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 here is that ‘university education’ has been repeated – the sentence would have been...
Free IELTS grammar resources
Free IELTS grammar resources
So and Such – grammar for IELTS
‘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’. For example – The concert was so good! It was such a good concert! In both cases, it wasn’t simply a...
Grammar for IELTS Direct & indirect questions
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. In English, a basic question can be formed using either an auxiliary verb or a question word. For...
Grammar for IELTS adjective order
Adjective order is important if you are using more than one adjective before a noun. There is often a specific order in which they must be placed. For example: A black leather jacketA leather black jacket Here is a short acronym to help you remember: OSASCOMP opinion...
IELTS grammar conditional sentences
Complete the conditional sentences exercises below to test your knowledge of conditionals. 1st conditional example: If he __________________ (get) the job, he ___________ (be) very happy . If he gets the job, he will be very happy. Conditional sentences...
13 rules for using articles in IELTS
Articles (a, an, the and Ø) 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 article – A or AN Examples of use...
IELTS grammar – parts of speech
In order to improve your result in the IELTS test, both for speaking and writing, it is important to be aware of the ‘parts’ of speech that create sentences in English. It is commonly accepted that there are only 9* different parts of speech from which all sentences,...
4 rules for Reported speech in English
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...
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