In this section, we'll talk about grammatical range and accuracy. This is our third ingredient to writing a great essay. Now this is going to be a long section. Because there are many different parts to grammar. We're going to be breaking down everything from tenses, to simple sentences to compound sentences to complex sentences. We'll talk about conjunctions, active voice, passive voice, and much more.

So because there are so many things for us to cover in this grammar section, I've broken it up into several different subsections. Now, I want you to keep in mind that this is not a grammar course. The main focus of this course is to teach you the strategy that you need to perform well on your isles test. Ideally, you should already be familiar with these grammar concepts. However, since these concepts are important, I will still be going over them and discussing the most important aspects of grammar. So with that said, let's move on ahead, we're going to start off with some basic information.

So according to the band descriptors, if you want to get a band seven or higher, here's what you need to do. So first of all, you need to show a wide range of different sentence types and word orders. Basically, you just need to show off your ability to form a variety of compound sentences and complex sentences. Now, complex sentences look very good in your writing. But this doesn't mean that all you have to write are complex sentences. Keep in mind that you should also write some simple sentences.

Why? Because simple sentences are very easy to write. And therefore, you're less likely to make a mistake on a simple sentence. You see, when you write longer sentences, you are more More likely to make a mistake. On the other hand, if you write simple sentences, you can decrease your errors and therefore boost your accuracy. This is important because the vast majority of your sentences, that means over 50% of your sentences have to be error free.

So be sure to use a nice mix of compound sentences, complex sentences, and simple sentences. Finally, you need to know how to use punctuation correctly. punctuation includes things like the comma, apostrophe, capitalization, and so on. We'll discuss this in more detail in the future videos as well. So that's it for this video. This was just a brief introduction to our grammar section.

In the next video, we'll be talking about tenses.