IELTS Foundation Answer Key - Past 2

IELTS Foundation Student’s Book
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Key

Definite articles
1 c
2 b
3 d
4 a

2
1 a, the
2 a
3 The
4 A
5 a
6 The, the
7 A, a
8 the
9 the
10 a
Listening 1 p33
Listening for gist
1 Paris
2 Five days

Multiple choice
1 C (possible distraction that she
used to
be a teacher)

2 B (possible distraction that Saturday is not mentioned first)
3 D (possible distraction ‘no ferries or coaches’)
4 C (possible distraction 10:00 as the question gives 24 hour clock times)

Classification
5 I 6 F 7 P 8 I

Reading 2 p34
Reading for gist
D All of the above

Guessing meaning from context
1 respect (Point 2)
2 familiarize (Point 10)
3 appreciate (Point 3)
4 exploit (Point 8)
5 encourage (Point 14)
6 introduce (Point 5)

Summary completion
1 an ecotour operator (Paragraph 1)
2 local (Paragraph 3 and 4)
3 positive (Paragraph 3 and 5)
4 guests (Point 1)
5 respect (Point 2)
6 soap (Point 11)
7 endangered (Point 14)

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Writing p38
Task 1: Selecting significant information
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3 There was an increase in the number of visitors to Australia in the 1990s.

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3 (the highest figures for an individual country over the period)
4 (The biggest overall increase over the period)
5 (A significant increase for an individual country over the period)

The other statements were not as suitable for the following reasons:
1 (not a significant figure in terms of all the data)
3 (statement is inaccurate – figures increased)
6 (not a significant increase in terms of all the data)

Task 1: Comparing data and describing trends
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Describing trends
(1) …increased significantly over the decade.
(3) …more than doubled over the period.
(5) …which rose from … to …
(6) …increased over the decade …
(8) …rose over the same period from … to …
Comparing data
(2) The biggest increase was in …
(4) The largest number of visitors in total came from …

(7) There were considerably fewer visitors
(9) There were almost as many visitors from the United Kingdom as from …
(10) …there were nearly as many tourists from other European countries as from …

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1 The number of visitors from the UK rose sharply / significantly between 1995 and 1999.
2 The number of visitors from Canada dropped slightly from 1991 to 1993.
3 The number of visitors from Germany increased steadily from 1991 to 1995.

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1 In 1999 there were more than tress times as many visitors from the UK as from Germany.
2 In 1991 there were almost / nearly as many visitors from the UK as from the US.
3 The largest / most significant number of visitors in 1999 was from the UK.

Strategy: Writing Task 1
1 Describe the data and give examples
3 Write an introductory sentence saying what the data is describing.
4 Check your grammar and spelling.
6 Start with any general statements and move to specific information.
10 Organize and present the data logically.

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IELTS Foundation Student’s Book
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Study skills p41
Reflecting on what you have learnt
Answers for 3

1 to go up / to rise (page 32)
2 a, (singular countable noun mentioned for the first time) the (unique singular countable
noun) (page 32)
3 Look at the parts of the table that are already complete. These will help you to predict the
type of answer that is needed. (p36)
4 It is important to…you ought to… (page 35)
5 Make sure your answer is grammatically correct and agrees with what is said in the text.
(page 35)
6 Dropped significantly and rose gradually (page 39). Note that these are not exact
synonyms.
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4 All in the mind
Listening p42
Summary completion
1
1 learn languages
2 persuade
3 lawyers

2
4 (make) connections
5 engineering
6 communication
7 recognizing
8 sense of direction

9 play an instrument

Multiple choice with more than one option
3
10 and 11 B, C
12 and 13 A, D
14 and 15 B, D

Language focus p44
-ing form and infinitive
1
0 Bodily kinaethetic
1 Visual-spatial intelligence
2 Interpersonal intelligence
3 Intrapersonal intelligence
4 Logical Mathematical intelligence
5 Musical intelligence
6 Linguistic intelligence

2
1 visiting (or possibly to visit – AmE)
2 working
3 spending
4 to understand
5 learning / to learn (depends if it’s seen as pleasurable itself or a goof idea perhaps in
order to learn English)
6 to speak

3
Followed by -ing

appreciate
Followed by infinitive
need
would like
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Followed by both -ing and infinitive
love
like
dislike

Note that although all verbs can be followed by both forms, the infinitive is mostly used in
American English.

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Followed by -ing

5
Followed by
-ing
Followed by
infinitive
Followed by
both
-ing and
infinitive

avoid
consider
imagine
mind
practice
involve

agree
decide
fail
hope
promise
refuse
want
wish

try
begin
stop
remember
forget

Pronunciation p45
Connected speech
1
The ‘t' in next week and the ‘d’ in brand new are elided.

The letters in bold in the tapescript show examples of elision.

2

‘Tin man’ becomes ‘tim man’
‘Ten pin bowling’ becomes ‘tem pim bowling’

The letters underlined in tapescript 14 on page 36 show examples of assimilation.
Reading 1 p46
Table completion
2

Text 1: Crows Text 2: Dolphins Text 3: Orang-utans
Organization Zoology Department, Oxford
University
Earthtrust Smith-sonian National
Zoological Park
City or place Oxford Hawaii New York
Main aim make (simple) tools dolphins are self-
aware
Commun-icate

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