- Common Mistakes
Discuss About? 10 Verbs That Do Not Want the Word You Are About to Add
Discuss about. Enter into the room. Contact with me. These feel right because a preposition is what your own language would put there. English does not, and the extra word is one of the most visible non-native signals in a whole essay.
- Common Mistakes
Accommodation Has Two C's and Two M's: 18 Words IELTS Students Spell Wrong
Spelling is not a separate score in IELTS, which is why nobody studies it. It sits quietly inside your vocabulary score instead. Here are the words that go wrong most often, each with a small trick that makes it stick for good.
- Common Mistakes
7 Overused IELTS Essay Phrases to Avoid (and What to Write Instead)
Somewhere right now, an examiner is opening their 61st essay of the day. They have read your opening sentence about a thousand times before. Here are the seven lines that appear in almost every script, and what to write instead.
- Common Mistakes
Firstly, Moreover, In Conclusion: When Linking Words Start Hurting You
You were taught that linking words raise your score. Half true. A few used well help you. A row of them at the start of every sentence lowers your Coherence and Cohesion, and it is one of the easiest fixes in IELTS writing.
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