In this lesson you should have learned… why the passive is important in the IELTS test how the passive is formed when the passive should be used how ‘used to’ and the passive can be combined Now take the end of lesson...
Fragmented sentences (also called ‘fragments’) occur when a sentence is missing an important word like a verb or subject. Here are some examples of fragments: The government’s responsibility. Asked the teacher for more homework. After he finished the...
Comma splices occur when two complete thoughts are joined together with just a comma but no linking word (e.g. ‘and’ or ‘but’). I was late for class, I had a good excuse. I don’t like the IELTS reading test, there isn’t enough time....
Run-on sentences are very similar to comma splices in that there are two (or more) thoughts put together into a single sentence with no internal punctuation. He is a teenager he knows how to use modern technology. In many countries public transport is cheap some...
‘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...
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