IELTS Essential Structures

1.

IELTS Essential Structures

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Grammatical Range
and Accuracy

3.

Why does this have no range?

4.

You’d get a Band 4.

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So what would that do
to your grade?

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So we need to add six
sentence types.

7.

Complex Sentences
After
Although
As
Because
Before
Even if
Even though
If
In order that
Once
Provided that
Rather than
Since
So that
Than
That
Though
Unless
Until
When
Whenever
Whereas
Who
Whether
While
which

8.

Write three complex sentences to increase
your IELTS band score
Question: The government should tax sugary drinks.
1. Although____, _____.
2. _________ so that _________.
3. Because_____

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Complex
structure
examples
Although people will benefit,
companies will suffer.
The government should tax sodas so
that the population becomes healthier.
Because people are getting more
obese, the government should increase
taxes.
These are not difficult, but they are
extraordinarily important.

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Passive sentences=
reversed

11.

Add a question?

12.

Conditional
sentences

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Do you need to strike a
balance between range
and accuracy

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Take home points
SENTENCE
VARIETY IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN
ACCURACY
NEEDED FOR
SPEAKING AS
WELL AS WRITING
USING THESE
INACCURATELY IS
BETTER THAN
NOT USING THEM