99 top IELTS collocations

IELTS vocabulary

English for your iPad or iTouch revise the top

collocations below before your exam:

adjective

slight small

minor

great
fundamental

CHANGE

major

significant

drastic

noun

noticeable

dramatic

abrupt

profound

gradual

sudden

slight

subtle

minor key

marked

insignificant large

noticeable significant

DIFFERENCE

major

important growing vital essential fundamental

slight

steady

gradual

dramatic

sharp

surprising

expected

corresponding

marked

INCREASE

substantial

DECREASE

significant

large
unexpected

net

staggering
RELATIONSHIP

close inverse strong weak tenuous

paradoxical
high

interdependent

low

increasing

sluggish slow
overall

fast

downward

key central

decreasing

rapid

RATE

average steady
upward

accelerating

important crucial

vital

insignificant significant

minor

leading

positive

prominent

upward

downward

growing

ROLE

major decisive
short-term

TREND

long-term key overall general underlying

buck

reverse

predominant

accelerating
irreversible discernable

Contributed by David Sweetnam Engage s.r.o. PHOTOCOPIABLE

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