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Vocabulary

IELTS Vocabulary Practice and Resources

You need a wide range of vocabulary and knowledge of a variety of topics to do well in IELTS.

In my free 28-Day Planner, I list these topics and give you some essential key words that you need to know as they regularly come up in the test.

All of the mini-lessons on my website are categorised by topic and question type. Use the ‘TAGS’ in the sidebar to become more familiar with these topics.

 

I divide IELTS topics into 4 main areas:

  1. The Environment – nature, wildlife, farming, pollution, recycling, water and tourism
  2. The Man-Made Environment – Buildings, Cities, Housing, Development, Civilisations, Crime and Transport
  3. Life – Time, Leisure, Finance, Gender, Family, Health, Happiness and Personality
  4. Learning – Education, Languages, the Arts, Technology, Research, Inventions and The Future

Scroll down to try out my free IELTS Quizlet sets.

Read my 28-Ways to improve your Vocabulary here.

You can improve your vocabulary by using materials from the IELTS test, as this will give your preparation a focus and it will also save time.

For example for each topic you need to

  • research the key words
  • check the definitions, pronunciation, form etc
  • do at least 3 Readings, Listenings and Speaking Tasks
  • at least 3 Writing Task 1 and Task 2

Doing different types of task will help you retain new words by recycling them in different contexts.

Here’s an example of what Day 8 on the 28-Day Planner looks like:

Day 8: Architecture

IELTS Key Words:

to construct (vb) = to build

construction (n) = a building

to demolish (vb) = to destroy

demolition (n) = destruction

to renovate (vb) = to restore

renovation (n) = restoration

residents/residential

citizens/inhabitants

close-knit community

affordable housing

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How to use these words in IELTS:

to construct (vb) = to build; a construction (n) = a building

“Many buildings are still under construction“

to demolish/demolition = to destroy, pull down a building

“The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre”

to renovate/ renovation – restore (something old, especially a building) to a good state of repair.

“The disused factory has been renovated and turned into a theatre”

citizens/inhabitants/residents = the people who live in a place

a residential area = an area which is occupied by private houses

‘There are strict laws against building factories near residential areas’

a close-knit community — whether a village or a city neighbourhood — is a place where people know their neighbours and look after them.

‘One of the benefits of living in a rural area is the close-knit community’

affordable housing – housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose income is below the median household income.

‘the lack of affordable housing is a major drawback of living in a city’

How to recycle, activate and memorise the new words through IELTS-focused practice

Reading – How the pyramids were built (Academic), The Iron Bridge (General Training)

Listening – The Underground House, Designing a Concert Hall, Changes to Barford Town

Speaking – Part 1: Describe the place where you live Part 2: Describe a building you find interesting Part 3: What are the advantages of living in a big city?

Academic Writing Task 1: Describe changes to a town or building

General Training Writing Task 1: Write a letter to a historic place you visited

Writing Task 2: In what ways is migration to large cities affecting society?

Try out my Quizlet set to practise the key vocabulary for this topic:

 

Get all my Vocabulary Resources here.

 
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