hi there it's asiya and today i've prepared for you a number of formal
english words that you can use instead of simple
common english words in ielts writing task two
as i always say memorizing a few new words is not enough
you need to know what exactly each word means
and how to use them in sentences correctly
that's what you're gonna learn today and i also want to show you the app
i use to learn new words it's called WordUp
okay let's get started
once you've found some great new words in english how do you
actually go about learning them let me show you the app
i use it's called WordUp and it has kindly sponsored this video
here it is if you open it you can search for any
word you want to learn for example repercussions
okay if you open it you see the definition
in english translation into your own language
you can hear how it's pronounced repercussion repercussion
and here's what i like most if you scroll down
you see tweets movies songs with this word for example friends
if you press play you will see this dialogue i just can't show it on youtube
because it's copyrighted but you will see it and that will really
help you to understand how to use this word like a native
speaker if you go back so you see
all the cards with words you're learning and you have different games like spell it
that will help you memorize each word you can use the app for free
or you can upgrade to the paid version to unlock all the features
that the one i use and that's really the best vocabulary app i've seen so i
highly recommend it and the link will be in the description
box below now let's go back to learning words
in ielts writing task 2 quite often we need to talk
about results here are a few synonyms you can talk about consequences
a consequence is a result of something usually a negative result even if you
don't use any adjective just the word already
shows that you're talking about something bad or at least not good
for instance actions have consequences you know that nothing good is gonna
happen you can use it with the following
adjectives dire disastrous negative adverse
consequences and you can say a consequence for somebody or something
the proposition is for this reform could have serious
consequences for school children around the country
you can also say as a consequence of something 200 people
lost their jobs as a direct consequence of the merger yes consequences
are direct results you can also say a repercussion that is
an indirect and negative result of something
that happens sometime later and usually we use it in plural
repercussions far-reaching repercussions that's a
quite common combination you could say any decrease in tourism
could have serious repercussions for the local economy
so both words consequences and repercussions
are negative and when you want to talk about a result that is positive
say an outcome this one is singular an outcome
and it can be both negative and positive and usually an outcome is quite indirect
so if you want to say that something is positive
and directly caused by something say a result and an outcome is something
that happens in the end you can talk about a desired
positive favorable successful outcome and some good verbs to influence
decide determine the outcome people determine the outcome of their
lives by the choices they make you could also say good housing
improves health outcomes or smaller classes lead to improved
learning outcomes quite often you need to talk about
the advantages and disadvantages of something
so let me give you a few words first of all
when you are talking about advantages you can say
a merit that's an advantage of something over something else and in this meaning
we usually use it in plural merits the merits of homeschooling the merits
of new technologies or
being able to work from home has its merits
you can also say a benefit it means an advantage that something gives you
one of the many benefits of foreign travel is learning how to cope with the
unexpected another example is freedom of
information brings significant benefits
or higher education brings multiple benefits including higher
earning potential a good way to vary your language is to
use adjectives to show that something is an
advantage you could say beneficial it means
helpful or useful and you can say you should say
beneficial to somebody or something
a good diet is beneficial to health you should always memorize what
preposition you need to use with each word because
a lot of mistakes happen then the next word is advantageous
it means good or useful in a certain situation
low affairs make it advantageous to travel in winter
and here you can actually say advantageous to
or for somebody pre-selling is advantageous
to both customers and stores we talked about advantages how can you
describe disadvantages you probably already know
words such as a drawback a weak point or a negative point
so let me give you some more interesting adjectives
the first one is detrimental it means harmful or damaging and you say
detrimental to somebody or something high university tuition fees could be
seriously detrimental to social mobility you can talk about a detrimental effect
or impact petrol and diesel cars
have a detrimental effect or impact on the environment you can say
undesirable it means unwanted not approved of likely to cause
trouble large cars are socially and environmentally undesirable
you can say it would be highly undesirable to increase
class sizes further another word is counterproductive it means having an
opposite effect to the one that was intended
increases in taxation would be counterproductive
it means the government will actually collect
less money even though the tax rate is higher or making vaccinations
compulsory may be counterproductive every task 2
essay should contain some examples but you don't have to
repeat the word example every time here are a few alternatives
you can talk about an illustration that's an example that explains or
proves something new york serves as an
illustration of the problems faced by big cities you can also say
an instance it means an example of something
that happens generally and we often say for instance more and more people are
read the news on the internet for instance print circulation of the
guardian has fallen in recent years while its
website attracts millions of users every month
so here for instance was used at the beginning of the sentence
but we can put it in the middle the guardian for instance has reached
online readership levels of over 35 million per month
and the last word is a case and you can say in some cases
in some cases people had to wait several weeks for an appointment so it's
clear that that is an example next
in ielts writing task 2 it's important to distinguish between your own opinion
and opinion of other people here's how you can say that that's what
other people think i'm gonna give you three verbs
and will use all of them in the passive voice
and the first one is to be regarded it means
to think about something in a particular way
and we say to be regarded as private education is often regarded as
socially divisive or newspapers are generally regarded
as a reliable new source the second one is to be considered and
it has the same meaning but you should use it
in a slightly different way the most common way is to say to be
considered something or to be considered to be
something private education is often considered to be socially
divisive or newspapers are considered a reliable
news source you see the meaning of to be regarded
and to be considered is identical but we use them
in a slightly different way the next verb is to be viewed
it's slightly less formal and it's actually used
the same way as to be regarded we say to be
viewed as private education is often viewed as socially divisive
or let me give you a new example getting a university education
is generally viewed as the right decision for
any young person irrespective of his or her background okay i think
that's enough for today you can find all the words from today's lesson
in the description box below as well as the links to the WordUp app
that you can use to learn the new ones
thank you for watching me today good luck with your preparation
and your exam bye