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This focuses on the range and accuracy of the grammar you demonstrate.

Grammatical range
To help with grammatical range, look out for the
examples of various tenses in our Speaking -
Grammatical range & accuracy download

Grammar Checklist
Leave time at the end of writing to identify and correct errors. You
will always find grammar or spelling mistakes. Correcting these
can improve your score.

Practice checking your writing, particularly look for these:

Articles used in the right way (eg a, an, the)
Uncountable nouns common errors are
informations, datas, pollutions, electricities, bad lucks
Common verb errors include present simple third
person eg she work in bank
Right tense for the context particularly careful with
perfect tenses
Punctuation (commas, apostrophes etc) in the right places

Complex Sentences

Complex structures are sentences with multiple bits of In your writing there should be a balance of
information. A simple sentence usually has a single piece of simple and complex sentences.
information.

Punctuation

Meaning: there are lots of windows so

we need to define which window we are
referring to specifically

Meaning: there is only one window so

no need to define which window

Resources to polish your grammar Other content...

This is a British Council grammar reference resource

to help you brush up your grammar.
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar

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