Importance of Vocabulary:
Why vocabulary is important: – Vocabulary plays quite an important role in the IELTS Exam. If you are preparing for IELTS, treat vocabulary like your best friend. Vocabulary is an indispensable part of writing and speaking which makes your topic interesting and effective. If you use strong vocabulary mean uncommon words, it will definitely impress your reader as repetition of words make your task boring and lead to a decrease in your score. If you know the words, you will be able to communicate your ideas, thoughts, and emotions in a perfect way. You will face no trouble at all. Therefore, having a strong vocabulary will ensure your good score in IELTS test.
So why it is important For IELTS:-As vocabulary covers 25% of marks for IELTS writing and speaking test. Not only writing and speaking test, but also plays key role in reading and listening. To get high score, especially in writing and speaking sections, students should be confident about their vocabulary. There can be multifarious ways to imbibe a flexible use of a wide range of vocabulary in English language skill. But, you must practice the way that is comfortable.
How it can be learnt?
Plenty of words are used in our daily life to make understand other people our messages and thoughts. So, sometime it is easy sometime it’s difficult for us to convey our message due to the lack of knowledge of right word for a particular situation, which is referred to as lack of vocabulary.
If in case your vocabulary is less or poor you will tend use the same words again and again and your writing becomes monotonous which means if your vocabulary is weak, you tend to use similar word and start repeating words which leads to poor band score as you fail to impress the examiner, therefore there is a persistent need to expand your vocabulary list to perform better in writing and speaking sector of IELTS exam.
There is certain skill involved in choosing the most appropriate synonyms. It is important to consider the connotation of the word, because some synonym can inject a different meaning.
For instance, “Many” it is very common word and used in almost every writing task as well as speaking interviews, so, replace it by using synonyms for this.
Many:- a couple of innumerable plenty of abundant couples, a multitude of multifarious , multiple, majority of, myriad, astronomical, ample, certain.
Note: – These are used for different amounts.
1. Certain: – refers amount
a couple of, numerous, many
2. Countless: – means uncountable
endless, myriad, abundant, innumerable
3. Different: – refers variety
Diversity, various, multifarious, several, diverse.
4. Frequent: – refers to amount of time
Common, repeated, constant, incessant.
Hence, initially learn appropriate meaning and proper use of your vocabulary words. Inaccuracy in word selection will lead to poor band scores. Here, we use represent more useful uncommon synonym for common words, which can be added in almost every topic.
Learn the below list of synonyms to increase your vocabulary:-
Good: – gracious, splendid, outstanding, superb, magnificent, virtue
For quality: – superior, satisfactory, adequate
Morally: – virtuous, ethical
Beautiful: – stunning, attractive, pretty
Important: – imperative, significant, vital, indispensable
Old: – antiquated, ancient, obsolete
Rich: – affluent, wealthy, well-off
Valid: – authorized, legitimate
Bad: – adverse, vicious, unsatisfactory, wicked, detrimental effects on our health
Increase: – grow, rise, escalate, soar, surge, climb, swell, expand, augment, hike, amplify, mushroom.
Reduce: – alleviate, mitigate, minimize, lesser
Problem: – issue, obstacle, menace, difficulty, hurdle, hindrance
Stop: – deter, curb
Benefit: – advantage, merit, blessing, pros, boon, profit
Disadvantage: – drawback, snag, blemish, short comings,
Advantageous: – superior, beneficial, fruitful
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