Grammar for IELTS
Not all of English grammar — only the part that moves the band: the Grammatical Range and Accuracy criterion in Writing and Speaking, and the accuracy traps that cost most marks in Task 1.
Articles: a / an / the
Uzbek and Russian have no articles, which makes this the most frequent error of all.
The government should invest more in education.The tenses IELTS actually tests
Not the whole tense system — the three the exam really asks for.
I have lived here since 2019.Complex sentences
Band 7 asks for «a variety of complex structures» — but accuracy decides it, not length.
Many students work part-time, so they have less time to study.The passive
Needed for Task 1 processes and formal register — but overusing it costs clarity.
The water is filtered in the second stage.Conditionals
Needed for hypotheticals in Speaking Part 3 and Task 2 — a clear band 7 signal.
If the government raises taxes, people will complain.Countable and uncountable nouns
«Informations», «advices», «much people» — these are noticed instantly.
The teacher gave us a lot of information.Prepositions for Task 1 data
In a chart description a preposition error reads as a data error.
Sales rose by 20% in 2019.Linking words and cohesion
Coherence and Cohesion marks the movement of ideas, not the number of connectors.
The city is big, crowded and expensive.Want more practice?
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