Posted by pakguru on December 29th, 2018 | 0 comments | akhirnya, IELTS, lexical phrase, narrative, prepositions, speaking, Task 1, writing
In the end of the period the figure was almost 200.
Houston. We have a preposition problem!
The following are possible and extremely common in IELTS Task 1 writing:
Notice that at the end is part of a longer phrase specifying a particular ‘end’, in this case ‘the period’.
This is similar to at the end in that a particular end is mentioned (2006, the day). Notice here that there is often an unusual grammatical structure featuring a perfect tense.
See this post for more information about the use of past perfect tense in IELTS Task 1 writing.
This belongs in a different kind of text – NOT IELTS Task 1!
In a narrative (a story) there’s a beginning, a middle, and an end. However, unlike the way data is represented on a graph, the parts of a story usually do not correspond to precise points in time.
The beginning of a story can take place over a few hours, days, weeks, even years. Likewise the middle and the end. When we refer to these approximate periods of time, we use in.
In the end is often used as a synonym for words like eventually and ultimately:
Both words are often translated from the Indonesian akhirnya, although as you can see the English meanings are slightly different!
In our opening statement there is reference to a particular period, and so we need:
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