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

Exam practice: W riting Task 2
You should spend about 40 m inutes on th is task.
Exam tip: 
Manage your tim e effectively in the W riting exam. For the essay you w ill have 
40 m inutes to w rite, so give yourself tim e to plan before you begin w ritin g , and try to 
a llow five m inutes at the end to read through your w o rk and check fo r errors.
W rite about the follow ing topic:
" The education you receive from your fam ily is more im portant than the education you receive from
school." To what extent do you agree with this statem ent and why?
Give reasons fo r your answ er and include any relevant exam ples from your knowledge or 
experience.
W rite at least 250 words.
There is a m odel answ er in the answ er key.
The family 
2 9
languagedownload.ir

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7 The environment
S ubject + ve rb a g re e m e n t I both, e ith e r, n e ith e r as a su b je ct
Subject + verb agreement:
1 
Uncountable nouns take sing u lar verbs.
2 
We use groups of people 
[the government, the team) 
+ sin g u la r OR p lu ra l verbs.
Clouds form when w ater m olecules evaporate
The qovernm ent is/are buildina wind farm s in
into the air.
the north of the country.
This/that, these/those
1 
We use 
this/that +
sin g u la r nouns and verbs. We use 
these/those 
+ p lu ra l nouns and verbs.
2 
We use 
this/that 
and 
these/those 
to refer back to objects already m entioned. They m ust agree
w ith the noun already m entioned.
Tropical clim ates produce great biodiversity. These conditions are found m ainlv near the equator.
In mv opinion th is qovernm ent's record on protectina w ild life is not aood enouah.