Ready for IELTS - Unit 8 Mapping the world

Ready for IELTS - Unit 8 Mapping the world

by Thy Nguyen

​Describe the similarities and differences between the maps.

​What do you think the purpose of each map is?

​Discuss the questions below

​• When was the last time you consulted a map? Why did you use it?

• Do you think maps on smartphones are always helpful?

• Do you think satellite maps or phones that track location invade people's privacy?

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Look at the map and answer the questions

1. Is the area shown in the photograph urban or rural?

2. How many residential neighbourhoods can you identify?

3. Where do you think the quietest spot is?

​Vocabulary: Nouns relating to places

Decide which of the nouns in brackets go in each gap. Use each noun only once to complete the sentences and use the plural where appropriate. Make any necessary changes.

Fill in the Blanks

1. Yes, I had a favourite ______ I liked to visit, but it has become a real tourist ______, so I don't go there anymore. (place/spot)

Fill in the Blanks

2. The park in the business ______ is surrounded by a pedestrian _____ which makes it a real haven of peace. (area/district)

Fill in the Blanks

3. My family home is in a magnificent ______ overlooking the sea. It's a ______ famed for its views. (region/location)

Fill in the Blanks

4. The _____ I now live in is quite built-up, but it still has quite a lot of big open ______. (area/space)

Fill in the Blanks

5. There have been a few burglaries in the _____ recently, but by and large it is a very safe ______ . (vicinity/neighbourhood)

Fill in the Blanks

6. India has some beautiful ______ to visit, especially in the northern ______ of the country, where you can avoid most of the tourist hot ______ . (region/spot/place)

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7. The house was built in a beautiful ______ on a hillside with a stream and surrounded by trees. This whole ______ is spectacular at any time of the year but especially in the autumn. (region/setting)

Open Ended

Put the underlined words into the correct order.

1. I live in a block of flats, small a overlooking garden. It's in a really beautiful and quiet old buildings neighbourhood with. And though it's in the heart of the city, it is a peaceful area, full of park large near located a flowers and plants.

Open Ended

Put the underlined words into the correct order.

2. My family home is on a beach seashore miles along the stretching for. It's an ideal place for sports enthusiasts opportunity of boating with for lots of plenty and swimming. The house, though two built years ago hundred, is still in good condition.

Open Ended

Put the underlined words into the correct order.

3. My family come from a village by mountains beautiful surrounded. In summer the mountainside, purple its with flowers, is a blaze of colour.

Open Ended

Put the underlined words into the correct order.

4. My dream home would be a secluded lake with forest full a by wildlife surrounded of or even on a hillside with covered views out but with looking trees over the countryside.

​Think of a place in the countryside or in a town you are familiar with and describe it to your partner

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Open Ended

Find words or phrases in the Reading Passage which have the same meaning as words 1-8 below.

1. advanced / 5. showing

2. natural to / 6. linked

3. makes up / 7. system

4. main / 8. development