{"id":52592,"date":"2016-02-25T01:41:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T01:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/ielts-energy-212-4-crackin-collocations-ielts-writing-ielts-speaking\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:59:39","slug":"ielts-energy-212-4-crackin-collocations-ielts-writing-ielts-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-212-4-crackin-collocations-ielts-writing-ielts-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 212: 4 Crackin Collocations for IELTS Writing and IELTS Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is a collocation?<\/p>\n<p>When we put two words together and we can\u2019t explain why other words can\u2019t be substituted it\u2019s a collocation.<\/p>\n<p>This increases your score because it shows that you understand natural English.<\/p>\n<p>You need to memorize a short list like this one.<\/p>\n<p>Test day is not the time to take risks so get to know these collocations well and use them on exam day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Collocations for IELTS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To safely assume: <\/strong>synonyms for \u201csafely\u201d do not work here. This means that we are sure about something.\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBecause the cost of living is high in Boston we can safely assume that we\u2019ll spend more than $1,000 per month on rent.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To achieve an objective: <\/strong>To re<strong>ach a goal.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThere are several ways to achieve these objectives.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To become widespread:<\/strong> When something starts to become more common and we see it more and more\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBiking to work is becoming more widespread.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFood trucks have become widespread in Portland.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In-depth analysis:<\/strong> To look at something on a deep level or to do detailed research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You need to learn these as chunks. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use them in your <a href=\"\/ielts\/native-speaker-score-9-strategy\/\">journal<\/a> when you are practicing your general writing fluency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use one of these collocations per day for a few weeks then start on a new list.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us know your questions in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a collocation? 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You need to memorize a short list like this one&#8230;. <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-212-4-crackin-collocations-ielts-writing-ielts-speaking\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ielts"],"acf":{"podcast_link":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/CB27B5\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ALLE1510837356.mp3?updated=1670119291"},"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>IELTS Energy 212: 4 Crackin Collocations for IELTS Writing and 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\/ielts-energy-212-4-crackin-collocations-ielts-writing-ielts-speaking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IELTS Energy 212: 4 Crackin Collocations for IELTS Writing and IELTS Speaking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is a collocation? 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