5 Starting university

Aims: ■*
Understanding suffixes I Predicting content words and directions
Labelling a map or plan I Completing form s I Completing notes

Part 1: Vocabulary

Underline the word that does not belong in each group \-U and decide why it does not
belong.
1 teacher, lecturer, student, tu to r
2 essay, report, presentation, dissertation
3 book, journ al, newspaper, brochure
U lecture, sem inar, tu to ria l, lesson

Complete the passage with the correct form of words from Exercise 1.

The university is situated in the city centre and includes the faculties of Science,
Engineering, Hum anities, and Art. Each faculty has three subdivisions. Teaching is
in the form of lectures, sem inars and (1 )___________ , w ith the addition of labs and
practical workshops for science and engineering courses. Each (2)___________ has
a personal tutor, but other staff such as (3 )___________ take some of the classes
too. Assessment is through a variety of w ritte n w o rk such as essays as w e ll as oral
(4 )____________

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Learning which suffixes are used with verbs, nouns, and adjectives is a useful way to
improve your grammatical accuracy in the IELTS Listening exam. Complete the table with
the correct word forms.

I Noun (subject) Noun (person) Adjective Adverb

1 ................. a stron om er astronom ical astronom ically
philosophy philosopher philosophical ?
sociology sociologist sociologically
sta tistics L sta tistica l sta tistica lly
5 politician po litica l p o litically
biology 6 .......... biological biologically
econom ics econom ist 7 econom ically
physics 8 physical physically

Com plete the sentences 1-5 w ith the co rre ct fo rm of w ords fro m Exercise 3.
1 I find it so frustrating th a t_______________ never give a straight answer when they are
being interviewed on television. A fter all, we voted for them and they should be answerable
to us.
2 I don’t w ant to go out w ith John again. He’s always a s k in g _______________ questions
and m aking me th in k about the m eaning of life. I w ould ra th e r ju s t ta lk about what
happened during the day.
3 W hile_______________ can be useful, people can always manipulate numbers to suit their
needs.
U _______________ is the study of the nature of m a tte r and energy.
5 I bought my friend a new telescope fo r her birthday. She loves looking at the stars;
she’s an a m a te u r________________

W hat w ord types end w ith the suffixes 1-8? W rite N (noun), NP (noun person),
A (adjective) o r AD (adverb).
1 - it y _____ 3 - a lly _____ 5 - f u l _____ 7 - o r _____
2 - a b le _____ U - ia n _____ 6 - m e n t_____ 8 - i c ---------

Com plete the passage w ith the co rre ct fo rm of the w o rds in brackets.

My name is Donald, and I’m a research student at Glasgow University. I w o rk in the

B iochem istry departm ent and I’ m researching how to make suntan cream from pure
plant products. I find my w o rk (1 )___________ [enjoy] and fu lfillin g . At firs t I found it
d iffic u lt to w o rk alone, but now it ’s m uch easier. My (2 )___________ (superwse) has
been really (3 )___________ [help] and she’s shown me how to manage my tim e
(4)___________ {effect} so that my daily workload is (5)____________ [manage]. A fter I've
completed this project, I’d like to continue doing (6)------------------- (sc/ence) research.

Exam tip: When you learn new vocabulary, try to learn all the forms. For example:
nation [noun], national (adjectivel, nationally [adverb], nationalist [person], nationalise [verb]

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 Part 2: Practice exercises

You are going to hear a student talking on the phone to her fa th e r about her university
course. Before you listen, com plete the sentences 1-4 in as many ways as you can.
1 Sally likes her maths course because it is ____________
She has four tu to rs who a r e ___________ , but she prefers Professor Jones due to his
style of teaching.
Although the course includes a lot of group work, Sally prefers to s tu d y ___________
U Sally is w orried that she w i l l ___________ her statistics module as she finds it much
harder than the others.

Listen and com plete the sentences 1-4 above. W rite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
0 2
27 AND/OR A NUMBER.
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© Exam information: Labelling a map or plan (2)

In the IELTS Listening exam, the maps and plans are usually very sim ple, w ith some
parts labelled. You should use the labelled parts as a guide when listening.

0 3 Listen and m atch the pictures 1-5 w ith the sentences you hear a-e. W rite the le tte rs a-e
28 next to the question num bers 1-5.
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m - 2

Bank Cinema
Cinema
________

Bank

Supermarket Cinema

________________ ___________

Supermarket

__________

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; Exam tip: If you have to label a map or plan, th in k of ways you can describe where
: places are before you listen. You w ill need to th in k of vocabulary fo r directions, for
: exam ple; on the left, firs t right, along the road and vocabulary fo r place or position, such
j as opposite, next to, behind, at the end of the street.

To complete a map, you need to be able to follow directions. Look at the map and
complete the directions a -e with the numbers 1-5 on the map.
a To get t o ___________ you need to go along the road from the superm arket.
b Turn rig h t out of the su p e rm arket and take the firs t rig h t____________ is at the end of
the road.
c W alk over the bridge and ju s t keep going stra ig h t along the road and y o u 'll find

d Go left out of the Post Office and take the firs t le ft--------------------- is on your right.
e Go over the bridge and make a left turn . Then take the firs t rig h t--------------------- is on the
left hand side of the street.

Look at the map again. You are going to hear two young people discussing what there
is for university students to do in their town. Listen and w rite the names of the places
1-5 from the map in Exercise A. You w ill not hear the same directions that were used in
Exercise U.
1 U ________________________________
2 5 ________________________________
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 Exam information: Form completion (2): Addresses

As you saw in Unit 1, in the IELTS Listening exam, you may have to com plete a form .
Som etim es the m issing inform ation is an address or part of an address.
In English speaking countries addresses are w ritte n like this:
24 Farm Road (first line: the house num ber and the street name)
Addington (second line: the town or city)
Surrey (third line: (optional) the state, country, province or region)
CRO 5XD (last line: the code for the town o r city)
When you hear an address, there w ill be pauses between the parts. If the address is on
one tine, put commas between each section: 24 Farm Road, Addington, Surrey, CRO 5XD
There are a variety of synonyms for street' and ‘road’, which you should know how to
spell: Street, Road, Avenue, Crescent, Drive, Lane, Hill, Gardens.

O * Listen for the pauses in the addresses 1-3 . The pauses show where the information is
30 separated. Mark the pauses with commas on the addresses below.
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1 78A High Trees Street Sydney 2316
2 354 Castle Avenue Edinburgh E5 7HU
3 86 The Drive New York 45008

You are going to hear a conversation between a student who is enrolling at university and
31 a university administrator. Listen and complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN
CD1 THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.

Enrolment form
Name: Peter 1
Course: BSc Economics
Faculty: 2
University address: Room 11 ?, 3 .... . Residence, Duke Street, Newcastle
Home address: 56, Grove Street, Manchester, U

Exam information: Note completion (2)

As you saw in Unit 3, in the IELTS Listening exam, you may have to com plete notes.
Notes are different from fu ll sentences. In a sentence there is a subject and a verb,
which is often followed by an object. In notes one or more of the parts of a sentence
are not always needed.
You w ill hear the words you need in the recording; you w ill not need to paraphrase the
words to com plete the notes.

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 Unit 5

Complete the notes with the information in the sentences a-d. W rite NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
a Students may borrow up to eight books from the lib ra ry at any one tim e.
b The lecture on m olecu lar biology has moved from room 102 to room 105.
c There are a lim ited num ber of university tours taking place this week so make sure you
book your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointm ent. You can book in person
through the Students' Union office or by telephoning Student Services.
d Feedback on your essay w ill be given by your personal tu to r during the tu to ria l tim es.
If you cannot attend the tu to ria l tim e, please speak to the a d m in is tra to r in the faculty
office to arrange a more convenient tim e.

• Library book lim it: 1 _____________

• Room change fo r 2 _____________ : :Lecture
Lecture room
room 105
105
• University to u r booking procedures: Call Students' Services or book at
Students' Union office 3
• Essay feedback from : 4

You are going to hear a student asking questions about the Students’ Union services.
32 Listen and complete the notes. W rite NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
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Students’ Union services

3 main areas:
• Give advice and inform ation
• Organise 1 ___________ event
events
• Campaign fo r s tu d e n ts 'rig h ts

6 advisors: specialists in 2 and trave l

Location of 24-hour helpline num ber: 3

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Part 3: Exam practice

SECTION 1 <r\
QUESTIONS 1-4 ' 33 '
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C o m p le te th e fo rm below .

W rite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER fo r each answ er.

Nam e S im o n E xam ple: A n derson

S tu d e n t ID n u m b e r 1
Subject G e ograph y
Faculty 2
Address F la t 3, 24 3 .......G ardens, London, SW1? 3AG
Contact tele p h o n e 07988 U

QUESTIONS 5-7 Q
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L a b e l th e plan below . cdi

W rite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER fo r each answ er.

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QUESTIONS 8-10
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C o m p le te th e n o te s below . CD1

W rite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER fo r each an sw e r.

Group Study booking system

To be used fo r g ro u p p ro je c ts

A d va n ce n o tic e re q u ire d : 48 h o u rs

M u s t re s e rv e u s in g 8 _______________________

W e b s ite b o o k in g fo r g ro u p s tu d y ro o m - need s tu d e n t n a m e and

9 ___________________
B o o k in g c o n fir m a tio n re ce ive d via 1 0 ___________________

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