Day 1: IELTS Academic Grammar & Vocabulary Challenge
20 Common IELTS Academic Words
- Analyze: To examine in detail.
- Assess: To evaluate or estimate.
- Clarify: To make something clear.
- Demonstrate: To show or prove something clearly.
- Establish: To set up or create.
- Identify: To recognize or point out.
- Illustrate: To explain or show with examples.
- Interpret: To explain the meaning of something.
- Justify: To show or prove to be right.
- Outline: To give a summary of something.
- Predict: To say what will happen in the future.
- Summarize: To give a brief statement of the main points.
- Synthesize: To combine different ideas or elements.
- Transform: To change in form or appearance.
- Validate: To confirm the truth or accuracy.
- Enhance: To improve or increase.
- Adapt: To adjust to new conditions.
- Conclude: To bring something to an end.
- Emphasize: To give special importance to something.
- Organize: To arrange or order systematically.
Common Grammar Mistakes in Writing and Speaking
- Incorrect subject-verb agreement (e.g., "She have a car" instead of "She has a car").
- Misuse of articles (e.g., "I saw a elephant" instead of "I saw an elephant").
- Incorrect use of tenses (e.g., "I go to school yesterday" instead of "I went to school yesterday").
- Improper preposition usage (e.g., "I'm interested on this topic" instead of "I'm interested in this topic").
- Confusing countable and uncountable nouns (e.g., "There is many information" instead of "There is much information").
- Incorrect use of conditional sentences (e.g., "If I will go to the party, I will see her" instead of "If I go to the party, I will see her").
- Using double negatives (e.g., "I don't need no help" instead of "I don't need any help").
- Misplaced modifiers (e.g., "She almost drove her kids to school every day" instead of "She drove her kids to school almost every day").
- Incorrect punctuation (e.g., "Lets eat, grandma!" instead of "Let's eat, grandma!").
- Improper word order in questions (e.g., "You are going where?" instead of "Where are you going?").
Continue learning on Day 2 for the next lesson and tips to improve your IELTS skills!
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