An economist studying line graphs of employment on a large screen at dusk – IELTS Writing Task 1 vocabulary
Employment by Sector
Tasks unlock in order: Vocabulary → Grammar → Structure → Practice → Exam Mode. Score at least 80% in Vocabulary and 60% in Grammar and Structure, write a Practice answer and check it, and when the exam is done, send it to your teacher from the Exam page.
Why learn these words

Lexical Resource is a quarter of your Writing score. If every line on the graph “increased” or “decreased”, the examiner sees a narrow range; precise words – surge, plummet, level off, account for – show band 7 vocabulary. Go over the words several days in a row: that’s how they move into long-term memory. On your phone, you can review them in the Lovely Words dictionary (Android): copy the list and paste it into the app, or download the file and load it in the app settings.

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Try to recall the English word. The answer appears by itself in a few seconds – then mark whether you knew it.

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IELTS Writing Task 1: about 20 minutes, at least 150 words. Four criteria, 25% each: Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy.