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B R WRITING - Lexical Resource TS

Learn synonyms to demonstrate range of vocabulary

Good knowledge of synonyms will help you in all IELTS papers

Don’t repeat words from the Collocation & word families

exam question

When analysing your Task 2 exam question you can

brainstorm synonyms for the key words in the question
and use these throughout your essay answer. Especially
avoid repeating key words from the exam question.

Less common vocabulary

less common vocab ulary

Use less common vocabulary to be more precise in

meaning – for example these words appear similar but
have subtle differences in meaning:
- Teacher - Instructor
- Coach - Facilitator

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