Grammatical Range and Accuracy

All levels1 hr 7 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: produce the variety and control of structures Band 7 Grammatical Range & Accuracy demands — anchored by a contrasted two-band answer where every complex form carries the argument.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Safe grammar is a trap

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Grammar That Earns High Bands

    Read a 238-word text about Grammar That Earns High Bands

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Advanced Grammar Structures

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Hearing the criterion: the same answer at two bands

    Read a 390-word text about Hearing the criterion: the same answer at two bands

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Upgrade Simple to Complex

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Complex Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Grammar Variety in Answers

    Role-play: Practise using a range of complex grammar structures in Part 3 style answers. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: five structures, zero decoration

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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Cleft sentenceInversionParticiple clauseSubjunctiveReported speechMixed conditional

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