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0 Look at Questions 6-10 below. Vocabulary
Cause, factor and reason
I What is a flow chart?
2 What type of word (noun/verb/adjective, etc.) is 0 IELTS candidates often confuse cause, factor and
needed in each gap? reason. Complete these sentences by writing one
3 If you need a noun, do you think it will be of the above words in each gap.
singular or plural?
1 Another key ................. in the process has
been the mobile phone.
Questions 6-10
2 I think the main ............................ of this change has
Complete the flow chart below. been the Internet.
3 Newspapers only print a few of the thousands
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
of letters they receive each day, and the
How to write an article ................ for this is that they just don't have
enough space.
Put the main facts at the beginning to attract
attention. 6 Check your answers by reading these extracts
from CALD. Which words are often used before
Use a model in the shate of a 6 . .. ... ... ... to build and after cause, factor and reason?
up details.

~ cause the reason why something, especially something bad,
Include 7. . from people involved. happens:
The police are still trying to establish the cause of the fire.
~
Check the accuracy of your 8
factor a fact or situation that influences the result of something:
Price wtll be a major/ ct·ucialfactor in the success of this
.J, new product.
Rewrite, making sure paragraphs are short.
~ reason the cause of an event or situation or something which
Don't write a 9 .................. . provides an excuse or explanation:
The reason for the disaster was engine failure, not
human en·ot·.
~ The reason why grass is green was a mystery to the
Add a picture to accompany the article. little boy.

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Finally, write an attractive 10 . ........ .... . .
candidates in these sentences.
I Pollution is a teftSiffi: of global warming. C.t.\'!Ase.
2 A major reason which causes this serious
0 ~ Now listen and answer Questions 6-10.
problem is pressure on students.
Exam advice Sentence and flow-chart 3 The growth of big cities has its human,
completion economic and political reasons.
4 This chart shows the main causes why
• Try to use words you actually hear. If not, use agricultural land is losing productiveness.
words which express the same idea.
s We work hard throughout our student life in
• Check your answers when you have finished. order to prepare for the future, although this is
not the only cause.
~ Work in small groups.

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