Rawdon Wyatt - Check Your English Vocabulary for Ielts - 2012
First published in Great Britain 2001 by A & C Black Publishers Ltd This second edition published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Pic 50 Bedford Square London W C1B 3DP www.bloomsbury.com Copyright © Rawdon Wyatt, 2012 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-4081-5393-2 This book is produced using paper that is made from wood grown in managed, sustainable forests. It is natural, renewable and recyclable. The logging and manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Limited
about this workbook
About this workbook
Introduction
This w o rk b o o k has been w ritten for students w h o are planning to sit either the Academic or General Training modules of the IELTS examination. It covers some of the main vocabulary areas tha t you will need for, or come across in, the Listening, Reading, W ritin g and Speaking sections of the exam. W e hope that you find the exercises in this book useful, and that the vocabulary you acquire will help you to achieve the grade you w a n t in the IELTS. G o o d luck!
Structure of the hook
Each vocabulary area is presented in the form of a self-contained m odule w ith task-based activities w hich present each vocabulary item in context. • Pages 1 - 5 7 focus on genera! vocabulary items. Some of these are relevant to specific tasks or questions in the IELTS examination (for example, describing h o w something works, talking abo u t changes shown in a graph or table, saying w h e re things are and fo llow ing directions). • Pages 5 8 - 1 0 4 focus on topic-specific vocabulary areas w hich may be required in the examination (for example,
about this workbook
About this workbook
Introduction
This w o rk b o o k has been w ritten for students w h o are planning to sit either the Academic or General Training modules of the IELTS examination. It covers some of the main vocabulary areas tha t you will need for, or come across in, the Listening, Reading, W ritin g and Speaking sections of the exam. W e hope that you find the exercises in this book useful, and that the vocabulary you acquire will help you to achieve the grade you w a n t in the IELTS. G o o d luck!
Structure of the hook
Each vocabulary area is presented in the form of a self-contained m odule w ith task-based activities w hich present each vocabulary item in context. • Pages 1 - 5 7 focus on genera! vocabulary items. Some of these are relevant to specific tasks or questions in the IELTS examination (for example, describing h o w something works, talking abo u t changes shown in a graph or table, saying w h e re things are and fo llow ing directions). • Pages 5 8 - 1 0 4 focus on topic-specific vocabulary areas w hich may be required in the examination (for example,