Day 3: IELTS Academic Grammar & Vocabulary Challenge
20 Common IELTS Academic Words
- Assess: To evaluate or estimate.
- Attain: To achieve or accomplish.
- Clarify: To make clear or understandable.
- Deduce: To infer or conclude.
- Devise: To plan or invent.
- Exhibit: To display or show.
- Formulate: To create or devise methodically.
- Gauge: To measure or assess.
- Imply: To suggest or indicate.
- Infer: To conclude from evidence.
- Justify: To prove or show to be right.
- Mediates: To intervene or resolve conflicts.
- Navigate: To find oneβs way.
- Outline: To give a summary or structure.
- Predict: To foresee or forecast.
- Reinforce: To strengthen or support.
- Synthesize: To combine different elements.
- Trace: To follow or track.
- Undertake: To begin or commit to something.
- Verify: To confirm the truth.
Common Grammar Mistakes in Writing and Speaking
- Incorrect use of conjunctions (e.g., "I will go because I am tired" instead of "I will go since I am tired").
- 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 pronoun usage (e.g., "Me and her went to the store" instead of "She and I went to the store").
- Confusion between active and passive voice (e.g., "The book was read by her" instead of "She read the book").
- Wrong use of comparatives (e.g., "He is more smarter than me" instead of "He is smarter than I am").
- Overuse of adverbs (e.g., "She quickly ran rapidly" instead of "She ran rapidly").
- Incorrect conditional usage (e.g., "If I would know, I would tell you" instead of "If I knew, I would tell you").
- Incorrect use of possessive apostrophes (e.g., "Its' tail is fluffy" instead of "Its tail is fluffy").
- Inconsistent verb tense (e.g., "I was walking and then I run" instead of "I was walking and then I ran").
- Incorrect use of reflexive pronouns (e.g., "He done it by hisself" instead of "He did it by himself").
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