Collins English for Exams - Vocabulary for IELTS - Unit Topics and Exam Skills

Sep 28, 2026

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Collins English for Exams presents Vocabulary for IELTS, organizing exam-ready vocabulary around core IELTS skills: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. The contents map each unit to specific word sets and language functions, such as nouns for people and relationships, symptoms and treatments, academic study, travelling experiences, gadgets, and city descriptions. Writing and speaking units train practical task performance through targeted sub-skills like collocations, connotation, signposting, and precision wording, ending with revisions and supporting materials such as audio scripts and answer keys.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages128

Reading Time5 h 23 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Who is this book for?

Contents

Unit 1: People and relationships

Unit 2: Health

Unit 3: Education

Unit 4: Adventure

Unit 5: Gadgets

Unit 6: Cities

Unit 7: The art of persuasion

Unit 8: Getting involved

Unit 9: Global warming

Unit 10: Revision 1

Unit 11: Words for describing graphs and diagrams

Unit 12: Words for describing change

Unit 13: Words expressing similarity and difference

Unit 14: Words describing cause and effect

Unit 15: Signposting expressions for writing

Unit 16: Adverbs

Unit 17: Words for problems and solutions

Unit 18: Words for talking about ideas

Unit 19: Emphasis and understatement

Unit 20: Revision 2

Supporting materials

Audio script

Answer key

Collocations

IELTS information

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Page
Unit Topic
Skill Sub-skills
Vocabulary
practice
number | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | People and
relationships | Nouns for people
and relationships;
adjectives
to describe
character | Listening | Recognizing
adjectives from
their endings;
working out
the meaning
of words from
listening context | Listening
Section 4-
MCQs | 6 | | 2 | Health | Nouns for
symptoms;
verbs for
treatments | Reading | Recognizing
synonyms and
collocations | Reading-
T/F/NG | 10 | | 3 | Education | Nouns for
academic
subjects;verbs
for academic
study | Writing | Choosing the
right part of
speech;writing
in an academic
style | Writing
Task 2 | 14 | | 4
个 | Adventure | Verbs and nouns
for travelling;
adjectives
to describe
experiences | Speaking | Expressing
finer shades of
meaning;using
common and
less common
vocabulary;word
stress | Speaking
Part 2 | 18 | | 5 | Gadgets | Nouns to describe
dimensions;
verbs to describe
processes | Listening | Collocations;
words with
different senses | Listening
Sections
1 and 2-
labelling a
diagram-
classifying | 22 | | 6 | Cities | Nouns associated
with human
geography;
adjectives to
describe places | Reading | Recognizing
superordinate
terms;
recognizing
positive and
negative
connotation | Reading-
matching
headings | 26 | ExamPageUnit TopicVocabularySkillSub-skillspracticenumber7 The art ofReporting verbs;WritingExpressingWriting30persuasionnouns associateddifferentTask 2with persuasionpoints of view;presenting anargument8 Getting involved Nouns for forms Speaking ExpressingSpeaking34of entertainment;likes andPart 1verbs associateddislikes;usingwith involvementphrasal verbs;pronouncing theletter's'9 Global warming Verbs to describe Listening RecognizingListening38natural processes;antonyms;Section 4-nouns associatedprefixescompletingwith climatenotes | 10 | Revision 1 | Selection of words
from units 1-9 | All skills | Selection of sub-
skills from units
1-9 | | 42 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 11 | Words for
describing
graphs and
diagrams | Nouns for types of
graphics and their
components | Writing | Describing and
summarizing
visual data | Writing
Task 1 | 46 | | 12 | Words for
describing
change | Nouns and verbs
for describing
change;time
expressions | Speaking | Positive and | Speaking
Part 3 | 50 | | | | | | negative | | | | | | | | connotation;
pronouncing
consonants | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Words
expressing
similarity and
difference | Words for
comparison and
contrast | Listening | Collocation;
parts of speech | Listening
Section 3-
completing a
summary | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | Words
describing
cause and effect | Verbs and nouns
indicating cause
and effect | Reading | Recognizing
synonyms,
antonyms, | Reading-
MCQs | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | superordinates
and examples | | | | Unit Topic | | | | | Exam | Page
number | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | Vocabulary | Skill | Sub-skills | practice | | | 15 | Signposting
expressions for
writing | Words for
ordering,addition,

FAQs

Who is Vocabulary for IELTS designed for?

The document includes an introduction section with the question “Who is this book for?”, indicating it targets readers seeking IELTS-focused vocabulary improvement.

How does the book connect vocabulary to IELTS skills?

Each unit links a vocabulary focus to a specific IELTS skill area (Listening, Reading, Writing, or Speaking) and corresponding sub-skills and practice formats.

What practice materials are mentioned in the contents?

The contents reference exam practice tasks across units and supporting sections such as audio scripts, answer key, and collocations, plus an “IELTS information” section.

Sep 28, 2026

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