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today we're going to be looking at the
69 most commonly used words by real band
78 and9 students so that you can improve
not just your vocabulary but massively
boost your I writing score and in this
video I'm going to show you what those
words are how you can use them in your
essays and how they will help you
massively improve your essays at the end
as a special bonus I'll also give you
access to all 100 of those sample essays
as a little gift from me to you so the
first word is viable this means able to
work or succeed synonyms of this word
are feasible workable or the most common
one would be possible this is an
adjective and common collocations are
viable option or viable alternative for
example the project is not a viable
option without more funding let's look
at how our B 78 and N students use this
in their real essays a viable solution
is to heavily punish law Breakers so in
your essays you will often be asked to
write about Solutions or Alternatives so
adding the collocation viable solution
viable option viable alternative will
hopefully boost your score the next word
is schooling this means the education
you get at school synonyms of this word
would be education learning or training
and this is a nine common collocations
of this word are Prim primary schooling
and secondary schooling for example good
primary schooling is important for a
child's future and if we look at a
sentence from the 100 essays in Vietnam
the average class size is 20 students
which makes it difficult for educators
to provide proper schooling for each
student education is one of the if not
the most common topic for task two
essays so very very useful word useful
synonym to use in there instead of
Education training things like that the
next word is rened this means famous or
respected synonyms of this word are well
known famous and celebrated this is an
adjective and common collocations are
renowned expert or renowned for although
you could add in athlete musician
company many many different things that
are well known and respected they are
famous for something this is very useful
for use in examples so often in examples
you're going to pick someone very well
known or famous that demonstrates the
point that you're making here's an
example sentence he is a renowned expert
in the field of biology and let's look
at how our students use this in their
essay for instance after opening a
branch of Apple company in Dubai many
local graduates were thrilled by the
good news of being accepted to work
under this renowned company so instead
of saying famous company they've added
renowned the next word is Prime and no
it's not a drink made by Logan Paul this
means the best or most important
synonyms are best top Main and this word
is an adjective the most common
collocation is prime example but you
could also Swap this out for Prime
Advantage Prime disadvantage Prime
solution Prime reason often in your
essays you'll be talking about these
things so if you want to describe
describe these things as the best or
most important you can add prime before
those words an example sentence is this
is a prime example of excellent customer
service and in our essays one student
wrote the prime disadvantage is that
these companies use the natural
resources of developing nations
recklessly which affects the environment
so a very very good topic sentence there
talking about advantages and
disadvantages but the great thing about
this word like many of the words on this
list is it can be used interchangeably
throughout your essays the next word is
prone which means likely to do or
experience something synonyms are likely
inclined and susceptible this is an
adjective and a common collocation is
prone to errors but it's not just prone
to errors the collocation will normally
be prone to but you can swap out errors
for other things that people are likely
to experience so an example sentence
children are prone to making mistakes
when they are learning and in our essays
we have thus people that have a diet
based on plants and seeds are more prone
to have a healthier life because they
are allow their bodies to focus their
energy in its normal processes and
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next word is officials and this means
people in Authority or people in the
government normally synonyms of this are
authorities leaders or administrators
and this is a nine common call locations
are government officials or public
officials these are people working in
the government in our essay they wrote
in conclusion I do not support the
argument of new newspapers publishing
the information of government officials
so Tas two essays will often talk about
the government and government policy so
it's a very useful word to have the next
word is output and this means the amount
produced of something synonyms of this
word are production or yield and this is
a noun common collocations are
industrial output or total output
sometimes you will be asked to write
about companies companies d dominate our
lives similarly to the last one where
we're talking about governments
governments and companies dominate our
lives and have a huge impact on our
lives therefore you will often be asked
to write about the those things or write
about examples of those things in your
task two essays an example sentence the
Factor's output has increased this year
and from our essays the main benefits of
wearing a uniform are that it brings
uniformity to the workplace and helps to
increase the output of companies and you
could also change that to a company's
output or a Factor's output the next
word is intellect which means the
ability to think and understand and
notice I didn't say memorize memorize
isn't really thinking so don't think
that you can memorize all of these words
and magically improve your intellect
more on that at the end of the video
synonym of this is intelligence and this
is a nine common collocations are his
intellect or her intellect or maybe a
child's intellect an example sentence is
her sharp intellect makes her a great
scientist and from her essays
educational programs on television can
help a child's intellect often you will
get questions about education especially
about children and how to improve their
education improve their intelligence
improve their intell the next word is
incentives which means things that
encourage you to do something for
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you an incentive synonyms of this word
are motivation reward and encouragement
this is a nine uncommon cations are
provide incentives or offer incentives
so this will often come up when we're
talking about education or how companies
are run often we will provide incentives
or offer incentives to students workers
citizens to try and get them to do
something another way to think about
this word is the approach of a carrot
and a stick so if you want a donkey to
do something you can beat it with a
stick or you can provide an incentive a
carrot to make it go forward an example
sentence are the comp offers Financial
incentives to its best workers and in
our essays many younger people find
voting a waste of time and therefore if
they are given incentives they are more
likely to take the time to vote our next
word is irrespective this means without
considering something synonyms are
regardless and despite and this is an
adverb the most common collocation is
irrespective of and then after of will
be the thing that you are ignoring or
you're disregarding for example
irrespective of the outcome we must try
our best and in our essays I believe
that adult life brings more joy because
of Life fulfillment irrespective of more
responsibilities so this is very useful
when you are balancing two views or
considering two views often you will get
questions that ask you to discuss both
views so this is very useful in your
conclusion when you're giving your
opinion so you're saying I believe this
thing irrespective of the other side the
next word is fundamental no it's
actually fundamental and this means
important synonyms of this word are
important essential or primary and this
is an adjective common collocations are
fundamental principle and fundamental
change for example learning to read is a
fundamental skill for children and from
our essays it is the fundamental right
of every human being to have their
privacy so this is a great way in your
essays to convey to The Examiner that
this thing that you're talking about is
very very important you're ranking this
as the most important thing at the very
very top so we could talk about the
fundamental change that needs to happen
the fundamental reason the fundamental
right the fundamental whatever you are
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word is disclose which means to make
something known synonyms are reveal show
and tell this is a verb and the most
common collocation is to disclose
information for example the company must
disclose any risk to its investors and
from our essays on the other hand
publishing details of Private Affairs
discloses the corruption of politicians
and make them accountable so again
you'll often be writing about the
government what is the government full
of in most countries corrupt politicians
so it's very easy to talk about
disclosing them the next word is
detrimental and it means to cause harm
or damage synonyms are harmful damaging
or just bad this is an adjective and the
most common collocation is detrimental
effect for example smoking has a
detrimental effect on health I looked
through the essays and the students did
use this a lot but not many of them used
it the most common way which is a
detrimental effect on health for example
or a detrial effect on the environment
Health the environment or just talking
about had effects on many different
things you'll often write about those in
your essays so think about having that
in your essay when you're talking about
negative or bad things the next word is
adolesence and these are young people
normally between the ages of 13 and 19
but it differs from person to person and
a synonym of this word is teenager this
is a noun and you have to be very very
careful with this word most students use
this because often you will be asked to
write about children so what they do is
they take the word children and just use
that as a synonym by inserting
adolescence now my two little boys one
is three and the other is nine they are
children but they are not adolescence so
you must only use this word if you are
writing about teenagers going through
that stage of life which is puberty for
example adolescents often experience
many changes in their lives and there
aren't that many common collocations so
I haven't added any and from our essays
although adolescence are free of
responsibilities adults enjoy their life
more because they are free to make their
own choices so I think this is a really
really good word to think about because
you're not just going to memorize these
words and insert them randomly into your
essays but what you're also not going to
do is take words that are similar so
they're synonyms and just replace those
words like children adolesence think
about the specific meaning of each of
these words and think about can you
actually use them accurately and
appropriately in your essays we're not
telling you just to memorize these words
and vomit them onto the page the next
word is accountable and this means
responsible for your actions synonyms
are responsible answerable and liable
this is an adjective and the most common
collocation are accountable to something
so to people or to a government or a
body unaccountable for something if
you're accountable for something it's
normally your actions for example
managers should be held accountable for
their decisions from our essay this
essay strongly disagrees with this view
because politicians build Public Image
through such news and they could be held
accountable for any wrongdoings I think
think the student meant to write should
be held accountable again you'll often
be asked to write about people in
Authority people like government
officials politicians teachers or just
everybody in general we are all
accountable for things that we do and
we're normally accountable to people
above us or people around us the next
word is addressed and this means to fix
an issue or fix a problem synonyms are
tackled deal with
handled fixed and this is a verb the
most common collocations are address a
problem or the problem or address an
issue or the issue for example the
teacher addressed the issue of bullying
in the classroom in that example we
didn't fix the issue it's not the
teacher completely resolving the issue
of bullying this means to bring it up to
address it to talk about it in the
classroom so just be careful with that
slight difference in meaning in our
essay the student said however this can
easily be addressed by making people
aware and also by making new laws so
they've used it to say addressed fixed
so you might use this for example in
problem solution essays addressing
problems in your Solutions part of your
essay but it can also be used very
flexibly and interchangeably with many
different ways of writing essays the
next word is affluence which means
having a lot of money synonyms are
wealthy Rich prosperous and this is an
adjective the most common collocations
are an affluent society or an affluent
country but you can also apply this to
people in our essays our student wrote
In addition not only does a country
become more powerful economically but
also many residents have an opportunity
to become affluent so it is a common
essay topic to write about money and
people becoming more successful you'll
have a lot of people furiously typing
success and money are not the same thing
it's not politics class or just trying
to help you get a higher score so you
can become more affluent and more
successful in your new country that's
why you're doing the I test right the
next word is allocate which means to
distribute resources or duties common
synonyms are assign distribute and a lot
this is a verb and the most common
cocation is to allocate resources for
example the manager will allocate
resources for the new project and in our
essays investment banks in Sweden showed
a significant increase after they
decided to allocate at least 40% of
their leading positions to women the
next one is a very useful word which is
awareness which means knowledge about
something synonyms are knowledge or
understanding this is a n and common
call locations are to raise awareness
but for I essays we often talk about
awareness campaign aigns which are
campaigns by the government to make
people aware of a certain topic for
example we need to raise awareness about
the dangers of smoking and in our essays
however encouraging youth participation
in politics and awareness campaigns can
be possible solutions to tackle these
problems so these are very very useful
when talking about solutions to problems
often the best solution will be some
kind of awareness campaign think about
campaigns with within your own country
for smoking or drunk driving or wear
seat bels the next word is bullying
which means repeated aggressive behavior
intended to hurt someone synonyms are
harassment intimidation and abuse this
is a nine but it can also be used as a
verb to bully someone common
collocations are school bullying and
very frequently these days cyber
bullying which means to bully someone
online normally through social media for
example school bullying can seriously
affect a child's self-esteem and from
our essays the main reason behind this
is the increase of cyber bullying and
hate crimes the next word is burden
which means a heavy load or a heavy
responsibility synonyms are load or
responsibility and this is a nine the
most common collocations are heavy
burden and financial burden for example
the financial burden of college can be
overwhelming for some students and from
our essays this is because they cannot
cope with the financial burden of buying
new clothes from stores such as Prada or
Gucci money makes the world go around
and a lot of task two essays will
involve you talking about money
Financial burdens but doesn't have to be
about money you could also talk about
the burden of being a father or a mother
for example or the burden of being a
husband or wife but burden is often
referred to negatively so don't tell my
wife that I said that the next word is
capabilities which means the ability to
do something synonyms are abilities
skills or talents this is a n and common
collocations are their capabilities or
its capabilities so you're talking about
the ability of a person to do something
or a thing to do something for example
the company's technological capabilities
are impressive and from our essays in
conclusion many athletes nowadays use
illegal substances to win the
competition and exceed their physical
capabilities so common topics are
technology and health you could easily
use capabilities to talk about company's
abilities or software's abilities or AI
abilities but you could also use the
word capabilities to talk about
someone's physical health and their
capabilities or you could use it for
education to talk about the capabilities
of students or maybe even teachers
we have abilities to next is a very
common word commonly which means
frequently or usually synonyms are often
usually and regularly this is an adverb
common collocations are commonly used
for example this word is commonly used
in academic writing and from our essays
for instance it can be commonly seen in
many schools the teachers introduce TVs
in their lectures to help students
understand complicated and difficult
subjects so if you're talking about time
and how often something happens use that
word next is consumption the act of
using something synonyms are use and
usage and this is a noun common
collocations are energy consumption
human consumption when we eat things or
when we use things and consumption of
for example reducing energy consumption
can help protect the environment the
environment and global warming and new
technologies for producing energy you
will often use this word in these
collocations and from our essays one
student wrote this is because animals
are reproduced kept in small and
uncomfortable places and then killed and
sold to supermarkets and butchers for
human consumption so if anyone or
anything is using something within your
essays you could look through it and
think how could I use the word
consumption the next word is competence
and this is the ability to do something
well not the ability just to do
something but to do something well
synonyms are ability skill and
proficiency this is a nine and common
collocations are professional competence
and competence in something for example
her professional competence was evident
in her excellent work and one student
wrote by allocating a certain percent of
high level positions to women companies
would reach a higher competence level so
often you'll be writing about maybe
disadvantaged groups of people for
example in this one women and you're
writing about their confidence in things
next is a word many of you already know
I'm sure which is corruption this means
dishonest or illegal Behavior by those
in power so think about a politician
maybe from your local area or your
country that dishonestly uses money
synonyms of this word are dishonesty
fraud and bribery this is a known and
the most common collocation is political
corruption for example the investigation
revealed widespread political corruption
and our student wrote for example when
details of the lavish spending of the
mayor of London while on a vacation were
revealed in the sun it promoted
questions from many sections of the
society eventually exposing his
corruption with the public money yes I
know that student made a few small
grammatical errors don't go crazy it's
not the student's fault maybe that
student had a little bit of corruption
in their school when they were growing
up and they didn't get the attention
that you got from your very honest
teachers and politicians the next one is
a two for one these are both highlevel
words that mean the same thing downsides
and drawbacks these both mean the
negative aspects of something synonyms
are disadvantages negatives these are
both nouns and it won't be a surprise
that students use these as synonyms when
they are talking about advantages
disadvantages essays the most common
cocation for downsides are potential
downsides so you're talking about
something that might be a downside and
the most common collocation for
drawbacks are major drawbacks for
example the potential downsides of the
new policy include increased costs and
from our essays one of the major
drawbacks of this method is its high
cost another little trick there if you
get an advantages or disadvantages essay
very often an easy disadvantage is to
talk about high cost not always but does
help to have that in your toolkit and
the next word is similar but different
and that is deficiency now this isn't
really a disadvantage this is a lack of
something so there is a little bit of it
already but there is a lack of it
synonyms are a lack a shortage or an
insufficiency this is a noun and a
common collocation is a vitamin
deficiency or deficiency in so you might
not have a vitamin deficiency but you
might have a deficiency in something
else so you have a deficiency in
whatever you have a deficiency of for
example a vitamin deficiency can cause
health problems and from our essays the
main disadvantage of the vegetarian diet
is that without meat people may have a
protein deficiency obviously this can be
used for many different topics but
health is one of the main ones the next
one is Embrace which means to accept
something with enthusiasm synonyms are
accept welcome and adopt this is a verb
and the most common collocation for our
purposes is to embrace change life is
basically the story of change when
you're writing you're going to be
writing about life so it's very easy to
use this collocation for example we need
to embrace change to stay competitive
and from our essays there are two main
benefits of traveling such as people can
gain knowledge and embrace other
cultures so not just embracing change
but embracing new things which is
another way of saying change the next
one will definitely enhance your writing
score which is enhance this means to
improve something synonyms are improve
boost increase this is a verb and common
cations are to enhance performance but
you can substitute a performance for
something else or enhanced with a d on
the End by enhanced by for example the
new software will enhance our
performance and one of our students
wrote for instance many psychologists
suggest to students who are struggling
with social anxiety to take drama
lessons as it helps to enhance
confidence so enhance performance
enhance confidence next is a very very
popular one emissions which means gases
or substances sent out into the air most
commonly for our purposes carbon dioxide
emissions synonym of this is output and
this is a noun common collocations are
carbon emissions or carbon dioxide
emissions and reduce emissions for
example reducing carbon emiss missions
is vital to combat climate change and
from our essays the main advantage of
having a vegetarian diet is that carbon
emissions can be reduced for bonus
points take that sentence how would you
improve the vocabulary of that sentence
using the words we've already talked
about in this video put it in the
comments the next one is establishments
and this is a business or an
organization synonyms are institutions
organizations and firms terms this is a
n and the most common cocation
especially for our purposes writing task
two essays educational establishments so
it should come as no surprise that when
you are asked about education you are
going to be writing about schools you're
going to be writing about universities
so you can use educational
establishments instead of school as a
synonym for example universities are
important educational establishments I
looked at our students essays and
they're using them either incorrectly or
using it in a completely different
context and I don't want to confuse
anyone so I'm not going to show you
those the next word is expenditure which
means money spent on something synonyms
are spending costs or outlay this is a
noun and is often Associated for TAS two
writing with government expenditure or
public expenditure public expenditure is
just another way of saying government
expenditure because govern governments
use our public money for example
government expenditure on Health Care is
increasing but you don't have to just
use it for government or public
expenditure you could talk about company
expenditure but I wouldn't use it for
individuals spending money on things
it's a little bit inappropriate in that
context so what our student did was they
said however the increase in expenditure
of organizations and monotony among
employees are the main drawbacks of
compulsory uniforms so they're talking
about corporations companies spending
money on uniforms how exciting now
you'll certainly exceed your required
band score with this next one exceed
this means to go beyond a limit or a
standard or a number synonyms are
surpass go beyond or I do it is a verb
and the common collocations are exceed
expectations or exceed a number for
example the team managed to exceed
expectations this quarter and essays in
conclusion many athletes nowadays use
illegal substances to win the
competition and exceed their physical
capabilities the next one I'll just go
quickly through it because it's very
similar to another word that we used
harassment which is a synonym of a word
we already mentioned which is bullying
this means aggressive pressure or
intimidation synonyms are bullying
intimidation or abuse it is a NN and
common collocations are workplace
harassment and sexual harassment so
bullying is normally associated with
school whereas harassment is normally
more associated with the workplace and
Society in general although bullying can
occur anywhere for example the company
has policies to prevent workplace
harassment and in our essays for
instance in 2016 many supporters of
Donald Trump lost their trust in him
after newspapers uncovered the story of
the sexual harassment allegations
against him just be very careful with
this word because often I hear I
students talking about harassment in
terms of things that are difficult um so
I have act real emails from students
talking about the IELTS test harassing
them or us harassing them because we've
given them low scores because they're
not very good at writing that's not
harassment that's just your life is
difficult because you're not very good
at something normally because you're
lazy and the next one is more a linking
word which doesn't come under your
vocabulary score it comes under your
cohesion and coherence score but I'll
mention it because it is a useful word
to know and it could help you improve
your coherence and cohesion score and
that word is hence and it basically
means for this reason or therefore
synonyms are therefore thus and so we
would use so more in informal speaking
than and academic writing this is an
adverb and a common collocation is hence
the need or hence the need for for
example the project is behind schedule
hence the need for extra workers and you
can also use it at the beginning of a
sentence instead of therefore just like
our student did hence the more sports
facilities will be available to the
public the more people could do Sports
and thus stay healthy so they've used
two different synonyms of therefore
hence and thus within the same sentence
but remember the most important thing
for linking words is not that you show a
wide variety of them it's that they are
accurate and appropriate so if you're
unsure about linking words don't
memorize 50 of them and just shove them
into your essay and hope for the best
it's better to repeat a simple word that
is correct than change it to something
that is wrong and the next word is
informative and this means to provide
useful information synonyms are are
educational enlightening and instructive
this is an adjective and is normally
used within educational contexts to
describe programs or courses or TV shows
or documentaries things like that so an
example sentence would be the lecture
was very informative and helped me
understand the topic better from our
essays kids who watch informative and
educational shows learn to solve
problems and develop strong mental math
skills the next word is infrastructure
this means the basic systems and
structures needed for a society or
organization a synonym of this word is a
system and this is a noun common
collocations are transport
infrastructure and infrastructure
projects an example sentence is good
transport infrastructure is essential
for economic growth and from our essays
in conclusion the advantages of the
prioritizing economic growth above of
all other concerns are improved quality
of life of people and good
infrastructure the next word is insights
this means the understanding or
knowledge about something synonyms are
understandings perceptions and intuition
this is a n and common collocations are
valuable insights and provide insights
into for example the survey provided
valuable insights into customer
preferences and from our essays lessons
at school can provide children with
valuable insights into being good
members of society the next word is
insufficient which means not enough
often related to money or resources
synonyms are inadequate lacking and
deficient this is an adjective and the
most common collocation is insufficient
funds or insufficient resources for
example the project was cancelled due to
insufficient funds and from our essays
the main downsides are higher cost of
living for most and insufficient support
for the poorest the next word is innate
and this means existing from birth or is
natural for example the ability to
breathe is innate synonyms are inborn
inherent and natural this is an
adjective and the most common
collocation is innate ability for
example she has an innate ability to
learn languages quickly and from her
essays a person can only reach the
highest level in the profession if they
combine their innate ability with hard
work often you will get questions that
will ask things like does hard work lead
to success or is it only people who are
born with certain talents that are
successful so you can use this word
innate the next word is inappropriate no
it is actually inappropriate and this
means not suitable or proper it's just a
very very formal way of saying something
is bad or not right synonyms are
unsuitable improper and unfit this is an
adjective and the most common
collocation is inappropriate behavior
this is often used to describe someone
doing something their behavior is bad
inappropriate for example his
inappropriate behavior at the meeting
was not acceptable and from our essays
on the other hand employees who always
wear uniforms might end up wearing
inappropri rate clothes for their work
the next high Lev word is Merit and this
means the quality of being good or
worthy synonyms include worth value and
Excellence this is a nine and common
collocations are academic Merit or on
Merit a good way to remember this word
is not what the word means it's what it
doesn't mean the opposite of that word
I'm sure you know someone who got a job
or a position in a company because they
are the idiot nephew or the daughter of
the owner of the company that is not
based on Merit that is based on who they
are an example sentence is scholarships
are often given based on academic Merit
so you deserve to get a scholarship
because of how smart you are and in our
essays this essay completely disagrees
with the statement because selecting
employees should be based on Merit their
worth their value how good they are at
the job so it can be used in the
academic context but it can also be used
in a more formal professional context as
well the next word is one of my favorite
words in the whole world it is mediocre
and this means not very good pretty
average synonyms include average
ordinary and so so if you want to talk
about it informally this is an adjective
and there aren't many common
collocations for this but a good way to
remember it is it's one of the most
horrible things that you could ever say
to anyone I'm a very popular person on
YouTube so I get horrible things said to
me every day in the comments if somebody
says that I'm terrible or useless or the
worst teacher that has ever existed on
the internet I don't really worry if
somebody says that but if somebody calls me
me
mediocre like that's horrible to say
that to someone you're the same as
everyone else an example sentence is his
performance was mediocre not meeting
expectations and from our essays for
example the world is filled with many
Star athletes who started off as
mediocre in the beginning but they
Challenge and push themselves to their
limit which ultimately helped them to
attain the greatest version of
themselves so if you want to really
really annoy me and upset me just write
this video as mediocre in the comments
the next one is the opposite of mediocre
it is notable and this means worthy of
attention or important synonyms are
remarkable significant or noteworthy
this is an adjective and common
collocations are a notable achievement
if you're talking about some achievement
that somebody has made or some kind of
scientific discovery or technological
advancement a notable exception so if
you're talking about I believe this this
this this and then you want to talk
about a counterargument or another side
to the point that you're making you
could say a notable exception is and a
notable example so you're going to be
giving at least two examples in your
essays so you could write a notable
example here's an example sentence her
notable achievements in science earned
her several Awards and in our essay in
conclusion although well-known
individuals earn big amounts of money
from sponsors notable people's lives
will be in danger because evil-minded
people will harm them next one is a very
useful word numerous which means many in
number synonyms include many several
various and this is an adjective common
collocations are numerous times for
example she has traveled to Paris
numerous times and in our essay the
majority of the chief positions in
business organizations are occupied by
males despite the fact that more than
half of the workforce in numerous
developed Nations is made up of women so
when you are using this you might use it
in your explanations or your examples
when you're explaining something you can
say that this has happened numerous
times or there are numerous examples of
this happening you don't have to do that
for every essay just have it in your
toolkit the next word is peers peers are
people of the same age so for example my
son's peers are 9-year-olds or people
that normally do the same job and are at
the same level they have the same status
synonyms include equals colleagues and
contemporaries this is a nine and common
collocations are peer pressure and their
peers so we will often use this word
when we are comparing people within the
same group together for example
adolescents often face peer pressure
from their peers to conform to group
norms and in her essay for instance
several Studies have shown that kids are
more likely to outperform their peers on
tests when they watch educational shows
very very useful for comparing for
explaining for giving examples the next
word is extremely useful because it can
be used to describe pretty much anything
and can be used as a synonym for so many
different things and it is one of the
most mispronounced words in the English
language let's see how I do with it
phenomenon this means something that
happens or exists especially something
unusual or interesting synonyms include
event occurrence and happening this is a
nine and common collocations are n
natural phenomenon you could use natural
phenomenon to describe global warming
for example or a social phenomenon so
something that people have started to do
or you go to a new country and you're
like oh that's an interesting social
phenomenon a thing that is happening
that I've never noticed before for
example I recently traveled to a country
where every restaurant you go to uh
parents would give their children iPads
and phones and allow them to to play
music and games at full blast it's like
that's an interesting phenomenon it also
allows you to be diplomatic and polite
so an example sentence the northern
lights are a natural phenomenon that
attracts many visitors it is a thing in
the sky that is natural a natural
phenomenon in our essays this phenomenon
may result in younger people being
apathetic towards politics and election
results that do not reflect public
opinion so you could use this in your
introduction you could use this in topic
sentences you could use this in
explanations and you could use this in
your conclusion if you are really stuck
for a synonym maybe you have repeated
the word a few times and you're like how
do I change this you could say this
phenomenon but make sure it is a
phenomenon the next word is proportion
which means a part of a whole or a
percentage so if you're talking about a
percentage of something you could use
proportion synonyms are part portion or
fraction and this is a Nar and common
qualifcations are large proportion or
small proportion for example a large
proportion of the population supports
the new law and from our essays some
believe that a certain proportion of
these vacancies should be allocated to
females this is also very useful for
task one academic if you're doing the
academic module the next word is revenue
and this means income from business or
government activities in the form of tax
that's how governments make money
synonyms are Income earnings and profits
although be very careful because revenue
and profits are two very very different
things if youve ever run a business you
should know that word type is a nine and
common collocations are annual revenue
revenue from so revenue from taxes
revenue from I VIP courses if we're
lucky and tax revenue example sentence
the company's annual revenue has grown
steadily and from our essay this is
because with economic progress States
generate lots of Revenue which can be
used to provide high quality services
such as free education so often you will
get questions asking about government
services education is often a government
service depending on which country you
live in health is sometimes a government
service not if you live in America but a
lot of questions can be boiled down to
should the government provide this
service or is the government providing a
good enough service and you can talk
about Revenue coming in from different
things and high revenue is being spent
the next word is resent and this means
to feel angry or bitter about something
synonyms are begrudge disliked or be
annoyed by this is a verb and common
collocations are resent the implication
or resent the fact for example he began
to resent the implication that he was
not working hard enough and from our
essay parents should encourage their
children to stay at home more rather
than force them so that their children
will not resent them so it's a very easy
way to talk about things that people
dislike for example I really resent the
fact that I picked so many of these
words and I didn't think it was going to
take this long to make this video the
next word is sector which means parts or
divisions of a larger group or area
synonyms are divisions segments or areas
this is a nine and common collocations
are the public sector the public sector
means work in the government the private
sector those people who actually do all
the work means that you work not for the
government for real businesses and then
we have the voluntary sector people who
volunteer their time they don't work for
the government they don't work for real
businesses they work for Charities for
example the public sector employs many
people in healthc care and education and
from her essays others think that they
have to only study something useful for
their future for example those related
to science and Technology sectors the
next word is Workforce and this means
all the people who work in a company or
country synonyms are staff employees and
labor force this is a n and a common
cocation is a skilled Workforce for
example a skilled Workforce is key to a
company success and from our essay one
benefit of multinational companies is
that they employ a large Workforce the
next word is gifted and this means
having a special talent or ability
synonyms are talented skilled and
exceptional this is an adjective and the
common collocation is a gifted child or
gifted children you will often use this
when talking about education not every
essay about education but if you are
talking about exceptional gifted
children you can use this word for
example the school has programs for
gifted children in the Arts and Sciences
and from our essay children who are
gifted with a particular born Talent
often achieve their goal early in their
lives you could also use one of the
other highlevel words we mentioned in
this video innate to talk about people
who are born with a particular gift the
next word is nutritional which means
relating to the nutrients in food
synonyms are dietary nutritious and
nourishing this is an adjective and
common collocations are nutritional
value and nutritional deficiencies for
example it is important to consider
the nutritional value of your diet and
from our essays one disadvantage is that
vegetarian diets may cause nutritional
deficiencies one of the most common task
two topics is health and it is very easy
to connect Health with our nutrition our
eating habits so very important word to
know the next word is Thrive which means
to grow or develop well synonyms include
flourish prosper and succeed this is is
a verb and a common collocation for this
word is to thrive in for example
children thrive in a loving and
supporting environment and from our
essays for this reason I believe that
some inborn qualities play a crucial
part for people to thrive in some areas
like music or Sports so if you think
about the area or the context that that
person or that thing is thriving in is
succeeding in is prospering in then you
can use thriv in that area and it's not
just people companies can Thrive animals
can Thrive lots of different things can
Thrive the next word you might not think
is a highle word and it is unsafe you
might think that this is a low-level
word because you know it you know how to
use it and it is quite a short common
word but if you go to Cambridge
dictionary. org online pop in on safe
you'll see that this is a C1 word that's
a very very useful point to make because
many of you think that highlevel words
are these big unknowable unusable words
that you've never heard before that's
often not the case often you know way
more C1 and C2 words than you realize
this word means not safe or dangerous
synonyms include dangerous risky or
hazardous this is an adjective and a
very common collocation are unsafe
conditions for example the building was
evacuated due to unsafe conditions and
from our essay the second reason behind
the negativity of being a star is that
it creates an unsafe environment that
may endanger the star's mental health so
unsafe conditions unsafe environment
when you're talking about dangerous
things often that will come up in task
two and a very very appropriate word for
our last word unwind cuz I'm definitely
going to have to unwind after reading
out so many of these words and this
means to relax after work or some kind
of tension synonyms include relax rest
or d-stress this is a verb un commmon
collocations are unwind after for
example it is important to unwind after
a long day at work like reading lots and
lots and lots and lots of words and
definitions from our essays this essay
believes that television can do both as
it helps people to unwind but it also
presents complicated information in an easily
easily digestible
digestible
form so now that you know what those
words are I want you now to think about
why are you watching this video you're
not watching this video to boost your
vocabulary you're watching this video to
get the a score that you need and let me
tell you the worst thing that you could
do right now if you want to improve your
IELTS writing score the worst thing you
can do is take those words and try and
insert as many of those words as
possible into into your essay and I want
to prove that to you using data and a
really cool software tool that you can
use to analyze your own essays and I'm
going to take the essays from here ielt
18 and I'm going to show you just how
many band 789 c1c2 words they actually
use in their essays that have been
produced by Cambridge examiners so if we
have a look here what I've done is I've
used this amazing Tool uh called text
and insector text inspector does a lot
of different things but one of the
things that it does is you can add in a
bunch of text so I've taken the 100
essays from our band 7 8 and N students
and what it will do is it will
analyze all of the words and categorize
the words into A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 and
this was the tool I also used to
actually get the words so for example
here's a list of all the C1 words here's
all a list of all the C2 words but the
really really interesting thing about
this data is that out of all the words
used only
3.2% of the words are C2 and only
6.04% of the words are C1 what does that
tell you more than 90% of the words used
in those band S 8 and N essays are A1 A2
B B1 B2 now many of you might be
thinking Chris you're famous for telling
people to simplify their language and
not include too many highlevel words
maybe your students this is what their
essays look like but real b seven 8 and9
essays don't actually look like that so
what I've done is I've taken three
essays from this book Cambridge 18 these
are essays that have been produced by
very high level examiners and put into
their book so let's see what their
essays look like
1.31% of their words were C2
3.67% of their words were C1 around 95%
of their words are A1 A2 B1 B2 and the
majority of their words are A1 and A2
more than half and this isn't just I's
essays you can take any great writing
like I taken George Orwell essays who is
probably the greatest writer of the 20th
century and the graph looks like this
I've taken academic Journal articles
from a university days I've taken the
financial times the Wall Street Journal
probably the best writing of any
newspapers it looks like this so when
you go on to your social media accounts
you go on to Instagram you go on to Tik
Tok and some guy is giving you a list of
C1 and C2 words and telling you that
your essays are not good enough if your
essays aren't packed full of these words
just ask yourself a question who do you
think knows more the person that runs
the most successful online I course in
the world Cambridge examiners George
Orwell the people who write articles for
the financial times in the Wall Street
Journal or some clown on Tik Tok or
Instagram so you're probably thinking no
well what do I do do now you've given me
this list of high Lev words how am I
actually going to use them in my essay
to improve my score am I saying not to
use C1 and C2 words no what I'm saying
is you should be using all levels of
words accurately and appropriately if
you want to know more about how to do
this this video will go into more detail
on how to use not just higher level
vocabulary but lower level vocabulary
directly in your essays and if you want
those 100 B 78 and9 sample essays just
go to Google and type in I Advantage 100
sample essays and Google will show you
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