IELTS (Intensifiers)

reminisce ​- to talk/write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure

extraordinary - very special/ unexpected/ strange

rare - not common/ frequent/ very unusual

excluded - to prevent someone/ something/ not include​

​Vocabulary words

​beneficial - helpful/ useful/good

keen - ​eager/ interested/very interested

VOCABULARY WORDS​

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1. assume 5. professional

2. research 6. negative

3. benefit 7. similarities

4. goal 8. topic

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1. assume - to accept something to be true without question/proof

2. research -​ a detailed study of a subject in order to discover new information

3. benefit - a helpful / good effect/ something intended to help

4. goal - an aim/ purpose

5. negative - not expecting good things/ harmful/bad

6. professional - relating to work that needs special training/ education

7. ​similarities - fact that people/ things look the same

8. topic - a subject that is discussed/written about/studied​

ADJECTIVES​

• a word that describes the traits, qualities, or number of a noun

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ashamed, adorable, attractive, beautiful, awful, aggressive, cruel, clever, tasty, jealous.

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NOUN

- a word that refers to a thing, person, an animal, a place, quality, an idea

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examples: ​

Ana - name of a person family - collective

city - common ice cream - compound

New York - proper anger - abstract

table - concrete​

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VERB

- a word that we use to refer to actions (what things do) and states of being (how things are)

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​- the text will contain factual information about a topic.

True/False/Not Given

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- the text will contain the opinions, views, or beliefs of the writer or other people who are mentioned.​

Yes/No/Not Given

YES/NO/NOT GIVEN & TRUE/FALSE

​8 TIPS:

1. The answers appear in the same order in the text as the order of the statements.

2. ​You don’t need to read the whole text. ( SCAN) ( SKIM)

3. ​There will be at least one of each answer type – Yes, No, Not Given.

​4. Watch out for distractors.  examples: every, a few, all, always 

5. ​Be on the lookout for qualifying words that express possibility or doubt.

examples: ​seem, claim, suggest, probably

6. ​The view or opinion of the writer may not be immediately clear from the text.

7. ​The statements will contain synonyms and paraphrasing so be on the lookout for these.

8. ​Remember that at least one answer will be NG.

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