Less Common Vocabulary

B2 · Upper-intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: deploy precise, less common words - discern, flourish, scrutinise - in timed answers, exactly where all-purpose words lose marks.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Retiring your overworked words

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Building Lexical Range

    Read a 181-word text about Building Lexical Range

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Sophisticated Alternatives

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Using Less Common Vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Less Common Vocabulary Practice

    Role-play: Practice incorporating sophisticated vocabulary naturally (2 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your precision mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

discernflourishscrutiniseramificationinherentlyphase out

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