IELTS Vocabulary: review of the week

Here's a list of some of the good words and phrases that I've used in my blog lessons this week:

• certain special occasions
• is likely to have (meaning 'probably has')
• you would hope that (common expression meaning 'hopefully')
• the end result
• a set of stunning photographs
• thinking back to... (this is a nice way to give a personal example)
• knew exactly what he was doing
• the bride, groom and guests
• (can't) trust an amateur
• a once-in-a-lifetime event
• a shift towards eating fast food less frequently
• restaurants = outlets = establishments
• at the other end of the scale
• the weekly fast food habit
• became a monthly or twice monthly habit
• historical events
• a sense of continuity across the generations
• passing down knowledge
• a consistent curriculum
• limits to the teaching scope
• visit key locations

Comments

[Pachu]

Sir, how can be benefitted more from vocabulary that you post. I am just reading it but I couldnot use such words in my essays.Sir, please write these vocabulary naming under specific topics so that mind can catch. Otherwise, it is not going to help much to the students.Because your lessons are the most valuable and purified.Hope to get some response sir.

[bhavi]

Hello all
I have a doubt regarding no of body paragraphs. Pls Simon sir advice us?

[Wanda]

Pachu

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22at+the+other+end+of+the+scale%22&num=10

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22passing+on+knowledge%22&num=10

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&ei=3iapW8L1NMf_8QWK3rrICQ&q=%22passing+on+information%22&oq=%22passing+on+information%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...175999.179958.0.180831.24.20.1.0.0.0.385.3421.0j3j7j3.13.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..20.0.0....0.1pTmlkRuqe8

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22key%20locations%22&tbm=bks&lr=lang_en

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=*_VERB+key+locations&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t2%3B%2C%2A_VERB%20key%20locations%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bare_VERB%20key%20locations%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bidentify_VERB%20key%20locations%3B%2Cc0%3B%3B

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&ei=-yepW8L1LoTq8AXy55iwCg&q=%22a+shift+towards+the+use+of+%22&oq=%22a+shift+towards+the+use+of+%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...262447.268812.0.269597.27.26.0.0.0.0.388.4567.0j9j9j2.20.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..14.4.808...0j33i10k1.0.aCP10MGKJwI

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&ei=CympW5nIC8X38gWipZWQCQ&q=%22a+shift+toward+higher+%22&oq=%22a+shift+toward+higher+%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...37407.40437.0.40926.13.12.1.0.0.0.320.1707.0j4j3j1.8.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..6.0.0....0.ikjkSGJE6vQ

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22continuity%20across%20generations%22&tbm=bks&lr=lang_en

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22continuity%20across%20the%20generations%22&tbm=bks&lr=lang_en

One possible technique.

[Wanda]

bhavi

http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2018/07/ielts-writing-task-2-a-flexible-approach.html

My view is that it is easier to "present a fully developed position" "with relevant, fully extended and well supported ideas" if you concentrate on two main ideas, as opposed to trying to cover three main ideas in the time available. Quality over quantity.

[Quotes from the marking schema Band nine]

[Skylar]

Excuse me, what does “restaurants=outlets=establishments” mean?

[Wanda]

Skylar

We can use the phrases "fast-food establishments" and "fast-food outlets" as a substitute for "fast-food restaurants" in this report. The three words are not exact synonyms though.
#2:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/outlet

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/establishment