Some cities have few controls over design and construction on housing and office building. People think that they are free to choose the design they like. Do you think the advantages outweigh disadvantages?

Collocations, topic-specific

vocabulary

and phrasal verbs are the

name

Change the noun form

names

show examples

of the game here. To score well, an examinee needs to show that they have a wide-ranging

vocabulary

and they know how to use it. Our sample

essay

does a solid job of showing off a range of

vocabulary

– you'll notice that

while

the

essay

frequently refers to children, the writer employs different

vocabulary

(infants, youngsters, offspring, counterparts) to do so. Note: it is highly likely that you will need to refer to people/children in your IELTS Writing task 2, so make sure that you have lots of different words to use to refer to them. IELTS examiners do not like to see the words “people,”

“children”

Correct word choice

and “children”

show examples

over and over again! The same goes for the word “important” – make sure you have plenty of alternative phrases (essential and vital are both used in our sample

essay

). Other examples of a wide-ranging

vocabulary

in our

essay

include using rapidly in place of quickly, mature

instead

of develop, repercussions to indicate a negative result, and acquire in place of

learn

Change the form of the verb

learning

show examples

. Our sample

essay

also

does a good job of using collocations – some examples include “fundamental reason,” “reluctant readers” “social and cognitive skills,” “learn

vocabulary

through context,” and “strongly recommend.”