{"id":51318,"date":"2018-07-10T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/freak-informal-ielts-speaking\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:22:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:22:43","slug":"freak-informal-ielts-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/freak-informal-ielts-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Is \u201cFreak\u201d too Informal for IELTS Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll find out if the word \u201cfreak\u201d is too informal for IELTS Speaking Exams.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>IELTS Speaking Parts 1 and 2<\/strong>, <a href=\"\/ielts\/common-ielts-part-1-topics\/\">the topics are informal,<\/a> such as asking you about what you <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-speaking-slang-free-time\/\">do in your free time<\/a>, or what your <a href=\"\/ielts\/8-vocabulary-spectacularly-speak-snacks\/\">favorite snacks<\/a> are.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it is appropriate to use <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-581-odd-duck-vocab-personal-descriptions\/\">vocabulary that tends toward the informal<\/a> end of the communication spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>This is why getting a <strong>7 or higher for Vocabulary<\/strong> requires you to <strong>exhibit a range<\/strong>, from <strong>informal in Part 1<\/strong> to <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-7-ielts-part-3-advertising-vocabulary\/\">formal in Part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are instances when going <strong>too informal<\/strong> would <strong>not<\/strong> be <strong>appropriate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Js9fA_4bpiI\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, the <strong>traditional meaning<\/strong> of the word \u201c<em><strong>freak<\/strong><\/em>\u201d describes a <strong>person that is very different or abnormal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>You can use it in a positive sense:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s kind of a freak, but in a good way. I mean, he can hear a piece of music and play it immediately.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That would be <strong>totally acceptable<\/strong> for IELTS Speaking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>100% Score Increase Guarantee with our Insider Method<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1-300x293.png?099694&amp;x42944&amp;d7aa6c&amp;1f7936&amp;25f8f9&amp;25f8f9&amp;4fa411&amp;4fa411&amp;d8026c&amp;d8026c&amp;d8026c&amp;d8026c&amp;e79c45&amp;e79c45&amp;862c88&amp;862c88&amp;862c88&amp;862c88&amp;862c88&amp;862c88\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1.png 440w\" alt=\"3 Keys IELTS course\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\"><\/a><strong>Are you ready to move past IELTS and move forward with your life vision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out why our strategies are the most powerful in the IELTS world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you use our Insider Method you avoid the BIGGEST MISTAKES that most students make on IELTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\"><strong>Click here to get a score increase on IELTS. It\u2019s 100% guaranteed.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, used in a <strong>negative sense<\/strong>, it would <strong>convey a hateful message<\/strong>, and, as we say, you should try to <a href=\"\/ielts\/positive-increase-ielts-speaking-writing-scores\/\">keep your mindset and your answers positive<\/a> on exam day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>So, don\u2019t say:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo, I don\u2019t like him. He\u2019s a freak, always talking about weird stuff that no one cares about.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is <strong>another usage<\/strong> of \u201c<em><strong>freak<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, though, which is very <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-582-paraphrases-like-enjoy-ielts-speaking\/\">common among native speakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We use this word to <strong>replace<\/strong> the <strong>swear word<\/strong> that starts with \u201cf\u201d, such as:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s no freaking way I would ever jump out of an airplane.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I would say that if your examiner is on the <strong>younger side<\/strong>, this wouldn\u2019t bother them.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the examiner is older and <strong>more conservative or traditional<\/strong>, they might <strong>not<\/strong> think this is <strong>appropriate<\/strong> language for the exam.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, <strong>never use swear words<\/strong> in your IELTS Speaking answers!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What IELTS questions do you have?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask us in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll find out if the word \u201cfreak\u201d is too informal for IELTS Speaking Exams. 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Therefore,&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/freak-informal-ielts-speaking\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1024,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[274,368,353],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ielts","category-ielts-videos","category-ielts-vocabulary-videos"],"acf":{"podcast_link":".mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video: Is \u201cFreak\u201d too Informal for IELTS Speaking | All Ears English Podcast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/freak-informal-ielts-speaking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video: Is \u201cFreak\u201d too Informal for IELTS Speaking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today you\u2019ll find out if the word \u201cfreak\u201d is too informal for IELTS Speaking Exams. 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