Friday Feedback Takeaway Tips
Every week we learn something new.
This is where I put the quick takeaways from the live Writing Feedback session.
Formal vs Informal language
Learn the best formal and informal alternatives for both Writing Task 2 and General Training Letters.
GT Task 1: Photography competition
Informal letter features and practice: a photography competition
Task 1 line graph about electrical appliances and housework
Dynamic line graph about electrical appliances and housework.
namely, such as and including
What’s the difference between ‘namely’ and ‘such as’? Do a quick review and practice session here.
Future Continuous vs Future Perfect
What will you be doing in 10 years? What will you have achieved?
Present Perfect
How and when to use the Past Perfect.
hedging
‘Hedging’ is a skill that takes time to get right. Here’s a brief overview which takes you to the full lesson.
First and foremost
How to use ‘first and foremost’ for emphasis.
Past Perfect
The Past Perfect comes up in all parts of the IELTS test. Here’s how and when to use it.
plans
This Academic Task 1 describing changes to an airport covers the tenses and expressions we can use to talk about plans. It also reviews the language of describing changes to a map or plan.
plethora
Words that you should NOT use in IELTS.
suggest and recommend
These verbs have dangerous verb patterns. I suggest avoiding ‘suggest’ if at all possible!
commas
The 3 most common comma mistakes.
male and female
Male/female vs males/females
pie charts
Ways of describing proportion and percentages using the CRAM or MARC system.
hyphens, dashes, colons and brackets
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
youth vs young people
Synonyms for ‘young people’.
the least vs the lowest
The lowest vs the least – when to use which one?
The overuse of ‘would’
Are you choosing ‘would’ when you really mean ‘will’ ‘may’ ‘might’ or ‘could’?
the least vs the lowest
The least vs the lowest – what’s the difference?