Avoiding mistakes in

Writing
Here are some things to be aware of during the
Writing section of the IELTS exam.

Some may seem very easy, childish even, but
remember that when writing under pressure it is
very easy to think of the rules of the native language
and forget those of English or even write without
any rules in mind.


Ensure that your handwriting is legible.

Ensure that the first letter of the first word in every sentence
is a capital letter.

Make sure that you know which types of words in English
need to be written with initial capital in all situations and write
them correctly (for instance: days of the week, names of
languages, etc.)

You can start writing from the left hand side of the page
(block style) or you can begin the first sentence of every
paragraph with an indent (a small blank space at the
beginning of the line).




Try to avoid using question marks (?). Use indirect
questions instead.
e.g.: What is the time?
I would like to know what the time is.

Try to avoid using exclamation marks (!), even if you
are writing a letter of complaint. You are not writing an
email or a blog post. Try to be polite.
Make sure that other punctuation marks are placed
right after words.
e.g.: people. NOT people .
people, NOT people ,

If you reach the end of the line it is also important
to keep punctuation together.
e.g.: peoples
NOT
people
s

If you are at the end of the line and realise that
you cannot write an entire word in the space left,
do not break it into syllables. Erase it and write the
whole word on the next line instead to avoid
mistakes.
e.g.: impo-
rtant
is incorrect