Talking about people in the IELTS speaking test lesson 3

Before starting this lesson, make sure you have completed Lesson 1 and Lesson 2.

Learning synonyms is a good way to enrich your English vocabulary, and this will help you achieve a higher IELTS band score. The two columns below contain two lists of adjectives.

Try to match up a word from column one with a synonym in column two, in ten minutes or less.

Now practice in a complete sentence.

Finish the sentences below with an appropriate adjective from Part One.

1. In order to be a successful artist you need to be __________.

2. John is such a _________ student, he studies for four or five hours every night.

3. Dogs are man’s best friend because they are so _________.

4. Sandra’s grandfather is really __________ , he bought her a car for her birthday.

5. In an ___________ world there wouldn’t be any suffering or unhappiness.

6. Sharks are naturally ___________ , they have no predators and killing is instinctive.

7. Maxine is so __________ about Italian movies, she’s decided to study Italian.

8. Mathematics requires a ___________ process of thinking.

9. In New Zealand you can enjoy an __________ lifestyle.

10. It is better to be an ___________ person – it is a much happier outlook on life.

11. We watched a very _____________ comedian on TV last night.

12. Albert Einstein was an extremely ___________ scientist and mathematician.