In my experience, IELTS students seem to focus less on grammar than other areas. This is probably because it’s not very fun and it takes a long time to improve.But here are six reasons to motivate you to open those grammar books! 1. Too Many Basic Mistakes are Very Bad for your IELTS Score. Let’s be honest, grammar is worth 25% of your writing and speaking marks , which is a lot. If you know that you make a lot of mistakes in your speaking or writing but you don’t do anything about it, that isn’t a very smart strategy. It’s really easy for an examiner to notice basic grammar mistakes so there’s no chance of avoiding losing marks for them. Also, if you make a lot of basic grammar errors, it will be really easy to spot as it will make it difficult for the examiner to follow your ideas. So this will mean you end up with a grammar score of 5 or worse. You should identify your common mistakes and then study and practise these areas. If you don’t know your common mistakes...
Hey, English speaker! Congratulations. You speak a language that straddles the globe like nothing before. Statistically, English is unlikely to be your first language and you are likely to be from an educated background. Again, congratulations. Here are ten things that you may not have known about this wonderful language of ours: 1. It is the only major language without an academy to guide it L’Académie française, based in Paris, is in charge of overseeing the French language. Part of its job is suggesting alternatives for the English words that are pouring into French. That’s how email became courriel, for example (although you will still hear it called e-mail in French). For Spanish there is the Real Academia Española. German has the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung. There is no equivalent to L’Académie for English. Of the 10 most-widely spoken languages in the world, only English has no academy guiding it. There are political reasons for this. The closest Britain ever came to having...
Part 1 What kinds of places are crowded? Almost everything in my city! However, I would say especially the streets. For one, people really like spending time eating and hanging out on the streets. Secondly, since the old streets are narrow, they tend to become overcrowded with vehicles. Moreover, markets and shopping malls are quite hectic (stressful) , as people in my country enjoy shopping. Do you like to go to crowded places? Not one bit! I start to feel extremely overwhelmed and want to exit the area immediately. Moreover, it’s unpleasant to be pushed and shoved in overcrowded places. Furthermore, it’s even worse in the summer when people are sweating and have body odor (when your armpits sweat) ! Why do some people like to go to crowded places? Hmm, well I guess they like the chaos (stress) . For some, it’s exciting to watch madness (craziness) unfold around them. Furthermore, I think they like the lively feeling that crowded places carry. Perha...
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