‘Considerable‘ is an adjective meaning ‘a large amount.’

Examples:

• Mary-lou and Paul have saved a considerable amount of money as a deposit on a house.
• Following a standard essay structure is of considerable importance in communicating your message clearly.
• There is considerable interest in the community in opening shared garden spaces for city dwellers to grow their own food.

Collocations: When you learn new vocab, make sure that you note collocations too. For this group of words some collocations are:
consenting adults, consensual acts, consent to, give consent
considerably more, considerably less, considerable amounts of
constant worry
constrained by, constraining orders
contribute to, make a contribution

Check the meanings of the words if you don’t already know them. Check the meanings of the various forms as sometimes they are different. You can check them at Time4english by clicking the words (http://www.time4english.com/aamain/lounge/awl.asp).

IELTS vocabulary 26

Complete the sentences below with the correct word and the correct form of the word.

1. 1. Usually parents need to ______________ to medical procedures for their children before a treatment can begin. (consent, constrain)
   2. We are all _______________ by the laws of our country. (contribute, constrain)
   3. The pain is _______________. (consent, constant)
   4. Some people object to _______________ to charity believing it is the governments role to provide adequate welfare. (contribute, considerable)
   5. _______________ time, effort and money went into the preparation of this program. (constant, considerable)Answers (in the wrong order below)
      5. considerable   3. constant  2. constrained    1. consent   4. contributing