Common Writing Errors Analysis

B2 · Upper-intermediate47 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: find and fix the four error families that cost the most marks — in sample sentences first, then your own writing.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The four error families

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Errors That Cost You Bands

    Read a 225-word text about Errors That Cost You Bands

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Error Correction Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Errors

    Error-correction exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Choose the Correct Form

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the error hunt

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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tense consistencyrelative clausereferencingover-generalizationhedgingcollocation

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