📚 Academic Vocabulary

Chapter: Writing · Level ★★☆ · Time: 20 min

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After this worksheet you can

Use natural collocationsChoose the right linking wordRecall high-frequency vocabularyAvoid unnatural word pairings

📚 Quick Recap

🎯 What you'll practice: Collocations, linking words by function, and high-frequency Band 7+ vocabulary.

🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE 2 + 3×3 = 11

5"On the other hand" shows .

6"For instance" introduces an .

7Complete: "the proportion of car owners ___ over the last decade."

8Give one collocation using "address," "tackle," or "alleviate."

9List two high-frequency Band 7+ words from the word bank.

🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE 5

10Explain why using a rare, impressive-sounding word incorrectly can hurt a Writing score more than using a simple, correct word.

💭 Reflection — the most useful thing I learned:

A ___/4 B ___/11 C ___/5 Total ___/20 Teacher's Signature Parent's Signature

✂ answer key — fold or cut before handing out

1-B 2-A 3-B 4-B | 5 = contrast 6 = example 7 = has increased 8 = e.g. "address the problem" / "tackle the issue" / "alleviate the problem" 9 = any two of: prevalent, significant, substantial, consequently, subsequently, represent, comprise, account for X% | 10 = Examiners are trained to notice unnatural word pairings immediately, and a wrongly-used rare word signals inaccurate Lexical Resource under the scoring criteria — whereas a correctly-used simple word, even if less impressive-sounding, demonstrates real control of the language, which is exactly what that criterion measures; precision beats ambition every time in IELTS Writing.

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🗒 Cheat Sheet

🧠 Section A · Concept Check ● BEGINNER 4 × 1 = 4

🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE 2 + 3×3 = 11

🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE 5