why you decided to see the film or read the book.Louisa: I’m not really a big reader ... I find books quite heavy-going ... so I much prefer to see a film ... perhaps it’s the special effects or the soundtrack ... I don’t know ... I just prefer a film ... Part 2-style taskĭescribe a book you have read or a film you have seen. Jemma: Unfortunately we don’t have a cinema near us so we have to go into the nearest town to catch the latest movie ... I usually avoid seeing popular box-office hits which I’m not always keen on seeing ... I prefer low-budget films ... sci-fiespecially ... and there’s a great cinema I go to that has frequent showings of films like these …Įxaminer: Do you prefer reading books or watching films? Marie: Yes ... I love reading ... I like nothing more than to be engrossed in a good book ... I regularly take out books from the library and usually read them from cover to cover in no time ... and I can’t go to sleep at night without some good bedtime reading …Įxaminer: How often do you go to the cinema? Use the ‘Definitions’ section at the bottom of the page to check the meaning of any phrases you don’t understand. Read the following IELTS-style questions and answers below and pay attention to the phrases in bold. It’s quite possible that the examiner will ask you questions about your reading habits or ask you to say something about a book you’ve read or a film you’ve seen. Continue in this manner until you have learned the words.Topic Vocabulary > Lesson 9: Books and Films Then when you read through the list again, mark any that you do not remember with two checks. As you read through the list of words, mark any that you do not know with a check mark. (Think of the phrase “to champion a cause.”) This is the meaning that would be used in the list.
For example, the common meaning of champion is “winner.” A less common meaning for champion is to support or fight for someone else. Many common words appear in the list of words, but with their less common meanings. Although this makes a definition less precise, it also makes it easier to Whenever possible, one-word definitions are used. However, there is a bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue. Other vocabulary books list difficult, esoteric words that we quickly forget or feel self-conscious using. There are of course thesauruses but they mainly list common words.