You may wonder when did Grammar section walk in IELTS. Well, even if there is not a separate Grammar section, the examiners do keep an eye on your grammatical capabilities. It’s through your writing or vocabulary mostly, but your grammar surely tested during the IELTS session. When you will talk during the Speaking session, then also, a conscious ear will be lent on your grammatical skills.
Now, English grammar in one shot is a big thing to learn. It takes ages for professionals to master the language.
Here is listing five chapters that you should definitely cover when preparing for IELTS. These not only promise good score but also, are important to create a good base in English.
Tense
When you consider studying ‘tense’ for IELTS, make sure you cover the whole of it. Alone, the first primary three kinds – past, present and future won’t complete your knowledge. Get into minute details of tense and how they alter with change in person, time, object and so on. Also, practice how you can alter one class of tense into other without change of meaning.
Important chapters:
Fill in the blanks with correct form of tense; Change sentence and their tense; Definition and types of tense; Using right tense while reading/writing
Examples:
Conditional sentences
To learn conditional sentence framing, you should start with ‘Clause’. In this chapter, you will learn several kinds of clauses and their application in English sentences. Once you understand sentence framing with apt application of clauses, the next step is to move to conditional clauses. An example of conditional sentence is – If I had enough money, I would plan a world tour. Tense is an important aspect to cover when framing conditional sentences.
Important chapters:
Definition and types of clauses, Complete the sentence with right clause, Clause and their uses, Using clauses in sentence construction.
Verb
You may feel, you have learnt verbs since school and you know it well. If you are confident, just brush your knowledge once more with your mentor or study material. In case, you think you are not so well versed with verbs then do not hesitate to start learning it from the start. Verb is one of the primary chapters of English grammar that you need to learn for both IELTS score and a bright career ahead.
Important chapters:
Right use of verbs, Fill in the blanks with verbs, Correct forms of verbs, Kinds of verbs, Using appropriate verbs in oral and written communication.
Phrases & idioms
Bring innovation and style in your way of communicating in English by adding phrases and idioms in them. There are many lists of phrases and idioms available online and offline. Learning them up is not the ideal recommendation. While you learn new phrases and idioms, make sure you know how to apply them in your English sentences.
Important Chapters:
What are phrase and idioms, When to use phrases and idioms, Phrases and idioms list, phrases and idioms meanings, Using phrases and idioms in communication.
Examples:
Punctuation
Though most IELTS examinees portray good grasp over English, they tend to fail when it comes to writing. The most common mistake in written English is adding wrong punctuation. Its recommended, that you make a list of all punctuation that you may probably add in your writing and confirm from authentic sources about their uses. It’s a wrong placement of a comma or exclamation mark that can hamper your entire attempt to be the best.
Important Chapters :
Kinds of punctuation, Use of each kind of punctuation, Punctuating and capitalizing English sentences, Using correct punctuation in writing section.
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Grammar in any language is not only about learning. It’s about, knowing the apt application of grammar at the right time to showcase good communication skill.
