To write a good essay, you need to know how to present your points in a formal style. This page will show you some of the common errors in the IELTS writing test and how to avoid them. Avoid using personal pronouns (I / we / you / us etc) Compare these two sentences:...
Narration: To summarise, there are nine points you need to consider: avoid contractions, avoid phrasal verbs, avoid emphasising with capital letters or being too direct, avoid emphasising with exclamation marks, avoid repeating the same vocabulary, use passive voice...
Narration: Now we will look at the other paragraph you saw at the beginning of this lesson, identifying the areas that make it superior. The first point to note is that the candidate has used a passive voice construction with ‘can be ascribed’. This will...
Narration: In this IELTS writing course you will find a number of different lessons that will help you improve your academic writing. In this lesson, we will look at some of the basic points you need to consider. Let’s look back at the bad paragraph you saw at...
