{"id":51721,"date":"2017-10-17T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/ielts-energy-472-5-amazing-idioms-high-vocabulary-score-ielts\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:17:30","slug":"ielts-energy-472-5-amazing-idioms-high-vocabulary-score-ielts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-472-5-amazing-idioms-high-vocabulary-score-ielts\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Amazing IELTS Idioms for a Higher Vocabulary Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today you’ll learn amazing idioms for a high vocabulary score on IELTS.<\/p>\n

Our idioms today are some of our recent greatest hits from our YouTube channel<\/strong>, IELTS Energy TV<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

There are many questions<\/strong> on the IELTS Speaking Exam<\/strong> that are about stories<\/strong>, be they from books,<\/a> movies or TV shows<\/a>. Or, perhaps, a play<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Use these phrases to stand out and increase your vocabulary score<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Idioms for stories:<\/a><\/p>\n

a page turner<\/span>– a book that you can’t stop reading because it is so good<\/p>\n

spine-tingling<\/span>– very scary<\/p>\n

a tear-jerker<\/span>– very sad, makes you cry<\/p>\n

For Lindsay, the biggest tear-jerker is the movie\u00a0Into the Wild<\/em>, and for Jessica it is Philadelphia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Idioms for fame and celebrity:<\/a><\/p>\n

Lindsay recently saw the movie\u00a0Battle of the Sexes<\/em> which she raves<\/strong> about. Check it out!<\/p>\n

a household name<\/span>– name that everyone knows (Lindsay notes that Billie Jean King<\/strong>, in the movie she saw, was a famous female tennis star in the ’70’s, and she was a household name. These days, Kardashian<\/strong>, unfortunately, is a household name.)<\/p>\n

a has-been<\/span>– is a person who used to be famous but is not anymore<\/p>\n

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Practice using these phrases<\/a> in your IELTS answers!<\/p>\n

IELTS Speaking Questions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Part 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you reading a book at the moment?<\/em><\/p>\n

Who is your favorite actor?<\/em><\/p>\n

What was the last movie you watched?<\/em><\/p>\n

Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Describe the last novel you read.\u00a0<\/em>(Speak for 2 minutes!)<\/p>\n

Describe your favorite movie.\u00a0<\/em>(Speak for 2 minutes!)<\/p>\n

How would you answer these questions, using the new vocabulary?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Share your ideas in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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