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

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By 2015 technology f ir m s _____________________ the technology needed to enable
people to interact w ith movies.
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Exam practice: Listening - completing a table
Exam tip: 
R em em ber that in the IELTS Listening exam you may hear the contracted 
form of a verb, e.g. 
it'll've started
ra th e r than 
it w ill have started.
Listen to a m useum cu ra to r talking about three exhibitions on technology and com plete the 
table below.
QUESTIONS 1-6
W rite 
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER 
fo r each answer.
W here
1 
fln n r
th ird flo o r
fourth flo o r
Exhibition name
The Internet: Past, 
Present and Future
3
N etw orking
Portable Devices of 
the 21st Century
Exhibition dates
2 
July
August 1st - 30th
5
- August 20th
What to see
3D touch screens
U
w orld
6 
sixth sense 
technology and 
s a te llite
The Internet
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The family
Word o rd e r I P u n c tu a tio n
Basic word order
Word order is im portant in English. Sentences usually fo llo w the principle: 
Subject + Verb + O bject/Com plem ent + F u rth e r inform ation
My brother kicked the ball.
Roles w ithin the fam ily are becoming flexible in m odern society.
Subject = 
brother
Subject = 
Roles within the family
Verb = 
kick
Verb = 
are becoming-, 
Adjective = 
flexible
Object = 
bait
Prepositional phrase = 
in modern society
The indirect object:
W ithout 
to: 
S + V + Indirect object + Object
The 1912 law gave women the right to vote.
With to: 
S + V + Object + 
to 
+ Indirect object
The 1912 law gave the righ t to vote to w om en.
Time and place phrases:
[T im e] + Subject + Verb +(0bject ] + Place + (T im e)
In the tw entieth century, more women went out to w ork in offices.
OR
More women w ent out to w ork in offices in the tw entieth century.
Common word positioning:
Adjective + Noun 
He comes from a large fam ily.
Adverb + Main verb 
The siblings continually argue. They have always argued.
Adverb + Adjective 
Family stru ctu re s can be extrem ely com plex.
Note: enough 
is an exception
Adverbs can be found at the front of a sentence when making a com m ent on the sentence or 
linking a previous sentence. There are many exceptions to adverb position, particularly in speaking.
Note: 
Adverbs often go a fte r the verb 
to be, 
e.g. 
My brother is often annoying.
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Unit 6
Subject and object questions:
Questions are formed differently depending on whether the question is about the subject or the object. 
The nuclear fam ily overtook the extended fam ily in popularity.
About the subject:
What overtook the extended fam ily in popularity? 
(Question word + Verb + O bject/Com plim ent?)
Answer:
The nuclear family.
About the object:
What did the nuclear fam ily overtake in popularity? 
(Question word + A uxiliary verb + Subject + Main verb?)
Answer:
The extended family.