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IELTS Vocabulary List

Your choice of words can raise or lower your IELTS score. You might have good writing skills, but if your essay is full of simple words that even primary school students understand, you are unlikely to get a good band score. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to make a conscious effort to [...]

Improve your vocabulary

You need a large ‘active’ vocabulary to score well on a highly competitive test like IELTS. In many cases, the range of your vocabulary determines your score in the writing section. Examiners are particularly interested in testing your ability to express the same idea using different words. Here [...]

IELTS gap fills essay

Complete the following sentences using appropriate words. Choose your answers from the options given in the brackets. There are many reasons why the Titanic still ————————– (fascinates / eludes) us even 100 years ———————- (after / of) its sinking. There is the irresistible tendency to [...]

Academic word list: approach and area

Approach (verb) Meaning: come near or nearer to Approach can be used both transitively and intransitively. The rainy season is approaching. (Intransitive) He is approaching manhood. (Transitive) We were approaching our destination. (more…)

Academic word list – Analyse / analyze

All the words given in these lessons are taken from the Academic Word List which contains the 570 most frequently used words in academic tests. Learning these academic words is essential to pass major tests like TOEFL and IELTS. The academic word list is divided into 10 groups, of these the words [...]
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