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PROOFREADING essays Tasks 1 and 2 are strictly OFF TOPIC. IELTS stands for The International English Language Testing System, which is widely recognized as a reliable means of assessing the language ability of candidates who need to study or work in countries where English is the main form of communication.

While proofreading essays is always off-topic, questions about the word order, idiomaticity, grammaticality of a SINGLE sentence, phrase or word are accepted. Please identify the specific issue, share your understanding and research with the community, and explain in as much as detail as possible why you are confused. You can mention which part of the IELTS exam in your question. For example, "Reading Passage 2", also include the quotation in full, the source, and a link whenever possible.

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Clare, who I work with, is organising the London marathon this year

I have read a rule of relative clause reductions, and it states, 2. We can use participles when reducing the sentence. a) Present Participle "V-ing" (simultaneous) 1) We stood on the bridge which connects the two halves of the city. //the relative…
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IELTS sample test: Identifying writer's views, why question 4 is NO?

I am new at IELTS test and am looking at the sample tests from IELTS' official website. I have a question regarding the question 4 in the sample Academic Reading sample task – Identifying writer's views: Thirty per cent of deaths in the United…
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IELTS True/False/Not Given confusion

The question comes from the official IELTS sample (PDF): https://www.ielts.org/-/media/ea45c7fc36b14b699434210871c6f06b.ashx Wear a helmet Every year we are delighted to see more riders wearing protective helmets, but we would like to see every…
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"Do you agree or disagree" and "To what extent do you agree or disagree" question?

I just want to know if i can partially agree in "Do you agree or disagree" question type in IELTS test. In "To what extent do you agree or disagree" question type we are allowed to partially agree an argument but i am not sure about the former one.
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Omission in nondefining clause?

Can we omit the pronoun in the following sentences, 1) "Clare, who is sleeping in the couch, is Mike's daughter." 2) "The man, who was smoking a cigarette, hurried home." 3) "A boy who is jumping on the bed is Freddy's son." into these sentences…
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to persist OR to be persisted?

I'm reading a key for a writing exam, and it says, Historians in the future may look back on our time and wonder why we allowed such a dangerous and inefficient form of transportation to persist unchecked. And that sounds weird to me because…
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IELTS True/False/Not Given confusion 2

The Statement Combined rail-and-bus season tickets are available from some rail stations. This means if you can make your main journey by rail, you can then complete it by bus. Two separate season tickets may be required for some destinations. The…
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In this statement, how is the location of the parties signified?

"In the gallery above the sales department, supervisors can monitor the customers without disturbing them." I'm taking a test which has asked me to state the location of the customers. From my interpretation of the statement, the supervisors are…
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Proved helpful OR Been proved helpful?

Cars have proved helpful to human beings. Cars have been proved helpful to human beings. What are the differences between them?
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Noun + V-ing without V-to-be OR relative pronoun

I've read this, and the answer states we can omit relative clause heads when the verb that follows them is a present participle Can we really say: "The baby sleeping is Mike's son" instead of saying: "The baby who is sleeping is Mike's son."?
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A monolithic group (singular agreement)

I downloaded the old ielts test and its keys, one of the questions asked you to describe a bar chart, and there were 3 different pieces of data given on the chart: Cars owners Internet users Apartment renters In its key for this question, there…
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Words or sentences can be used in IELTS Speaking Task2 A significant item

I am preparing for IELTS speaking task2. The cue card is: After searching for a while on google, I want to say time is really significant to me. But I was stuck in diverse words and sentences. My complete script is as follows: Time is really…
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