IELTS

VOCABULARY

CONTENTS:

- VOCAB INTRODUCTION + COLLOCATIONS - EASY ESSAY SENTENCES TO MEMORISE - TOPIC SPECIFIC VOCAB + TED TALKS

VOCAB =

25%

OF YOUR SCORE

IN WRITING AND SPEAKING

USE :

COLLOCATIONS
TSV : TOPIC SPECIFIC VOCABULARY AWL : ACADEMIC WORD LIST

: a collocation is a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (Wikipedia).

COLLOCATIONS
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4OW TO LEARN COLLOCATIONS: Look for groups of words used naturally together ACTIVE READING
underlining / circling (collocations)

Write down the WHOLE sentence in which they appear. Get them into your ACTIVE VOCAB Q IC!L" #HOW$ se them when you write or spea%.

EASY ESSAY
SENTENCES TO

MEMORISE

WE CAN MEMORISE SENTENCES T4EN INTERC4ANGE COMPONENTS DEPENDING ON T4E ESSAY 8UESTION: The issue of __X__ in western / African countries has &rown in importance over the past few decades. The issue of __X__ in most continents has 'a((en in importance over the past few years.

REVERSE T4E MEANING

!"# / !$%&'( ()* L!T+ is one of the most dangerous problems facing (esser developed nations today. T(%,$&L&-!% L "!#.*/T!&$ is one of the most exciting opportunities facing de)e(oped nations today.

C4ANGE T4E PERSON

,owever0 in my view this solution is rather contro)ersia( and other solutions need to 1e found. ,owever0 from a general view point this solution is rather impractica( and other solutions need to 1e found.

UNIVERSAL SENTENCES FOR T4E BODY PARAGRAP4 USE WIT4 CAUTION!t is undenia1le that ______ is one of the most challenging issues in the western world. There are also studies 1eing performed on a world level to discover the source of these these important pro1lems. &ne solution proposed 1y the _(insert glo1al organisation)___ is to_________

UNIVERSAL SENTENCES FOR T4E BODY PARAGRAP4 USE WIT4 CAUTION!t is fairly easy to comprehend the arguments why this proposal has 1een made... There would 1e at least two facets to this proposal... There is also0 however0 a strong argument not to implement this proposal...

TO GIVE AN E9AMPLE:
recent study 1y the !'2 shows that 345 of ____ is/are _____ recent study 1y $ T& shows that 645 of ____ is/are _____ recent study 1y the $%/%% shows that 645 of ____ is/are _____

!t is widely assumed that...

USE

TED TALKS

G/ ,/

IELTSPODCAST.COM:TED

IELTSPODCAST.COM:TED 2ree /"2 with all the T#70 collocations and Task 8 )uestions from 64 T(" Talks

2ree /"2 at www.!(LT#/odcast.com/T(" 2. IDENTIFY T4E COLLOCATIONS AND TSV

1. WATC4 T4E VIDEO

3. ANSWER T4E TASK 2 STYLE 8UESTION

2ree /"2 at www.!(LT#/odcast.com/T(" 2. IDENTIFY T4E COLLOCATIONS AND TSV

1. WATC4 T4E VIDEO

3. ANSWER T4E TASK 2 STYLE 8UESTION

ACADEMIC
WORD
LIST

AWL
The list contains the most common words found in academic texts.

Sublist 1 (The top 60) Analy e (analyse) ! approach ! area ! assess ! assume ! authority ! a"ailable ! benefit ! concept ! consist ! constitute ! context ! contract ! create ! data ! define ! deri"e ! distribute ! economy ! en"ironment ! establish ! estimate ! e"ident ! export ! factor ! finance ! formula ! function ! identify ! income ! indicate ! indi"idual ! interpret ! in"ol"e ! issue ! labor (labour)! le#al ! le#islate ! ma$or ! method ! occur ! percent ! period ! policy ! principle ! proceed ! process ! require ! research ! respond ! role ! section ! sector ! si#nificant ! similar ! source ! specific ! structure ! theory ! "ary

Tips for learning the words 92ocus on retrie)in& the information (2rom: www.victoria.ac.n;) 9'ake a presentation in )ui;let 9Try to memorise a WHOLE *H+A,E this way you will also get the grammar structure at the same time 9the ne<t time you can interchange the nouns0 or the ver1s Lan&ua&e is -the in'inite use o' 'inite means-. Wi(he(m )on Hum.o(dt

/rocess the words thoughtfully so that the depth of learning is 1etter. *se techni=ues which encourage you to

ma%e a (ot o'

associations with the words you are learning.

2or e<ample0 think of language conte<ts and situationa( conte/ts in which you could use the words. (2rom: www.victoria.ac.n;) Learn them in conte/t (T,.&*-, T(" T L>#?)

#pace the num1er of repetitions of the words you are learning 1ecause spacing repetitions results in longer lasting memory. (2rom: www.victoria.ac.n;) 6. #tudy the words one 84 minute 1last 8. Take a @ minute 1reak @. .eview the words A. Take a 1reak 3. .eview the words B. Take a 698 hour 1reak C. .eview the words D. Leave it for more hours E. .eview the ne<t day / days / week 'emorise words or phrases0 try memorising the translation in your own language.

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