Editing
Advice on when and how to check your writing and what to check for
IELTS writing – editing general suggestions about how, when and what to check for
An essay writing checklist: a downloadable checklist that helps ensure you write according to the band score criteria]
Coherence
A collection of articles on how to improve the coherence and cohesion of your writing
An introduction to coherence – a simple introduction to what coherence is
Essay coherence 1 – an explanation of how coherence works with a commentary on a sample essay.
Essay coherence 2 – a download of how to make your essays more coherent
Paragraph coherence 1 – an explanation with examples of how to make your paragraphs more coherent using a PEE model
Paragraph coherence 2 – some tips on how to make your paragraphs more coherent with a step-by-step tutorial
Paragraph coherence 3 – a lesson showing how you can improve your coherence by counting the ideas in each paragraph
Conditionals and coherence – how to make your writing more coherent by using conditionals: examples and a quiz
Linking your paragraphs in essays: advice on how to use topic sentences to link your paragraphs together
Cohesion
An introduction to cohesion – a step-by-step guide to making your writing more cohesive with a exercise to download.
Improve your cohesion and avoid repetition – examples of useful language to improve your linking and stop repeating words
Spelling and punctuation
Spelling and IELTS – a test and some tips – advice on how to improve your spelling with an interactive spelling test
Sentences and full stops: video tutorial with exercises on using sentences to improve the coherence of your writing
