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Tag - Contractions in IELTS writing

Can we use contractions in IELTS writing?

This is a question we received last week and we have seen it time and time again.  It comes from the idea that IELTS, especially Academic IELTS, is a formal exam and should be treated us such.  This is wrong. Academic IELTS is a test of your English for academic purposes (this means for university, post grad courses and also jobs).  It is NOT a test of your academic English.   If you go to an English school/academy to study English, the...