Happy Day Grammar Plan — 1-Week
IELTS Writing Boost
Day 1: Sentence Structure & Complex Sentences
🎥 Video Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojDp1LomqRw
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Write 5 simple sentences on any topic.
• Rewrite those into compound sentences using and, but, so.
• Rewrite again into complex sentences using although, because, since, while.
• Combine ideas from an IELTS Task 2 prompt into 3 complex sentences.
🎥 Materials: Free grammar practice websites like Perfect English Grammar and IELTS Liz
offer exercises on sentence types.
🎥 Self-Check: Underline clauses, subjects, and connectors.
Day 2: Verb Tenses (Present Perfect & Past Tenses)
🎥 Video Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VwJoaN1TtA
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Write 5 sentences about personal experiences using present perfect.
• Write 5 sentences about past events using past simple and past perfect.
• Write 3 sentences from an IELTS graph/chart using appropriate tenses.
🎥 Materials: Free exercises on British Council Learn English and Cambridge English sites.
🎥 Self-Check: Highlight all verbs and check tense forms.
Day 3: Articles & Noun Phrases
🎥 Video Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8ICzhLZ6I
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Complete 10 article gap-fill exercises (freely available online).
• Write 3 paragraphs about environment, education, or technology focusing on articles.
• Correct article errors in 3 old essays.
🎥 Materials: Find free exercises on ESL Lounge or EnglishGrammar.org.
🎥 Self-Check: Circle every article and check for accuracy.
Day 4: Subject-Verb Agreement & Countable/Uncountable Nouns
🎥 Video Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz3XT5rMr7g
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Correct 15 subject-verb errors (search free worksheets online).
• Write 10 sentences with uncountable nouns and correct verbs.
• Write a short explanatory paragraph double-checking subject-verb agreement.
🎥 Materials: Free grammar tests on British Council and Grammarly Handbook.
🎥 Self-Check: Read aloud to check verb agreement.
Day 5: Passive Voice & Sentence Variety
🎥 Video Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcxqa0uSlXI
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Convert 10 active sentences to passive voice.
• Describe a process using 6 passive sentences.
• Edit an old essay to use passive structures where suitable.
🎥 Materials: Free exercises at Perfect English Grammar and English Page.
🎥 Self-Check: Check passive verb forms and agent clarity.
Day 6: Linking Words, Punctuation & Coherence
🎥 Video Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThwbdgS-GgM
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Write 10 sentences with different linking words.
• Edit a paragraph adding connectors and commas.
• Write a 150-word essay focusing on linking words and punctuation.
🎥 Materials: Free linking words lists and exercises on IELTS Liz and IELTS Buddy.
🎥 Self-Check: Mark connectors and punctuation for accuracy.
Day 7: Review + Full Writing Practice
🎥 Practice Tasks:
• Task 1: Describe a graph or chart (150 words) using correct tenses and passive voice.
• Task 2: Write a 250-word essay focusing on grammar variety, articles, coherence, and
linking words.
🎥 Self-Check: Use a grammar checklist to review sentence structure, verb tense, articles,
passive voice, and linking words.
🎁 Bonus Daily Practice (15 minutes)
Take a past IELTS essay or paragraph and fix grammar errors based on the day’s focus.
🎥 Free Materials:
• https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar
• https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-writing-task-2/
• https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/
• https://www.grammarly.com/blog/category/handbook/
