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.
60 分钟
这节课目前只有英文版。
单元 2 · 第 9 节，共 11 节
这节课你会学到
- 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.
这节课面向会员。
会员可以阅读每一节课、做练习，还有计时的 Writing Task 2 练习。 3 天免费试用，之后按你所在国家设定的月价收费。 试用结束前随时取消，就不会被扣费。
这节课里有什么
- 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