IELTS VOCABULARY

Rush Hour: one of the very busy times of the day on roads, trains, etc.,

Sentence: It took him 45 minutes to reach the office because of the rush hour

Commute: travel some distance between one’s home and place of work on a regular basis.

Sentence: She commutes to work daily by metro

Round-about: on all sides or in all directions.

Sentence: You should drive slowly at roundabouts

Congestion: a situation in which a place is too blocked or crowded, causing difficulties

Sentence: The congestion on this route is very bad during the rainy season

Pedestrian: a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.

Sentence: The life of pedestrians is very tough as they don’t have a place to call home

Intersection: a point at which two or more things intersect, especially a road junction.

Sentence: The next intersection is 10Km ahead

Bottleneck: a narrow section of road or a junction that impedes traffic flow.

Sentence: She pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck

Gridlock: a situation of very severe traffic

Sentence: They were caught in a gridlock

Obstruction: a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage.

Sentence: The fallen trees have created an obstruction on the road

Stoppage: a blockage in a narrow passage, such as the barrel of a gun.

Sentence: There have been more than 10 minutes of stoppages.

Queue: a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

Sentence: Everybody has to stand in the queue and wait for their turn

Tailback: a long queue of stationary or slow-moving traffic extending back from a busy junction

Sentence: There’s a 2km tailback on the city highway because of an accident