Grammar IELTS: Intensifier

Kita menggunakan kata seperti: very; really dan extremely untuk memperkuat kata sifat yang kita gunakan, contohnya:

• It’s a very interesting story.
• Everyone was very excited.
• It’s a really interesting story.
• Everyone was extremely excited

Kita menyebut kata-kata semacam ini dengan intensifier. Intensifier lainnya diantaranya adalah:

amazingly – exceptionally – incredibly – remarkably – particularly

Grammar IELTS itu Mudah

Jangan pernah berpikir examiner akan melewatkan yang satu ini. Grammatical structures yang ditandai dengan penggunaan simple dan complex structure dalam speaking module 1, 2, and 3 sangat menentukan peraihan IELTS Anda.

Simple structure dengan one grammatical structure mengindikasikan ACCURACY Anda dalam mengeksplor idea, ‘I like shopping’ or ‘I went shopping yesterday and bought some eggs.’ Dan Complex structure dengan more than one grammatical structure juga mengindikasikan RANGE Anda terhadap idea yang dipresentasikan, ‘I would buy cars if I had a million dollars.’ or ‘She is the girl who returned the book to me.’ Sebagai calon candidate yang akan mengikuti tes IELTS, Anda harus bisa mengeliminir semua kekeliruan-kekeliruan penggunaan simple dan complex sentence.

IELTS Writing (Sentence combining skills are important)

In order to score 7 or 8 band in Ielts writing sub-test, every aspirant should have variety of sentence structures. If your sentence structures are formulaic(repetitive),you will lose marks in coherence and grammar criteria. Here are some examples that contains simplified and its modified version.So, you can not only see some simple structures, but also its generative forms. However, these exercises should be practised only after the basic grammar practices. Even though you have no grammar mistakes, your whole band score depends on your sentence structures, but it needs perfection, especially comma or punctuation rules. 

1,The national speed limit was repealed.
Road accidents have increased sharply.

The national speed limit was repealed, and road accidents have increased sharply.

Every year thousands of salmon swim up the stream near my house. I have scarcely ever seen one.
Every year thousands of salmon swim up the stream near my house, yet I have scarcely ever seen one.

2,My ipod fell apart after a few weeks.  My ipod cost over $300.
My ipod player, which cost over $200, fell apart after a few weeks.

3,Their garden is near here. It looks beautiful.
Their garden, which is near here, looks beautiful.

4,A mouse darted.  It darted across the salad bar.  This happened during the luncheon.
During the luncheon, a mouse darted across the salad bar.

5,Monroe and I strolled through the graveyard. The graveyard is the most peaceful spot in town.
Monroe and I strolled through the graveyard, the most peaceful spot in town.


6, Ed and the little man climbed the stairs together. Each was lost in his own strange world.

    Ed and the little man climbed the stairs together, each lost in his own strange world.

7, I took small sips from a can of Coke. I was sitting on the ground in a shady corner.
I was sitting with my back against the wall.
Sitting on the ground in a shady corner with my back against the wall, I took small sips from a can of Coke.

8, What does the American value?  The American does not value the possession of money as such.  The American values his power to make money as a proof of his manhood.

What an American values is not the possession of money as such, but his power to make it as a proof of his manhood.

9, I like to go paining. I have not had the time to go lately. I have not found anyone to go with.
Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with.

These above mentioned 9 sentences are just a part of sentence combining skill introduction.

Grammar.

Adjectives and Adverbs

Articles

Conjunctions

Interjections

Nouns

Prepositions

Pronouns

Verbs

Just say the word and shivers of aversion travel down the spines of all within hearing distance. Nouns and verbs? Adjectives and adverbs? Is it really necessary to be aware of all these things in order to write a paragraph? Will the reader not be able to work around the tiniest little typo? No. Or, rather, they shouldn’t have to. The reader’s job is to absorb the information: it’s the writer’s job to do the rest of the work.

Why do we bother with grammar? Why not just communicate with words? Because you can’t have one without the other. Letters are put together to make words, words are put together to make sentences, and grammar is the glue that holds it all together. If you don’t use the glue properly – or if you use the wrong glue – all it'll falls well then a parts. Obviously, grammar is entirely necessary, or else you’d be able to understand the last part of that sentence. While most writers are not likely to write anything as catastrophic as that, it’s clear that attention to grammar is important. (It’s okay, though: you don’t have to like the grammar.)