Category: IELTS Vocabulary

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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 –
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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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Family Vocabulary

Family is a social unit of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and having a shared commitment to the mutual relationship. You will be asked to tell about your family very often, and these are the times you have to use the specific relationship that you share with a particular person.

IMMEDIATE FAMILY

– There are two main ways to determine immediate and other family members. They are:

Relation by blood: This means they share the same lineage or parent, such as in the case of siblings, children or grandchildren.
Relation by marriage: This means they share a common bond through the marriage of one member of each family, such as with in-laws or stepchildren.

PARENT
If you have children, you are their parent.
FATHER
Father is the male parent
MOTHER
Mother is the female parent
SON
The male child
DAUGHTER
The female child
BROTHER
The male who has the same parents as yours
SISTER
The female who has the same parents as yours
HUSBAND
If you get married, the man is the husband.
WIFE
If you get married, the woman is the wife.

Siblings is a collective term for brothers and sisters.

RELATIVES

GRANDPARENTS
The parents of your parents
GRAND FATHER
The father of your mother or father
GRAND MOTHER
The mother of your father or mother
GRAND CHILDREN
The children of your children
GRAND SON
The son of your son or daughter
GRAND DAUGHTER
The daughter of your son or daughter
UNCLE
The brother of your mother or father
AUNT
The sister of your mother or father
COUSIN
The child of your uncle or aunt
NEPHEW
The male child of your brother or sister
NIECE
The female child of your brother or sister

THE IN-LAWS

FATHER-IN-LAW
Father of your spouse
MOTHER-IN-LAW
Mother of your spouse
SON-IN-LAW
The husband of your daughter
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
The wife of your son
BROTHER-IN-LAW
The husband of your sister
SISTER-IN-LAW
The wife of your brother

THE MIXED FAMILY

Step means that you are related to the person because of one parent marrying

STEP-FATHER
The husband of your mother, but not your biological father
STEP-MOTHER
The wife of your father, but not your biological mother.
STEP-SON
The son of your new wife or husband, but not your biological son.
STEP-DAUGTHER
The daughter of your new wife or husband, but not your biological daughter.
STEP SISTER
The daughter of your step mother/ father.
STEP BROTHER
The sister of your step mother/father.
HALF BROTHER
The brother you have only one parent in common
HALF SISTER
The sister you have only one parent in common

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Common Errors In English

English is often a confusing language. There are some words with similar meaning yet pronounced differently and then there are some words with different meaning yet pronounced similarly. Imagine what will happen if you write I am bringing my friend kernel instead of colonel.
Let us have a look at some of the common errors made –

CLOTHES OR CLOTHS
Clothes are garments.
Cloths are dusters or scraps of material.
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Common Errors In English

COLONOEL OR KERNEL
Colonel is a senior officer.
Kernel is the inner part of a nut.
COMPLEMENT OR COMPLIMENT
Complement is something that completes something or that goes well with something else
Compliment is a praise or to praise someone.
CONFIDENT, CONFIDANTE OR CONFIDANT
Confident means to be assured.
Confidant (either male or female) or a confidante (only a female) is someone whom one tells their secrets.
CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS
Both refer to diseases. However,
Contagious refers to the ones passed by bodily contact.
Infectious means passed by means of water or air.
They can even be used otherwise, such as, infectious laughter and contagious enthusiasm.
COORESPONDENT OR CO-RESPONDENT
Correspondent is someone who writes letter.
Co-respondent is cited in divorce proceedings

Now, we shall be using these words for this week, and in the end let us share what we have learned and how we have used these words.
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