Check Your English Vocabulary for IELTS All you need to pass your exams, 3rd Edition.pdf

First published in Great Britain 2001 by A & C Black Publishers Ltd
This second edition published 2012 by
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About this workbook
Introduction
This workbook has been written for students who are planning to sit either the Academic or General
Training modules of the IELTS examination. It covers some of the main vocabulary areas that you will
need for, e across in, the Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking sections of the exam.
We hope that you find the exercises in this book useful, and that the vocabulary you acquire will
help you to achieve the grade you want in the IELTS.
Good luck!
Structure of the hook
Each vocabulary area is presented in the form of a self-contained module with task-based activities
which present each vocabulary item in context.
• Pages 1 -5 7 focus on genera! vocabulary items. Some of these are relevant to specific tasks or
questions in the IELTS examination (for example, describing how something works, talking
about changes shown in a graph or table, saying where things are and following directions).
• Pages 5 8 -1 0 4 focus on topic-specific vocabulary areas which may be required in the
examination (for