A range of structures, free.
Seventy-nine pages on the grammar the speaking test actually rewards.
Most speaking advice tells you to use complex grammar. This tells you which structures, what each one is worth, how it goes wrong, and what to say aloud until it stops feeling like grammar. Written from more than two thousand one-to-one lessons. Yours for an email address, and nothing else.
A range of structures for (but not necessarily limited to) IELTS Speaking
Eleven sections, worked in order, from the structures that hold a Band 6 together to the ones that separate 7 from 8.
- Conditionals, perfect tenses, the passive, relative clauses, modals for speculation, cleft sentences and inversion.
- Each with its rule, its formula, an example, the errors that cost marks, and prompts to say aloud.
- A band-by-band priority guide, so you drill what your target actually needs.
- The scoring model in plain English: four criteria, what each one is listening for.
- A grammatical terms glossary, for when the metalanguage gets in the way.
PDF, 79 pages, A4. Free, and it stays free. Every structure in it can also be drilled on this site, marked instantly.
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