Vocabulary practice
Eight topics of words that raise your band. Read the note, then answer the questions.
There is no clock and no band score here. Take as long as you like.
Collocations: words that go together
Some word pairs are simply what native speakers say.
Everyday phrasal verbs
A phrasal verb is a verb plus a small word that changes its meaning completely.
Word families and word formation
One root gives you four or five words.
Academic verbs for writing
The difference between band 6 and band 7 writing is often just verb choice.
Describing change and data
IELTS Task 1 is almost entirely this vocabulary.
Words that are easy to confuse
These pairs look or sound alike but mean different things.
Linking ideas precisely
Linking words are marked on whether they express the right relationship, not on how many you use.
Talking about people and character
Describing people comes up in almost every speaking test.
More vocabulary topics on the way
New ones are written and added regularly — this is not the whole set.
Looking for exam-format practice instead? Reading, listening and writing tests are scored on the 9-band scale.