VIP Class Notes (Li)

True/False/Not given – how to answer these questions

https://www.bestmytest.com/blog/ielts/ielts-reading-true-false-not-given

more practice – https://ieltsliz.com/true-false-not-given-ielts-reading-practice/

Speaking Parts 1-2-3 breakdown

Grammar

I like listening to music – I love it/I’m totally into it/ I’m a big fan/I can’t live without it  

commercial music – mainstream music

special me for me – special talent of mine 

the same age as mine – the same age as I/my age 

some movies teach you morals – some movies teach you life lessons 

characters can relate to – characters that are relatable 

I have 3 favourite genres – My top 3 genres/my 3 favourite genres are…

Oscar movies – award-winning Oscar movies 

first thing that pops out in my mind – the first thing that pops up in my mind

teacher that goes to someone’s house to teach – homeschooling 

vocals – voice messages 

My favourite singer is Ne-yo. He’s from America and he plays like R&B music. He doesn’t play like mainstream music. In fact, most of my friends don’t know him. The reason why I like him very much is I used to listen to him since I was 1 year old or 2 years old with my parents. There are some songs that I listen with my parents, like family songs. When I hear some of the songs by him I think about my family. Each song has a meaning…

Revised: 

My favourite singer is Ne-yo. He’s from America and he plays/makes like R&B music. He doesn’t play/make like mainstream music. In fact, most of my friends don’t know him. The reason why I like him very much is that I used to listen to him since I was 1 or 2 years old with my parents. There are some songs that I listen to with my parents, that we all know about/we share together. When I hear some of the songs by him I think about my family. Each song has a meaning…

I lived for four months with Livia and she is one of my best friends and we lived for four months in SH because both of us were involved in some exchange programme. So we lived and we attended classes in this school. We live in this dormitory inside this school. We are a group of 10 students from Italy. During the weekend, we don’t usually spend time together. We are together all day from Mon-Fri so we spend all time together. We are classmates so we spend all day together. Then during the weekend, we’d part and spend time in Chinese family’s house, to practice Chinese. We used to met again at the end of the weekend. She is funny and a reliable person but sometimes she is too competitive. But, we’re still best friends. This experience made us stronger during these four months.

Revised: 

I lived for four months with Livia and she is one of my best friends and we lived for four months in SH because both of us participated/went on an exchange programme. So we lived together and we attended classes in this school. We lived in this dormitory inside the school. We are a group of 10 students from Italy. During the weekend, we didn’t usually spend time together/we’d spend time apart. Because we had been together all day from Mon-Fri so we preferred to spend time apart on weekends. We are classmates so we spend all day together. Then during the weekend, we’d part and spend time in a Chinese home, to practice Chinese. We used to meet again at the end of the weekend. She is funny and reliable but, sometimes she is too competitive. But, we’re still best friends. This experience made us stronger during these four months.