adj · neutral
industrious
/ɪnˈdʌstriəs/in·DUS·trious
Band 6-7speakingtask2
hard-working and persistent in effort
Examples
“She is an industrious student who studies every evening.”
“The industrious community rebuilt the town after the flood.”
“He has an industrious attitude towards his job.”
Band 8 sentence
“An industrious workforce, combined with targeted investment in skills, can transform a regional economy.”
Collocations
- industrious student
- work industriously
Word family
industriousness nindustriously adv
Common mistakes
He is industrious man.→He is an industrious man.
industrial workers→industrious workers
Say it for a higher band
5hard-working→6diligent→7+industrious
Synonyms
hard-working
diligent
Easily confused
industrial
“The industrial zone is full of factories and warehouses.”
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