GuruEAP

Academic English not only for Indonesians

‘That’ and ‘V3’ in noun phrases

The table shows the percentage of money that allocated by people in different countries for different reasons in 2002.

Here an Indonesian student has made a noun phrase based on ‘yang di alokasikan‘. A grammar error has affected her IELTS score, but this could have been avoided using more sophisticated – and easy-to-learn – vocabulary. (more…)

EAP, grammar, IELTS, nominal groups, nominalisation, speaking, Task 1, vocabulary, writing, yang

Noun phrase ‘__ed’ucation

Consequently, people lived in remote areas sometimes have limited access to learning resources.

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grammar, IELTS, nominal groups, nominalisation, noun phrases, post-modification, speaking, Task 1, Task 2, writing

First the problem of no verb.

First of all, the problem of humans using too many of the world’s resources.

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grammar, IELTS, nominal groups, speaking, theme and rheme, vocabulary, writing

Age in Task 1 Writing

People in the 14-17 group of age were most affected by the changes.

I know, this seems to make sense, and your meaning is clear, but if you want a high score for vocabulary you need to use better collocation inside your noun phrases: (more…)

age, collocation, EAP, IELTS, kelompok usia, nominal groups, Task 1, writing