Hi there! It's Asiya. To get a band 9 score in IELTS writing you need to use
your vocabulary with natural and sophisticated control. Today I've taken
10 words most commonly used in IELTS writing task 2 and prepared some
collocations or combinations of words, phrases that will help you use those
words like a band 9 native speaker. I can promise you if you learn those
collocations you'll be able to use some of them in each task 2 essay you write. But
before we start I want to ask for your help. I know that some of you want to
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started
the first word is a problem and you can say a major problem or an acute problem
if it's very serious another way to say to solve a problem is
to address or to tackle a problem you can also say to face a problem
most students face the problem of funding themselves while they're
studying a great phrase is something poses or presents the problem for
somebody the high rate of inflation poses or presents a serious problem for
the government it means the high rate of inflation is a
problem for the government the next one is a problem may arise
anok allocation are really like is at the heart of the problem the heart of
the problem is the extreme income inequality that exists in many countries
next ecause some expressions are a major cause a real cause or a root cause
unemployment is a root cause of poverty you can say are the cause of the problem
you definitely know this one and with a verb it would be to determine to
discover or to find the cause of the problem you can also say but the cause
of the problem lies in the cause of the problem lies in the excessive usage of
fossil fuels a solution have lots of Cal occasions
for this one let's start with adjectives a comprehensive solution or partial
solution if something doesn't solve the problem for you a reasonable solution
and all this solution or a final solution this problem is still far from
a final solution you can talk about an immediate solution or a long-term
solution and of course we all dream about an easy solution or a simple
solution there is no easy or simple solution to this problem pay attention
to propositions a solution to something or a solution to doing something
capitalism is part of the solution to tackling the climate crisis you can talk
about part of a solution and we the world to seek a solution or to work
towards a solution the next word is have you memorize
prepositions and view about something or review on something if you want to talk
about different views say opposing or conflicting views you can say to support
the view this example support the view that there is too much violence or
television you can say to take the view instead of saying some people think you
may say some people take the view that higher education should be free for
everyone or to hold the view some people or many people hold the view that
children should not be physically punished next an opinion and will see an
opinion on something or an opinion about something you may say a strong opinion
people tend to have strong opinions on capital punishment of course you can say
in my opinion all to be of the opinion that some people are of the opinion that
alternative medicine is a waste of time in some cases of the word opinion is
uncountable it doesn't require an indefinite article that's when we talk
about beliefs of a group of people for example public opinion there is no
article eventually the government will have to take notice of public opinion
you can see every enjoy pinyin there is a dobro story in your opinion on this
issue or a difference of opinion there is a difference of opinion as to the
desirability of the project or opinion is divided opinion is divided as to
whether the treatment actually works a conclusion we typically say to come to
a conclusion to reach a conclusion or to draw a conclusion you may also say to
lead to a conclusion with an adjective it would be a logical conclusion or a
reasonable conclusion you can also say a foregone conclusion that's when the
result of something is certain for instance the result of the election
seems to be a foregone conclusion an advantage you may say a definite
advantage a distinct advantage or an added advantage a small car has the
added advantage of being cheaper to run you may also say to have to get or to
gain an advantage smaller businesses often have an advantage in the area of
customer relations you may say an advantage over somebody or an advantage
for somebody the right Vantage's for both employers and employees in flexible
working hours you might have guessed the next one a
disadvantage a distinct disadvantage or a severe disadvantage you may also say a
disadvantage to something memorize the proposition there are disadvantages to
the plan you may also say to place or to put somebody at a disadvantage
the new law places or puts poorer families at a distinct disadvantage you
may actually use this word as a verb to disadvantage some pension plans may
disadvantaged women the next word is benefit the benefit of something every
child deserves the benefit of a good education there are a few adjectives
here in a long term or short term immediate benefit and add it for an
additional benefit and nice collocation is to be of benefit to somebody the new
regulations will be of benefit to everyone concerned you may say to the
right of benefit or to derive much benefit from something the ability to
derive benefit from education is affected by socioeconomic status and the
last one here is to the benefit of saying TV generations should be used to
the benefit of society and drawback you may see an obvious profit
what about propositions actually are free to choose from a drawback of two
with something or doing something so you may say the obvious drawback of the plan
or of the drawback to the plan or the drama we
of the plan they all are correct another nice collocation is to overcome
a drawback let's say to find ways of overcoming these drawbacks using
collocations is a great way to boost your IELTS writing score what are some
other things you could do well you could learn synonyms for commonly used words
or phrases commonly used in arts writing I actually have a whole playlist of
videos about IELTS writing vocabulary and I'm gonna link it all the screen
thank you for watching me today good luck with your preparation and your exam
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