IELTS
Preparation Tips and Tricks to Get 7 Band
IELTS being a language proficiency test ensures
a critical assessment of a candidate’s lexical resources, i.e., the vocabulary. It is one of the most
challenging parts of learning a language. Though, unlike other school exams,
IELTS has no specific vocabulary section/question yet the test is designed in
such a way that it assesses a test taker’s vocabulary. Simply understanding, both
the writing and speaking tests assess your vocabulary. It is worth more
than 20%. Even the reading and listening can assess your vocab because lack of enough vocab would
make the tests very difficult for a test taker and s/he would face a set of
challenges ultimately leading to a low score.
In this blog
we present to you some good strategies to prepare a strong vocab.
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1. Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is a key skill for IELTS
speaking and writing tests. A candidate should learn to write/explain a given
text using her/his own words. Paraphrasing indicates the ability of the
candidate to express facts or view.
2.
Wide-ranging and accurate vocab
Use of sophisticated language always leads to
a high band score of 7, 8 or 9 in IELTS. While explaining, justifying, and
exemplifying a topic one accurately should be able to use specific keywords.
For instance, while describing the Winter Weather, you might use winter
terms like frost, blizzard, frigid climate and black
ice.
3. Glossary
One should check if the glossary box is
provided in the paper. Generally at the end of the text you box containing keywords and their meaning. Glossary could help a test taker understand the text
more accurately. So, one should not forget to check and use them.
It is important to know and use the commonly
used Idioms. I believe and hope that you won’t be trapped in the text contains
expressions such as ‘I want this promise in black
and white or ‘it is raining cats and
dogs’ etc. in these expressions ‘black and white’ and ‘cats and dogs’ are not
to be taken in the literal sense of the individual words. Go on and check the
meaning of them if you’re not sure and learn the meaning of the most commonly
used idioms at least 100 of them.
5. Synonyms
IELTS reading and listening assess a candidate
for the richness of vocabulary. The questions can be structured in such a way that a
synonym of the words used in the text or audio would be provided in the
question. Having a good knowledge of synonyms is the only manner to attempt
such questions correctly.
6. Spell strong
Poor
spelling is penalized in IELTS. Ensure that you make your spellings strong. One
cannot obtain a high band score with poor spellings. However, there is one
breather that in case a word has different versions of spelling - British,
American, and Canadian, a candidate is free to use any of them.
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