Beware: Avoid These Mistakes In Your Essays!

Despite the fact that, as Shakespeare said, "the pen is mightier than the sword," the pen itself is not enough to make an effective writer. Especially when it comes to the essay section int IELTS.

There are various mistakes that people make in process of writing an essay and this seems to be the main reason behind them losing marks.

You see, the workings of an English essays are more analytical than one might think and, in many ways, it can also be as simple as just counting to five.

The Mistakes That You Must Avoid

It has been rightly said that “the will to win means nothing without the will to work”, if you want to reach your dreams, you need to make sure that your essays are devoid of these mistakes: 

Think Before You Leap
Loads of writers just read the topic and decide to dive right in without giving it a second thought. Sometimes, this might be workout for you but. it mostly ends up creating a slippery hill. This happens because your process for devoid of planning.

Planning is very essential when you write an essay, this helps make sure that you understand the topic in its precise sense along with which, you are able to cover all pointers, maintain a wonderful structure. This also helps you make sure that you do not run out of ideas while you express yourself on paper.

Repetition Is A Big No
Sometimes, people work to their level best and still, end up screwing up with their marks. This is mainly because at times our minds are grasped by one thought or idea and we tend to keep circling around the same with different words or structures.

So, stay in the moment and pay attention to your words, avoid repetition of the question, vocabulary, ideas or examples. This makes your content feel like a breath of fresh air and is bound to impress the examiner and fetch you marks.

Too Much = Chaos
Sometimes, with topics like ‘feminism’ or ‘equality’ which are easy, our minds go into overdrive and a lot of ideas flush in. this causes you to vomit them out on paper and hence creating a proper chaos.

This might also cause a very messed up structure for your article. Which would be majorly occupied with weird transitions from one idea to another and irrelevant examples to add like a cherry on top of the cake. So, learn to pick the more relevant ideas and use them wisely. This will fetch you, clarity as well as marks along with it.

Basic Grammar Mistakes
A lot of times when you’re in a hurry, it is easy to make small mistakes like forgetting to put in full stops or making small spelling mistakes but the sad part is that these mistakes, can cos you quite a lot of marks in IELTS.

Therefore, keep a special lookout for your grammar, work on making sure you place correct collocations, punctuations as well as capitalize the firs words of every sentence along with taking care of your spellings and sentence formations.

These little things go a long way when it comes to the IELTS exam because it just aims to test your basic English skills and hence these things tend to carry marks which are easy to gain with a little planning and attention. All the best!

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