1200 Common Words in IELTS Listening

1200 Common Words in IELTS Listening
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Frequently Asked Questions

Do spellings matter in IELTS test?

Yes. You are marked for the correctness of your spellings.

Should I follow American or British spelling? For example, it is color in Amercian and colour in British?

Please stick to the British variant. It is “Colour”

Should I use “z” or “s” in words like familiari[s/z]e, urbani[s/z]ation ?

Please follow the British variant here also. Use “s”.

In cases like ” New Zealand” will I lose marks if I write “Newzealand”?

Yes.

In cases like “snorkeling” will I lose marks if I write “snorkelling”? I ask this question because, it shows that I know the word, only the “l” is extra?

Yes, you will lose marks. You are supposed to be aware of the correct spelling.

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17 Comments

Foyej-ahmed

Posted on Nov 18, 2022

Thank you so much for this word list

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Gamuchirai-gumbo

Posted on Nov 12, 2022

Thank u Claire demonstration it was perfect

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Soudabe

Posted on Dec 14, 2021

Thanks for this complete list of words 🙂

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Kamola

Posted on Oct 30, 2021

Super i recommend you SHOULD again and again list

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Rajpreet kaur

Posted on Oct 17, 2021

Thanks ?

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Daman

Posted on Sep 4, 2021

Good

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Mobella

Posted on Aug 8, 2021

Thanks for you copration , please I need ielts material of general training .

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Iran irani

Posted on Aug 3, 2021

I want to say thank you because it was really useful for me specially on IELTS test.

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Karthik

Posted on Jul 21, 2021

This helped alot with my mistakes, Amazing work and thank you

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Anna

Posted on Mar 12, 2020

Look at Cambridge 7 listening test 3! Type of job required:

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Monika

Posted on Aug 26, 2019

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mert3yigitler

Posted on Jul 23, 2019

Hello; is there any new update after 14th version? Thx again..

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Sam

Posted on Mar 1, 2019

is “fulltime” really correct? I Googled and turns out full-time is the correct one…

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Muhammad Zafar Afghan

Posted on Jan 9, 2019

Thank you very much for your efforts.

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preet

Posted on Nov 17, 2017

tFrance is a mistake or it is really in that form?

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seabreeze1269

Posted on Sep 15, 2016

Hi Ielts material,
Thank you so much for the useful posted list.
Do we need to know some of common English names? If possible, please add some.
Thanks

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IELTS Material

IELTS Material

Posted on Sep 19, 2016

Hi, Many thanks for your comment. We are so sorry for missing common names in IELTS listening test. Please check out the list below:

Common Names for Boys: Andrew, Edward, Richard, Samuel, Timothy, Kenneth, Christopher, Thompson
Common Names for Girls: Catherine, Margaret, Samantha, Debbie, Rachael, Madeline, Charlotte, Claire, Rebecca, Lillie, Bridget

All the best!

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