Awkward – Word Of The Day For IELTS

Awkward – Word Of The Day For IELTS Writing & Speaking

AWKWARD /ˈɔːkwəd/  Adj

Meaning:

1. difficult to deal with and embarrassed
2. not comfortable, relaxed or confident

Synonyms: difficult, inconvenient, embarrassing, impossible, tough, uncertain

Collocation:

• with verb: be, look, seem | make sth | become
• with adv: extremely, very | a bit, rather, slightly, somewhat | painfully
• with phrase: make things
• with prep: about

Example:

• There was an awkward silence.
• I felt awkward because because they obviously wanted to be alone.
• Don’t ask awkward questions.
• You’ve put me in awkward position.
• Have I come at an awkward time?
• I must have slept in an awkward position.

Exercise

Try to use “Awkward” in your answer to the following cue card:

Describe a funny situation that made you laugh. You should say

– when this situation took place
– what happened
– how you reacted and why you found the situation funny

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