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Cambridge University Press
978-1-316-64011-1 — Mindset for IELTS Level 1 Teacher's Book with Class Audio
Claire Wijayatilake 
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CONTENTS
UNIT 01 RELATIONSHIPS 
12
UNIT 02 PLACES AND BUILDINGS 
20
UNIT 03 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT 
29
UNIT 04 FOOD AND DRINK 
38
UNIT 05 CONSUMERISM 
47
UNIT 06 LEISURE TIME 
56
UNIT 07 FAME AND THE MEDIA 
64
UNIT 08 NATURAL WO
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Cambridge University Press
978-1-316-64011-1 — Mindset for IELTS Level 1 Teacher's Book with Class Audio
Claire Wijayatilake 
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12
Tell students who you live with (e.g.I live with my parents and 
my sister ) and who you are also close to in your family (I am 
close to my mother). Explain that this means you speak to them 
or visit them oten. Alternatively, use a student as an example 
(James lives with his mother and father. He is also close to his 
cousins). In the same pairs, students talk about their families. 
02
Check the meaning of ‘extended family’. Ask students if 
they live in an extended family. Tell them there are lots of 
advantages of this type of family. Can students think of any? 
Ask students to look at the 5 advantages listed. Students tell 
their partners one or two that they feel are important. 
Ask students to read the text ONLY for the purpose of 
checking if any of the advantages are listed. Tell them that it 
is important in IELTS to read with a purpose.
Alternative
Give one of the advantages to each pair. They skim read the 
text and decide together if their advantages are mentioned. 
2, 3, 4 and 5 are mentioned in the text.
03
Draw students’ attention to the tip. Explain that they will not 
know every word in the Reading paper and it is important to 
avoid worrying about unknown words. It is oten possible to 
work out the meaning by reading the other words around it. 
Tell students they will do an exercise to practise this. 
Tell students that starting with the words they know or ‘easy 
answers’ is a good technique in the Reading paper. Ask them 
to read through the list of words in the let hand column and 
identify the ones they already know. They should try to find 
the meanings of these words from the right hand column.
Do an example. Ask them to find the word ‘value’. Read 
about the sentence with ‘value’ in it. Ask which word or 
phrase from the list could replace it (believe something is 
important) and then go to the text to read the context of any 
unknown words and complete the exercise.
1 h 2 g 3 a 4 b 5 f 6 c 7 e 8 d 
04
This is a fun activity in which students experience scanning 
the text under pressure. Get students to put into words (in 
L1 if necessary) HOW you locate information quickly.
grandparents’ stories (D) cousin’s wedding (A) young 
adults (E) extended families (B) come and go (G) 
Italian proverb (F)
To find information quickly, don’t read every word. Don’t 
try to say the words. Move your eyes quickly across and 
down the text. Use your finger if you find it useful.