The funny video about “The Translator”.

IELTS Grammar: using "with" instead of "and"

Here's a structure that every IELTS student should know:

A) The IELTS exam is popular, and over 1 million people take it every year.
B) The IELTS exam is popular, with over 1 million people taking it every year.

A) The cost of living is high, and prices are going up every year.
B) The cost of living is high, with prices going up every year.

Source: Simon's website

A hint to Speaking✅

https://youtu.be/OsBOWSjOLsE

After watching the video, you will know how to approach the part 1 (Trump’s Speech on military) as well as part 3 (Obama’s speech on military) in the speaking test.

#FakeIELTS

If you still haven’t noticed, take a close look at the scores of Writing and Speaking (8-9), it looks like he forgot to put a zero (0) after each of them (8.0-9.0) which is pretty fine, he must’ve been exhausted.

Anyway, what drove me crazy is he is offering to be fluent and reach the native level WITHOUT any studies, lessons, guidance and in a very fast way 😁.
Sounds like crazy, doesn’t it?

Indeed, he makes your day!

Very important content for both IELTS as well as Grammar students!

What are the differences between “Although/Though/Even Though” and “Despite/In spite of”?

Let’s find them out right away!
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Do you think you are good at problem-solving? Let’s find it out!

How would you call your friend who doesn’t like to spend money?

✅Like vs. As–Simple Rules to Know


ℹ️The confusion in using like or as is caused by a lack of understanding of the words’ roles. In formal writing, like is used as a preposition, telling where, when or how the noun in the sentence is doing whatever it may be doing. As is used as a conjunction, joining two clauses.

🌟When to Use Like Instead of As
Most of the time, like compares two things.

-Imagine a grown woman acting as a child.❌

👉🏻Here, we’re comparing two things (the woman and the child), so like should be used.

-Imagine a grown woman acting like a child.✅

👉🏻The same goes for this next sentence, where we’re comparing a mother and daughter:

-The little girl, as her mother, has bright red hair.❌

👉🏻Even though the verb has belongs follows as, it actually belongs to the the noun phrase The little girl. We need like to modify her mother.

-The little girl, like her mother, has bright red hair.✅



ℹ️When to Use As Instead of Like
Frequently, as can be replaced by the way.

-No one makes chocolate cake like my mother does.❌

👉🏻Because there is a verb after like (does), the conjunction as should be used. It’s easy to say that about this sentence because as can be replaced by the way.

-No one makes chocolate cake the way my mother does.✅
-No one makes chocolate cake as my mother does.✅

Let’s look at another example.

He can’t play cricket like he used to.❌

👉🏻At first glance, there appears to be no verb after like. However, when speaking, we often leave out verbs that are already implied. The implied verb is play, as in he used to play cricket. Like should be changed to as.

-He can’t play cricket as he used to.✅

P.S Hope it’s all clear with the differences between AS and LIKE. Share the content if you think it’s useful!
Cheers 🥂

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