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Use This “Less Common” Academic IELTS Vocabulary - IELTS Energy Podcast 1313
How can you learn high-scoring vocabulary for IELTS Writing? Today we share 8 phrases from our 3 Keys IELTS course that will help your vocabulary scores surge noticeably!
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How Much Band 9 Vocab Do You Need for an IELTS 7? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1260
If you use template sentences with great vocabulary, but you don't have any good vocab of your own, does this lower your score? Find out today how much high-level vocabulary you need for a 7 or higher in IELTS writing.
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Do You Need a Topic Sentence in Writing Task 1? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1255
You've definitely heard us talk about topic sentences for Task 2. They are MUST for a 7 or higher. BUT, you also need to think about this for Task 1! Listen up today for a very important IELTS lesson.
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Sample Band 9 Talented Task 2 Essay - IELTS Energy Podcast 1322
If you are like most IELTS students, you could use more model essays! Today we share a band 9 Task 2 essay about sports and music talent, and you'll hear the details on why it is so high scoring, so you can improve your own future essays.
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What are ‘Complex Structures’ Anyway? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1246
Have you looked at the IELTS band descriptors? They can be hard to understand, even for natives. Today we'll do a deep dive into the grammar score, and you'll find out, in simple language, what the Examiner needs to hear for a 7+ in this...
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Complex Sentences
Complex Sentences explores complex sentences by writing complete sentences that contain one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses each.
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Present Perfect Tense Verbs
Present Perfect Tense Verbs shows how to identify present perfect tense verbs in sentences.
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Adjectives & Adverbs
"Adjectives & Adverbs" reviews and identifies adjectives and adverbs.
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Grammar and Usage Edits
"Grammar and Usage Edits" provides examples of mistakes that must be revised to correct errors in grammar and usage in writing.
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Simple Sentences
Simple Sentences explores simple sentences by writing independent clauses that contain at least one subject and one verb each.
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Future Perfect Tense Verbs
Future Perfect Tense Verbs shows how to identify future perfect tense verbs in sentences.
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Fun with Future-Tense Verbs
"Fun with Future-Tense Verbs" identifies and uses future-tense verbs in sentences.
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Using Commas: Introductory Element
Using Commas: Introductory Element shows how to use of a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence by adding commas where necessary to correct sentences.
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Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases shows how to identify prepositional phrases in sentences.
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Descriptive Writing
Descriptive Writing explains the purpose of descriptive writing and lists examples of focused, specific topics for descriptive writing.
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Showing Possession
This lesson provides an overview of possessives and their forms, plural and singular, and practices using them correctly in sentences.
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Explaining Information Text with Five W’s
Explaining Information Text with Five W’s restates ideas about informational text by answering who, what, when, where, and why questions.
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Nelson's Neighborhood Nibbles
We find Miss Palomine reading a menu at Nelson’s Neighborhood Nibbles. She talks about all the -n words on the menu. She and the student then begin their search for more -n words.
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Jelly Jack is Jumping
Miss Palomine talks about the uppercase letter -J and, using the Jelly Jack music video, she identifies the uppercase -J words.
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Carmen Cookie’s Lowercase Letter
Miss Palomine shows a few objects in her kitchen that begin with the lowercase -c. Using the Carmen Cookie music video and the letter -card, she identifies the lowercase -c and talks about its shape.
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Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech explores figurative language and examines word relationships in context by interpreting statements that contain figures of speech.
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Parallel Structure 1
The student will explore parallel structure and proper sentence construction by looking at examples and identifying errors.