Be sure to read the instructions you receive from the test center Some supply pencils; some ask you to bring your own. If you are given an IELTS pencil a) the start of the exam, you will pfobably not be allowed | WRITING SKILLS 91 Practice 5 Look at this diagram of the first floor of a suburban house. Complete the blanks with these prepositions of place around east north behind in front of right beside left south between next to west North 1. The entry hallway is the living room and the study. 2. The dining room is the kitchen. 3. The garage is to the of the house. 4. The pool house is the garden. 5. The living room sofa is the TV. 6. The garden is on the side of the house. 7. The living room windows are on the and walls. 8. The swimming pool is the house. 9. The family room is the kitchen. 10. There are trees the swimming pool. Copyrighted material 92 WRITING MODULE Classification Classification organizes your writing around the grouping or classification of things. You write about how things are similar to one another. Useful Words for Classification aspects i important attributes insignificant bases kinds of basic kinds of main kinds of categories methods characteristics minor classes mutually exclusive classifications opposing classify opposite contradictory origins contrasting parts dissimilar primary secondary distinguishable qualities divide significant divided into classes similar factors sources falls into types of fundamental unimportant Practice 6 Classify the lists below. Divide each list into two categories. Name each category. Word List table boy frog car chair butterfly pencil teacher Copyrighted material WRITING SKILLS 93 Word List doctor nurse contractor hospital building plans plumber patient architect Practice 7 There are both positive and negative values. What some people see as positive values others see as negative. Match these values with the example sentences. Then classify these values as either positive or negative. Finally write a paragraph about either a positive or negative value using the phrases as examples. Positive Values Negative Values A anger E greed 1 kindness B charity F hope J laziness C envy G humility K patience D gluttony H justice
