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:
- Independent (meaningful by itself)
- Dependent (needs another independent clause to be complete.)
Dependent clauses:
- noun clauses
- adjective clauses
- adverbial clauses
Verbs:
- finite verbs
– ۱۶ tenses
- 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:
- restrictive adjective clause
- 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:
- I saw a man who was old in the garden.
(Here “who was old” is a restrictive adjective clause.) - I saw John, who was old, in the garden.
(Here “who was old” is a non-restrictive adjective clause.-
مطالب بیشتر:
آیلتس تضمینی ، کلاس خصوصی آیلتس ، آموزش آیلتس آنلاین