Let's look again at the letter I wrote last week. One interesting thing to notice is the variety of verb tenses:
Present simple
I take, the overcrowding means, this is...
Present continuous
I am writing, passengers are becoming, delays are making...
Present perfect
my train has arrived, I have been unable, I have seen...
Future
you will address
Hi Simon,
I took IELTS exam today, and I completed the letter with 130 words because I wrote Task 2 for longer time. How many bands will I loose for not meeting the required number of words in Task 1.
Posted by: Chandra | October 28, 2012 at 10:15
Hi
Dear Simon,
Your site is wonderful...
but like your e-book this site (http://www.docstoc.com/docs/58181367/IELTS-Speaking-Cue-cards-with-possible-answers)is very useful for speaking and writing opinions.
I think you would want to know this website to state in your site.
Posted by: omar | October 28, 2012 at 13:55
Hi.I have e question about scoring writing task1 , I had exam yesterday, bat I forgot to include one important.
It was about a table , like the sample "waste table" in your website, It was about "land area covered by forest in 1990 and 2000, in 7 countries" . I grouped them with their increase o decrease, I wrote comparison sentences but I forgot to mention that which one has the most percentage among others and which one has the least. I just mentioned and compared their changes,
I want to know how much this problem affect my score?
Posted by: naime | October 28, 2012 at 18:04
Grammar is my only enemy who prevents me from getting 7... Verb tenses are difficult to deal with, especially perfect tenses.
Posted by: Katy | October 29, 2012 at 05:31