IELTS Preparation Series 3, Episode 4: Sentence Types

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Hello, and welcome to Study English, IELTS Preparation. I'm Margot Politis.

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One of the criteria used to assess your writing in the IELTS test is called grammatical range

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and accuracy. The examiners will look at the number of mistakes you make, and also at the

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range of sentence types you use.

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What is the range of sentence types? There is a simple sentence, like this:

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Pollution is a problem.

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This example shows you the basic structure. A subject - pollution, a verb - is, and the

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object - a problem. A simple sentence can have more words than this. You can add adjectives:

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Pollution is a serious problem.

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Air pollution is a serious problem.

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And you can add information with a preposition like 'in'

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Air pollution is a serious problem in the city.

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Or 'from'

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Air pollution from cars is a serious problem in the city.

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So a simple sentence doesn't have to be short or simple.

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Most of the time the thing that's simple about simple sentences is the idea they express.

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Listen to some typical simple sentences in this piece about an old theatre:

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It is a lovely theatre. It has excellent acoustics. It's a classic 3 tiered, horse-shoe shaped

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auditorium.

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You tend to use simple sentences for straightforward information.

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It is a lovely theatre to work in.

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It has excellent acoustics.

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You can add detail, but the idea is not complicated. Listen again:

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It's a classic 3 tiered, horse-shoe shaped auditorium.

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But it's best to use a variety of sentence types and not just a list of simple sentences.

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Listen to this:

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