How to use ‘however’ and ‘but’ (punctuation and capital letters).
IELTS Grammar takeaways
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Prepositions for IELTS
A simple guide to prepositions, with links to further practice.
Rise or raise?
When to use ‘rise’ and ‘raise’ (intransitive and transitive verbs).
Past Participles ‘as planned’
‘Things didn’t go as planned’ or ‘as we had planned’? What to drop when you use past participles.
ellipsis
What is ellipsis? It’s when you drop unnecessary words, usually to avoid repetition. Should you do this?
Dummy ‘it’ and ‘there’
Here are some ways of using ‘it’ and ‘there’ that may be different in your language.
Nouns as adjectives: when to drop the ‘s’
‘Carpark’ or ‘Cars Park’? What happens when nouns (cars) become adjectives (car park)

willing to or want to?
Are you saying ‘I’m willing to’ when really you mean ‘I want to’? In this lesson you’ll find out the differences so you can use them correctly.
Which is the best online IELTS writing checker?
There are more and more AI writing checkers becoming available. Do any of them work well?