W7 - 7.1
W7 - 7.1
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IELTS WRITING - GRAMMAR
A. GRAMMAR
I. Punctuation
1. Semicolon (Dấu chấm phẩy “;”)
Dấu chấm phẩy dùng để ngăn cách hai vế độc lập/hai câu đơn với nhau, được dùng thay
thế cho dấu chấm.
VD:
● I love the game of basketball; however, I don't play it myself.
● The tribe was left without food for weeks; the members had no choice but to resort to
cannibalism.
● Bats are nocturnal creatures; they come out only during the night.
Example 1
Câu sai The platter was filled with berries, crackers; and cheese.
Câu đúng The platter was filled with berries, crackers, and cheese.
Example 2
Câu sai Ready for the journey of a lifetime; the boy hopped on the spaceship.
Câu đúng Ready for the journey of a lifetime, the boy hopped on the spaceship.
b. Báo hiệu sự liệt kê danh sách, trình bày lại hoặc bổ sung thêm chi tiết
VD:
● The city is full of people you would never meet in my hometown - bums, actors,
models, the crazy, the oddly dressed.
● Consider the amount of paper that's wasted by unnecessary printing - a hundred
thousand pages, three times as much as what our competitors use.
Câu đúng The local bakery sells many delicious desserts such as cheesecake, lemon tarts,
and brownies.
Example 2
Câu sai The dangerous animals you have to watch out for are: lions, tigers, and pythons.
Câu đúng The dangerous animals you have to watch out for are lions, tigers, and pythons.
Câu đúng Although he is lactose intolerant, he likes to eat pizza for lunch.
Example 2
Câu sai Trapped in a mine the victims found it hard to see and breathe.
Câu đúng Trapped in a mine, the victims found it hard to see and breathes
Example 3
Câu sai At the end of the rainbow we saw a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal.
Câu đúng At the end of the rainbow, we saw a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal
b. Dùng dấu phẩy để ngăn cách các đối tượng được liệt kê
Example 4
Câu sai His hobbies included jumping off planes, crashing helicopters and eating
jellyfish.
Câu đúng His hobbies included jumping off planes, crashing helicopters, and eating
jellyfish.
Lưu ý: Dấu phẩy ở trước đối tượng cuối cùng được gọi là Oxford comma, tùy giọng văn mà không
bắt buộc sử dụng.
c. Dùng dấu phẩy để ngăn cách các mệnh đề bổ ngữ/quan hệ không xác định (không quan
trọng)
Example 5
Câu sai Great white sharks the most fearsome creatures of the sea are actually less
dangerous than they appear.
Câu đúng Great white sharks, the most fearsome creatures of the sea, are actually less
dangerous than they appear.
Example 6
Câu sai The guy, cleaning the room, is the janitor.
Example 2:
Câu sai Both players's jerseys were soaked with sweat.
Example 3:
Câu sai Because he was hungry, the babysitter ate all the childrens ice cream.
Câu sửa Because he was hungry, the babysitter ate all the children's ice cream.
=> Lưu ý: Đối với tên riêng kết thúc bằng “s”, __________ , ví dụ “Louis’s”
Đối với số nhiều không kết thúc bằng “s”, __________ , ví dụ “children’s”
Đối với số nhiều kết thúc bằng “s”, __________ , ví dụ “ players’ ”
Example 4:
Câu sai The book has a cool picture on it's cover.
Example 5:
Câu sai He is the actor whose most known for his role in Batman.
Câu sửa He is the actor who's most known for his role in Batman.
=> Lưu ý: Phân biệt giữa các dạng viết tắt dễ nhầm lẫn
● it's vs. its
it's (contraction for it is) - He told me that it's an alien from outer space.
its (possessive) - The poster fell from its spot on the wall.
● they're vs. their vs. there
they're (contraction for they are) They're going to meet us at the restaurant.
their (possessive) - The students passed in their homework late.
there (location) - Jacob put the water bottle over there.
● who's vs. whose
who's (contraction for who is) - Who's that person sitting by himself?
whose (possessive) - T have a friend whose mother is an accountant,
Practice: Identify and correct the mistakes in the following sentences
1. Praised by critics for it's having innovative plot and cinematography, the director's first movie was a
huge hit at the box office.
A) NO CHANGE
B) its
C) it's
D) their
2. After the funeral was held for the brave soldiers, the general scattered their bodies ashes into the sea.
A) NO CHANGE
B) body's
C) bodys
D) bodies'
3. Writing code for applications and websites requires a lot of complexity to be stored in the
programmers mind at any one time.
A) NO CHANGE
B) programmer's mind
C) programmers' mind
D) programmers mind
4. Because their families are wealthy, each of my friends' houses has a swimming pool.
A) NO CHANGE
B) friend's houses
C) friends houses
D) friends’s houses
5. I go to a school who's parking lot can accommodate only 10 cars.
A) NO CHANGE
B) whose
C) that the
D) where
6. The teacher told us that the semester's grades will be released a week from now.
A) NO CHANGE
B) semesters grades
C) semesters' grades
D) grade's for the semester
B. WRITING:
CAUSE-SOLUTION
● Cycling is more environmentally friendly than other forms of transport. Why is it not
popular in many places? And how to increase its popularity?
● Overpopulation in many major urban centers around the world is a major problem.
What are the causes of this? How can this problem be solved?
=> Yêu cầu: Với câu hỏi này, người viết cần phân tích được 2-3 nguyên nhân nổi bật và đưa ra giải pháp để
khắc phục tình trạng trên.
2. Practice
Cycling is more environmentally friendly than other forms of transport. Why is it not
popular in many places? And how to increase its popularity?
STEP 1: TASK ANALYSIS
● Topic: cycling, environmental friendly, transport -> transport, environment
● Dạng đề: Cause and solutions
STEP 2: STRUCTURE PLANNING
1. Introduction
● Paraphrase đề bài
● Trả lời câu hỏi đề bài: Khẳng định có nhiều nguyên nhân và giải pháp cho vấn đề này
2. Body 1+2
CAUSE SOLUTION
3. Conclusion:
● Khẳng định lại định hướng nội dung: 2 problems + 2 solutions
● Tóm tắt lại nội dung (optional)
STEP 3: LANGUAGE
1. Useful languages
● one cause of B is that S+V
● one clear reason of B is that S+V
Causes ● one factor that leads to B is that S +V
● A could be ascribed to B: A có thể được quy là do B gây ra
● A can be attributed to B: A có thể được quy là do B gây ra
2. Template
Paraphrase đề bài
Trả lời câu hỏi
● This problem results from a number of causes to which several solutions will be
proposed in this essay.
Intro
● Some explanations for this problem will be put forward, before a few possible
solutions are drawn.
● This essay will outline a number of reasons for this trend and a number of possible
solutions to help tackle the issue.
● This may result in a number of undesirable consequences which could be addressed
by several approaches explained below
There are some solutions that can be implemented to address the problem.
Body 2 ● Firstly,...
● Secondly,...
To conclude/ In conclusion, (sự việc đề bài) is caused by a number of factors, (such as A and
Conclusion
B). Strong measures, (including C and D), must be implemented to tackle this situation.
STEP 4: PRACTICE
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