Grammar & Pronunciation Criteria

All levels50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: hear what Band 7 Grammar and Band 7 Pronunciation actually sound like — descriptor ladders anchored by contrasted answer pairs for both criteria, then a structured, stress-marked retake.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The two criteria you can't hear

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Grammar & Pronunciation

    Read a 209-word text about Grammar & Pronunciation

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Grammar Structures for Different Bands

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Hearing the criteria: two bands, side by side

    Read a 483-word text about Hearing the criteria: two bands, side by side

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Common Grammar Errors

    Error-correction exercise, 6 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: structures you can hear

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

Simple sentenceCompound sentenceComplex sentenceConditionalRelative clausePassive voice

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