IELTS listening

IELTS listening

By debra quinlan

Poll

Which statement best describes you?

• I tend to live in the moment. I like to be focused on what's happening now!

• I spend a lot of time thinking about the past. My memories are very important to me.

• I am always thinking about the future. I'm interested in what's coming in the days, weeks, and years ahead more than anything else.

Explain your choice... Why do you tend to focus on the [past/present/future]?

Open Ended

List your answers for questions 31, 32 and 33!

Open Ended

Submit your answer for answers 34 and 35

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Write your answers (A,B, or C) for questions 36-40

​Have you ever done any literary analysis? What kind of things do you look for in a good novel (fictional book)?

​Novel: (21) ………………… Protagonists: Mary Lennox; Colin Craven

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Time period: Early in (22) …………………

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Mary moves to UK – meets Colin who thinks he’ll never be able to (23) ………………… . They become friends.

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Point of view: “Omniscient” – narrator knows all about

characters’ feelings, opinions and (24) …………………

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Audience: Good for children – story simple to follow

​Symbols (physical items that represent (25) …………………):

• the robin redbreast

• (26) …………………

• the portrait of Mistress Craven

Motifs (patterns in the story):

• the Garden of Eden

• secrecy – metaphorical and literal transition from 27 …………………

Themes: Connections between

• (28) ………………… and outlook

• (29) ………………… and well-being

• individuals and the need for (30) ………........

Open Ended

Write your answers for questions 21 to 24

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Write your answers for questions 25 to 30!

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