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Vocabulary
2 posts tagged Vocabulary from Dr Mariam's IELTS writing team.
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Common IELTS Lexical Resource Mistakes: Why 'Impressive Words' Won't Get You Band 7
The most common IELTS Lexical Resource mistakes aren't about vocabulary difficulty — they're collocation errors, register slips, and spelling mistakes hiding behind 'impressive' words. Here's what examiners actually reward instead.
Lexical ResourceBand 7VocabularyCommon MistakesUpdated 15 October 2026
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IELTS Task 1 Vocabulary for Trends That Aren't Just 'Increase' or 'Decrease'
IELTS Task 1 vocabulary for fluctuate, plateau, and other irregular trend language — the words examiners expect when data doesn't move in one clean direction, with example sentences for each.
Task 1AcademicLexical ResourceVocabularyUpdated 1 October 2026