hi there it's asiya today i've prepared for you 20 words that can be used in common ielts
writing situations all these words are formal and belong to less common vocabulary which means that
using them in your writing will boost your lexical resource score but knowing a word is never
enough you need to know what exactly this word means and how to use it in sentences correctly
that's what really shows your english skills and that's what you're about to learn today
this is part two as a lesson and you can watch part one here okay let's get started
the first word is a notion it means an idea a belief but this word is more
formal so you could say some people reject the notion that seeing violence on television
has a harmful effect on children a great collocation is preconceived notions
a collocation means that these two words are often used together in english
a preconceived notion is an idea formed before you have enough information or experience to decide
to obtain it means to get something especially by making an effort
and you can use it instead of the most common verb which is not very formal
to get so instead of saying to get money to get information to get advice you could say
to obtain information to obtain permission to obtain results to obtain advice and to
obtain money please note that you don't need an indefinite article in front of any of these nouns
next to observe it means to see or notice something a number of changes can be observed
so that's the passive voice a research project has been observing changes in the local population
obstacle it means something that makes it difficult to achieve something else
obstacle to doing something the article you need the proposition you need is
two a lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job you can see the
most important phrases in bold i think they are really worth memorizing because you can
use them in your essays a lack of qualifications and a major obstacle to finding a job
you could say to overcome all the obstacles in the path of something or to become or to
constitute an obstacle it means something is an obstacle but to constitute is a formal verb
and you could say a lack of qualifications constitutes an obstacle to finding a job
or population growth constitutes an obstacle to economic development the next word is occupation
it means a job or profession the college provides training in a wide range of occupations so you can
see to study that's mainly at school at university but you can also say to train if you talk about
something which is more professionally oriented to provide training in a wide range of occupations
it's harder to lose weight when you have a sedentary occupation
that again is a great collocation that means that you sit all day perhaps in front of your computer
a sedentary occupation the next word is an outcome that is the result or effect of an action or event
and we often use this word to talk about something that is likely to happen in the future
an outcome can be positive or negative and we see that something influences decides determines
the outcome you know sometimes you learn a new word but then you don't use it because
you don't know which verb to use with this word and then the word is useless and soon forgotten
so you really need to learn all those phrases in english here is another example better diet
leads to improved health outcomes it means that people who have a healthier diet
are healthier themselves it is important to evaluate the learning
outcomes of the course so it's important to find out what people have learned from the course
next partial it means not complete or not whole it was only a partial solution to the problem
that is a common phrase a partial solution to the problem or a partial answer to the question
another word is entire it means whole including everything
and you can use it like that you can see the entire world city country or
in the past people often spend their entire career working for the same company the next word is to
possess it means to have or own something or to have a particular quality or feature many people
in central london do not possess a car so that's a formal way to say they don't have a car or
workers who possess the required skills for the task again a simpler way would be to say
that workers who have their quiet skills next predominantly that means mostly mainly generally
senior management posts are predominantly held by men
or female engineers work in a predominantly male environment and that's a great word for ielts
writing because it's not common that something is a hundred percent so usually it's mostly so
and you can say predominantly the next adverb is principally it means
mainly or chiefly the measures were principally designed to tackle the problem of unemployment
to tackle the problem is a good collocation it means to make an effort to solve the problem
you could also say to be principally responsible for something
to propose that means to suggest a plan and that's a formal verb so it's more formal than to suggest
since the idea was first proposed no action has been taken
you can also say the proposed solution to provide that means to give something to somebody the rules
should provide customers with a high level of protection and we say to provide something
for someone the government should be able to provide viable social services for poorer families
you can also say to provide someone with something the government should be able to provide poorer
families with viable social services so you can use it either way but just make sure you memorize
the correct proposition to reject that means to refuse to accept or to refuse to consider
something to reject a notion a plan a request or to reject a job offer
or a university application the proposal was rejected as too costly it means the proposal was
too costly too expensive and for this reason it was rejected it was rejected as too costly
repercussions that is a result and it is a bit similar to the word outcome but it's used
in its slightly different meaning repercussions are indirect and bad results of an action or event
that happen at some time in the future and it's usually used in its plural form repercussions
to have far reaching repercussions
any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the local economy another
useful word is striking it means interesting and unusual enough to attract attention so you could
see the most striking feature of these results is that left-handed mothers are more likely to have
left-handed children to be left-handed means to write with your left hand or to be right-handed
you can say striking contrast striking similarities or striking features substantial
this is large in amount value or importance the adjective big is so simple that it sounds informal
in ielts writing and a great way to substitute it with is substantial
the findings show a substantial difference between the opinions of men and women you can
say substantial sums of money substantial changes differences or improvements next to substitute
to take the place of somebody or something else and there are two ways to use it you can say to
substitute a for b computers it substitute for human interaction no book or cause of study can
substitute for experience but you can also say to substitute b with a or to substitute b by a
and if we use the same examples we could say we cannot substitute human interactions
with computers but in ielts writing task 2 you should try not to use we too often in
this case we need to use the passive voice human interactions cannot be substituted with computers
or experience can be substituted with no book or course of study
we could also say experience cannot be substituted by a book or a course of studies
underlying that is important in a situation but not easily noticed
unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate it means the crime rate is
is rising because of the unemployment but it's not immediately obvious and that is a collocation
an underlying cause of something we need to tackle the underlying causes of poverty
to be willing that is to be happy to do something if it's required if it's needed
many consumers are willing to pay more for organic food young people are willing to
pay substantial sums of money to study at prestigious universities okay you can find
all the words and phrases from today's lesson in the video description box below there you
can also find a link to download a pdf with all the 30 words and phrases for your task too
and of course you can watch the first part of this lesson with words from a to n the link is right on
the screen thank you for watching me today and good luck with your preparation and your exam