Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop

Dame Anita Roddick, DBE* (Oct 1942 – Sept 2007) was the founder of The Body Shop, a British cosmetics company. She was born Anita Lucia Perilli in an immigrant Italian / Jewish family who had fled Naples just before the start of the Second World War.The Body Shop produced and retailed beauty products that shaped…

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Complete Listening Test

Complete Listening  IELTS Intensive Week 4  Today we have a complete listening test.   The test is on the right of this page.   Go through the test making sure that the answers are correct (rewind if you need) getting the answers is more important than the timing (make a note of how long it…

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IELTS reading Week 1 Day 2 – answers

IELTS reading Week 1 Day 2 Answers   FG JS SL JF+PF CC CC PF FG FALSE TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN TRUE NOT GIVEN YES YES NOT GIVEN NO NO NOT GIVEN (subtle) differences aware of pitch (paid) volunteers a telephone conversation politicians videotape vi xi viii v x ii vii C* D* F* G* (*in any order)…

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IELTS reading Week 1 Day 4 – answers

IELTS reading Week 1 Day 4 Answers   painless (Verdon) Kidd 5/five (computer controlled) (Linear) accelerator(s) speed and versatility (both must be correct) Design weaknesses //flaws/faults in logic//logic flaws/faults//faulty software/hardware//software/programming errors (many choices for this answer) X rays interlock (s) [NOT ‘protective circuit] (very) high(er) intensity user interface (a) (code) number(s)// (a) code number(s)) A C B PR PR…

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IELTS Listening Week 1 Day 3 – answers

IELTS Listening Week 1 Day 3   Answers B A A A C (about) 7.30 07623 963 957 a postbox red meat C trampolines* yoga* running machines* swimming pool*  (*any order) Tuesday £15 (digital) camera (our) insurance agreement £5 10.00pm agriculture 4 o’clock attendance record the external examiner 1 10 drafts 3000 research the greenhouse complex…

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IELTS Listening Week 1 Day 1 answers

 Answers    C A B A B Funny Italian/Little Italy Zoo Ferry Baseball game/baseball 1st September Insurance Wednesday(s) Stretching 70 (minutes) 50 Bank TRansfer Match fees Contract Email Sandwich Textile(s) English Paper Meaningful A A A C B B* C* E* H* J*    (*in any order) A A C B C

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Initial Assessment

IELTS Intensive Initial Assessment   Try the IELTS listening and reading tests below and then email your answers to your teacher. It is a good idea right at the beginning to get an idea of where you are and which types of question you are having problems with. Welcome to this IELTS listening test.  …

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Listening Week 2 Day 1 Answers

  Check your answers. Go back and make sure that where you have a wrong answer, you really understand why that answer is incorrect.   1. Thompson 2. WE6 2FF 3.017663298541 4. London credit 5. 629861753 6. saver deal 7. unlimited 8. Friday 9. 5.30 pm 10. an hour 11. a 12. a 13. b…

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