Advanced Grammar Structures for IELTS to Achieve Band 7+

Day

Focus Area

Section

Monday

Sentence Structures for Writing & Speaking

• Write an IELTS Writing Task 1 topic
• Record yourself while attempting the cue card in IELTS Speaking Part 2

Tuesday

Tenses for Writing

• Review tense usage for accuracy in Writing Task 1

Wednesday

Conditional Sentences

• Write a Task 2 essay that uses modals
• Record an IELTS Speaking Part 3 answer using modals and conditionals

Thursday

Advanced Sentence Structures & Vocabulary

• Write a Task 2 essay using parallel structures and incorporate vocabulary.

Friday

Tenses for Speaking

• Record a Speaking Part 2 response using present perfect or past perfect to describe personal experiences.

Saturday

Advanced Sentence Structures & cohesive devices

• Record a Speaking Part 2 response using advanced vocabulary and parallel structures.

Sunday

Review

• Complete a full IELTS Writing Task 1 and Task 2, focusing on using advanced grammar structures effectively.
• Simulate a full IELTS Speaking test (Part 1, 2, and 3) using advanced grammar structures.

Grammar Structure

Example Sentence

1. So + adjective + to be + Subject + that Clause

   So + adv + auxiliary verb + S + main verb + O + that Clause

• So terrible was the storm that a lot of houses were swept away.
• So beautifully did he play the guitar that all the audience appreciated him.

2. Then comes/come + Subject, as + Clause

• Then came a divorce, as they had a routine.

3. May + Subject + Verb

• May I apologize at once for the misspelling of your surname in the letter from my assistant, Miss Dowdy.
• May you all have happiness and luck.

4. It is no + Comparative Adjective + than + V-ing

• For me it is no more difficult than saying “I love you”.

5. Subject + Verb + far more +….than + N

• The material world greatly influences far more young people than old people.

6. Subject + love/like/wish + nothing more than to be + adj/past participle

• We wish nothing more than to be equally respected.

7. Subject 1 + is/are just like + Subject 2 +was/were

• My daughter is just like her mother was 35 years ago when she was my classmate at Harvard University.

8. Subject 1 + is/are + the same + as + Subject 2 + was/were

• She is the same as she was.

9. It is (not always) thought + adj + Noun phrase

• It is not always thought essential that Miss world must have the great appearance.

10. As + Verb Participle /can be seen, Subject + Verb

• As spoken above, we are short of capital.
• As can be seen, a new school is going to be built on this site.

11. S + point(s)/ pointed out (to be) + that Clause

• She points out that he was wrong.

12. It is/was evident to someone + that Clause

• It was evident to them that someone gave him a hand to finish it.

13. What + Subject + Verb + is/was + (that) + Subject + Verb +….

• What was said was (that) she had to leave.
• What I want you to do is that you take more care of yourself.

14. Noun + Is + what + sth + is all about

• Entertainment is what football is all about.

15. Subject + to be (just) + what Subject + Verb

• It was just what I wanted.
• You are what God brings into my life.

16. Verb-ing +sth + to be + Adjective – if not impossible

• Travelling alone into a jungle is adventurous – if not impossible.

17. There + to be + no + Noun + nor + Noun

• There is no food nor water.

18. There isn’t/wasn’t time to Verb / to be + Adjective

• There wasn’t time to identify what is was.

19. Subject + may + put on a + Adjective + front but inside + Subject + Adjective

• You may put on a brave front but inside you are fearful and anxious.

20. Subject + see oneself + V-ing

• You can see yourself riding a cable-car in San Francisco.