noun · neutral

drought

/draʊt/DROUGHT

Band 4-5speakingtask2

a long period without rain, causing a shortage of water

Examples

The prolonged drought ruined the harvest and caused food shortages.

Farmers suffered greatly during the drought last summer.

Governments must plan for drought by improving water management.

Band 8 sentence

Prolonged droughts linked to climate change are increasing the urgency of developing resilient water management strategies.

Collocations

  • suffer a drought
  • drought conditions

Word family

drought-resistant adjectivedroughts noun (plural)

Common mistakes

There is drought in my village.There is a drought in my village.

Farmers suffer from droughts last year.Farmers suffered from droughts last year.

Say it for a higher band

5dry period6dry spell7+drought

Synonyms

dry spell

Easily confused

dry spell

We had a dry spell in April, but it rained again in May.

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