IELTS BAND 9 VOCAB SECRETS The Ten Essential IELTS Vocabulary Topics With Definitions Ten Model Essays and Examples for IELTS Speaking Published by Cambridge IELTS Consultants Cambridge, United Kingdom Copyright © Cambridge IELTS Consultants and Jessica Alperne, Peter Swires 2014. All rights are reserved, including resale rights. This e-book is sold subject to the condition that it will not be copied, stored or redistributed in any form. Also on Kindle from the same publisher: . Packed with advice, examples, models to follow and real Band 9 essays to help you get the best possible result. Contents Introduction from the authors How to use this book FAQs about the IELTS vocabulary topics Topic 1: Work and careers Topic 2: Education and schooling Topic 3 Children and families Topic 4: Nature, the environment and energy Topic 5: Culture, art and traditions Topic 6: Healthcare, health and sport Topic 7: Global challenges Topic 8: Cities and infrastructure Topic 9: Countryside and agriculture Topic 10: Government and the authorities Developing your IELTS vocabulary Overview: The IELTS Academic Task 2 essay types The most common mistakes in IELTS Writing More from Cambridge IELTS Consultants Introduction from the authors There are two parts of the IELTS exam in which the test asks some questions and you must create independent responses: the Speaking Test and the Writing Test. Many people do not realise that the IELTS system uses a group of ten key topics to formulate all of these questions in Speaking and Writing. If you understand these ten topics, and above all if you know some advanced vocabulary on each topic to use in your Speaking and Writing answers, you can make a huge difference to your IELTS Band score, even if your English contains some mistakes. This book introduces you to these ten IELTS topics. Each of our ten modules summarises the various elements of a topic, and gives an example Academic Task 2 Writing Task exactly like the ones you will see in the exam. It also explains how to answer the writing Task. Each module then teaches a large amount of vocabulary related to the module topic, contained in a Band 9 model essay so that you see how the words are used in IELTS Writing. Each module has a clear-to-follow definition of each word or phrase, and a further example of how to use these topic words again in the Speaking part of the test, so that you are ready to use the vocabulary in both Writing and Speaking. If you are not yet familiar with the different types of IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 essays, please start by reading our ‘Overview’ from the table of Contents. If you have already read our other books on this concept, please go straight to the Topic Modules to begin expanding your IELTS vocabulary. If you are not yet familiar with the different parts of the IELTS Speaking test, please consider reading our Band 9 Speaking book for help, either before or after you finish this book. If you need a dictionary while using this book, we recommend the free Cambridge Dictionaries Online from Cambridge University Press. Don’t just trust to luck in your IELTS exam – the key is expert advice! Jessica Alperne & Peter Swires Cambridge IELTS Consultants