IELTS Grammar Essentials for Writing and Speaking
The grammar that matters most for IELTS: complex sentences, tenses for data description, conditionals and the errors examiners notice most.
Range and accuracy
Examiners want to see a mix of sentence types used accurately. A few well-controlled complex sentences beat many incorrect ones.
Frequent errors
Articles, plural forms, subject–verb agreement and tense consistency cause most lost marks. Check for them in the last two minutes of each task.