Writing for IELTS, session1

Writing for IELTS session1

Word:

a meaningful combination of letters.

Phrase:

a meaningful combination of words.

Clause:

a meaningful combination of words + subject + verb.

Clause:

1. Independent (meaningful by itself)
2. Dependent (needs another independent clause to be complete.)

Dependent clauses:

1. noun clauses
2. adjective clauses
3. adverbial clauses

Verbs:

1. 1. finite verbs

– ۱۶ tenses

1. 1. non-finite verbs

– infinitives
– gerunds
– past participles

Adjective:

used for further definition.
Adjective cannot be used for proper nouns but adjective clauses can be used for
proper nouns.

Adjective clauses:

Describe and limit nouns.
Adjectives come before nouns.

Adjective clauses come after the noun.

Adjective clauses:

1. restrictive adjective clause
2. non-restrictive (defining) adjective clauses

Only non-restrictive adjective clauses can be used for proper nouns and it is
necessary to use two comas around them.

Example:

1. I saw a man who was old in the garden.
   (Here “who was old” is a restrictive adjective clause.)
2. I saw John, who was old, in the garden.
   (Here “who was old” is a non-restrictive adjective clause.-

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