Happy Thursday, guys! 😃 Hope you're having a great week! Today I'd like to share with you some tips on how to make any IELTS Writing (or Speaking) sentence complex.

Here's a little exercise for you. Turn these simple sentences into complex sentences with relative clauses. Ready? 😎

I bought a new car. It is very fast.

I live in London. It has some amazing parks.

A woman called me. She is my new colleague.

I'll publish my answers tomorrow! 🤓

Guys, you're doing amazingly well! Most of your sentences are correct, apart from one important thing.

YOUR PUNCTUATION. ☠️

To get a high score for your grammar, most of your sentences must have no mistakes at all, not even missing commas.

HERE ARE THE RULES: ❗️WHO (PEOPLE)

Can you remove the clause from the sentence?

❌ If no, you don’t need any commas:
The boy who wears a red t-shirt is my son.
(The boy is my son. = This sentence is not clear. Which boy?)

✅ If yes, put commas:
My son, who wears a red t-shirt, is five years old.
(My son is five years old. = This sentence is clear)

❗️WHICH/THAT (THINGS)

Can you remove the clause from the sentence?

❌ If no, use THAT and NO commas.
The bike that I left outside has been stolen. (The bike has been stolen. = This sentence is not clear. What bike?)

✅ If yes, use WHICH and put COMMAS.
My bike, which I left outside, has been stolen.
(My bike has been stolen. = This sentence is clear.)

THE ANSWERS (RELATIVE CLAUSES)

QUESTION 1.
I bought a car that is very fast.
I bought a car, which is very fast.
(Both options are correct.)

QUESTION 2.
I live in London, which has some amazing parks.
(We are adding some extra information about parks. Don’t forget the comma!)

QUESTION 3.
The woman who called me is my new colleague.
(Use “who” when talking about people.
The sentence “The woman is my new colleague” is not clear, which means that we can’t remove the relative clause. Therefore, we don’t need commas.)

🤩 Find an IELTS Speaking partner 🤩

To find the best partner, please leave a comment saying:

🎯 What IELTS Speaking score do you need to achieve?
📊 What is your current score? If you haven’t taken the exam yet, say if your English level is intermediate, upper intermediate, advanced, or almost fluent.
🕒 What is your time zone?

Now connect to your perfect partner! Click on the round icon next to their message and say hello 🤗

To make this practice mutually beneficial, choose a partner who has a similar level of English to yours 🙌🏻 #speaking #partner

Morning guys! How do you feel about IELTS Listening Matching Information questions? 🎧 They look like this:

I find that in this task you really need to know what you're doing to answer in all the questions and not to mix anything up 🤯

So, in this video you can learn the detailed strategy for Listening Matching Information questions and have some practice. Check it out! https://youtu.be/wYcV_jYQFyw

Guys, have you taken an IELTS exam recently? 🧑‍🎓
Help your fellow IELTS students by sharing your topics below 👇

Please include the month when you took the test
#recent

👉 Writing Task 1 Academic Topics