Simon’s ielts writing task 2

Analyse the paragraph by considering the following questions:
1. Is it a "firstly, secondly, finally" paragraph or an "idea, explain, example" paragraph? 

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2. How many sentences does it contain? 
3. What does each sentence do? 
4. How are the ideas linked together in a coherent way? 
5. Is there a mix of short and long sentences? 
6. Can you find any good vocabulary? 
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 
IELTS Writing Task 2: some grammar advice 
People often ask me about the grammar score in IELTS writing. For example, here's a typical 
question: 
What exactly are examiners looking for in terms of “grammatical range and accuracy”? Are there any 
specific tenses or types of sentence that should be included in the essay?
Here's my answer: 
The main thing is to reduce the number of mistakes that you make. An essay that contains no 
mistakes is likely to get a 9 for grammar, regardless of the types of sentence that it may or may not 
contain. 
There is nothing in the scoring criteria about including specific tenses or sentence constructions. If 
there is a nice mix of long and short sentences in your essay, you'll meet the grammar requirements. 
Remember: as soon as you write a "long" sentence you are naturally going to use connectives 
(linking words), which will make the sentence 'compound' or 'complex'. So, don't think too much about 
the grammar - just aim to reduce the number of mistakes that you make, and try to include a few 
longer sentences. 
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