IELTS Practice Tests and Preparation Tips
Access Access is a way of getting to someone or something. Accessible (adjective) If someone or something is accessible, they are available, reachable, attainable etc. Note that accessible ends in –ible. Accessory (noun) An...
Accept To accept is to take something offered or to receive something willingly. Accept can also mean assume, undertake, bear, admit, acknowledge etc. Antonyms of accept Refuse, decline, reject, spurn, deny, disavow etc. Accept...
Staple, standard The word staple is often incorrectly used instead of the word standard. Staple means main or important. A standard work is something that is viewed as having authority. Unique, sole and peculiar...
Abnormal (adjective) Abnormal can mean unnatural, unusual, atypical, irregular, uncommon, exceptional, strange, peculiar, odd, freakish or eccentric Jane has an abnormal fear of strangers. An abnormal amount of rain fell in May. Indians spend...
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...
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...
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 ———————-...
Approach (verb) Meaning: come near or nearer to Approach can be used both transitively and intransitively. Approach can also mean ‘go to somebody with a request or offer’. Approach (noun) As a noun approach...
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...
Fill in the blanks using appropriate word or phrase. The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading books that belong ……………….. (to / for) us much...
