IELTS SPEAKING |Essential IELTS VOCABULARY For Band 9

Hello my awesome students.

Today you're going to learn how to  get a high IELTS speaking score.

You're going to learn over 30 essential  phrases for your IELTS speaking.

And at the end, I'm going to share some bonus  phrases that you can use for clarification.

And these phrases will absolutely  impress your IELTS examiner.

Welcome back to JForrest English, of course.

I'm Jennifer. Now, let's get started.

Of course, on the IELTS they're  going to ask you, where do you live?

You can say I was born and raised in Winnipeg.

That's where I was born and raised.

Did you know that I was born and  raised to be born and raised in?

Now here your verb is to be, so of course  you need to conjugate it in the past.

Simple because it's a completed past action I  

was born and raised in and then you  can state your city or your country.

Now don't worry about taking notes because  I summarize everything in a free S and PDF.

You can look in the description for the link.

You can add on to this to make it sound more  complex, to make you sound more advanced.

I was born and raised in Winnipeg,  but now but now I live in Ottawa.

Go even further and say I've  lived here for over 10 years now.

Notice I used the present perfect.

You can also use the present perfect continuous  only for the verbs live, work and study.

And this is for an action that started  in the past and continues until now.

So in the present perfect continuous,  I've been living here for over 10 years.

You can use 4 plus the specific number of years.

You can even say four years, several  years, many years, a number of years.

All of those are possibilities.

Now let's move on to tell me about your work.

You can say I'm an engineer.

I know this is a very simple sentence,  

but most students get it wrong  because they forget the article.

You must use an article before your job title.

Most likely you're going to use a or an.

But it is possible to use the article the.

This is when there was only one position in the  organization and you have that one position.

For example, I'm the executive director, so  there's only one executive director and that's me.

Now.

If we use the it's more common to explain what  the organization is or what the company is.

But if you include just your job title with  AH or an you can but IT you don't need to.

But if you use the, make sure  you state your organization.

Now add to this and add a general  statement about your specific job.

Being an engineer is rewarding.

Notice here being starts the sentence  because it's a gerund statement.

Jaron statements will absolutely  make you sound more advanced.

You could say I love using my analytical  skills to solve complex problems.

Love is a verb of preference.

So you need the verb of preference plus a gerund.

Love using.

You could say I enjoy collaborating with my team.

Enjoy is a verb, a preference.

So you need the gerund.

I enjoy collaborating with  my team and brainstorming  

unique solutions to complex problems.

So sure, you could say brainstorming solutions to  

problems, but adding adjectives  makes you sound more advanced.

You just mentioned something  positive about your work.

Why not make a contrasting  statement and start with?

However, this is a transition word  that we use to make a contrast and  

using transition words will  make you sound so advanced.

However, being an engineer  also has its challenges.

So before we had positives  about being an engineer.

However, and now a negative about  being an engineer, a contrast.

So now you can share one of those challenges,  

specifically another transition  word to make you sound advanced.

Specifically, I work around the  clock to meet tight deadlines.

To work around the clock is an expression,  

and using expressions really shows you understand  the language more at an advanced native level.

And of course, to work around  the clock you can just imagine  

you work continuously, you work non-stop.

Now let's talk about hobbies.

You can begin with a gerund statement  that expresses your opinion on hobbies.

In my opinion, having hobbies is  integral to living a fulfilling life.

So our gerund statement is  having hobbies is integral too.

But then I just added on to  that by expressing my opinion.

So let's review some opinion words.

Of course in my opinion, in  my view, from my perspective.

Notice here from from my perspective.

Personally, I think that you have at  least four different opinion words.

You can use these for in your  vocabulary when you go for your IELTS.

Now let's get back to hobbies.

You made your general statement, your jaron  statement, beginning with an opinion word.

Now you can state your specific hobby.

I'm an avid hiker, or maybe I'm  an avid cyclist, Guitar player,  

tennis player, whatever your hobby is.

So here the structure is to be an  avid and then you need a noun and  

this means you have a strong interest,  passion or enthusiasm for that activity.

Now you can make a gerund statement  about why you enjoyed this activity.

Hiking gives me the opportunity to disconnect  from my devices and enjoy the beauty of nature.

Now notice that the gerund statement  started with the verb hiking.

You can also start a gerund statement  with the noun, for example guitar.

Guitar gives me the opportunity too.

You could say playing guitar.

So you're using the verb form  or the noun form with guitar.

Both are correct.

Now let's say you don't have any hobbies.

Don't worry, you can still answer  this question in a very advanced way.

You can say until now my  focus has been on my career.

However, I'm considering taking up and  then an activity taking up drawing.

So notice we have our present perfect.

My focus has been because the action  started in the past and continues until now.

Take up is the phrasal verb we use  specifically with hobbies and activities.

To main, start and notice consider plus gerund.

I'm considering that's in the present continuous.

I'm considering taking up take is in  the gerund because consider plus gerund.

You could also say.

However, I'd love to take up drawing.

The expression here is I would  love and then infinitive.

Perhaps it's simpler to remember  and it still sounds advanced,  

so feel free to use this alternative now.

You can still add on a jarrant  statement about drawing, but use  

the future simple because you're  not doing the activity right now.

Drawing will give me the  opportunity to disconnect.

You could say I'm confident that or I'm hopeful  

that drawing will give me the  opportunity to disconnect.

You will sound very advanced.

Now let's move on to tell me about your family.

You can say I'm from a close  knit family, close knit.

Notice that pronunciation close knit.

This is an adjective that describes the family.

Now this is the same as saying  my family and I are very close.

My family and I, this is the subject.

We, my family and I are very close.

You can say everyone in my family gets along  because everyone is conjugated as a singular.

Everyone gets along really well or used  extremely well to sound more advanced.

Here's a great expression.

Everyone says I take after my mom in  looks and I take after my dad personality.

When you take after someone it means  that you resemble them physically.

So if you have a photo of you  and your mom and people say,  

oh, I see the similarities, you take  after your mom because your mom came  

first and maybe your mom takes  after your grandmother, etcetera.

But for personality, you can use this as well.

So maybe your dad is very funny and you are very  funny, so you take after your dad in personality,  

a great phrasal verb to use on  the IELTS to sound very advanced.

Now let's move on to talking about travel.

You can say I'd love, I would love.

I'd love the opportunity to see Egypt,  to travel to notice, travel to Egypt,  

but see Egypt, visit Egypt so know when  certain verbs require additional prepositions.

Travel to a location, visit a location.

If I could travel anywhere, I'd choose Egypt.

This is our second conditional because it's  

hypothetical and notice we  have modal plus base verb.

Don't use the infinitive modal plus base verb.

Of course you can use a gerund statement.

Visiting Egypt is at the top of my list.

Imagine you have a list of places you  want to visit and Egypt is at the top.

You can make this more advanced  by using the present perfect.

Traveling to Egypt has been at the top  of my list for as long as I can remember.

An action that started in the  past and continues until now.

Now, why not use an opinion word?

From my perspective, the pyramids are  one of our world's greatest treasures.

So you're sharing an opinion that  reinforces why you want to visit Egypt.

You can go on and say, and I'd revel in, I'd revel  in the opportunity to see them with my own eyes.

The expression is to revel in the opportunity  and then you're infinitive to see them.

This is a very advanced way of saying I  would thoroughly enjoy seeing the pyramids.

Now, as a bonus, let me share some phrases that  you can use when you want to clarify your answer.

So you're answering and you realize that  the words aren't coming out very well.

You can say what I'm trying to say is  and then you can change your thought.

You can express your thought a different way.

What I mean is what I'm getting at  is what I'm trying to get AT is to  

put it another way, in other words,  and then you communicate your idea.

I suggest memorizing four of these because they  

will be very helpful when  you're taking your IELTS.

Wow, I am so excited for you  to use all of these phrases.

And you don't need to limit them to your IELTS.

You can use these at work,  communicating with anyone in  

any situation to make you sound  very advanced and professional.

Do you want me to share more  advanced vocabulary with you?

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