adj · neutral
supportive
UK/səˈpɔː.tɪv/US/səˈpɔːr.tɪv/sup·POR·tive
Band 6-7speakingtask2
willing to give help or encouragement
Examples
“My parents were very supportive when I applied to university.”
“A supportive teacher can make a big difference to a shy student.”
“She found her classmates surprisingly supportive during the project.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the research process was stressful, the supportive atmosphere among colleagues helped maintain high morale and productivity.”
Collocations
- be supportive of someone
- receive supportive comments
- a supportive environment
Word family
support v / nsupportive adjsupportiveness nsupportively adv
Common mistakes
I am very support.→I am very supportive.
She is supportive to me.→She is supportive of me.
Say it for a higher band
5helpful→6encouraging→7+supportive
Synonyms
encouraging
helpful
Easily confused
supporting
“She played a supporting role in the team project.”
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