Grammar·Lesson 01 / 23·Grammar in IELTS
Grammar is assessed within each response.
One of four equal criteria in Writing and Speaking. Use grammar to make your meaning clear in complete responses.
Learning grammar = useful preparation.
IELTS assesses language in use.
Knowing a rule can support practice. Writing and speaking show how you use it. The complete response provides the evidence.
Grammar matters when you use it — and when it makes meaning clear.
Where grammar is assessed.
Writing
Grammatical Range and Accuracy:
one of four equally weighted criteria.
Speaking
Grammatical Range and Accuracy:
one of four equally weighted criteria.
Reading
No separate GRA criterion.
Grammar can support comprehension and answer form.
Listening
No separate GRA criterion.
Grammar can support comprehension and answer form.
These are separate skills; do not add their criterion weights.
One criterion is not an overall shortcut.
Complete response Range, accuracy, and appropriate use are considered together.
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Which pair has
no separate GRA criterion?
AWriting and Speaking
BReading and Listening
CSpeaking and Reading
B. Reading and Listening have no separate GRA criterion. Writing and Speaking each assess GRA as one of four criteria.
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One of four criteria in each skill
GRA is one of four equally weighted criteria in Writing and in Speaking.
A clearer view.
Writing has four criteria.
Review grammar in a complete response.
Purpose
What are you trying to say?
Meaning
Does the form make that meaning clear?
Control
Can you use it accurately in this response?
Revision
What would you change, then try again in a new context?
A teacher practice aid — not a band estimate.
A descriptor uses evidence.
No single sentence
A response is assessed as a whole. One sentence cannot set a result.
Criterion · response · review.
CRITERION
1 OF 4
In Writing and Speaking.
EVIDENCE
COMPLETE RESPONSE
GRA is assessed with the other criteria.
REVIEW
RANGE + ACCURACY
Choose forms that fit your meaning.
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Range and accuracy
Appropriate variety and control are considered across a complete response.
Range and accuracy.
Do not assume a level from one pattern.
Choose variety when it helps your meaning; then check control.
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A: repeated simple forms
B: varied forms with errors
ANot enough evidence to rank them
BEssay A scores higher
CBoth scores must be the same
A. Two summaries do not establish either essay's score. Range can support meaning; accuracy helps keep it clear.
Range and accuracy need context.
CONSIDER
VARIETY
Forms that fit the meaning.
CONSIDER
CONTROL
Clear, accurate language.
RESPONSE
WHOLE
No formula can determine a score.
Where you can practise.
Speaking uses grammar throughout.
GRA is one of four criteria. Choose language that helps you express your point.
Speaking and Writing: GRA in context.
SPEAKING
P1+P2+P3
All parts contribute evidence for the response.
WRITING
T1+T2
Both tasks contribute evidence for the response.
IN BOTH
ONE CRITERION
GRA: range, accuracy, and appropriate use.
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Use, review, and retry
Knowing rules can help. Practise using them in meaningful responses, then review and retry.
A response shows how you use language.
A rule alone does not show a full response.
Knowing a form can guide your practice. Use it when it makes your meaning clear.
From learning to using.
Three practice choices. No score shortcut.
Review one choice. A count is not a score.
After a meaningful response. Name the form. Try it again in new context.
Possible practice contexts.
Look at one sentence. A small grammar choice can affect whether its meaning is clear.Read it carefully. What would you revise?
Check the small words too: "She is one of person who make decision."
One revision: "She is one of the people who make decisions."
Articles, plurals, and subject-verb agreement can matter for clarity. Review them as part of the whole response.
Use · review · retry.
DO
USE
Use a form in a meaningful response.
CHECK
REVIEW
Check one choice after writing or speaking.
RETRY
CONTEXT
Try the same meaning in a new context.
Five review questions.
Learning a rule How will you use it in a response?
Reviewing accuracy Also consider whether the form fits the meaning.
Including Speaking GRA is also a criterion in Speaking.
Checking a sentence A sentence check is not an IELTS grade.
"I know it" → "I can review it" Use, review, and retry to make practice more useful.
Connect "learning" with "using."
Learning and using can support each other. Write or speak, then review one choice.
Learn · use · review.
LEARN
RULES
Use a rule to guide practice.
USE
RESPONSES
Meaningful prompts and ideas.
REVIEW
AGAIN
Check one choice, then retry it.
Progress needs practice.
Not a shortcut.
Useful practice can include: meaningful use, review, feedback, and retry. The pace differs for each learner.
Grammar in IELTS · a concise guide
CRITERION
1 OF 4 IN EACH SKILL
Writing and Speaking are assessed separately.
WRITING
Task / Coherence / Lexis / GRA
Four equally weighted criteria.
SPEAKING
Fluency / Lexis / GRA / Pronunciation
Four equally weighted criteria.
GRA
Range, accuracy, appropriate use
Considered across a complete response.
PRACTISE
Write or speak, then review
A sentence check is not an IELTS grade.
RETRY
Try a new context
Choose a form that makes your meaning clear.
NEXT STEP
Use, review, and retry
Use grammar in meaningful responses; then review one choice.
One response. Choose one form you used.
Then read it again and check articles, plurals, and subject-verb agreement. Notice one point you would revise.
Next lesson: Range vs Accuracy.
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