Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking
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A wide range of sentence structures and tenses.
Many examples of sentences without grammar errors.
Some small grammar errors.
The description of a Grammar score 7 is quite simple. The main point here is that the
candidate must produce many examples of sentences which do not contain errors. Most
basic sentence structures must be correct. There must be examples of complex sentence
structures and many examples of subordinate clause structures. Modals (would, could,
should, may) should also be used correctly. There must be a range of different tenses
(usually used correctly).
Grammatical Range and Accuracy 8
The 8 score in this section is quite simple to describe:
Wide range of grammar structures and features.
Wide range of complex sentence structures used correctly.
Most sentences contain no grammar errors.
There may be occasional grammar errors but these are probably
careless mistakes and do not affect meaning.
An 8 score is awarded when the candidate can produce examples of most complex
sentence structures and can produce most tenses correctly and use them in the right way.
There are a few mistakes.
