Start IELTS · Free Bonus Puzzle
Family and Friends
First, predict the missing words in a short text. Then find them in the grid. Each word you find shows a useful phrase for IELTS Speaking.
This free bonus unit comes from IELTS Vocabulary Foundations, which has 30 more units, all different.
Step 1 · Predict
What’s missing?
Read Sara’s description of her family. Use the words around each gap to predict the missing word, and type it in. Don’t look at the puzzle yet!
I come from a big family. I still live with my 1, and I have one 2, an older brother. He’s married with two children, so I have a 3 and a 4. People say I 5 my dad, especially my smile. I had a happy 6 in a small village, and I spent a lot of time with my 7, who helped my mum and dad 8 us. I’m very 9 to my 10 Maria. We’ve known each other since we were babies, and it’s a 11 I really value. Last summer, every 12 came to my brother’s 13, even my great-aunt, who’s ninety! Next month it’s my 14, and I’m planning a party. I think the older 15 in my family sees the world very differently from mine.
Step 2 · Find
Words to find
Clues
Well done! You found all 15.
Now use them. Answer this IELTS Speaking Part 1 question aloud, and try to use five of the phrases:
“Can you tell me about your family?”
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