‫Welcome back to Part two of vocabulary for aout speaking by the end of this lesson, you will understand
‫the meaning and use of synonyms and collocations.
‫These are two very specific types of vocabulary and language that, if used well, will help you score
‫higher marks in your child's speaking test.
‫Before we move on, I'd just like to talk about increasing the range of your vocabulary.
‫So reading a range of articles, books and other resources is the best way to expand your language.
‫And it has been scientifically proven that the best way to increase your vocabulary is through reading.
‫BBC, learning English online articles and National Geographic are just a few examples of excellent
‫reading resources found on the Internet.
‫And I suggest you use them and read articles that you are interested in.
‫So there was just a quick word on increasing your vocabulary.
‫Let's move on to synonyms and a quick description of what they are.
‫So synonyms are groups of words that are very similar in their meaning.
‫They usually have a very close or shared meaning.
‫And here are some examples of them.
‫Dark, some synonyms for dark would be gloomy.
‫Qadi, pitch black.
‫Hard working, industrious, determined.
‫Sad, upset, depressed, down in the dumps.
‫Here are some examples of synonyms, words with shared meanings, if we take a look at dark and pitch
‫black, they're close in meaning, but not exactly the same.
‫Pitch black means zero visibility, whereas dark means just some visibility.
‫So we can see that synonyms are just words that are very close in their meaning.
‫And they will help you by keeping your language interesting and not repeating vocabulary too often in
‫the out speaking test.
‫Let's take a look at a synonym activity here.
‫We have the word nice, which I do try and advise students to avoid as it's not particularly exciting
‫or interesting.
‫Here are some synonyms for nice.
‫Now let's take a look at an example, part two question and some language from a student.
‫So the topic is describe a gift you recently received.
‫Has the students answer?
‫My best friend gave me a nice gift last year.
‫It was a signed copy of my favorite book.
‫So what kind of synonyms could you use to replace Nice with something a bit more interesting?
‫Well, let's take a look.
‫My best friend gave me a delightful gift last year.
‫It was a signed copy of my favorite book.
‫So we can see from these two examples that by using a more interesting synonym, our language is automatically
‫upgraded, which in turn will result in slightly better schools in your Eilts speaking.
‫Let's take a look at another example, and here we have happy can you think of any synonyms for happy?
‫Here are some examples that I have added and let's take a look at the part to topic.
‫Describe a language you have learned.
‫Let's take a look at the students answer.
‫Well, as I'm sure you know, I have been learning English for some time.
‫I am happy to now study for Eilts again, much like Nice Happy is not really a very interesting, emotive
‫word.
‫So what's in a name could we use in place of happy?
‫Let's take a look at an upgraded leveled answer.
‫Well, as I'm sure you know, I have been learning English for some time.
‫I am overjoyed to now study for Eilts a much more interesting piece of vocabulary.
‫And now let's take a look at that.
‫What other synonyms, more interesting words can we use for bad?
‫OK, let's take a look at the part two topic, which is describe some music that you like.
‫OK, let's take a look at the students answer.
‫I love any music with guitar.
‫I've been learning to play, too, although my progress is pretty bad.
‫I'll tell you, not a bad response to this question, but I think we can replace bad with something
‫a bit more interesting.
‫I love any music with guitar.
‫I've been learning to play too, although my progress is pretty awful, much more interesting.
‫Now, as I said before, not all synonyms have exactly the same meaning, so it may be that a synonym
‫doesn't quite work in place of something else.
‫For example, my progress is pretty awful.
‫That works well, but what if I change it for the synonym?
‫Ruff, my progress is pretty rough.
‫It doesn't quite work.
‫So you need to be careful in your use of synonyms.
‫Again, by reading every day you will be able to widen your vocabulary and have a better understanding
‫of synonyms.
‫Let's move on to take a look at collocations.
‫So what are collocations?
‫Well, collocations are words that are often paired together.
‫So you find these words close to each other in a phrase they will help you sound more natural in your
‫speaking.
‫Let's take a look at a few examples for take take time.
‫Take a break.
‫Take a taxi.
‫So these are common collocations, 48 common words that are paired together with take and using collocations
‫will make you sound more native.
‫Let's take a look at get get drunk, get married, get ready, get permission.
‫Just with synonyms.
‫You've got to be careful and accurate with your use of collocations, for example, you wouldn't say
‫get a break.
‫That doesn't quite sound as natural as take a break.
‫Another example would be you wouldn't say Gane drunk Gane is similar to get in the way that you are
‫taking something.
‫You have something that you didn't have before, but you wouldn't say Gane drunk.
‫That just doesn't sound very native and fluent.
‫Let's go through a few common collocations that you could use in your speaking so common.
‫Collocations four Make make a mess.
‫I love my pets, but the dogs especially can really make a mess.
‫I spend so much time cleaning up.
‫I heard that on Bitcoin, you can make money quickly and easily, it sounds too easy and I don't trust
‫it.
‫Make a difference.
‫It's important to help others and try to make a difference in our local communities and the last collocation
‫four make make progress.
‫Now I'm practicing every day.
‫I'm starting to make progress in my guitar playing.
‫Here are some common collocations for go go abroad.
‫I'd love to have more time to go abroad, but my work schedule is just too demanding.
‫Go shopping.
‫Here it is used in the past tense, I went shopping to a new big mall last weekend.
‫I spent far too much money.
‫When I see my favorite musician playing, I kind of go crazy, you could call me a real fun.
‫And the last one, my teacher told me to really go for it and study as much as I can before the test.
‫Now, just to clarify this meaning go for it, it means to try 110 percent.
‫That's a really negative sounding phrase and collocation.
‫So maybe you could try and use this in your practice speaking.
‫Go for it.
‫Give it a go.
‫OK, so that is an explanation of what collocations are with a few common examples that you could quite
‫easily use in your speaking to.
‫Now as some further reading an activity I would like you to complete.
‫Go to Google and research common collocations.
‫Try using them in your speaking.
‫OK, so that brings us to the end of this lesson on vocabulary for adults speaking as always, if you
‫have any questions, please go to the Q&A section of the course.
‫See you in the next lesson.