IELTS Vocabulary: Word Lists, Exercises & Pronunciation

IELTS vocabulary lessons with word lists, practice exercises, and pronunciation. Learn topic-based word lists for common IELTS themes and how to pronounce them correctly in English. Vocabulary accounts for 25% of your score in the Writing and Speaking tests and also plays an important role in Listening and Reading. You need to develop your English vocabulary if you want to succeed in the IELTS exam.

IELTS Topic Vocabulary

Here are useful vocabulary lists organised by common topics in English and for the IELTS exam. I will add more topic-based vocabulary lists over the coming months.

Paraphrasing Successfully

Improve your IELTS vocabulary score by learning useful tips on how to paraphrase in IELTS. You need to learn how to paraphrase correctly and avoid mistakes in order to get a high score in all skills, especially IELTS Writing. Knowing when to repeat words and when to paraphrase is very important.

Video on Paraphrasing: How to paraphrase and avoid mistakes

Uncountable Nouns

Get a list of over 100 common uncountable nouns along with practice exercises. This is an important page you should review before your IELTS test. The most common vocabulary mistakes in IELTS are often related to uncountable nouns.

List of common uncountable nouns

Idioms

Idioms count for your score of vocabulary. They are informal and should not be used in writing. But you can use some of them in IELTS speaking.

Eat Your Greens Idiom: Video lesson