Using Participle Clauses in IELTS Sentences (crime and punishment) Correct usage of participle clauses in IELTS Task 2 Writing and IELTS Part 3 Speaking can help increase your score as this allows you to demonstrate a wider range of grammar. For some practice with...
Understanding Reference Words in IELTS Reading What’s wrong with this sentence? Some people believe that a university education should be available to everyone as a university education will help with employment. The problem is that ‘university education’ is repeated....
Using "so" and "such" correctly in English Rules, examples and common errors ‘So’ and ‘such’ are often used incorrectly in English. Both so and such are used to give emphasis – this means to show that something is extreme or more than usual. For example – The concert...
Direct and Indirect Questions in English When asking for information in English you can use direct and indirect questions. There are differences in sentence structure and levels of politeness and formality. For example: Does he like swimming? (Auxiliary verb) Where is...
Conditional sentences exercises: zero, first, second and third Complete the sentences and check answers Complete the conditional sentences exercises below to test your knowledge of conditionals. 1. If you _____________ (heat) water to 100 degrees Celsius, it...
Articles (a, an, the and Ø) Using articles correctly in English Using articles correctly in English can be very difficult as there are a lot of rules to remember. There are three articles in English ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and sometimes no article Ø is needed. The indefinite...
Learn the 9 parts of speech with examples to strengthen your IELTS vocabulary and understand sentence structure for reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Understanding Adjective Order in English (OSASCOMP) When we use more than one adjective before a noun, English has a natural order that sounds correct to native speakers. If you break this order, your sentence may still make sense, but it will sound unnatural or...
The 4 rules for Reported speech in English Reported speech, also called indirect speech, is what happens when we are telling someone about what another person said. Here is an example of direct and reported speech: Direct speech: I don’t like this party. Reported or...