Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 1 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Cách dùng từ trong IELTS Writing 1. Is advice countable ? Advice is uncountable. Therefore, it's incorrect to use advices. However, you can still use some along with advice. For example: + Can you give me a piece of advice? + Can you give me some advice? + Can you give me your advice? WRONG: + Thanks for your advices? 2. Past tense of hang out ? For example, how to say this sentence in the past "Peter and I always hang out for football over the weekend" You should say HUNG OUT. Hence, it should be: "Peter and I always hung out for football over the weekend" HANGED OUT is used in the sense of "to put someone to death by hanging". 3. Drunk vs Drunken NOUN: + Drunk = A drunkard: He is a drunk: he always drinks alcohol to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties. Drinking has become his habit and he can't quit. + Drunken can't be used as a noun. Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 2 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong ADJECTIVE: + Drunk: He got drunk yesterday and his parents had to drive him back home. (here drunk was used after a verb) He were drunk yesterday. (also drunk was used after a verb) In formal writing, Drunk shouldn't be used in front of a noun. However there are some exceptions such as drunk driver and drunk driving since they have been put into use for a very long time. For example: A drunk driver was fined heavily because of the serious damages caused by him yesterday. Drunk driving is unacceptable in all the countries. Bear in mind that a drunken driver is also a correct phrase. The difference is that the phrase "a drunken driver" only refers to a driver who got drunk and "a drunk driver" refers to a driver whose alcohol level exceeds the legal limit. + Drunken: A drunken student ruined the whole graduation ceremony. As you can see Drunken can also be used as an adjective as Drunk. The difference is that Drunken should be used in front of a noun whereas Drunk should be used after a verb. VERB: + Drunk: Past participle of drink They have drunk only vodka since they came to the party. + Drunken: can't be as a verb. 4. At any time and Anytime According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, at any time and anytime all mean the same. Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 3 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Correct Call me anytime. We should arrive anytime between 5 and 6 p.m. Call me at any time. Can I call you at any time of the day? People don't use at anytime. Example: Call me at anytime 5. Assume and Presume. • Assume: To take for granted or without proof • Presume: To take for granted as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary. As can be seen from the definitions above, there is almost no difference between Assume and Presume. Actually, the difference lies in the degree of certainty. Assume is used when your guesses are absolutely not based on any evidence. Presume is used when you have got more information about the associated events and you are quite sure with your guesses. Examples: Teacher: I assume you all have prepared for the upcoming exam at the end of this week. (He doesn't know if they have prepared or not) Friend: I saw you came back from the party very late last night. I presume you haven't prepared for today's lectures. (Because I knew my friend didn't come back early yesterday to prepare for the lectures tomorrow, I'm quite sure he knows nothing about the lectures' content) 6. Bare with me Bear with me Bear with me is a standard expression used as a request for forbearance or patience. Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 4 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Ex: Please bear with me a moment so I can find the homework exercise for you! Bare with me would be an invitation to undress. 7. As Late As Let's consider the following example: As late as yesterday night, John was still working on his research paper which would be due today morning. From the above example, you can see that the phrase As Late As implies the meaning of "surprising Late." Even though today morning is the deadline for John to submit his research paper, he couldn't finish it early and was working on it yesterday night. 8. As Early As The early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras, based on the prevalent means of propulsion. Later periods were defined by trends in exterior styling, size, and utility preferences. In 1769 the first steam powered auto-mobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. [1]:14 From the above example, you can see that the phrase As Early As implies the meaning of "surprising early". Without this, we might have thought the invention of automobiles or cars had not been that long ago. Roughly, we could have imagined it started in the 19th century, not the 18th century. However, the fact is that it started much longer than that. 9. Equipment vs Equipments Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 5 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, EQUIPMENT is uncountable. Hence, it's incorrect to use EQUIPMENTS. Rather, you should use "Pieces of Equipment". Bear in mind that you will find a great number of online articles using EQUIPMENTS. Mostly, these articles are related to engineering subjects. For academic writing, especially for IELTS exams, it's best to use EQUIPMENT as an uncountable noun. 10. Elder VS Elderly Elder is used for someone who is superior to another or others. Example: My elder brother has got married. (talking about my brother who is older than I am but not necessarily an old man) The elder lecturers in my university were really experienced. (talking about the lecturers who had got long years of work experience. It's not necessary that they had to be old people. They were just people who had worked there for a really long period of time compared to the others) Elderly is used for AGED people. Example: His elderly brother has passed away. (talking about his brother who might be either older or younger than he is and DEFINITELY an old man) The phrase "The elderly" is used to refer to a group of old citizens. 11. UPSTAIRS vs UPSTAIR According to TheFreeDictionary.com, UPSTAIR can only be used as an adjective. For example: The upstair rooms in my house are very big. Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 6 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Whereas UPSTAIRS can be used as a noun, an adjective and an adverb. ( Dictionary.com ) For example: The upstairs of this house is entirely rented. (NOUN) Please go upstairs for our meeting! (ADVERB) You can get discounts for the upstairs apartment. (ADJECTIVE) However, UPSTAIRS is the word that people use more frequently. In my opinion, UPSTAIR sounds a bit poetic. 12. LEFT OFF meaning Example: LECTURER: Let us start off our lecture by finishing what we left off yesterday. => Yesterday the lecturer couldn't finish the lecture because of time constraints. Hence, the lecturer wanted to finish what he hadn't taught before going into the new lecture. DICTIONARY: thefreedictionary.com • leave off (doing something): to stop doing something. Ex: Mr. Summers finally left off talking and returned to his seat. • leave off something: to forget or omit something. Ex: All the names beginning with "R" were left off the list. 13. On weekdays or at weekdays Since this is a very popular question for which people also ask for the prepositions to use along with "weekend", we will show you the examples on how to use both weekdays and weekend. Correct: On weekdays During the week At the weekend Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 7 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong On the weekend Over the weekend Incorrect: In weekdays In the weekend Examples: On weekdays, he never goes to class and on the weekend, he always goes to bars. Hence, he always gets bad marks in exams. She has to work from the early morning to the late evening so she always feels tired during the week and over the weekend she always stays at home to recover. 14. On the other hand or in the other hand On the other hand is the correct idiom to use in English. It means "conversely" or "alternatively". Example: On the one hand, you said you didn't have enough time to prepare for the exam. On the other hand, you went to the party for the whole day. If you study hard, you can pass the exam. On the other hand, if you keep playing video games every day, you will definitely fail. In the other hand is not an idiom in English. It simply means you are holding something in the "other" hand. 15. Reward or Award Reward is used when someone has done something well. Example: + Susan has been rewarded with a her dream job after months of hard work looking for jobs. + Mother: Have you done your homework today? Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 8 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Son: Yes, mom. I finished the assignment this morning. Mother: wowww! (so surprised) I will buy you the bicycle you wanted. => The son was rewarded with the bicycle he wanted because of his hard work. Award is also used when someone has done something well. The difference is that this is more formal and an award tends to be something like a certificate or a medal. Example: + Susan was awarded as the best student in the Mathematics class this semester. + Tom received an award for getting outstanding results in his class. + Mr. Sarfraz Munir successfully defended his Doctoral thesis and was awarded with a PhD degree. 16. Prices are correct as of Some have asked this question: what does it mean by Prices are correct as of May 2012 ? In many articles, people often use this phrase to indicate how much a product/service costs. However, prices are often subject to change, they can't guarantee the prices will be the same. Hence, it basically means the prices are the same as mentioned in May 2012. After that period, the prices can change. They have very similar meanings because they both come from Latin and have the same origin. However, in today's society, the ways they are used have changed slightly. 17. Devoted and Dedicated Devoted is more likely to be used to talk about family or loved ones (WITH Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 9 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong EMOTIONS) whereas Dedicated is used to talk about work or other interests (MORE ABOUT COMMITMENT). For example: + He is devoted to teaching. + Their parents are devoted to their education. + She is devoted to her baby. + Peter spent his whole life to write a book which was dedicated to "Teaching Methodologies". + He sang the song which was dedicated to his girlfriend. + Her dedication to medicine was so great that she had time for little else. 18. Following and Below Following is used to refer to something which will be mentioned right after what you are talking about. (LOGICAL POSITION) Below has almost the same meaning. The only difference is that Belowis used when you are focusing more on the position (in print) of the subject you are going to mention. (PHYSICAL POSITION) Example: 1) Following is the list of subjects which are available in this semester. > Physics > Maths 2) Below is the list of available subjects in this semester. > Physics > Maths 3) The following list of subjects will be known by students at the end of this month. > Physics > Maths 4) The finalised list of available subjects for this semester is Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 10 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong shownbelow. > Physics > Maths 5) To get a higher score in the IELTS exam, please follow the stepsbelow: > Practice > Review > Take sample tests WRONG: To get a higher score in the IELTS exam, please follow the below steps. CORRECT: To get a higher score in the IELTS exam, please follow thefollowing steps. 19. Is there and Are there They are actually interchangeable. It only depends on the context and what you are thinking about the subjects. Following are 2 correct examples: Is there any difference between "Due To" and "Because Of"? Are there any differences between "Due To" and "Because Of"? "There is" is used for singular nouns and "There are" is used for plural nouns. For example: There is a very big snake in my room. There are many IELTS books about how to improve reading skills. 20. A Variety Of In general, the phrase A Variety Of is used the same as a number of is used. For example: There are a number of reasons to globalisation. There are a wide variety of vegetables available in this supermarket. [...]...Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best Live the best Believe in the best There are a variety of IELTS books for you to choose However, when you use certain modifiers along with A Variety Of, you will have to use singular verbs For example: Such a wide variety of IELTS books is making confusions to many students The same thing is applied for a number of: There is such a large number... Occurring Occurring: Correct Ex: Prevent errors from occurring 4) Recieve vs Receive Receive: Correct Ex: You will receive your qualifications (Mysheo đang tổng hợp tiếp ebook này và sẽ gửi bạn bản cập nhật trong thời gian tới.) 16 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Tổng hợp bởi Mysheo.com Be the best Live the best Believe in the best 17 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong . the best. Live the best. Believe in the best. 1 www.facebook.com/mysheo.huong Cách dùng từ trong IELTS Writing 1. Is advice countable ? Advice is uncountable. Therefore, it's incorrect. EQUIPMENTS. Mostly, these articles are related to engineering subjects. For academic writing, especially for IELTS exams, it's best to use EQUIPMENT as an uncountable noun. 10. Elder VS. To get a higher score in the IELTS exam, please follow the stepsbelow: > Practice > Review > Take sample tests WRONG: To get a higher score in the IELTS exam, please follow the