Video: Use of articles

Video: Use of articles

Narration: The use of articles helps us to be more specific when talking about nouns. Let’s take the noun ‘student’ as an example. If we talk about a student, then we are talking about one of many students. It is not important which particular...
Video: Use of articles

Video: Articles

Narration: The correct use of articles is a difficult skill to master, but if you are looking for a high level result in your test you will need to use them accurately. There are three different articles: a/an, the or no article, which we will identify in this lesson...
The present simple passive

The present simple passive

Tense Passive Form Passive Sentence Active Form Active Sentence Present simple am/are/is + past participle One form of technology or other is regularly used by most people on a daily basis, for example a mobile phone. base verb +s for he/she/it   Most people...
The present simple passive

Using the passive in IELTS

Passive sentence structures are commonly used in formal writing. They are also used to describe processes, as may be required in the Academic IELTS test. The passive form can be used with most different tenses, though passive forms of the following tenses are not...
Summary of this lesson

Summary of this lesson

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...