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Grammar for IELTS
Cambridge Grammar for IELTS provides complete coverage of the grammar needed for the IELTS test, and develops listening skills at the same time. It includes a wide range of IELTS tasks from the Academic and General Training Reading, Writing and Listening modules, and contains helpful grammar explanations and a grammar glossary. A Student's Book 'without answers' is also available.
Work through the units or focus on areas that need more practice. The answer key includes tape scripts and model writing answers. The book comes with a CD containing all the listening material.
Work through the units or focus on areas that need more practice. The answer key includes tape scripts and model writing answers. The book comes with a CD containing all the listening material.
270 pages, Paperback
First published October 23, 2006
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June 12, 2019
کتاب جامعیه
همزمان هم لیسنینگ هم رایتینگ و هم گرامر های لازم رو پوشش میده
واسه سلف استادی واقعا کارآمده
همزمان هم لیسنینگ هم رایتینگ و هم گرامر های لازم رو پوشش میده
واسه سلف استادی واقعا کارآمده
November 30, 2017
Cambridge's Grammar for IELTS, just like its counterpart Vocabulary for IELTS, does not actually have much to do with IELTS exams. However it can help students to deeply recognize their week spots, common mistakes and problems with English grammar.
There are 25 units in the book, and each unit is divided into 4 parts. With grammar part being an exception, all other parts, in my opinion, fail to help the students in reaching higher IELTS score.
Although I assess it as a better book than Vocabulary for IELTS, here are some drawbacks about this book:
a) Not all tasks necessarily stimulate IELTS format tasks;
b) There are some mistakes in the answers section. Yes, one may assume that it is not the book's, but the student's fault in recognizing the right answer. However, in IELTS exams, in listening and reading parts, there can be more than one correct answer (e.g. next week/in a week/in one week/the following week), at least that is what other Cambridge publications assert. However this book provide only single right answer for its tasks.
c) Some tasks fails to provide information about its requirement (e.g. lack of hints like "You can use one letter more than once").
For an IELTS self-study reasons Grammar for IELTS is not of much use, albeit grammar section of each lesson can be used by all students as a really good source on English grammar. Especially units 23, 24 and 25 can be more informative and helpful.
There are 25 units in the book, and each unit is divided into 4 parts. With grammar part being an exception, all other parts, in my opinion, fail to help the students in reaching higher IELTS score.
Although I assess it as a better book than Vocabulary for IELTS, here are some drawbacks about this book:
a) Not all tasks necessarily stimulate IELTS format tasks;
b) There are some mistakes in the answers section. Yes, one may assume that it is not the book's, but the student's fault in recognizing the right answer. However, in IELTS exams, in listening and reading parts, there can be more than one correct answer (e.g. next week/in a week/in one week/the following week), at least that is what other Cambridge publications assert. However this book provide only single right answer for its tasks.
c) Some tasks fails to provide information about its requirement (e.g. lack of hints like "You can use one letter more than once").
For an IELTS self-study reasons Grammar for IELTS is not of much use, albeit grammar section of each lesson can be used by all students as a really good source on English grammar. Especially units 23, 24 and 25 can be more informative and helpful.
July 25, 2014
The explanation in each topic is very good and easy to understand.But the example and exercises are not enough.
Should buy another exercises book and use it together . It would be great.
Anyways, I recommend this one !
Should buy another exercises book and use it together . It would be great.
Anyways, I recommend this one !
October 8, 2011
special thanks for the one who helps me a lot with my love.
December 12, 2013
A good book for who wants to prepare for IELTS.
September 8, 2015
Help me review my grammar and take notice of important grammar
July 26, 2020
I am a full-time IELTS teacher and have been using this book for four years in my class on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The book has both good points and bad points, and I will go into both below ...
Firstly, although Cambridge market this book as a "grammar" for IELTS text, a lot of the content reads more like a general English ESL text. A lot of the early chapters, while they can certainly be used in the IELTS exam, seem a little out of place at times. The later chapters are more IELTS-centric, including practice for likelihood, organising text, passives and text position.
Each unit in the text follows the same pattern: a warm-up listening section, a grammar explanation section, a grammar activities section, and an exam section. Each grammar activities section has about four activities, with the first couple being more general English style,and the last couple usually more IELTS-focused. This isn't exactly a bad way of doing things, but it does mean a lot of the practice might not be that useful for the IELTS exam.
I use this text in the classroom only when it directly supports the grammar points studied in our main text (Foundation IELTS Masterclass). In a ten week course, I cover about half the chapters in this book, with a heavier emphasis on the later chapters. The chapters, for those who are interested, are:
1. Present tenses
2. Past tenses 1
3. Present perfect
4. Past tenses 2 (EXCELLENT)
5. Future 1
6. Future 2
7. Countable and uncountable nouns
8. Referring to nouns
9. Pronouns and referencing
10. Adjectives and adverbs (EXCELLENT)
11. Comparing things (EXCELLENT)
12. The noun phrase
13. Modals 1
14. Modals 2 (EXCELLENT)
15. Reported speech
16. Verb + verb patterns (EXCELLENT)
17. Likelihood based on conditions 1
18. Likelihood based on conditions 2
19. Prepositions
20. Relative clauses (EXCELENT)
21. Ways of organising text (EXCELLENT)
22. The passive (EXCELLENT)
23. Linking ideas (EXCELLENT)
24. Showing your position in a text (EXCELLENT)
25. Nominalisation in written English (EXCELLENT)
Anthony Schultz
www.goldcoastielts.com
Firstly, although Cambridge market this book as a "grammar" for IELTS text, a lot of the content reads more like a general English ESL text. A lot of the early chapters, while they can certainly be used in the IELTS exam, seem a little out of place at times. The later chapters are more IELTS-centric, including practice for likelihood, organising text, passives and text position.
Each unit in the text follows the same pattern: a warm-up listening section, a grammar explanation section, a grammar activities section, and an exam section. Each grammar activities section has about four activities, with the first couple being more general English style,and the last couple usually more IELTS-focused. This isn't exactly a bad way of doing things, but it does mean a lot of the practice might not be that useful for the IELTS exam.
I use this text in the classroom only when it directly supports the grammar points studied in our main text (Foundation IELTS Masterclass). In a ten week course, I cover about half the chapters in this book, with a heavier emphasis on the later chapters. The chapters, for those who are interested, are:
1. Present tenses
2. Past tenses 1
3. Present perfect
4. Past tenses 2 (EXCELLENT)
5. Future 1
6. Future 2
7. Countable and uncountable nouns
8. Referring to nouns
9. Pronouns and referencing
10. Adjectives and adverbs (EXCELLENT)
11. Comparing things (EXCELLENT)
12. The noun phrase
13. Modals 1
14. Modals 2 (EXCELLENT)
15. Reported speech
16. Verb + verb patterns (EXCELLENT)
17. Likelihood based on conditions 1
18. Likelihood based on conditions 2
19. Prepositions
20. Relative clauses (EXCELENT)
21. Ways of organising text (EXCELLENT)
22. The passive (EXCELLENT)
23. Linking ideas (EXCELLENT)
24. Showing your position in a text (EXCELLENT)
25. Nominalisation in written English (EXCELLENT)
Anthony Schultz
www.goldcoastielts.com
November 6, 2021
این کتاب گرامر مورد نیاز برای موفق شدن در امتحان آیلتس را آموزش میدهد. کتاب خیلی خوبی است از این نظر که واقعا تمامی مباحث کاربردی مورد نیاز گرامر را تدریس میکند و از نظر من جامع است. هر فصل تعدادی تمرین هم دارد (شنیداری و نوشتنی) که مشابه سوالات آیلتس است. ابتدای کتاب هم یک آزمون تعیین سطح دارد (۶۰ سوالی) تا هم متوجه شوید که سطح زبان شما در بخش گرامر در چه حد است و هم اینکه هر سوال مربوط به یک فصل کتاب میشود. این طوری میتوانید تنها فصلهایی از کتاب را بخوانید که سوال متناسب با آن را به اشتباه جواب دادید.
August 4, 2020
Highly recommended if you are preparing for IELTS or just feel like brushing up your English grammar (like me). There is an entry test that allows you to identify what you are most weak at. However, I scored almost all correct so It wasn't an ideal indicator for me. I did go through what I felt I am weak at or units I was curious of. Overall the units are great. Various exercises for you to practice. I am sure anybody needing to brush up various grammars will benefit from it.
October 22, 2017
Thanks, I am just searching for it
October 12, 2019
Official IELTS preparation materials. A bit disappoining. It helps you review your grammar, yet doesn’t cover the writing part in depth.
June 13, 2023
یکی از بهترین کتاب های گرامر زبان انگلیسی.
December 30, 2024
It's like studying in (Bit by Bit) all over again.
Great warm up for IELTS prep.
Great warm up for IELTS prep.
October 27, 2014
good book
January 23, 2016
If your grammar skills are advanced, then this book is perfect for you.
Honestly, I would use another grammar book along with this one.
Honestly, I would use another grammar book along with this one.
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