English for Exams Karen Kovacs

not Later than). 
The weak form s of 
w ill have 
are / w i l h a v / o r / w i l a v /.
1 
Listen and com plete the sentence w ith the words you hear.
People in my country are becoming less religious, so I think that by 2050 people 
_______________________ about the origins of Christmas.
2 Use the follow ing phrases to make some predictions about things that w ill have 
happened or been completed by a certain point in the future.
• 
By this tim e next year ...
• 
By the tim e I retire . . .
• 
By the year 2050 ...
• 
By the next m illennium ...
Exam tip : The IELTS exam is designed to challenge even the best students, so don't 
w orry if you struggle at some point in the exam. This is completely norm al and the 
exam iner w ill expect it.
It is better to be honest if you don't understand a question. And if you need some tim e 
to think before you answer a question, don't sit in silence with no explanation. Say 
something like, 
Let me ju s t think about that fo ra moment.
IELTS Speaking Exam: Part 3
17 
You are going to hear questions that are typical of Part 3 of the exam. Listen and answer 
the questions, practising w hat you have learnt in th is unit, paying p a rticu la r attention to 
your use of fu tu re form s.
Now listen to the sample answer.
Speaking for IELTS

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Exam technique: Predicting questions
Unit 10
Exam tip : There is alm ost an infinite num ber of possible questions fo r Part 3 of the 
exam. It is therefore useful fo r you to be able to predict questions based on topical 
issues you may encounter, for example in the news. The following exercises w ill 
guide you in generating possible questions and allow you to train on any topic. These 
techniques can also help you during the exam to anticipate the examiner's next 
question.
Look at this brainstorm on the topic of celebrity.
celebrities in the past 
celebrities as role models
W ith a friend if possible, brainstorm the follow ing topics:
• the media
• advertising
• 
food
Look carefully at a ll the Part 3 questions you have studied so fa r in this book. Notice that