Bu rehber sağlık temasını Writing Task 2 ve Speaking için Band 7-9 collocation ve model cümlelerle çalıştırır; İngilizce ifadeler bu şekilde işaretlidir.
This guide works on the health theme with Band 7-9 collocations and model sentences for Writing Task 2 and Speaking; English expressions are marked this way.
Sağlık (health) IELTS'in en sık dönen temalarından biridir: diyet ve obezite, sağlık sistemlerinin finansmanı, ruh sağlığı ve “prevention vs cure” tartışmaları hem Writing Task 2 hem Speaking Part 3'te karşınıza çıkar. Bu sayfa tema-özel lexical resource verir; daha geniş çerçeve için genel kelime stratejisi ve uygulama için model cevaplar sayfalarına da bakın.
Health is one of the most frequently recurring themes in IELTS: diet and obesity, funding of healthcare systems, mental health, and the debates on “prevention vs cure” will appear in both Writing Task 2 and Speaking Part 3. This page provides theme-specific lexical resources; for a broader framework, also check the general vocabulary strategy and model answers pages for practice.
Sağlık teması IELTS'te tek bir soru tipi değil, birbirine bağlı bir soru ailesidir. Writing Task 2'de en sık dört eksende gelir:
Speaking Part 1'de kişisel alışkanlıklar (“Do you have a healthy lifestyle?”), Part 2'de bir cue card (“Describe a healthy habit you have”), Part 3'te ise toplumsal boyut (“Whose responsibility is public health?”) sorulur.
Özet: Sağlık sorularının çoğu “birey mi devlet mi” ve “önleme mi tedavi mi” eksenine oturur; kelime seçimini bu iki eksene göre hazırla.
The health theme in IELTS is not a single question type but a family of related questions. In Writing Task 2, it most often comes in four axes:
In Speaking Part 1, personal habits (“Do you have a healthy lifestyle?”), Part 2 a cue card (“Describe a healthy habit you have”), and in Part 3, the societal dimension (“Whose responsibility is public health?”) are asked.
Summary: Most health questions revolve around “individual vs state” and “prevention vs cure”; prepare your word choice according to these two axes.
Aşağıdaki collocation'lar gerçek akademik/IELTS kullanımıdır. Tek kelime değil, kalıbı bir bütün olarak ezberleyin; cümlede aynen bu sırayla kullanılır.
| Collocation (İngilizce) | Türkçe | Alt konu |
|---|---|---|
| a balanced diet | dengeli beslenme | diet |
| a sedentary lifestyle | hareketsiz yaşam tarzı | lifestyle |
| to combat obesity | obeziteyle mücadele etmek | obesity |
| processed food | işlenmiş gıda | diet |
| to lead a healthy lifestyle | sağlıklı bir yaşam sürmek | lifestyle |
| public healthcare | kamu sağlık hizmeti | healthcare |
| to fund the health service | sağlık hizmetini finanse etmek | funding |
| to allocate resources | kaynak ayırmak | funding |
| a strain on the health system | sağlık sistemi üzerinde yük/baskı | healthcare |
| mental wellbeing | ruhsal iyi oluş | mental health |
| to raise awareness of | farkındalık yaratmak | public health |
| preventive measures | önleyici tedbirler | prevention |
| preventive healthcare | koruyucu sağlık hizmeti | prevention |
| life expectancy | ortalama yaşam süresi | public health |
| chronic illness / disease | kronik hastalık | healthcare |
| to seek medical treatment | tıbbi tedavi aramak | healthcare |
| a public health campaign | halk sağlığı kampanyası | campaigns |
| to promote healthy eating | sağlıklı beslenmeyi teşvik etmek | diet |
| to take up exercise | egzersize başlamak | exercise |
| to stay in shape | formda kalmak | exercise |
| to ease the burden on hospitals | hastanelerin yükünü hafifletmek | funding |
| health education | sağlık eğitimi | prevention |
| to tackle mental health issues | ruh sağlığı sorunlarıyla başa çıkmak | mental health |
| a sugary / high-fat diet | şekerli / yağ oranı yüksek beslenme | obesity |
| to boost the immune system | bağışıklık sistemini güçlendirmek | lifestyle |
Özet: Bu 25 collocation, sağlık temalı bir Task 2 denemesinin lexical omurgasını tek başına kurar.
The following collocations are real academic/IELTS usage. Don’t memorize single words, memorize the phrases as a whole; they are used in exactly this order in sentences.
| Collocation (English) | Turkish | Subtopic |
|---|---|---|
| a balanced diet | dengeli beslenme | diet |
| a sedentary lifestyle | hareketsiz yaşam tarzı | lifestyle |
| to combat obesity | obeziteyle mücadele etmek | obesity |
| processed food | işlenmiş gıda | diet |
| to lead a healthy lifestyle | sağlıklı bir yaşam sürmek | lifestyle |
| public healthcare | kamu sağlık hizmeti | healthcare |
| to fund the health service | sağlık hizmetini finanse etmek | funding |
| to allocate resources | kaynak ayırmak | funding |
| a strain on the health system | sağlık sistemi üzerinde yük/baskı | healthcare |
| mental wellbeing | ruhsal iyi oluş | mental health |
| to raise awareness of | farkındalık yaratmak | public health |
| preventive measures | önleyici tedbirler | prevention |
| preventive healthcare | koruyucu sağlık hizmeti | prevention |
| life expectancy | ortalama yaşam süresi | public health |
| chronic illness / disease | kronik hastalık | healthcare |
| to seek medical treatment | tıbbi tedavi aramak | healthcare |
| a public health campaign | halk sağlığı kampanyası | campaigns |
| to promote healthy eating | sağlıklı beslenmeyi teşvik etmek | diet |
| to take up exercise | egzersize başlamak | exercise |
| to stay in shape | formda kalmak | exercise |
| to ease the burden on hospitals | hastanelerin yükünü hafifletmek | funding |
| health education | sağlık eğitimi | prevention |
| to tackle mental health issues | ruh sağlığı sorunlarıyla başa çıkmak | mental health |
| a sugary / high-fat diet | şekerli / yağ oranı yüksek beslenme | obesity |
| to boost the immune system | bağışıklık sistemini güçlendirmek | lifestyle |
Summary: These 25 collocations alone establish the lexical backbone of a health-themed Task 2 essay.
Aşağıdaki model cümleler collocation'ları bağlam içinde gösterir. Yapıyı taklit edin, temayı değiştirerek kendi cümlenize uyarlayın.
Özet: Bu cümleler koşul cümlesi (if), karşıtlık (while/rather than) ve neden-sonuç kalıplarını collocation'la birleştirir; Grammatical Range puanını da yukarı çeker.
The following model sentences show collocations in context. Imitate the structure, adapting it to your own sentence by changing the theme.
Summary: These sentences combine conditional sentences (if), contrast (while/rather than), and cause-effect patterns with collocations; they also enhance the Grammatical Range score.
Speaking'de yazılı, resmi collocation yerine daha doğal deyim ve phrasal verb'ler puanı yükseltir. Aşırı akademik konuşmak yapay durur; dengeyi kur.
| İfade | Türkçe |
|---|---|
| to be under the weather | keyifsiz/hasta hissetmek |
| to come down with (a cold) | (nezleye) yakalanmak |
| to work out | spor yapmak, antrenman yapmak |
| to cut down on (sugar) | (şekeri) azaltmak |
| to be run down | bitkin/yorgun düşmüş olmak |
| to get back on my feet | tekrar ayağa kalkmak, iyileşmek |
| a couch potato | sürekli oturan, tembel kişi |
Örnek Part 1 yanıtı — “Do you try to stay healthy?”
Özet: Part 1/2'de deyim ve phrasal verb kullan; Part 3'te ise 2. bölümdeki resmi collocation'lara geç. Kayıt (register) uyumu Band 7+ farkını yaratır.
In Speaking, using more natural idioms and phrasal verbs instead of written, formal collocations boosts your score. Speaking too academically sounds artificial; find the balance.
| Expression | Turkish |
|---|---|
| to be under the weather | to feel unwell/sick |
| to come down with (a cold) | to catch (a cold) |
| to work out | to exercise, to train |
| to cut down on (sugar) | to reduce (sugar) |
| to be run down | to feel exhausted/tired |
| to get back on my feet | to get back on my feet, to recover |
| a couch potato | a lazy person who sits all the time |
Example Part 1 answer — “Do you try to stay healthy?”
Summary: Use idioms and phrasal verbs in Parts 1/2; transition to the formal collocations from the second section in Part 3. Consistency in register makes the difference for Band 7+.
Aynı fikri üç farklı bantta ifade ederek ilerlemeyi görün. Fark; belirsiz genellemeden (Band 5) tema-özel collocation ve nüanslı yapıya (Band 9) geçiştir.
Prevention is good. It is better to stop people from getting sick than to make them better. So governments should give more money to health teaching.
Belirsiz, tekrarlı (“good”, “make them better”), collocation yok.
Prevention is often more effective than cure. By investing in health education and preventive measures, governments can reduce the number of people who need expensive treatment.
Doğru collocation, net neden-sonuç, ama standart yapı.
Channelling public funds into preventive healthcare, rather than treatment alone, is arguably a far shrewder strategy: it not only curbs the incidence of chronic illness but also eases the long-term strain on overstretched health systems.
Üst düzey collocation (channel funds, curb the incidence, overstretched), nüans (“arguably”) ve karmaşık yapı.
| Zayıf (Band 5) | Güçlü (Band 7-9) |
|---|---|
| good for health | beneficial to one's wellbeing |
| a lot of ill people | a high incidence of illness |
| stop being sick | prevent the onset of disease |
| give money to hospitals | allocate resources to the health service |
| people don't move enough | an increasingly sedentary population |
Özet: Band 9 basit “süslü kelime” değildir; doğru collocation + nüans (arguably, far more) + karmaşık ama net cümledir.
See the progress by expressing the same idea in three different bands. The difference is the transition from vague generalizations (Band 5) to theme-specific collocations and nuanced structures (Band 9).
Prevention is good. It is better to stop people from getting sick than to make them better. So governments should give more money to health teaching.
Vague, repetitive (“good”, “make them better”), no collocation.
Prevention is often more effective than cure. By investing in health education and preventive measures, governments can reduce the number of people who need expensive treatment.
Correct collocation, clear cause-effect, but standard structure.
Channelling public funds into preventive healthcare, rather than treatment alone, is arguably a far shrewder strategy: it not only curbs the incidence of chronic illness but also eases the long-term strain on overstretched health systems.
High-level collocation (channel funds, curb the incidence, overstretched), nuance (“arguably”) and complex structure.
| Weak (Band 5) | Strong (Band 7-9) |
|---|---|
| good for health | beneficial to one's wellbeing |
| a lot of ill people | a high incidence of illness |
| stop being sick | prevent the onset of disease |
| give money to hospitals | allocate resources to the health service |
| people don't move enough | an increasingly sedentary population |
Summary: Band 9 is not just about “fancy words”; it is about correct collocation + nuance (arguably, far more) + complex but clear sentences.
Aşağıdaki hatalar Türk öğrencilerde birebir çeviriden doğar. Sol sütun yanlış, sağ sütun doğrudur.
| Yanlış (✗) | Doğru (✓) | Neden |
|---|---|---|
| *make sport / *make exercise | do exercise / play sport | “spor yapmak” birebir “make” olmaz |
| *make a diet | go on a diet / follow a diet | “diyet yapmak” kalıbı farklı |
| *I am agree with | I agree with | agree fiildir, “am” gereksiz |
| *healthy foods are cheap in my country's people | healthy food is expensive for people in my country | food sayılamaz; “for” edatı |
| *the government must to spend | the government must spend | must + yalın fiil, “to” yok |
| *mental health is very important problem | mental health is a very important issue | tekil sayılabilir isimde “a” şart |
| *prevent from diseases | prevent diseases / prevent people from getting ill | prevent + nesne; “from” kişiyle gelir |
Özet: Push/teslim öncesi bu 5 maddelik listeyi geç; sağlık temalı yazılarda en çok puan bu hatalardan kaçınarak kazanılır.
The following mistakes arise from direct translation in Turkish students. The left column is incorrect, the right column is correct.
| Incorrect (✗) | Correct (✓) | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| *make sport / *make exercise | do exercise / play sport | “to do sport” does not translate directly to “make” |
| *make a diet | go on a diet / follow a diet | The phrase “to diet” is different |
| *I am agree with | I agree with | agree is a verb, “am” is unnecessary |
| *healthy foods are cheap in my country's people | healthy food is expensive for people in my country | food is uncountable; “for” preposition |
| *the government must to spend | the government must spend | must + base verb, no “to” |
| *mental health is very important problem | mental health is a very important issue | singular countable noun requires “a” |
| *prevent from diseases | prevent diseases / prevent people from getting ill | prevent + object; “from” comes with a person |
Summary: Go through this 5-item list before submission; the highest scores in health-themed writings are gained by avoiding these mistakes.