IELTS Grammar Can or Able to Try this quick quiz. In which of the questions below can you substitute ‘can/could’ with ‘be able to’ and vice versa? And can you explain why? IELTS Grammar Can or Able to 1) How many languages can you speak? 2) Do you think you will be able to understand this grammar point? 3) […]
IELTS Grammar Comparing with ‘as … as’ You’ll have lots of opportunities to compare and contrast things in your IELTS Speaking exam: perhaps describing the differences between family members or comparing one place with another. And there are many different ways of making comparisons in English. In this lesson we’ll look at using ‘as … […]
IELTS Grammar Conditionals for Real and Unreal Situations What do you do at weekends? What will you do if you get the chance to work abroad? Which famous person would you like to meet if you had the chance? IELTS Grammar Conditionals It’s likely that the examiner will ask you questions about ‘real’ or ‘imagined’ situations in […]
IELTS Grammar Countable and Uncountable nouns i) The sceneries in my country are really beautiful. ii) There aren’t many furnitures in my flat. iii) When I travel I don’t like taking a lot of luggages. Can you see the mistakes in these statements? Hopefully you can because errors like these in the Speaking exam will […]
IELTS Grammar “If, Provided, Unless and As Long As” IELTS Grammar if provided You probably already know that ‘if’ is a common feature of conditional statements. For example: IELTS Grammar if provided i) If it rains I’ll get wet. IELTS Grammar if provided ii) If I won the lottery I’d travel around the world. IELTS Grammar if […]
IELTS Grammar Present Perfect Versus Past Simple During the IELTS Speaking exam you’ll almost certainly be asked questions that relate to your life experiences. You might be asked to talk about the past or about experiences you have had ‘so far’ in your life. To do this accurately, you’ll need to switch between the past […]
IELTS Grammar Present Tenses to Describe Films & Books You probably already know the various reasons for using the present simple and continuous tenses: to talk about facts or habits (present simple), to describe temporary situations or what is happening at the time of speaking (present continuous) or to talk about future timetables or schedules […]
IELTS Grammar Will, Would and Used to In this lesson we’ll look at the many ways in which we use ‘will’ and ‘would’ in English, as well as the difference between ‘would’ and ‘used to’ – something that often causes even advanced speakers of English problems! IELTS Grammar Will, Would and Used to Uses IELTS […]
IELTS Grammar Adverbs i) I usually am quite good at getting up early to go to college. ii) I started recently an English course. iii) I haven’t applied still to go to any universities and I need to soon. Did you notice that the adverbs in each of the statements above are in the wrong place? In this lesson we’ll look […]
