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English for Exams
Vocabulary
for IELTS
Anneli Williams
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Contents

Unit	Topic	Vocabulary	Skill	Sub-skills	practice	Page number
1 People and relationships		Nouns for people and relationships; adjectives to describe character	Listening	Recognizing adjectives from their endings; working out the meaning of words from listening context	Listening Section 4 - MCQs	6
2	Health	Nouns for symptoms; verbs for treatments	Reading	Recognizing synonyms and collocations	Reading - T/F/NG	10
3	Education	Nouns for academic subjects; verbs for academic study	Writing	Choosing the right part of speech; writing in an academic style	Writing Task 2	14
-c	Adventure	Verbs and nouns for travelling; adjectives to describe experiences	Speaking	Expressing finer shades of meaning; using common and less common vocabulary; word stress	Speaking Part 2	18
5 Q	Gadgets	Nouns to describe dimensions; verbs to describe processes	Listening	Collocations; words with different senses	Listening Sections 1 and 2 - labelling a diagram - classifying	22
6	Cities	Nouns associated with human geography; adjectives to describe places	Reading	Recognizing superordinate terms; recognizing positive and negative connotation	Reading - matching headings	26

Unit	Topic	Vocabulary	Skill		Exam practice	Page ^1number
7	The art of	Reporting verbs;	Writing	Expressing	Writing	30
	persuasion	nouns associated		different	Task 2
		with persuasion		points of view; presenting an argument
8	Getting involved	Nouns for forms	Speaking	Expressing	Speaking	34
o *1 I*		of entertainment;		likes and	Part 1
		verbs associated		dislikes; using
		with involvement		phrasal verbs; pronouncing the letter 's'
9	Global warming	Verbs to describe	Listening	Recognizing	Listening	38
Q		natural processes;		antonyms;	Section 4 -
		nouns associated		prefixes	completing
		with climate			notes
10	Revision 1	Selection of words	All skills	Selection of sub­		42
Q		from units 1-9		skills from units 1-9
11	Words for	Nouns for types of Writing		Describing and	Writing	46
	describing	graphics and their		summarizing	Task 1
	graphs and diagrams	components		visual data
12	Words for	Nouns and verbs	Speaking	Positive and	Speaking	50
Q	describing	for describing		negative	Part 3
	change	change; time		connotation;
		expressions		pronouncing consonants
13	Words	Words for	Listening	Collocation;	Listening	54
Q	expressing	comparison and		parts of speech	Section 3 -
	similarity and	contrast			completing a
	difference				summary
14	Words	Verbs and nouns	Reading	Recognizing	Reading -	58
	describing	indicating cause		synonyms,	MCQs '
	cause and effect	and effect		antonyms,

superordinates and examples

Unit	Topic	Vocabulary	Skill	Sub-skills	Exam practice	Page number
15	Signposting expressions for writing	Words for ordering, addition, concession, generalizations, and conclusions (written register)	Writing	Linking sentences; signposting an essay	Writing Task 2	62
16 O	Adverbs	Adverbs for expressing attitude and adding detail	Speaking	Adding interest to spoken answers; pronouncing schwa	Speaking Part 1 - introduction and interview	66
17 Q	Words for problems and solutions	Nouns for different problems; verbs for solving problems	Listening	Recognizing collocations; spelling	Listening - short-answer questions	70
18	Words for talking about ideas	Nouns associated with ideas; adjectives for evaluating ideas	Reading	Recognizing finer shades of meaning; positive and negative connotation	Reading - completing a summary; matching sentence endings	74
19	Emphasis and understatement	Words describing quantity, degree and degree of certainty	Writing	Recognizing strength of claim; more collocations	Writing Task 1 - summarizing visual information	78
20 o	Revision 2	Selection of words from units 11-19	All skills	Selection of sub-skills from units 11-19		82

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Introduction
Who is this book for?
Vocabulary for IELTS helps you improve your vocabulary when preparing for the IELTS examination. You can use the book to study on your own or as supplementary material for IELTS preparation classes. It is suitable for learners at level 5.0 to 5.5 aiming for band score 6.0 or higher.
Summary
The Vocabulary for IELTS book and CD cover vocabulary items and skills which are relevant to all four exam papers: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. In each unit, you work towards an exam practice exercise which is modelled on the actual IELTS exam. Each unit contains activities that help you develop, step-by-step, the vocabulary knowledge and skills to help you tackle the exam. Exam tips throughout the book highlight essential vocabulary-related learning strategies and exam techniques.
Content
Units
Each unit is divided into three parts.