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Get Ready for IELTS Writing (Unit 10: Places to live)

Language development -

AIMS: Words describing city areas • Words describing change • The present perfect tense • Comparing and contrasting multiple charts and graphs forTask 1

1. Match the words in the box to the pictures.

shopping centre
industrial area
~~resident area~~

entertainment complex
sports centre
business park

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.

2. Match words 1 -8 to their definitions a-h.

1. To improve		a. to become larger
2. To expand		b. to change something slightly
3. To alter something		c. to make something smaller
4. To deteriorate		d. to become better
5. To reduce something		e. to increase in size or number
6. To convert something		f. to become worse
7. To transform something		g. to change the form or purpose of something
8. To grow		h. to change something completely

3. We use the present perfect to describe recent changes in the past that are still continuing now or are still relevant now.
The present perfect is formed as follows: has / have + past participle.

The sports centres have improved because the local government spent a lot of money on them.
The business centre of our town has expanded over the last ten years.

Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Residential areas around London (grow) because more people want to live near the city.

2. Fast-food restaurants across the world (transform) the way people eat in towns and cities.

3. A property company (convert) many old factories into new offices.

4. Since the new entertainment complex opened, life in the town (improve).

5. The shopping centre (expand) recently and now has more clothes shops.

6. Many of the factories in the industrial area of the city are old so they now . (deteriorate).

7. New traffic regulations (reduce) the number of cars in the city.

8. The new business park (alter) the landscape.

4. Look at examples of comparative and superlative forms.

The population of Summerville was the highest in 2010
The average house price was higher in 2010 than in 2005.

Look at the information about the town of Summerville in the table and circle the correct options in the sentences below.

Changes in Summerville 2000-2010

	2000	2005	2010
Average house prices	$150,000	$155,000	$159,000
Population	45,000	53,000	61,000
Number of houses built	240	190	175
Number of sports centres	0	2	2
Number of entertainment complexes	2	2	3

1. Summerville had a (smaller/ largest/higher) population in 2005 than 2000.

2. Average house prices were the (lowest/ highest/ tallest) in 2010.

3. In 2000 the population was the (higher/ greatest/ lowest).

4. The number of (houses / sports centres/ entertainment complexes) built was higher in 2010 than 2005.

5. The number of houses built in 2000 was (lower/ higher/ the largest).