Vocabulary for Top 9 Most Common Topics in IELTS Subject Exam
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Academic Vocabulary for Top 9 Most Common Topics in IELTS Exam
IELTS Vocabulary is not tested as a separate part on the test, but it does account for a significant portion of your final score in both the Writing and Speaking examinations, making it vital. The examiners will evaluate your capability to apply a broad range of relevant words and to use them correctly.
Thus, vocabulary plays a critical role in achieving a high score in your IELTS test. It will be really useful for IELTS Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing. The more vocabulary you know how to use, the more comprehensively and fluently you can understand and speak.
The key to conquering IELTS is learning the right words. It is highly likely that you will not remember all-new English words, so you have to make up your mind which kinds of new words you should pay focus on. In IELTS, there are nine common topics used for IELTS Writing and Speaking, namely Health, People, Energy and Environment, Media, Traffic, Home, Crime, Work, and Education.
There are some common topics that appear in the IELTS examination, and knowing these topics makes learning vocabulary easier. These words can also be used in the IELTS speaking and writing when these kinds of topics arise in the exam.
There are a multitude of ways to improve your IELTS vocabulary; however, the quickest, most intelligent way is to categorize/classify new words into different topics.
So how to learn these topics most effectively? Here are some general suggestions for you to learn IELTS Vocabulary in these different topics:
- Jot a new word down to a notebook in terms of various topics (with its translations or definitions)
- Write the words and definitions on sticky notes or a small piece of paper (you should write the New word on the front side and its definition on the backside. So that you can only turn the note back when you forget its meaning)
- Speak new words out repeatedly. In case you get access to the Internet, you can use the online dictionary to learn how to pronounce them.
- Make associations (in pictures or with other words)
- Have somebody to test you about new vocabulary
- Utilize them to practice for your IELTS speaking or writing
During the process of learning IELTS Vocabulary, you should have a dictionary, notebook and marker, sticky notes and some partners to practice the new words.
Below are the download links for the aforementioned top 9 common topics for IELTS Exam. Each topic includes Vocabulary and Exercise for practice, which extracted from the top-selling vocabulary IELTS books such as English Vocabulary in Use, English Collocation in Use, Cambridge IELTS Practice Test, etc
You can download it here:
1. Health
9. Traffic
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Iroda
Posted on Dec 30, 2021
Woderful! I founded what I needed. Thank you very much!
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xs
Posted on Jul 19, 2019
Hi, the link to energy and environment vocabulary doesn’t work, please check it, thanks
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Saeed
Posted on May 1, 2019
Please send these topics to my email saeedv900@gmail.com and thanks
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Saeed
Posted on May 1, 2019
Hi, the link to energy and environment vocabulary doesn’t work, please check it, thanks
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Saeed
Posted on May 1, 2019
Hi thepinkto energy and enviroment doesn’t work, please check it, thanks i
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Aby
Posted on Jun 30, 2017
hello
All the materials from the websites are really useful, thank you so much.
I cant open the link, Could you please email them for me please? Thank you so much !
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Posted on Jun 29, 2017
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please send me this vocabulary on my mail sagardobaria07@gmail.com
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Mudasir
Posted on Sep 18, 2018
The links are not working please send me via email ielts general…mudasiraziz.jz@gmail.com
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Posted on Jun 10, 2017
Hello,
Please send me the downloadlink for vocubulary. nowsheen17@yahoo.com is my email id
Thanks
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Posted on Jun 4, 2017
please provide this vocabulary at mail id. amanchhahar5@gmail.com as the links provided are not accessible. Thanks in advance
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Posted on May 26, 2017
Hello sir,
Drop mail to rathivignesh2015@gmail.com. Thanks in advance. Link is not working
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Posted on May 4, 2017
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Posted on May 4, 2017
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the links don’t work ,would you mind to send to me at my email
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Katharina Kranewitter
Posted on Apr 12, 2017
Dear IELTS Material Team,
the links provided above are not working, unfortunately. Could you, please, send me the documents via e-mail instead? Thank you in advance!
Best greetings
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Sofia
Posted on Apr 26, 2017
Hello,
Could you please also send me Vocabulary for Top 9 Most Common Topics in IELTS Exam? sofias0396@gmail.com
Thanks!