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How To Express Opinion Ideas

Often times when taking your IELTS, you will be asked to give your opinion. When you give your opinion it is very important to start by saying what is good about the opposite opinion. If I love books, instead of saying I love books.

Although some people prefer watching videos, I prefer reading books.

We can practice now.

Ques – What do you prefer, travelling alone or with friends?

Possible answer – Although some people prefer travelling with friends, I enjoy travelling the most when I am alone.

Although is used to show contrast. It is a good idea to use it when writing essays or speaking.

Even though is a similar word.

Ques- Would you rather go to desert or beach

Possible answer – Even though deserts have their own fun, I love beaches.

Understanding ALTHOUGH and EVEN THOUGH

 

 Although/Even though subject he/she  verb  ,  subject verb

Even though India is a good country, India has issues.

Subject can be anything, he/she/we/noun.

Verb – is is a verb

After this, you need to put a comma.

Remember, when using although/even though there are two parts of the sentence. The one before comma and the other after it.

Some more words –

Despite _______, I prefer ______.

Example- Despite the advantages of high earning job, I prefer doing a work that makes me happy.

Despite is followed by noun only.

________; nevertheless, ________.

Example -Some people like living alone; nevertheless, I like living with my family.

__________;however, ________.

Example- Some people like travelling; however, he likes living at his house.

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Deaths In Venus # Graph For IELTS

The graph below shows the number of deaths in Venus during the year 1029-1031.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, make comparisons where relevant.

Deaths In Venus

Deaths In Venus

The chart illustrates the number of deaths caused by six diseases ( Aids, leprosy, tropical disease, diarrhoea, malaria and TB) in Venus over a period of 2 years from 1029-1031.

Overall, Aids, diarrhoea and TB remained the dominant diseases, causing the highest number of deaths while malaria was held responsible for the least number of deaths. The number of deaths caused by Leprosy were higher than malaria, however were not as dramatically high as that of the dominant diseases.

Over the period of two years, Aids and TB had taken a turmoil on the lives of individuals of Venus causing almost the same number of deaths. Around 50000 lives were lost because of the two deadly diseases with deaths caused by TB being only slightly less than the former.

The number of individuals dying because of  malaria and leprosy were comparatively low causing approximately 10000 deaths.

 

 

Ways Of Improving Vocabulary

Have you ever heard the words, antonyms and synonyms? If yes, then I am sure you must have heard that they are very important for scoring high in IELTS. But then do you think, that merely knowing the meaning of 1000 isolated words would help you? Well, if you are one of those who is on a target of learning 10 words from dictionary every day, I am sorry to inform that this is not going to help you. But then what is going to and how can you improve your vocabulary??

Well, let us have a look at different approaches that you can follow to score high in IELTS/learn new words effectively.

  1. Collocations – collocations are the words that go together. For example – by train, on foot. When learning new words, make sure that you learn them with words they are often used. This helps you to be more accurate. Example – it is not high man but tall man.
  2. Learn words with families – This does not mean that you need to sit with your family while learning words, it simply means that you need to learn words such that they can be grouped together. For instance, if you need to learn words that show anger, learn all of them together, like belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious. They all mean the same, so it is always a good idea to learn them together. So, when learning words, don’t go for words, rather go for ideas, and then learn everything associated with that idea.
  3. Pictures and diagrams – You can even learn words with diagrams. For example –
Learn Words

Learn Words

So, go on, learn words the way you like, just make sure you learn them and grow your vocabulary.

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How To Learn A New Word

English is a very broad language consisting of various words that were originally a part of either Persia or Arabian or may be Hindi. Even more, learning a new word often does not means simply to understand its meaning, because a word is often used differently in different context. You need to know the meaning of the word and then more importantly how it is being used.But then, how to learn a new word. When learning a new word make sure you do the following so that you grasp the content of the word correctly –

  1. Knowing the word is not enough. You need to know the words it is usually associated with and whether the word has any grammatical characteristics. And the most important part is to learn its pronunciation.
  2. It is always a good idea to learn a new word in phrases rather than cramming their meanings in isolation.
  3. Write down the nouns and the adjectives the words are generally associated with. For instance – royal family.
  4. Write down the verb with the structure and the nouns the word is often associated with. Example – to express an opinion.
  5. Write down nouns with phrases and words with prepositions. For example – shades of opinion, thanks to your help.
  6. Notice the grammatical structure of the words. As in when is the verb is irregular and when the noun in uncountable.

Learning words is of no use if you don’t know how to use them. So, make sure while learning new words that you can use the word correctly and also pronounce it appropriately.

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