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IELTS Reading
The IELTS Reading section features the most advanced vocabulary on the test. You’ll
see a lot of unfamiliar, highly specialized vocabulary for different academic subjects.
You may wonder, “How can I know all of these words?” The good news is that you don’t
have to know all of the advanced academic vocabulary you see on IELTS Reading.
Allow me to explain.
Vocabulary-in-Context Strategies for IELTS Reading
Knowing high-level vocabulary certainly helps you in IELTS Reading. But IELTS
Reading isn’t just a test of your English vocabulary. It also tests your ability to read
passages strategically. To successfully navigate IELTS Reading vocabulary, you need
to make educated guesses
at the meanings of new, unfamiliar words. You also need to
be able to guess that the meaning of challenging sentences, paragraphs, and
passages, even when you don’t understand all the words.
No matter how many IELTS vocabulary words you study, you will
come across words
you don’t
know on the IELTS, especially in the IELTS Reading section. Below are some
strategies you can use when that happens.
Looking at the word form
Prefixes appear at the beginning of words and can help you guess a word’s meaning.
Take for example, the IELTS Reading vocabulary word “understory.” The prefix “under”
can be used on its own as
a preposition, so this word may describe the position of
something.
Suffixes hint at both the meaning of a word and its part of speech. Take the IELTS
Reading word “geology.” The suffix “-ology”
appears at the end of nouns, describing an
academic study or discipline. This word is probably the name of a science.
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