Self-editing: the slips that hold a good essay back
Use the last minutes well: check articles, agreement, word forms, comma splices and a vague ‘this’, the small slips that can keep a strong essay from a higher band.
10 min
Module 25 · Lesson 5 of 5
In this lesson
- Run a quick, focused edit in the last minutes of the test, one slip at a time.
- Find and fix common slips: articles, agreement, word forms, comma splices and double linkers.
- Give ‘this’ a clear noun and vary repeated words.
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