IELTS Band 9 Vocabulary Secrets

By learning these 10 topics, you can develop an advanced, flexible range of vocabulary which will impress the examiners, even if your English is not perfect. This book introduces you fully to the special IELTS topics, gives you Band 9 Writing Task 2 model essays on each topic, and explains a large amount of advanced, topic-specific words and phrases for each subject. Each word or phrase has a full definition, with IELTS-based examples of how to use these words in different ways in both your writing and speaking tests.

Don't try to take the IELTS exam without understanding these topics and the vocabulary you should use in each one. This book will maximise your chances of achieving Band 7 to 9 - and getting the result you need.

Fully updated for the 2025/26 exam, the topics covered are:

1 Work and careers
2 Education and schooling
3 Children and families
4 Nature, the environment and energy
5 Culture, art and traditions
6 Healthcare, health and sport
7 Global challenges and science
8 Cities and infrastructure
9 Countryside and agriculture
10 Government and the authorities

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