Formal and Informal Vocabulary for Higher Scores -7 to 9

The key to a successful IELTS Speaking test is to use a range of vocabulary appropriately, including formal and informal words. Make sure to practice using these words in context to get comfortable with their use. Good luck with your IELTS Speaking test!

Formal Vocabulary

Informal Vocabulary

Abstain

Avoid

Accommodation

Place to crash

Accomplish

Pull off

Acquire

Get

Additionally…

Another thing is….

Adhere to

Stick to

Affirm

Say

Alleviate

Ease

Ameliorate

Improve

Appreciate

Dig

Ascertain

Figure out

Ascertain

Find out

Assent

Agree

Augment

Increase

Cease

Stop

Cognizant

Aware

Coherent

Clear

Commence

Start

Compensate

Make up for

Comprehend

Get

Concur

Agree

Concur

Agree

Conjecture

Guess

Consequently

As a result

Contemplate

Consider

Converse

Chat

Culminate

End up

Curtail

Cut down

Despite

Regardless of

Deviate

Stray

Discrepancy

Difference

Disseminate

Spread

Elicit

Get out

Endeavour

Try

Engender

Create

Enormous

Huge

Enunciate

Say

Fabricate

Make

Facilitate

Make it easy

Firstly….

To begin with…

Formal

Informal

Foster

Encourage

Great

Cool

Hence…

So….

How are you?

How’s it going?

However…

Still….

Impart

Share

In addition

Also

In addition…

What’s more….

In conclusion…

All in all…

In consequence….

So…

In my opinion….

I think…

In my view…

I guess….

In order to

To

Incidentally….

By the way….

Inquire

Ask

Invariably

Always

Irrespective of

Regardless of

It is agreed that….

I agree….

It is necessary for me to….

I’ve got to…..

It is said that….

People say that….

Moreover…

As well as that….

Nevertheless

Anyhow

Nevertheless….

Mind you….

Nonetheless

However

Obtain

Get

On account of

Because of

On the other hand….

While…..

Optimum

Best

Participate

Join in

Perceive

See

Pertain to

Relate to

Peruse

Read

Prior to

Before

Procure

Get

Prohibit

Ban

Regarding….

As for….

Reiterate

Repeat

Requisite

Required

Reside

Live

Reside

Live

Subsequent

Later

Subsequently

Afterwards

Subsequently

Afterwards

Terminate

End

There is much…

There is lots of….

Thereafter…

After that….

Therefore

So

Therefore…

So….

Traverse

Travel through

Utilize

Use

Utilize

Use

Whilst

While

Yes

Yep, Yeah

You’re welcome

No problem

 

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