Grammar for a higher band
The structures worth using in Task 2, five errors that cost marks again and again, the punctuation you need, and a five-minute grammar check for the end of the exam.
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यो पाठ अहिलेका लागि अङ्ग्रेजीमा मात्र छ।
मोड्युल 2 · पाठ 9/11
यस पाठमा
- Explain what range and accuracy mean for grammar in Task 2, and why you need both.
- Use five structures correctly in essay sentences: complex sentences, relative clauses, conditionals, the passive and noun phrases.
- Find and fix five very common errors: articles, subject-verb agreement, countable and uncountable nouns, comma splices and tense shifts.
- Punctuate essay sentences correctly, especially with commas.
- Check a finished essay for grammar in five minutes, focusing on your own most frequent errors.
यो पाठ सदस्यका लागि हो।
सदस्यहरूले हरेक पाठ पढ्न र अभ्यास गर्न पाउँछन्, साथै समय तोकिएको Writing Task 2 अभ्यास पनि। 3 दिनको निःशुल्क परीक्षण, त्यसपछि तपाईंको देशका लागि तोकिएको मासिक मूल्य। परीक्षण सकिनुअघि जुनसुकै बेला रद्द गर्नुहोस्, तपाईंसँग कुनै शुल्क लिइने छैन।
यस पाठभित्र
- Range and accuracy: two halves of one score
- Structure 1: complex sentences with although, whereas and unless
- Structure 2: relative clauses
- Structure 3: conditionals
- Structure 4: the passive
- Structure 5: noun phrases
- Five errors that cost marks again and again
- Error 1: articles (a, an, the or nothing)
- Error 2: subject-verb agreement
- Error 3: countable and uncountable nouns
- Error 4: comma splices and run-on sentences
- Error 5: tense consistency
- Punctuation basics
- Worked example: editing a paragraph
- Your five-minute grammar check
- Your turn