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Speak Your Mind: Book 1

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES:
DETERIORATE (verb)

a. Accelerate
b. Become progressively worsen
c. Become fewer

Not Often or Seldom – adverb of time| frequency

a. Never
b. Rarely
c. Always
ADVERB of TIME :  tell us when an action happened, but also for how
long, and how often
► Example:  always eat five fruit and vegetables a day.
► I often go to my grandparents' house for dinner.
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Stand on his own| Idiom
a. Independent | opposite – dependent| constrained|
orthodox- (of a person) not independent-minded;
conventional and unoriginal.| traditional | conformist
b. Intimidated | confident
c. Bored
a choice limited to one of two or more
possibilities : adj
a. famous
b. alternative
c. Option - noun

_ To be able to function independently of other

people or things

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PROLIFERATE (verb)

a. Accelerate
b. Become progressively worsen
c. Multiply

Money that is earned in trade or business- (noun)

a. Cash
b. Profit- gain /return(s) interest , payback
c. Currency

- something (such as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in

circulation as a medium of exchange
Currency -
- Example :
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ARTIFICIALLY(adverb)

a. Natural
b. Man-Made
c. Habitable

Adjective : deficient in alertness or activity

a. Self-supporting
b. idleness
c. lethargic
MAN- MADE - not by Natural means

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Bores me to tear | Idiom

a. Very sad
b. Intimidated
c. Bored

Periodically - adverb

a. News paper
b. Annual
c. Occasionally
IDIOMS -a construction or expression of one language whose
parts correspond to elements in another language but whose
total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in
the second language.
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 VOCABULARY EXERCISES:
What is being asked:
She started drinking in high school because of a feeling
that she must do the same thing as other people in order to
be liked by them.

Adjective : having a strong but unreasonable

feeling of love or attraction for someone or
something
a. Stereotype
b. Infatuated
c. intervene

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES:
OBLIVIOUS(adjective)

a. Mindful
b. Unaware
c. Habitable

Slob: Noun

a. Insect
b. Idleness
c. Messy Person
SAMPLE IDIOMS:

As right as rain Perfect

Haste makes waste You'll make mistakes if you rush

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES:
Things such as gossiping , movies etc.

a. Prevalent- usual – generally accepted

b. fatuous
c. frivolous

The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or

quality. (noun)
a. acquisition
b. asset
c. Capable

silly and pointless.

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to occur or be between two things.(verb)

a. Stereotype
b. compelled
c. intervene

INITIATIVE- NOUN

a. the ability or attitude required to begin or

initiate something
b. Resent
c. Capable

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WHO’S THE REAL YOU?

a close-fisted or stingy
person
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A person who spends money in
an extravagant, irresponsible way.
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WHO’S the REAL YOU?
person thinks the best possible thing one who is often seen as lacking hop
e and joy and is
marked by disbelief or distrust
will happen, and hopes for it even if it's
not likely

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having an attitude or acting in a way that shows unwilling to speak about your thoughts
that you like people and want them to like and trust or feelings:
you

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A LITTLE ABOUT
IELTS

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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
IELTS WRITING CRITERIA
IELTS SPEAKING PART CRITERIA
4 POINTS
► 4 POINTS
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.

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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
IELTS WRITING CRITERIA
IELTS SPEAKING PART CRITERIA
4 POINTS
► 4 POINTS
 Brevity and Appropriateness/ Task
► Fluency and coherence response
► 2. Lexical resource   Coherence and Cohesion
► 3. Grammatical range and  Grammatical Range and accuracy
accuracy
 Lexical resource
► 4. Pronunciation

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ADJECTIVES| ADVERB IN WRITING
Adjective Example
Upward By looking at the five data points, there appears to be a clear upward pattern in prices
Downward Over the past quarter century there is a downward trend in use of pesticides
Overall The overall shift in the market seems to favour the use of nuclear power

•NOTE
•“overall” can be used to describe changes in trend over the whole period: very useful
in introductions and conclusions
•“upward” and “downward” are adjectives: the adverbs are “upwards” and
Adjectives of Degree “downwards”

Adjective Example Adverb Example

Significant A significant change Significantly Changed significantly
Dramatic A dramatic shift Dramatically Sifts dramatically
Sudden A sudden rise Suddenly Has risen suddenly
Substantial A substantial gain Substantially Gained substantially
Sharp A sharp decrease Sharply Had decreased sharply
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•“sudden” and “sharp” can be used for relatively minor changes that happen quickly
•“spectacular” and “dramatic” are very strong words only used for big changes Jens
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VERBS
► Up Verbs
Verbs Example
soar the use of water soared in March
leap the prices leapt to 90% in one year
Climb populations climbed to over one million by 1980
Rocket use of cars rocketed in the first decade
Surge a surge of migration is seen in November

Notes:
•“Soar “and “rocket” are both very strong words that describe large rises. “Rocket” is more sudden. You probably do not
need to qualify these verbs with adverbs.
•“Leap” shows a large and sudden rise. Again, you probably do not need to qualify it with an adverb.
•“Climb” is a relatively neutral verb that can be used with the adverbs below.

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VERBS
► Down Verbs
Verbs
 
Example
Sink The cost of housing sunk after 2008
Slip back Use of electricity slipped back to 50 in May
Dip Divorce rate dipped in the 60s
Drop A drop in crime can be seen last year
Plummet Tourists to the city plummets after September

Notes:
•“Plummet” is the strongest word here. It means to fall very quickly and a long way.
•“Drop”  and “drop” are normally used for fairly small decreases
•“Slip back” is used for falls that come after rises
•“Drop” and “Dip” are also frequently used as nouns: “a slight dip” “a sudden drop”

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Steady Adjectives
Adjective Example Adverb Example
Consistent A consistent flow Consistently Flowed consistently
Steady
  A steady movement Steadily Moved steadily
Constant Constant shift Constantly Sifted constantly

Small adjectives
Adjective Example Adverb Example
Slight A slight rise Slightly Rose slightly
Gradual A gradual fall Gradually Has fallen gradually
Marginal A marginal change Marginally Had changed marginally
Modest A modest increase Modestly Increases modestly
Notes:
•“marginal” is a particularly useful word for describing very
small changes

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