IELTS Listening: 'Street Play Scheme' ⛹️‍♂️⛹🏻‍♀️🚗

<p>This is a really useful Part 2 IELTS Listening (Book 15) about a community that closed their road to traffic so that the children could play safely outside.</p> <p>It practises Multiple Choice and Choosing from a list.</p> <p><strong>Useful vocab:</strong></p> <p>'the idea caught on' = the idea became very popular in other places</p> <p>'give it a go' = try it</p> <p><strong>Useful grammar:</strong></p> <p><strong>Present Perfect vs Past Simple</strong></p> <p>'The scheme's been up and running for 3 years' = 'The Street Paly Scheme first took place 3 years ago'.</p> <p><strong>'Be able to' with conditionals</strong></p> <p>'We'd love to be able to close our road for longer'.</p> <p><strong>Conditionals</strong></p> <ul> <li>'People can use their cars <strong>as long as</strong> they drive at under 20kph'.</li> <li>'They're happy to see children outside - <strong>even if</strong> it does get quite noisy'.</li> <li>'Kids are getting fresh air, <strong>even if</strong> they're not doing anything energetic'.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Past Perfect</strong></p> <ul> <li>As <strong>we'd</strong> predicted, air quality was better, but what I <strong>hadn't</strong> expected was how much quieter it would be.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Academic Task 1 Vocabulary</strong></p> <ul> <li>'Sales in the shops <strong>went up considerably</strong>'.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Writing Task 2: talking about benefits/outcomes</strong></p> <ul> <li>develop confidence</li> <li>get fresh air</li> <li>get to know people in the street</li> <li>air quality was significantly better/less air pollution</li> <li>much quieter/less noise pollution</li> <li>they felt safer/improved safety</li> </ul> <p>#ielts #ieltslistening #ielttutor</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message