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Tag - IELTS coherence

What actually are Coherence and Cohesion?

We get asked this a lot by both students and IELTS teachers.  Coherence and Cohesion is one of the 4 criteria that you are marked on in your IELTS writing. But what are they? We thought we would show you in a clear way. IELTS writing is like a river, with a start and a finish.  Coherence is like a guide boat on the river that is showing you the way. There is a clear start and finish clear paragraphing a logical structure   Now Cohesion is...

Linking words and why they matter in IELTS writing

Coherence and Cohesion in the IELTS writing criteria has a few parts to it.  Here we are going to look at one part, linking words and common mistakes, because  they are really important here.  They make your sentences fit together and guide the reader.  If you can't use them properly then you will lose marks. We see a lot of candidates make mistakes with them and when you read a sentence with poor linking, meaning becomes surprisingly difficult.  We highlight some...