Common Mistakes at IELTS Intermediate.

Cambridge: 2013. — 64 p.

This invaluable little book highlights the real mistakes that students make in the exam - and shows how to avoid them. Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts, each unit targets a key problem area. Clear explanations and exercises help students to use the language accurately. Regular tests offer students a further opportunity to check and consolidate what they have learnt.

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CONTENTS
1 Are there any special times I should use the? 5
2 Singular or plural? 6
3 Which nouns don't have a plural form? 7
Test 1 8
4 When do I use the present simple tense? 10
5 How do I write large numbers? 11
6 There is I there are 12
Test 2
7 Which relative pronoun should I use? 15
8 How do I choose between and, but and or? 16
9 Auxiliary verbs 17
Test 3
10 How do I use modal verbs? 20
11 -ing or to + infinitive? 21
12 Verbs after adjectives and prepositions 22
Test 4 23
13 The gerund or infinitive after allow, advise, make, suggest? 25
14 Stop, try, forget and remember 26
15 Prepositions after adjectives and nouns 27
Test 5 28
16 Prepositions after verbs 30
17 Prepositions of time and place 31
18 The preposition of 32
Test 6
19 How do I make a verb passive? 35
20 When do I use the passive? 36
21 What is register? 37
Test 7
22 Adjectives and adverbs 40
23 Noun or adjective? 41
24 Verb confusion 1 - courses and study 42
Test 8 43
25 Verb confusion 2 - describing charts and figures 45
26 Verb confusion 3 - money and problems 46
27 Noun confusion 1 - money and work 47
Test 9 48
28 Noun confusion 2 - advertising, travel and young people 50
29 When do I need to use an apostrophe? 51
30 Common spelling errors 52
Test 10 53
Answer key 55

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