multiple Choice

1.2 (R8a) Listen to three people speaking about punctuality and decide whether they are

 A punctual.

B always in a hurry.

C always late

SPEAKER 3

​Error warning

​We use take + time in the following ways: Take your time (= don't hurry), Take a long time/too much time. NB We can say It took a lot of time /so much time/too much time, but be careful when you use long: it took a lonq time/It took too long/It took so long. NOT It took too long time/It took so long time. We can also say I took three hours to get there or It took (me) three hours to get there.

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

1. Twenty people were injured in the accident and the

tower was subsequently demolished to prevent it from happening again.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

2. Prior to the introduction of the steam engine, most people in the UK worked from home.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

3. Three years previously the government had introduced a new law allowing women to vote for the first time.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

4. There was a great deal of excitement in the days preceding the election.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

5. This is the third year in succession that a female has been chosen to manage the club.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

​in succession

/səkˈseʃn/​

one after another, follow each other in time or order

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

6. Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

7. I had to pay $2,000 rent in advance.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

Multiple Choice

1.4 Say whether the underlined words are closest in meaning to before or after.

8. The newspapers warned that a stock market crash was imminent.

• BEFORE

• AFTER

​imminent (adj)

​/ˈɪmɪnənt/

​(especially of something unpleasant) likely to happen very soon

​Vocabulary note

​BC is used in the Christian calendar to refer to the time before the birth of Jesus Christ. AD is used to refer to the time after Christ was born. Circa is used to mean about or approximately and is sometimes written simply c. NB We do not use an apostrophe to talk about decades: the 1960s NOT the 1960's

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2.1 Read the text and then answer the questions below.

5. Why do many visitors not see the 'henge'?

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​chronologically (adv)

​/ˌkrɑːnəˈlɑːdʒɪkli/

​in a way that arranges a number of events in the order in which they happened

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​Vocabulary note

​Age = a particular period of history: the Victorian age, the digital age. Era = a period of time that is remembered for particular events: The arrival of moving pictures marked the end of an era for live theatre. Middle-aged = people in their middle years of life: Most companies are run by middle-aged men. The Middle Ages = a period of European history between 1000 and 1500 AD.

​antique (adj/n)

​/ænˈtiːk/

​(of furniture, jewellery, etc.) old and often valuable

Poll

3.1 Answer the questions in your notebook.

1. Do you prefer to ..............

• think back to the past

• concentrate on the future

Poll

3.1 Answer the questions in your notebook.

2. Do you think it is important for children to study history? Why/Why not?

• YES

• NO

Open Ended

3.1 Answer the questions in your notebook.

3. If you could go back in time, which period of time would you like to visit? (Why?)

Open Ended

3.2         Correct the mistakes in underlined words in these answers to the questions in 3.1. Use a dictionary to help you.

1. Yes, I do think about the past almost all times, in fact. I think I am a very nostalgia person, so I often look backwards at my life and remember good times as well as bad. I definitely think about it more than the future.

​Answer key

​1. Yes, I do think about the past almost all times(of) the time, in fact. I think I am a very nostalgianostalgic person, so I often look backwardslook back at my life and remember good times as well as bad. I definitely think about it more than the future.

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3.2         Correct the mistakes in underlined words in these answers to the questions in 3.1. Use a dictionary to help you.

2. I didn't really enjoy studying history at school. I think teenagers are more interested in the modern time than in the past! But now that I'm older, I can see that actually it is very important. We need to know about important history events because hopefully they can stop us from making the same mistakes in the future.

​Answer key

​2. I didn't really enjoy studying history at school. I think teenagers are more interested in the modern timethe modern age/modern times than in the past! But now that I'm older, I can see that actually it is very important. We need to know about important historyhistorical events because hopefully they can stop us from making the same mistakes in the future.

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3.2         Correct the mistakes in underlined words in these answers to the questions in 3.1. Use a dictionary to help you.

3. The stage of history I'd most like to visit is ancient Egypt. I think it would be amazing to go back in times and watch how they lived and how they built the pyramids. I wouldn't want to stay long though — I think I would miss the digital period too much!

​Answer key

​3. The stageperiod of history I'd most like to visit is ancient Egypt. I think it would be amazing to go back in timesgo back in time and watch how they lived and how they built the pyramids. I wouldn't want to stay long though — I think I would miss the digital periodage too much!