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How to use punctuation correctly to increase your IELTS Bandscore

by Andrea Price

How to use punctuation correctly to increase your IELTS Bandscore

In the last couple of weeks, Pass IELTS Higher followers have been asking me to clarify the rules for punctuation in the IELTS writing exam. I've said elsewhere that punctuation is key to achieving good marks in IELTS Writing. This is a good question to ask as you might be losing marks in your grammatical range and accuracy column (GR) for not using your punctuation properly. Be careful - Mobile phone messaging has done away with lots of punctuation rules and sometimes students carry … [Read more...]

Improve your use of the passive voice to help achieve your IELTS Band 7 or 8

by Andrea Price

Improve your use of the passive voice to help achieve your IELTS Band 7 or 8

  Why use the passive voice? In order to get higher marks in the grammar column of your writing task (See IELTS Writing Band Descriptors - 2017), you should try using the passive voice to express your points and ideas. Why is the passive voice hard to use accurately? This tense is quite hard to use accurately, as it doesn’t exist in lots of languages. Passive Voice Explanations Here I will give you explanations of the most used tenses in the passive voice, with phrases you can use, … [Read more...]

IELTS – Typical IELTS’ Students’ Grammar Mistakes

by Andrea Price

IELTS – Typical IELTS’ Students’ Grammar Mistakes

There are many IELTS students out there who are asking why aren’t I getting my IELTS Band 7 in the Writing Section? Why no band 7 in IELTS Writing? A proven approach to helping you in your acquisition of a Band 7 in the IELTS Writing Test. One very important reason is that if you are letting any of the following basic grammar mistakes into your writing, you are going to stop your IELTS grammar Band at 6 and maybe lower, depending on the accuracy of the other areas of your IELTS. … [Read more...]

Paraphrase or fail – Master this technique to score higher

by Caroline McQueen

Paraphrase or fail – Master this technique to score higher

You’ve probably been told this a hundred times over, but it’s so important that it needs reiterating. Paraphrasing is essential to picking up the top marks and scoring the higher bands in your IELTS exam. Put simply, paraphrasing is the art of saying the same thing in a different way. In order to do well in your IELTS speaking exam, you need to have mastered this skill and have plenty of variations up your sleeve. Paraphrasing is vital for IELTS Paraphrasing is vital to success in your … [Read more...]

Boost your grammatical range to improve your IELTS band score

by Don Enricuso

Boost your grammatical range to improve your IELTS band score

Grammatical Range and Accuracy is one of the four criteria in IELTS Writing tasks public band descriptors. Just so you know, the four writing criteria in the IELTS Test band descriptors are equally important.  While accuracy is self-explanatory, so much has to be learned about grammatical range. Some candidates overlook this criterion and this is what this post is all about; to remind you of its value and how to improve your chances of getting a higher band score. Before I explain further I'm … [Read more...]

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