Magoosh IELTS Vocabulary PDF - IELTS Vocabulary by Skills and Topics

Sep 28, 2026

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Vocabulary is presented as a key component of IELTS performance, emphasizing that each IELTS section needs different vocabulary. The PDF organizes vocabulary across Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking, including topic-based word lists and “structure vocabulary” such as transitions, introductory words, and terms describing quantity or change. It also explains how to use the resource as a companion to Magoosh IELTS Flashcard decks, then details examples like work and travel vocabulary used in common IELTS listening contexts.

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Pages37

Reading Time1 h 33 min

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IELTS Listening Vocabulary

Work

Travel and Places

Family

School Life

IELTS Reading Vocabulary

Vocabulary in Context Strategies

The Academic Word List

Special Focus: Environment and Life Science Words

IELTS Writing Vocabulary

General Training Task 1

Academic Task 1

Academic Task 2

IELTS Speaking Vocabulary

Giving and Getting information

Common Questions

Transitions for IELTS Speaking

Vocabulary for Common Speaking Topics

About the Authors

IELTS Listening

IELTS Vocabulary PDF About this PDF Vocabulary is a very important part of the IELTS. It’s also important to understand that each section of the IELTS requires different vocabulary. In this PDF, we’ll list vocabulary words for the Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking sections. Within each of the four sections of the PDF, we’ll look at vocabulary words that deal with different topics. We’ll also look at structure vocabulary: transitions, introductory words, words that describe quantity or change, and so on. How to use this PDF The Magoosh IELTS Vocabulary PDF highlights a wide variety of IELTS vocabulary. The focus is on vocabulary words for specific subject areas and purposes. This PDF isnot meant to be a full list of all of the most common IELTS words. For that, you’ll want to check out Magoosh’s IELTS vocabulary flashcards. You can think of this document as a companion to the longer set of vocabulary words in Magoosh’s IELTS Flashcard decks. The flashcards help you drill with a large number of words. Then, this PDF gives you guidance on how these words are used to discuss certain ideas or serve certain functions. TABLE OF CONTENTS IELTS Listening Vocabulary 􀁸 Work 2 􀁸 Travel and Places 3 􀁸 Family 5 􀁸 School Life 6 IELTS Reading Vocabulary 􀁸 Vocabulary in Context Strategies 10 􀁸 The Academic Word List 11 􀁸 Special Focus: Environment and Life Science Words 12 IELTS Writing Vocabulary 􀁸 General Training Task 1 15 􀁸 Academic Task 1 15 􀁸 Academic Task 2 17 IELTS Speaking Vocabulary 􀁸 Giving and Getting information 21 􀁸 Common Questions 23 􀁸 Transitions for IELTS Speaking 24 􀁸 Vocabulary for Common Speaking Topics 26 􀁸 About the Authors 36 IELTS Listening IELTS Listening deals with a variety of subjects. But IELTS listening topics all have one thing in common: they involve conversational English vocabulary. In fact, most IELTS listening audio tracks are conversations. But even IELTS Listening speeches have some conversational language; they’re spoken as if they’re being given to a live audience. Perhaps the most common topics in IELTS Listening are work, travel, family, and school life. Below is some common vocabulary within these topics. Work Work is a common topic in IELTS listening. Here are a few useful work-related vocabulary words: 􀁸 career “Career” is a more board term than “occupation.” It refers to the category of work someone does, and suggests a long-term commitment. To help you understand the difference between occupation and career, I will tell you about my career and the occupations I’ve had in it. I have a career as an educator. My current occupation in this career is a Test Expert position here at Magoosh. As a parttime occupation, I am also a language tutor. And earlier in my education career, I was occupied (the verb form of occupation) as a middle school teacher, and then as a university professor. 􀁸 shift work “Shift work” refers to work that is scheduled with a specific beginning and ending time. A shift at a workplace often lasts 8 hours, but can be shorter. Shift work is usually paid on an hourly basis. 􀁸 salary work Salary work may have an expected schedule, a shift where the worker will normally be at work. But the schedule and hours per day for salary work are not as strictly controlled. A salary worker may have to work much longer hours than usual on a given day, or come in on the weekends. Sometimes, however, a salary worker’s situation is the opposite. A salary worker may also work shorter hours and have more freedom to leave the workplace during their normally scheduled shifts. Salary workers aren’t paid by the hour and instead receive a fixed rate of pay per week or month. 􀁸 unskilled/skilled Unskilled work is work that requires little or no training, such as fry cook work at a fast food restaurant, or work cleaning and maintaining buildings. Skilled work does require training. Some workers are so highly skilled that

FAQs

How does the PDF organize IELTS vocabulary?

It lists vocabulary for Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking, and within each section it groups words by topic and by function (structure vocabulary such as transitions and introductory words).

What is “structure vocabulary” in this PDF?

Structure vocabulary includes words and phrases that help organize ideas, such as transitions, introductory words, and vocabulary that describes quantity or change.

Why does the PDF mention using flashcards as a companion resource?

The PDF is designed to complement Magoosh IELTS Vocabulary Flashcard decks by offering guidance on how to use vocabulary to discuss ideas and perform specific functions in IELTS.

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