by Fiona Wattam | Nov 20, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Takeaways ‘trouble’ vs ‘problem’ [Adapted from an archived British Council page so I’m saving it here before it disappears!} Problem is a countable noun and describes...
by Fiona Wattam | Nov 13, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Takeaways ‘It is easy for people to…’ English uses ‘it’ in sentences where it has no meaning. This is known as the dummy or empty or introductory ‘it’. Some...
by Fiona Wattam | Oct 10, 2020 | IELTS Grammar
Membership Home The Library Webinar All Webinars Account Friday Takeaways ‘Moreover’ The danger of ‘Moreover’ Sometimes we rush to write ‘Moreover’ (the next point), when we haven’t finished explaining our first point....
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....
