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Lesson Plans & Worksheets: Exam Traps and Tricks

ESL lesson plans for teachers of the English language. Check out our collection of lesson plans filed under the theme 'Exam Traps and Tricks'.

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IELTS Listening- Set Questions

Making questions to test each other with typical IELTS Listening questions and tricks
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IELTS Needs Analysis & Speaking Part One Review

Personal questions in IELTS review with needs analysis pairwork interviews
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IELTS post-reading comparisons

Students reflect on how their IELTS Reading practice went, practise comparisons language as they work in pairs, and compare ideas for how to do better, including self-study tips.
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IELTS Speaking Part 1- Tense Review

Past, present and future questions and answers in IELTS Speaking Part One
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IELTS Speaking Part 2- Unusual or difficult topics

Touch and rare IELTS Speaking Part Two topic cards
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IELTS Speaking Part One- Dice Game

An IELTS Speaking Part One game where students roll dice to determine the topic of personal questions they ask each other. Topics include arts, studies, hobbies, work, hometown, and accommodation.
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IELTS Speaking Part One- Functional Language Practice Game

Competing to use suitable phrases to check what the question means, fill silence, etc.
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IELTS Speaking Part One- Topics Game

Common IELTS Speaking Part One topics speaking game
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IELTS Speaking Part Three on IELTS Reading

Giving opinions in IELTS Speaking Part Three practice questions on the topic of doing and preparing for IELTS Reading, good for linking the two skills/ papers together.
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IELTS Speaking Part Three on relationships

IELTS Speaking questions and vocabulary on family, friends, etc
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IELTS Speaking Parts 1 & 2- Past and Future Questions

Trickier tenses for talking about personal topics in IELTS
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IELTS Speaking Parts One, Two and Three Dice Game

Fun practice of all three parts of the IELTS Speaking test, with links to the IELTS Reading test.
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IELTS Speaking – Too Informal

Replacing language that is too casual for IELTS Speaking with typical phrases for clarifying, etc.
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IELTS Speaking – When the question doesn’t match the answer

How to answer questions which aren't relevant to you in IELTS
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IELTS Speaking- Candidate & Examiner Game

This lesson plan focuses on preparing students for the IELTS Speaking section, teaching them what to expect and how to respond.
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IELTS Writing Part One- Phrases

Brainstorming useful language for IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
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IELTS Writing Part Two- Different kinds of Questions

To what extent IELTS questions, look at both sides IELTS questions, etc
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IELTS Writing Part Two- Phrases

The most useful phrases for the introduction, body and final paragraph of IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 essays, including how to give opinions and support them.
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IELTS Writing Part Two- Tips

How to write IELTS Writing Task 2 essays and what to put in them
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IELTS Writing Task 2 tasks on IELTS Reading

Linking IELTS Writing and IELTS Reading through essay tasks on exam tactics, difficulties, etc, with typical Writing Task 2 types like "to what extent", "causes and solutions" and "look at both sides"
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IELTS Writing Task Two tasks on feelings

IELTS essays tasks on emotions, including to what extent, look at both sides, and causes and solutions tasks, etc.
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IELTS Writing- The Same or Different?

Synonyms and common confusions in IELTS Writing Task 1 and Task 2
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IELTS Writing- Too Informal

Making IELTS Writing language more formal/ academic practice
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IELTS- Comparing and Contrasting Practice

Comparatives and other comparing/ contrasting language for IELTS Writing and Speaking review, starting with personalised speaking and ending with exam questions and talking about Writing tasks and answers.
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IELTS- Language of Trends Miming Game

TPR presentation and practice of the language of trends
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IELTS- Language of Trends Practice- Your Week and Life

Personalised practice of the language of trends
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IELTS- Language of Trends- Similarities and Differences

Language of trends phrases which are similar and different
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Intrusive sounds in IELTS Listening

Extra sounds in natural speech in IELTS Listening gapfill task
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Magic E in IELTS Listening gapfill answers

Spelling and pronunciation rules to help with IELTS Listening Parts 1 and 4
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Nature and the environment problems and solutions

Vital language for IELTS Writing Task 2 problems and solutions language through the common topic of the environment, also useful for IELTS Speaking Part 3
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Passive voice key word sentence transformations

Converting sentences to and from passive voice in the format of Cambridge Use of English Part Four, including past,present and future passive tenses.
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Past, Present and Future in IELTS Writing Part One

Time expressions and tenses to describe past, present and future data in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 line graphs, tables, bar graphs, etc.
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Schwa in IELTS Speaking Part One question stems

Recognising typical IELTS Speaking Part One questions when they are asked at natural speed practice.
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Schwa in IELTS Speaking, Part Three: question stems

Unstressed sounds in typical IELTS Speaking Part Three questions review, helping candidates recognise questions spoken at natural speed.
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Silent Letters - IELTS Speaking Part Three

Letters which are spelt but not pronounced in IELTS questions and answers, to help with both comprehension and production
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Silent letters in IELTS Speaking Part One

Letters which are spelt but not pronounced in typical IELTS Speaking Part One personal questions review.
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Things to avoid in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 giving reasons practice

Phrases for giving reasons practice with useful advice on typical mistakes in IELTS Writing Task 1, with useful language for Speaking Part Three and Writing Task 2.
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Things to avoid in IELTS Listening giving reasons practice

Why bad tactics in IELTS Listening exam practice and preparation are not good ideas discussion, with useful language for giving reasons
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