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If your IELTS writing feels like a list of sentences that happen to be near each other, linking words are probably missing. Not just absent — misused. Because the real problem most learners have with IELTS writing connectives and linking words is not that they don’t know them. It’s that they use them like decorations […]
Grammar accounts for 25% of your IELTS Writing score. A quarter. And yet most candidates either ignore it completely or obsess over commas while missing the bigger picture. Let’s fix that. Grammatical Range and Accuracy is one of the four criteria examiners use to score both Task 1 and Task 2. The name tells you […]
If your spoken or written English ever feels like a list of facts rather than an actual argument, discourse markers are probably what’s missing. They’re the connective tissue of communication. Without them, your ideas sit next to each other like strangers on a bus. With them, those ideas move together, build on each other, and […]
Lexical resource is one of the four criteria examiners use to score your IELTS Writing. It accounts for 25% of your total band score. Yet it’s the criterion most candidates misunderstand — not because it’s complicated, but because the name sounds vague. “Lexical resource” just means: how well do you use vocabulary? And most students […]
Coherence and cohesion is worth 25% of your IELTS Writing score. One quarter. And yet most test-takers spend almost all their preparation time on vocabulary and grammar, then wonder why their band score refuses to budge past 6.0. This lesson is here to fix that. Here is the good news: this is one of the […]
Connectors are one of the easiest things to get wrong in IELTS and one of the most satisfying things to get right. Most students use them, but far fewer use them correctly. Slapping furthermore at the start of every second sentence is not sophistication. It is noise. Let’s fix that. What Are Connectors and Why […]
Tense mistakes are sneaky. Unlike a missing article or a misspelled word, a wrong tense can completely change your meaning and sometimes you won’t even know you’ve done it. Your listener might understand you anyway, nod politely, and walk away with the wrong information. That’s a problem. The good news is that most tense errors […]
Getting your register wrong in writing can quietly undermine everything else you do well. You could have perfect grammar, strong vocabulary, and a clear argument and still leave your reader feeling uneasy because the tone feels off. A misplaced casual phrase in a formal report, or stiff textbook language in a friendly email both create […]
Process diagrams trip up more IELTS candidates than almost any other Task 1 type. Not because they are especially hard, but because most people treat them like a flowchart they need to narrate out loud rather than a structured piece of academic writing. There is a difference, and knowing it will push your score up. […]
Most IELTS students spend months practising without ever properly reading the band descriptors. That’s a bit like training for a race without knowing the route. You might finish, but you’ll almost certainly take a few wrong turns. The band descriptors are the official scoring criteria that examiners use. They exist for every skill: Reading, Listening, […]
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