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2024-05-21 19:03:22 IELTS Writing | @IELTS_8

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2024-05-17 16:17:15 Grammar | @IELTS_8

Misused forms

Believe in, not to.

Don't say: We believe to God.
Say: We believe in God.

Note: To believe in means to have faith in. To believe (without the in) means to regard something as true.

Careful of, with or about, not for.

Don't say: Davron is very careful for his health.
Say: Davron is very careful of/about his health.
Or: You should be more careful with your money.

Note: Take care of: He takes care of his money.

Travel by train, etc., not with the train, etc.

Don't say: He travelled with the train yesterday.
Say: He travelled by train yesterday.

Note: We say: by train, by boat, by plane, by bike; also, by land, by sea, by air, by bus; in a bus or on a bus; by car or in a car, by taxi or in a taxi; on horse-back, on a donkey, on a bicycle; on foot.

Complain about, not for.

Don't say: Sevinch complained for the weather.
Say: Sevinch complained about the weather.

Note: When talking about illness we use complain of. We say: She complained of a sore throat.

Composed of, not from.

Don't say: Our class is composed from thirty students.
Say: Our class is composed of thirty students.

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2024-05-08 16:51:52 Writing | @IELTS_8

Key Phrases for IELTS Writing Task 1

• As is presented in the diagram(s)/ graph(s)/ pie chart(s)/ table...
• As (is) shown in the illustration...
• As can be seen in the...
• According to the...
• Getting back to the details...
• Turning to the details...
• The table data clearly shows that...
• The diagram reveals that...
• The data suggest that...
• The graph gives the figure...
• It is interesting to note that...
• It is apparently seen that...
• It is conspicuous that...
• It is explicitly observed that...
• It is obvious...
• It is clear from the data...
• It is worth noticing that...
• It is crystal clear/ lucid that...
• It can be clearly observed that...
• It could be plainly viewed that...
• It could be noticed that...
• We can see that...

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2024-05-06 18:17:39 IELTS Speaking Maximizer

Highly recommended

Part 1

• Tips of part 1
• General (Interview)
• General (Questions)
• Daily routines (Interview)
• Daily routines (Questions)
• Family (Interview)
• Family (Questions)
• Friends (Interview)
• Friends (Questions)


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2024-05-03 18:29:06 IELTS Writing Vocabulary | @IELTS_8 Nouns to describe downward trends in Task 1 • A decline… • A fall… • A drop… • A decrease… • A downward movement… • A reduction… • A dip… • A half… Verbs and phrases to describe downward trends • Decline (d) •… Open / Comment

2024-05-02 18:32:53 Grammar C1 | C2 @IELTS_8

Inversion Part 2

This involves using question word order after an adverbial with a negative or restrictive meaning comes at the beginning of the sentence. These structures are normally only used in formal speech and writing. Note that all of these adverbials can be used without inversion if they come in the normal position.

Scarcely... when (than)

• Scarcely had they entered the castle when there was a huge expansion

 Only after, only when, only later, only then, only

• Only Jane managed to finish the project on time (no inversion)

• Only in a city as large as this can you find so many foreign restaurants

• Only after we had left the ship did we realize that the captain had remained.

 On no condition, under no circumstances, on no account, at no time, in no way

• Under no circumstances is this door to be left unlocked

Not until

• Not until he stopped to rest did Jack realize that he had been wounded
• Not until the building had been made safe could anyone go back inside

Not only ... but also

• Not only did he lose all the money, but he also found himself in debt.

Little

• Little did anyone suspect what was about to happen

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