Grammar for IELTS
This course teaches you the GRAMMAR which is essential for a high IELTS band score. It explains hundreds of essential grammar points which IELTS candidates need to understand. It has thousands of sentences and examples to help you understand, as well as tests and practice activities. The course teaches you how to use and recognise all the tenses you will need, as well as all of the different sentence structures used in the IELTS exam.
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You will learn how to impress the examiner with your use of gerunds and infinitives, passives and modals, articles and determiners, adjectives and adverbs. You will develop a detailed knowledge of pronouns, prepositions and punctuation. You will also find out how to use more unusual grammar such as inversion.
The course has been written by former IELTS examiners who know what you need to get BAND 7.0 or higher. The team at Prepare For IELTS are all English native-speakers. They have all taught IELTS for more than 18 years, and they all have Master’s Degrees.
This course will help you prepare for both the General and Academic IELTS exams. You will learn grammar which you can use in the WRITING and SPEAKING tests, as well as grammar you will have to understand in the READING and LISTENING tests.
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# | Title | Duration |
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1 | Introduction | 01:52 |
2 | ARTICLES: using A/AN | 15:35 |
3 | ARTICLES: using THE (part 1) | 15:10 |
4 | ARTICLES: using THE (part 2) | 10:39 |
5 | ARTICLES: usingTHE (part 3) | 08:20 |
6 | ARTICLES: using THE (part 4) | 07:11 |
7 | ARTICLES: using THE (part 5) | 09:45 |
8 | ARTICLES: using the zero article | 12:40 |
9 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: this, that, these, those | 25:19 |
10 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: possessive forms | 12:50 |
11 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: some | 09:42 |
12 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: any | 10:53 |
13 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: each and every | 07:07 |
14 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: all, most, much, many, some several | 09:45 |
15 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: few and little | 15:10 |
16 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: no and none | 11:31 |
17 | DEMONSTRATIVES, POSSESSIVES, INCLUSIVES: both, neither, either | 06:56 |
18 | COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: singular countable nouns | 05:25 |
19 | COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: plural countable nouns | 12:39 |
20 | COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: uncountable nouns | 08:14 |
21 | FEW AND LITTLE: the difference between few and little | 12:18 |
22 | FEW AND LITTLE: the difference between few/little and a few/a little | 07:32 |
23 | COMPLEX NOUN PHRASES (part 1) | 22:23 |
24 | COMPLEX NOUN PHRASES (part 2) | 15:48 |
25 | NOMINALISATION: changing verbs into nouns | 05:34 |
26 | NOMINALISATION: changing adjectives into nouns | 07:47 |
27 | NOMINALISATION: combining strategies: examples | 08:23 |
28 | PRONOUNS: subject, object, possessive | 12:55 |
29 | PRONOUNS: reflexive | 07:54 |
30 | PRONOUNS: using ONE and ONES | 06:51 |
31 | PRONOUNS: using IT | 17:56 |
32 | NOUNS: prefixes: (part 1) | 14:26 |
33 | NOUNS: prefixes: (part 2) | 17:59 |
34 | NOUNS: prefixes: (part 3) | 18:06 |
35 | NOUNS: suffixes: (part 1) | 21:07 |
36 | NOUNS: suffixes: (part 2) | 21:09 |
37 | WORD FORM: advice | 14:31 |
38 | WORD FORM: the most common words (part 1) | 12:38 |
39 | WORD FORM: the most common words (part 2) | 15:40 |
40 | WORD FORM: the most common words (part 3) | 16:50 |
41 | WORD FORM: the most common words (part 4) | 10:51 |
42 | WORD FORM: the most common words (part 5) | 15:06 |
43 | WORD FORM: the most common words (part 6) | 17:15 |
44 | CONTINUOUS TENSES: present continuous | 13:29 |
45 | CONTINUOUS TENSES: past continuous | 12:30 |
46 | CONTINUOUS TENSES: future continuous | 04:12 |
47 | CONTINUOUS TENSES: verbs not usually used | 09:54 |
48 | PERFECT TENSE: uses of present perfect | 13:06 |
49 | PERFECT TENSE: words used with present perfect | 14:38 |
50 | PERFECT TENSE: present perfect in IELTS | 09:45 |
51 | PERFECT TENSE: present perfect continuous | 13:53 |
52 | PERFECT TENSE: past perfect | 16:38 |
53 | PERFECT TENSE: past perfect in IELTS | 06:41 |
54 | PERFECT TENSE: past perfect continuous | 06:44 |
55 | PERFECT TENSE: future perfect | 08:47 |
56 | PERFECT TENSE: future perfect continuous | 04:29 |
57 | PERFECT TENSE: irregular past participles | 11:33 |
58 | PRESENT SIMPLE: different types of verbs (part 1) | 25:50 |
59 | PRESENT SIMPLE: when to use it | 16:00 |
60 | PAST SIMPLE: form | 12:03 |
61 | PAST SIMPLE: uses | 09:21 |
62 | PAST SIMPLE: adverbial phrases | 04:53 |
63 | PAST SIMPLE: tricky verbs | 06:01 |
64 | PAST SIMPLE: irregular verbs | 14:33 |
65 | PAST SIMPLE: in the IELTS test | 07:59 |
66 | PAST: USED TO and WOULD | 08:51 |
67 | FUTURE: the most common forms | 24:39 |
68 | FUTURE: complex forms | 12:02 |
69 | CONDITIONALS: zero and first conditionals | 15:27 |
70 | CONDITIONALS: words to replace IF | 05:01 |
71 | CONDITIONALS: things you might not know about conditionals | 15:47 |
72 | CONDITIONALS: second conditionals | 09:26 |
73 | CONDITIONALS: third conditionals | 16:24 |
74 | CONDITIONALS: mixed conditionals | 14:18 |
75 | THE –ING FORM: irregular endings | 07:42 |
76 | GERUNDS: in continuous tenses | 08:28 |
77 | GERUNDS: verbal nouns | 05:49 |
78 | GERUNDS: structures with verbs | 13:38 |
79 | GERUNDS: the perfect gerund | 09:42 |
80 | GERUNDS: with prepositions and connecting words | 08:22 |
81 | GERUNDS: in clauses | 11:43 |
82 | GERUNDS: following verbs | 18:53 |
83 | INFINITIVES: structures with IT | 09:20 |
84 | INFINITIVES: structures with two verbs (part 1) | 15:41 |
85 | INFINITIVES: structures with two verbs (part 2) | 19:39 |
86 | INFINITIVES: structures with nouns | 11:04 |
87 | INFINITIVES: structures with adjectives | 11:05 |
88 | INFINITIVES: the continuous form and the perfect form | 07:33 |
89 | INFINITIVES: verb + object + infinitive | 07:24 |
90 | INFINITIVES: other ways to use infinitives | 14:32 |
91 | INFINITIVES: with ENOUGH, TOO and SO | 07:23 |
92 | LINKING VERBS: with wh-clauses and infinitive clauses | 08:28 |
93 | LINKING VERBS: with that-clauses, -ing clauses and IT | 09:22 |
94 | MODALS: how to form modal verbs (part 1) | 21:36 |
95 | MODALS: how to form modal verbs (part 2) | 29:51 |
96 | MODAL VERBS: forms with TO BE | 08:52 |
97 | PASSIVES: different tenses | 14:11 |
98 | PASSIVES: modals | 12:20 |
99 | PASSIVES: complex structures | 18:01 |
100 | PASSIVES: why do we need them? | 15:51 |
101 | SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: basic rules | 07:38 |
102 | SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: collective nouns | 06:03 |
103 | SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: complex rules (part 1) | 10:59 |
104 | SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: complex rules (part 2) | 07:48 |
105 | REPORTED SPEECH: tenses which change | 13:34 |
106 | REPORTED SPEECH: tenses which do not change | 17:51 |
107 | REPORTED SPEECH: modal verbs | 07:34 |
108 | REPORTED SPEECH: other language which changes | 06:52 |
109 | REPORTED SPEECH: using infinitives and gerunds | 10:27 |
110 | REPORTED SPEECH: verbs used to report speech | 12:34 |
111 | REPORTED SPEECH: reporting questions | 12:22 |
112 | REPORTED SPEECH: strategies for IELTS | 06:47 |
113 | REPORTED SPEECH: reporting other types of sentence | 07:41 |
114 | VERB STRUCTURES: verb + object + infinitive | 17:38 |
115 | VERB STRUCTURES: LET and MAKE | 08:09 |
116 | THERE IS: different tenses | 16:08 |
117 | THERE IS: combined with other verbs | 09:13 |
118 | THERE IS: combined with SOME-, ANY- and NO- | 07:15 |
119 | THERE IS: combined with modals | 07:21 |
120 | THERE IS: other functions | 08:17 |
121 | CLAUSES of PURPOSE | 18:33 |
122 | CLAUSES of PURPOSE with different subjects | 09:54 |
123 | CLAUSES of PURPOSE: other structures | 15:28 |
124 | CLAUSES of CAUSE and REASON | 16:09 |
125 | CLAUSES of RESULT | 10:16 |
126 | CLAUSES of CONCESSION | 16:39 |
127 | CLAUSES of TIME | 12:08 |
128 | CLAUSES: that-clauses (part 1) | 19:40 |
129 | CLAUSES: that-clauses (part 2) | 18:57 |
130 | CLAUSES: that-clauses (part 3) | 09:22 |
131 | CLAUSES: wh-clauses | 12:41 |
132 | RELATIVE CLAUSES: defining relative clauses | 18:01 |
133 | RELATIVE CLAUSES: non-defining relative clauses | 13:49 |
134 | RELATIVE CLAUSES: relative pronouns | 11:48 |
135 | RELATIVE CLAUSES: prepositions with relative clauses | 07:05 |
136 | SENTENCES: simple and compound | 16:07 |
137 | SENTENCES: complex and compound-complex | 19:43 |
138 | ELLIPSIS: (part 1) | 15:28 |
139 | ELLIPSIS: (part 2) | 17:43 |
140 | ELLIPSIS: (part 3) | 06:32 |
141 | INVERSION: (part 1) | 17:04 |
142 | INVERSION: (part 2) | 15:56 |
143 | PUNCTUATION: commas part 1) | 18:09 |
144 | PUNCTUATION: commas part 2) | 15:31 |
145 | PUNCTUATION: capital letters and full-stoops | 07:42 |
146 | PUNCTUATION: apostrophes | 09:27 |
147 | PUNCTUATION: semi-colons and colons | 18:48 |
148 | PUNCTUATION: hyphens, dashes and brackets | 07:47 |
149 | PUNCTUATION: what to avoid | 07:07 |
150 | ADJECTIVES: ending in –ed and -ing | 08:45 |
151 | ADJECTIVES: two-part adjectives with past participles | 10:47 |
152 | ADJECTIVES: two-part adjectives with present participles | 07:52 |
153 | ADJECTIVES: two-part adjectives including adjectives and nouns | 10:29 |
154 | ADJECTIVES: two-part adjectives using numbers | 12:55 |
155 | ADJECTIVES: adjectives formed from participles | 10:30 |
156 | ADJECTIVES: position | 16:28 |
157 | ADJECTIVES: order | 09:42 |
158 | ADVERBS of time | 11:34 |
159 | ADVERBS of place | 07:49 |
160 | ADVERBS: frequency | 11:19 |
161 | ADVERBS: manner | 12:43 |
162 | ADVERBS: degree | 16:35 |
163 | ADVERBS: gradable and non-gradable | 23:42 |
164 | ADVERBS: comment | 08:23 |
165 | ADVERBS: standpoint and focus | 08:25 |
166 | ADVERBS: connecting ideas | 09:45 |
167 | ADVERBS which get confused with ADJECTIVES | 05:13 |
168 | COMPARATIVES: essential rules | 15:05 |
169 | COMPARATIVES: giving details about the difference | 11:11 |
170 | COMPARATIVES: using AS…AS… | 24:55 |
171 | COMPARATIVES: countable and uncountable nouns | 16:36 |
172 | COMPARATIVES: other ways of describing change, similarity, difference | 09:59 |
173 | SUPERLATIVES: simple and complex forms | 12:43 |
174 | PREPOSITIONS: when do we use them? | 04:25 |
175 | PREPOSITIONS: after adjectives | 11:21 |
176 | PREPOSITIONS: after nouns | 08:44 |
177 | PREPOSITIONS: after verbs | 19:15 |
178 | PREPOSITIONS: when to use BY | 06:56 |
179 | PREPOSITIONS: when to use OF | 11:13 |
180 | PREPOSITIONS: when to use IN | 10:49 |
181 | PREPOSITIONS: when to use ON | 08:32 |
182 | PREPOSITIONS: when to use UNDER | 07:49 |
183 | PREPOSITIONS: when to use WITH | 06:58 |
184 | PREPOSITIONS: prepositions of time | 12:00 |
185 | PREPOSITIONS: forms of transport | 07:24 |
186 | PREPOSITIONS: prepositions of place (part 1) | 13:38 |
187 | PREPOSITIONS: prepositions of place (part 2) | 16:58 |
188 | ABILITY: using CAN and COULD | 10:47 |
189 | ABILITY: using TO BE ABLE TO | 16:56 |
190 | ABILITY: using TO MANAGE and TO SUCCEED | 07:45 |
191 | DEDUCTION AND ASSUMPTION: using MUST for deduction | 10:32 |
192 | DEDUCTION AND ASSUMPTION: using MIGHT, MAY, CAN and COULD for deduction | 16:45 |
193 | DEDUCTION AND ASSUMPTION: assumption | 10:04 |
194 | OBLIGATION: using SHOULD, OUGHT TO, MUST, HAVE TO and NEED TO | 23:31 |
195 | OBLIGATION: using negative forms | 14:29 |
196 | OBLIGATION: using NEEDN’T HAVE | 06:07 |
197 | POSSIBILITY: using modal verbs | 09:04 |
198 | POSSIBILITY: avoiding modal verbs | 10:36 |
199 | POSSIBILITY: describing possibility in the past | 07:23 |
200 | SUGGESTIONS AND ADVICE: using modal verbs | 15:02 |
201 | SUGGESTIONS AND ADVICE: other structures | 09:33 |
202 | WISHES AND REGRETS: wishes | 10:08 |
203 | WISHES AND REGRETS: regrets | 15:42 |