IELTS Expert User A2 Term 6 subject 1 lesson 4
PART 1
Voicino 1
Listen and repeat.
Listen to a news report about the event. Was your prediction correct?
LISTEN FOR DETAIL Listen to the report again and answer the questions.
1 Where does the festival take place?
2 Where do the bats come from?
3 What moment are the people waiting for?
4 How many bats are there?
Voicino 2
Listen and repeat.
PAIR WORK What other things do you think happen at the festival? Think of four to six possibilities. Listen and check your ideas.
PART 2
Pronunciation 1
PRONUNCIATION: Listening for single sounds
A Focus on the letters in bold. Can you hear one or two sounds?
1 We know them from bad dreams.
2 Bats are really scary.
3 There’s so much happening.
Pronunciation 2
PRONUNCIATION: Listening for single sounds
B Find two letters in the sentences that can connect to make one sound. There are two pairs of letters in sentence 1. Listen and check.
1 They can eat ten thousand kilograms of insects in one night.
2 It’s home to music festivals and car racing.
3 I can’t wait to try the barbecue.
Pronunciation 3
PRONUNCIATION: Listening for single sounds
C Complete the sentence.
Two sounds often become one/three if they are similar/different at the end of a word and the start of the next word.
PART 3
Write it
WRITING
A Read the online event announcement for another unusual festival. Would you like to go to Bug Fest? Why or why not?
WRITING SKILLS Find the words also, as well, and too in the announcement. What do they all mean?
a in addition b to finish
Look at the announcement again. Check (✔) the information you can see.
Activities address date place price
WRITE IT
Write an event announcement. Follow the instructions in the form.
GROUP WORK Look at your group’s event announcements. Write a short comment on each one saying that you will go or explaining why you can’t. If you decide to go, say what interests you about each event.
PART 4
Practicino 1
Listen to the podcast. Circle the correct answers.
1 What is the name of the festival?
a The Black Rock City Festival b Burning Man c The Nevada Festival
2 What is the festival famous for?
a its people b its fans c its art
3 How long does it last?
a a year b a week c a month
4 The festival happens in………..
a the city b the jungle c the desert
B LISTEN FOR DETAIL Listen to the podcast again. Match the phrases to complete the sentences.
1 This year about 70,000 people …
2 It is a time for them…
3 They say it can…
4 People live in the desert…
5 It is so popular that…
6 This is the thirty-third year. …
a……. help you find the artist in you.
b…….TV shows talk about it.
C……. for a whole week.
d……. are coming to Nevada.
e……. to meet other people.
f……. of the festival.
Practicino 2
READING
Read the blog post and circle the correct answers.
My Day at Burning Man
So I get up in the morning, I brush my teeth, and I see a plate with cheese sandwiches at my door. I eat them – they taste great! I get dressed, ride my bike around my village, and I find a small airplane. I get on the plane and fly with a man named Rick for 30 minutes. I can see the whole desert city from above – it is so great!
After my plane ride, I’m getting hungry. So, I ride my bike again and find a vegetarian stand, because I don’t eat meat. I get a carrot milkshake and a veggie burger, and I’m ready to go again. I see a pink car, a white table, and lots of balloons in the sky. I join a Shakespeare theater group and play the part of Hamlet. The lines are difficult, but I read them anyway. It’s getting dark now, so we all go to a Daft Punk concert near the wooden Burning Man. That’s a normal day at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City. I love it here!
1 The word them in line 2 means …… a teeth b tents c sandwiches
2 The word it in line 4 means ……… a an airplane b a bike c a city
3 The word them in line 8 means …… a a theater group b lines in a play c balloons
4 The word we in line 9 means …… a the band b a theater group c Rick and his friends
5 The word it in line 10 means …… a a wooden man b a festival c a concert