IELTS
JOURNAL
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Learning useful words
There are different ways of learning new words. Keep trying them to decide which
approaches are the most useful for you. Write the words down. Write the words again
and again. Say the new words aloud many times. Create
your own vocabulary
notebook. But, always write a simple example sentence to help you remember the
meaning of new words. For example, if you want to remember the word ‘various’, you
could write an easy sentence to illustrate the meaning of the word, for instance:
“You
can cook eggs in various ways.”
Tip:
Only look up those words you think might be very useful. Don’t try to learn every
new word.
The Keyword Technique
By 'keywords' I mean words in the text that have a similar meaning to words in the
questions. It is not possible or realistic to know the precise meaning of every word you
see. Sometimes it is necessary to accept an approximate meaning of words.
The table below shows the keywords that helped my students to find the answers to
the test on page 122 of Cambridge IELTS 6.
Keywords in Questions
conflicting theories
widespread destruction of life
existed all over the world
clear
proof
hunted from the air
concrete evidence
have been discovered
Similar Words in the Text
a matter for disagreement
wiped out three quarters of
species
colonised all continents
establishing definitely
catching
fish over open water
proof of this
are known today
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