IELTS Academic Grammar: Boost Your Writing & Speaking Band

Stop losing half a band to grammar. Here is something many candidates do not realise until after a disappointing result: there is no grammar paper in this test. Grammar is not assessed separately — it is one of four criteria in Writing and one of four in Speaking, and in each case it accounts for a quarter of your band score for that paper.

That means grammar can quietly cap your result even when your ideas, vocabulary and fluency are strong. It is also the criterion that most commonly holds candidates at 6. 5 when they need 7.

0. The reason is specific. Moving up requires two things at once: range, meaning you can produce a genuine variety of complex structures rather than the same three you are comfortable with, and accuracy, meaning a majority of your sentences contain no errors at all.

Most candidates have one and not the other. Some write safely and accurately but simply, and score low on range. Others attempt ambitious structures and make errors throughout, and score low on accuracy.

This course targets both. What you getPractice sets covering the grammar this test actually assesses, organised by structure rather than by textbook chapterA detailed explanation on every single question — why the correct form is correct, and why each wrong option is the mistake a real candidate would makeFocus on the errors that cost candidates marks: articles, subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, prepositions, countable and uncountable nouns, word forms and punctuationComplex structure practice — relative clauses, conditionals, passive constructions, participle phrases, comparatives and cohesive linking — because range is scored, not just correctnessTask-specific grammar for Writing, including the structures that describe trends and data in the first task and the language of argument, concession and hedging in the secondSpoken grammar for the interview, which is assessed differently from written grammar and rewards natural, flexible speech over memorised formalityError-correction exercises using authentic candidate mistakes, since recognising an error in someone else's sentence is the fastest route to not making it in your ownUnlimited retakes, randomized question order, mobile-friendly, lifetime accessHow to use this courseWork through the practice sets before you write full essays, not after. Most candidates practise by producing whole answers, which is useful for structure but almost useless for grammar — you repeat your own habits and nobody corrects them.

Targeted practice breaks that loop. When you get something wrong, do not simply note the rule. Write two new sentences of your own using the correct structure, on a topic from a past question.

Grammar becomes reliable through production, not recognition. Then, once a structure feels automatic, deliberately use it in a full written answer and in a spoken response, because the examiner scores what you actually produce under pressure, not what you know. A realistic expectationGrammar is one criterion of four in each of two papers.

Fixing it will not turn a 5. 5 into an 8. 0 by itself, and any course promising that is not being straight with you.

What it reliably does is remove the accuracy ceiling that keeps otherwise-capable candidates half a band below their target — which, for most people, is exactly the gap that matters. Before you enrollThis is a practice and correction course for candidates at intermediate level and above who are preparing for the Academic test. It assumes you already know basic tenses and sentence structure and need to sharpen accuracy and extend range.

It is not a beginner English course. This course is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the organisations that own and administer the test.