by Fiona Wattam | Sep 11, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Takeaways ‘as mentioned.’ Look at these 3 options: As I mentioned before, the cost of living is high. [ACTIVE] As mentioned before, the cost of living is high. [PASSIVE short form] As was...
by Fiona Wattam | Sep 1, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Feedback Takeaways ‘Most people/of the people in my country.’ It’s good to use ‘many/most/some people’ in order to ‘hedge’, because you never know exactly how...
by Fiona Wattam | Aug 21, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Feedback Learning Points ‘Take _____ for example.’ ‘Take ______ for example.’ or ‘Take, for example, ___________.’ are single sentences with a full stop at the end....
by Fiona Wattam | Aug 21, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Feedback Learning Points ‘effort’ ‘effort’ can be countable or uncountable. Uncountable (= the physical or mental energy that is needed to do something) e.g. Learning a language...
by Fiona Wattam | Aug 21, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Feedback Learning Points ‘competition’ ‘Competition’ can be countable or uncountable. Uncountable (=a situation in which people/organisations try to be more successful than other...
