Author : D Hopkins and P Cullen
Publisher: Cambridge
ISBN : 978-0-521-60462-8
This book has 25 chapters, each focusing on a different grammar point, with explanations and practice exercises. Each chapter also has an introductory listening practice, and concludes with IELTS practice – a reading passsage, for example, or a writing task.
Although the book starts with some of the more basic ideas, such as the present and past tenses, it moves onto useful areas such as comparisons, and deals with these at a level suitable for IELTS. We are given examples such as
- The figures for 2003 were significantly higher than those for the year 2000
- It would seem that the longer athletes keep competing the greater their chances of setting new records are.
The book is at its best, however, in the later chapters:
- Chapter 23 looks at how to connect ideas within a paragraph using adverbials and prepositions, as well as the more frequently taught conjunctions
- Chapter 24 is called Showing your position, and explains how to express your point of view
- Chapter 25 looks at Nominalisation in written English, and gives good suggestions for adopting an academic tone in your writing
All these late chapters are very useful for students who want more than Band 6.
We like this book for several reasons, but probably recommend it most for teachers, and for self-access centres. For students who buy this book, make sure it’s not your main text. Something like Objective IELTS by Black and Capel is a better choice for your main book, but Grammar for IELTS in an excellent support text.
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