Grammar for ielts fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson ■L& 11

Gram mar for IELTS
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Unit 20
Practice exercises
Underline the noun phrase in the following sentences and name the elements
(determ iner/quantifier, adjective, noun, prepositional phrase, relative clause) in it.
Example: The / latest / statistics / on gender equality / in the workplace show that in general
women receive lower pay than men. =
d e te rm in e r + adjective + noun + prepositional 
phrase + prepositional phrase
1 
A large audience of dedicated fans w ent to the w orld cham pionships.
2 The politician who had proposed new laws on paternity rights won the election.
3 The developm ent of language s k ills in boys and g irls interests psychologists.
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* The latest figures from the Driving Standards Agency state that wom en cause few er 
accidents.
5 Gender intelligence stereotypes have changed in recent decades.
6
Men who decide to give up w ork to bring up th e ir children are in the m inority.
2 
Put the noun phrases from the brackets into the correct order to fit the following text.
Throughout history there have been many fam ous male inventors but less is known 
about fem ale inventors. Interestingly, wom en have played an increasingly im portant role 
in invention as they have had w ider access to education and em ploym ent. In fact, (1) 
[of
household products / that we use in our daily liv e s /a large quantity
) has been invented by 
wom en. Some examples include disposable diapers, (2) 
[a / computers / for programming /
language] 
and w indscreen wipers. In the past (3) 
[of women/ scientific/ the/education/