adjective · neutral
substantial
/səbˈstænʃəl/sub·STAN·tial
Band 6-7task2speaking
large in amount, size, or importance
Examples
“There was a substantial increase in renewable energy investment.”
“The museum received a substantial donation from alumni.”
“The policy led to substantial improvements in air quality.”
Band 8 sentence
“The new regulation produced a substantial reduction in emissions within two years.”
Collocations
- substantial evidence
- substantial amount
- substantial improvement
Word family
substantial adjectivesubstantially adverbsubstance noun
Common mistakes
a substantiate amount→a substantial amount
the change was substantially big→the change was substantial
Say it for a higher band
5big→6significant→7+substantial
Synonyms
significant
Easily confused
significant
“There was a significant difference between the two methods.”
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