Vocabulary and Collocations for Band 8 in IELTS

This tutorial focuses entirely on collocations and vocabulary.

We look at:

The 6 different types of collocations
How to use the collocations
The AWL (Academic Word List) -Here is a link to the 20 most frequent academic words used (pdf).
Three valuable tips if you are going for Band 8 or higher.

Here is one of the tips:

Find a word from the AWL pdf list given above.
Place it into the Cambridge Online Dictionary.
Find the phrases, and the level:

4. Convert according to equivalency:

5. Now you have a very useful resource for checking the quality of your vocabulary. More information on CEFR equivalency can be found here.

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