Students often destroy their writing and speaking scores due to poor grammar and lexical ability.

Take the following Grammar Diagnostic to determine what you need to work on to eliminate errors and increase your score.

1. CLICK ON THE RESOURCES TAB

2. DOWNLOAD THE GRAMMAR DIAGNOSTIC TEST.

3. TAKE THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WITHOUT ANY HELP

4. THE ANSWERS ARE ON THE LAST PAGES.

Note:

I. Written Aid for Grammar and Lexical

www.grammarly.com   

For those who seek continuous improvement in their grammar and lexical ability, you should get the PREMIUM VERSION of Grammarly because it will not only let you know all of the errors that an examiner would see but also informs you on how to correct them. To use Grammarly properly in preparation for an exam, you upload your essays into the application, which will detail all of the mistakes in grammar, lexical, and style. Then you should make the corrections yourself and then re-check to see if you were able to make those corrections. Yes, Grammarly premium costs money, but it is much cheaper than an ESL course or hiring a private tutor.

II. Grammar and Lexical Books (Locate them by searching on Google)

III. YouTube Grammar Video Series

If you need to learn grammar concepts, watch the YouTube Video series by Khan Academy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-6q-siuMik&list=PL6CQ7apI_8PjSBN8BxukW5Z76k8lRMQEf

IV. Vocabulary (Academic Words List)

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/sublist

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/academic-word-list/