99 top IELTS collocations

English for your iPad or iTouch revise the top collocations below before your exam:

IELTS vocabulary

adjective

noun

slight small great fundamental drastic slight marked slight dramatic surprising subtle

minor significant dramatic minor key

major noticeable profound abrupt gradual

CHANGE

sudden insignificant large major marked net

RELATIONSHIP INCREASE DECREASE DIFFERENCE

noticeable significant steady sharp expected gradual large unexpected significant

important growing vital essential fundamental substantial

corresponding paradoxical high overall low

staggering

close inverse strong weak tenuous interdependent increasing fast upward minor growing decreasing accelerating vital major decisive short-term rapid

RATE

sluggish slow key central leading upward buck

average steady
ROLE

downward

important crucial positive

insignificant significant downward

prominent
TREND

long-term key overall general underlying reverse accelerating irreversible discernable predominant

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