Reading A1 dành cho người bắt đầu học IELTS

Đầu tiên phải nói là Beginner có nhiều dạng, có những bạn chả biết gì luôn, có bạn thì biết 1 ít… (do cô phân thành 3 level nên cứ xét rộng nhé các bạn). Vậy, chúng ta cứ bắt đầu với những bạn chưa biết gì luôn, các bạn cũng có thể xem là mình chưa biết gì để học cũng được nhé

Reading: A1

A poster at work Read an invitation to an office event to practise and improve your reading skills

b Half past two in the afternoon

c Quarter past nine in the morning

d Five to four in the afternoon

e Quarter to eight in the evening

f Twenty to two in the morning

g Twenty-five past six in the evening

h Half past midnight

Reading text: A poster at work

Time to relax!

Come and join our lunchtime yoga class with experienced yoga teacher Divya Bridge!

When? Every Tuesday at 1.30 p.m

Where? Meeting Room 7

How much? £10 for four 30-minute classes

What to bring? Comfortable clothes Divya will provide the yoga mats

How to join? Write to Sam at Sam.Holden@example.com

We can only take a maximum of 20 in the room, so book now!

Tasks

Task 1

Answer the questions with the words in the box

1 Which day of the week does the yoga class take place? ………

2 How many classes can you take for £10? ………

3 What time will the class end? ………

4 What kind of clothes do you need to wear to the class? ……… clothes

5 What do you need to send to Sam if you want to join? ………

6 When should you book if you want to join? ………

Task 2

Are the statements true or false?

Answer

1 Sam Holden is the yoga teacher

2 The yoga class is once a week

3 The class is at lunchtime in room 7

4 You need to bring yoga mats to the class

5 The class can’t take 22 people

6 You need to call Sam Holden if you want to join the class

True True True True True True

False False False False False False

Discussion

Do you do any classes outside of your work?

Write the correct word below each picture

Reading text: A poster for exam candidates

Poster 1

FINAL EXAM INSTRUCTIONS

• Doors close 5 minutes before the exam begins

• Show your student ID card to examiner when you enter the room

• No phones, no books

Poster 2

BEFORE THE EXAM

• Have your ID card ready

• Listen to the instructions

• Arrive 10 minutes before exam

IN THE EXAM

• Mobile phones switched off and put away

• ID card visible on the desk

• No talking

• No food or drinks in exam room

Poster 3

• Follow the examiner’s instructions

• If you have a question, raise your hand

• No mobile phones, books or bags in the exam

• Please use a blue or black pen

5 the type of pen

a You can talk

b You can’t talk

2 ID card visible on desk

a You can see the ID card

b You can’t see the ID card

3 Mobile phones switched off and put away

a Don’t have your mobile phone on the table

b It’s OK to have your mobile phone on the table

4 Doors close five minutes before the exam

a You must arrive early

b You can be five minutes late

5 If you have a question, raise your hand

a You can ask questions

b You can’t ask questions

Discussion

Do you have a lot of exams? Do you like exams?

Reading: A1

A restaurant menu Read a menu to practise and improve your reading skills

a cooked in the oven

b a sauce to put on salad

c without meat

d not from a shop

e comes with

f changes every day

Reading text: A restaurant menu

Meat and fish

Grilled fish of the day £8.00

Steak with chips or salad £12.00

Sausage and roast tomato pasta £7.00

Chicken salad with garlic yoghurt dressing £7.00

Vegetarian

Cheese and tomato pizza £7.00

Mushroom omelette £7.00

Vegetable chilli £7.00

Soup of the day with brown and white bread £4.00

Something sweet

Homemade carrot cake £3.50

Homemade banana cake £3.50

Chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce £3.50

Fresh fruit salad with grapes, mango, melon and apple, served with cream or ice cream £3.50

Write the words in the correct group

Task 2

Are the sentences true or false?

Answer

1 The fish is the same every day

2 You can choose what comes with the steak

3 The pizza has meat on it

4 Soup is served with bread

5 They make the ice cream themselves

6 The cheapest drink is coffee

True True True True True True

False False False False False False

Discussion

What would you like to have?

Reading: A1

A study timetable Read a study timetable for a week in summer school in England to practise and improve your reading skills

a a visit to an interesting place

b something you can learn to do

c close to where you are

d getting ready for something

e a competition between many teams or people

f a piece of work that takes time to finish

Reading text: A study timetable

Monday to Wednesday

9.00 English level test Vocabulary

Whole day excursion to London or Oxford

10.00 English skills: Speaking English skills: Reading

11.00 Preparation for excursion Preparation for excursion

12.00 Lunch Lunch

13.00 Project class Project class

15.00 Art Basketball

17.00 Free time Free time

19.00 Swimming Football tournament Cinema

21.00 Free time Free time Free time

Thursday to Sunday

9.00 Grammar Vocabulary Grammar Late breakfast

10.00 English skills: Speaking English skills: Listening Progress test English skills: Writing

11.00 Games with English Drama Drama Preparation for excursion

13.00 Project class Project class

Theatre trip Excursion to local castle or museum

15.00 Circus skills Mountain biking

17.00 Free time Free time

18.00 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner

19.00 Bowling Talent show Disco Free time / packing

21.00 Free time Free time Free time Free time / packing

a visiting a famous city

b finding out what level you have in English

c going to see a play or show

d a sports competition

e cycling

f visiting a place near the school

g learning a fun skill

Task 2

Choose the best answer

1 What kind of lessons are first thing in the morning?

a Grammar and vocabulary

Reading: A1 Business cards Read four business cards to practise and improve your reading skills

a a manager or leader of a group or department

b connected to promoting or advertising a product

c connected to teaching, training or schools

d happening in more than one country

e connected to exchanging information by telephone, television, radio, the internet, etc

f someone who visits people to sell them products or services

Reading text: Business cards

Head of Marketing

Address: Avenida Paulista 53, Bela Vista, São Paulo, 01311-914, Brazil

Tel: (+55) 11 8134 7706

Email: bruno.silva@KPDFoods.com

Getty Telecommunications Olivia Hoskins

Ltd International Project Manager

Address: 700 Rockville Street, Monroe, New York 10950, USA

Tel: (+1) 845 228 8396

Email: Olivia.Hoskins@GettyTel.com

Orion Education Services Park Ji-Yeon Director

Address: South Korea, Seoul, Jongno-gu, Sajik-ro-3-gil 23, 30174

Tel: (+82) 2 235-6482

Email: Jiyeon_Park@OrionEducation.com

Rashid Khan

Address: Hajar Road, Dubai, UAE

Tel: (+971) 4 677 3355

Email: Rashid.Khan@ABCTravelDubai.com

Tasks

Task 1

Circle the best answer

1 Who should you contact to talk about teaching and schools?

2 Who should you see if you want to do a tour?

3 Who should you see if you want to talk about mobile phone technology?

4 Who should you see if you want to talk about promoting fruit and vegetables?

5 Who works with people from different countries?

6 Who works in the United Arab Emirates?

Task 2

Are the sentences true or false?

Answer

1 Bruno’s job is making sure people know about KPD Foods

2 The country code for calling Brazil is 971

3 ‘Hoskins’ is a first name

4 In addresses in South Korea, you write the country first

5 Ji-Yeon is the head of her company

6 Rashid works in the United Arab Emirates

7 When saying an email address, ‘.’ is pronounced ‘dot’

8 When saying an email address, ‘@’ is pronounced ‘at’

True True True True True True True True

False False False False False False False False

Discussion

In your country, do people put their surname first or at the end?

Reading: A1 Dictionary definitions Read dictionary definitions for academic words and review parts of speech to practise and improve your reading skills

Before reading

Do the preparation task first Then read the text and do the exercises

Preparation task

Match the groups of words (a–f) with the parts of speech (1–6)

Parts of speech Group of words

to officially go to a place, like a school, university or class

You must attend 80 per cent of classes to pass the course

dormitory plural dormitories (n)

1 a place where many people sleep

2 US: a big building at a university where students live (UK: hall of residence)

I know John He lives in my dorm at university

faculty plural faculties (n)

all the teachers who work at a university

Norman Brown was in the English faculty for twenty years

teaching assistant (n)

a person who works to help a university teacher in a classroom

The teaching assistant has the exams for you at the end of class

tuition fee (n)

an amount of money that you pay to go to university

Tuition fees are very high this year

undergraduate (n)

A student at a college or university who is studying for a first degree

They met when they were undergraduates at Cambridge University

Tasks

Task 1

Are the sentences true or false?

Answer

1 (n) means the word is an adjective

2 The words in the dictionary are in alphabetical order

3 For each word there is an example

4 Two words in the list change their spelling for the plural

5 The dictionary does not tell you if a word has a different meaning in the

United Kingdom and the United States

6 There are two verbs in the list

True True True True True True

False False False False False False

Task 2

Complete the sentences with the words

1 It’s a small ……… – we only have twelve teachers

2 Students ……… classes from Monday to Friday

3 I’m an ……… in my first year at university

4 There are two students in every room in the ………

5 Malek works as a ……… at Oxford University

6 The ……… is £30,000 for foreign students

Discussion

How often do you use a dictionary?

Reading: A1 Job adverts Read the four job adverts to practise and improve your reading skills

b something you’ve done before

c money you receive for working

d the work of telling people about a product or service

e a person who applies for a job

f a document that shows you can drive

Reading text: Job adverts

Do you like cars? Are you friendly and do you like chatting with people? Would you like to make £200 a day selling cars? If you answered yes to the above questions, we’d like you to be

on our team! (Driving licence required.)

Company

Motor Ground is a car sales company that buys and sells used cars

Location

Chennai, India

We’re looking for a marketing manager to manage an international team Ability to speak

English necessary Salary is £50,000 a year

Company

Groovy is a German clothes company that has shops in countries across Europe

Location

Munich, Germany

French teacher wanted to teach children between the ages of 3 and 12 Applicants must have teaching experience £15 per hour

1 You don’t need to talk to people to sell cars for Motor Ground

2 Motor Ground sells new cars

3 Groovy has shops in China and Japan

4 The French teacher at LinguaFun will teach children above three years

old

5 The nursing job pays better than the marketing manager job

6 You must have 50 years’ experience to apply for the nursing job

True True True True

True True

False False False False False False

Task 2

Complete the sentences with words from the box

1 As a car ……… for Motor Ground you will earn £200 a day and you need a

4 As a nurse for a private ……… you will earn £25,000 a year and you need to be

……… to work in the UK

Discussion

What jobs would you like to apply for?

Reading: A1 Notes at work Read some short messages to practise and improve your reading skills

a to call a person who left you a message

b someone who answers the phone and helps in an office

c ready for you to get

d 12.00

e before 12.00

f after 12.00

g to close with a key

h a part of a desk where you can keep things

Reading text: Notes at work

Mario called

He wants you to call back before 7 p.m

Sales meeting this afternoon at 12 noon Meeting Room 2

Pens ready for collection between 10 a.m

and 3 p.m Jackie is leaving the office at 4 p.m today Please remember to lock the doors The

keys are in your drawer

Circle the best answer

1 What time is your sales meeting?

2 Where is the sales meeting?

a In Meeting Room 2 b In your drawer c In the office

3 What must you do before 7 p.m.?

a Call Mario b Collect the pens c Leave the office

4 When can you collect the pens?

5 What must you do with the keys?

a Go to a meeting b Give them to Jackie c Lock the doors

6 Where are the keys?

a In Meeting Room 2 b In your drawer c In Jackie’s office

Task 3

Are the sentences true or false?

Answer

1 You must call Mario tomorrow morning

2 Mario will call you later today

3 The sales meeting is at night

4 Your secretary, Jackie, is leaving the office this afternoon

5 You can collect the pens this evening

6 The keys for the pens are in your drawer

True True True True True True

False False False False False False

Discussion

How do you normally leave messages for people? Do you send text messages or do you leave notes?