Vocabulary for IELTS

[...]... hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its new range • reinforce (reinforces, reinforcing, reinforced) VERB If something reinforces a feeling, situation, or process, it makes it stronger or more intense ■A stronger European Parliament would, they fear, only reinforce the power of the larger countries ■ This sense of privilege tends to be reinforced by the outside world • secure (secures, securing, secured)... of 70% or higher in the m idterm test have always passed the course Susan has achieved a m ark of 75%, so ’ The te a c h e r Vocabulary for IELTS Unit 7 Exam practice: Writing - presenting an argument For the IELTS W riting Task 2 you are required to w rite a 250-word essay on a given topic using your own knowledge and experience First study the text from Practice Exercise... ■ Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy have left voluntarily ■ [+ for] Candidates are urgently • journey (journeys) NOUN When you make a journey, you travel from one place to another ■ [ + to ] There is an express service from Paris which completes the journey to Bordeaux in under 4 hours Vocabulary for IELTS Adjectives to describe experiences: • dreary ADJECTIVE If you describe som... useful and/or w orth a great deal ofmoney Vocabulary for IELTS Unit 4 3 Choose w ords fro m the table of pairs in Exercise 2 to com plete the sentences 1-8 1 According to o u r we should be in Zanzibar by 8.30 Tuesday evening 2 Many people travel to the tro p ic s , -ing sun and adventure 3 T h e ir _ through Africa was one that they had been looking forw ard to fo r years 4 If you travel... m e tim e s _fro m hospital before they are fu lly cured 2 If a ll women over the age of 50 a r e fo r breast cancer, many lives can be saved 3 The patient w a s _w ith heart disease U A ll children should b e _against infectious diseases such as measles 5 The d o c to r_a drug to the patient to help him sleep Vocabulary for IELTS Unit 2 Exam practice: Reading -... to stay in place, you should Vocabulary for IELTS the new phone in tim e fo r Christmas a Inan it to the wall Units 1 In this sentence does adjust mean: a b 2 change som ething to make it m ore effective? Or get used to something? In this sentence does launch mean: a b 3 send som ething into the air? Or make som ething available to the public? In this sentence does reinforce mean: a b U make som ething... of affordable housing • resident (residents) NOUN The residents of a house or area are the people who live there ■ The Archbishop called upon the government to build more low cost homes fo r local residents ■ More than 10 percent of Munich residents live below the poverty line • im m igrant (immigrants) NOUN An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a country from some other Vocabulary for IELTS. .. The quality of urban housing v The u rb a n -ru ra l divide vi The quality of ru ra l in fra stru ctu re iii The a ffordability of urban housing v ii R ural neighbourhoods in the city iv The am enities that people w ant v iii R ural tra n sp ort ii Am enities in urban areas Vocabulary for IELTS Unit 6 Example: Paragraph A Answer: v 1 Paragraph B 2 Paragraph C 3 Paragraph D U Paragraph... nineteenth century • psychology UNCOUNTABLE NOUN Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and the reasons fo r people's behaviour ■ Professor of Psychology at Bedford College ■ research in educational psychology Vocabulary for IELTS • sociology UNCOUNTABLE NOUN Sociology is the study of society or of the way society is organized ■ a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina ■ a... ark in the IELTS Speaking exam if you learn to pronounce words correctly For m u lti-sylla b le words it is im portant to get the stress pattern right When you learn a new word, learn which syllable is pronounced most strongly Listen again to speakers 1-6 in Exercise 1 U nderline the stressed syllable of each key verb a -f Practise saying the w ords out loud Adventure Exam tip : In the IELTS Speaking . 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. 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. Section 4 - MCQs 6 Nouns for symptoms; verbs for treatments Reading Recognizing synonyms and collocations Reading - T/F/NG 10 Nouns for academic subjects; verbs for academic study Writing