Grammar for ielts writing a handbook by David S. Wills Contents

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Grammar for
IELTS Writing
a handbook
by David S. Wills

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Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................1
Chapter One – Parts of Speech
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Introduction ............................................................................2
The 8 Parts of Speech ...........................................................3
Why Learn Parts of Speech for IELTS? ...............................3
Looking at the Parts of Speech ..........................................4
Noun ..................................................................................4
Pronoun .............................................................................4
Adjective ...........................................................................5
Adverb ...............................................................................5
Verb ....................................................................................5
Conjunction ......................................................................6
Preposition .......................................................................6
Interjection .......................................................................6
Building Sentences with Parts of Speech ........................6
Final Note on Parts of Speech ............................................8

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Chapter Two – Present Tenses
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What are Tenses? ................................................................ 10
Present Simple .................................................................... 11
When to Use Present Simple ..................................... 11
Third Person Singular .................................................. 12
Present Continuous ........................................................... 13
When to Use Present Continuous ............................ 13
A Note on Use ............................................................... 14
Non-Continuous Verbs ............................................... 14
Present Perfect .................................................................... 15
When to Use Present Perfect ..................................... 15
Present Perfect Continuous ............................................. 16
How to Use Present Perfect Continuous ................ 17