VOCABULARY FOR THE WRITING SECTION

VOCABULARY FOR THE WRITING AND SPEAKING SECTION AT THE IELTS EXAM

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TIPS TO BEAR IN MIND

The vocabulary is the most important section in the writing and speaking process since it can give coherence and cohesion in the paper. For that reason, this presentation has the purpose of showing some tips to identify the suitable vocabulary used in the writing sections and some parts of the speech about the grammar section.

Nouns

In English, we have several types of nouns, which are essential in the writing section at the Ielts Exam. These nouns are: - Proper nouns (Pontificia Javeriana University) - Commons nouns (dictionary, house, school) - Countable nouns (apples, pears, pans) - Uncountable nouns (sugar, salt, information) - Collective nouns (herd (sheep), colony (bees) - Concrete nouns (radio, television) -Abstract nouns ( love, hate, power, freedom)

ADJECTIVES

They are usually used to qualify the nouns.

- Descriptive (blue, short)- Possessive (my, his, her, etc)- Demonstrative (this, those, that)-Indefinite (few, a little, a few)- Number ( one, five, eleven)- Ordinal (first, third, fifth)- Comparative ( older than, colder than)- Superlative ( the shortest, the most important)-Participial (interesting, interested)

EverywhereYetSometimesOftenAlmost

Adverbs

Regular adverbs ends usually in -ly

There are fourth types of adverbs: - place - time - Frequency - Degree

They are words that qualify or modify the verbs., an adjective or another adverb.

Verbs

They are used to name actions.

1. Stative: smell, love, etc 2.Active: Transitive: play (He often plays ping-pong) Intranstive: jump (you can jump the rope) 3. Auxiliary: (will, have, did) 4. Modal: possiblity: may, might, permission: should, must, ability: can, could, be able to. 5. Phrasal verbs: take care.

Prepositions

They connect nouns, noun phrases to other parts of the sentences. There are types of prepositions: - Time: on (day, date (day + time of day) - in: (month, year, season, time of day , time period) - at: (time, precise time of day, time period)

Place

- On (General geographical location) - In (General location, country) - At (Precise location or place) - Near (Precise location or place) - Across (General location, country) - Under (Precise location or place) - Between (Precise location or place)

Direction

-- Along (in a line from one point to another)--Through (going from one point to the other point)--Towards (in the direction of something)

Conjuctions

They are words to join clauses to make sentences.

Co-ordinate conjunctions (and, but) co-relative conjunctions (both ... and , either .... or, if ... then) Subordinate conjunctions (because, as, although, so , so,... that) Relative pronouns Adverbs Adjectives

Articles

They are words to definite the noun: There are definite, indefinite and no article. Definite (the) : She works in the Susan's office. Indefinite (a /an): Marie is eating a red apple. Michael eats an egg. No article: Joan is cooking a chocolate cupcake.

TIPS

1. Look at the word

4. Think about the topic of the word

2. Think about the part of the speech of the word.

5. Take into account academic words for the writing section.

3. If you don't know the meaning of the word, look at the context.

6. Bear in mind the functional words for the speaking section.

Don't forget to mention idioms and colloquial phrases in the interview.

Think about functional words for the writing section.

Think about specialised letter writing words.

To know more

Bibliography

TKT. RICHMOND.PDF FORMAT: SESSION 1. Burga, Diana. http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-vocabulary/