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New Video: Articles and IELTS Writing Task 1

A few days ago, I posted a new video on my YouTube channel. It teaches an essential grammar rule that can help you to get a better score in IELTS writing task 1.

What is the grammar rule?

The rule that I teach in this video is about articles. Essentially, it’s an easy way to avoid mistaking “a/an” for “the.”

The rule is that when you mention something for the first time in a description of a map or process diagram, then logically you should say “a/an.” Later, when you refer back to this thing, you should say “the.”

The reason is explained in this short video:

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David S. Wills

David S. Wills is the author of Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult' and the founder/editor of Beatdom literary journal. He lives and works in rural Cambodia and loves to travel. He has worked as an IELTS tutor since 2010, has completed both TEFL and CELTA courses, and has a certificate from Cambridge for Teaching Writing. David has worked in many different countries, and for several years designed a writing course for the University of Worcester. In 2018, he wrote the popular IELTS handbook, Grammar for IELTS Writing and he has since written two other books about IELTS. His other IELTS website is called IELTS Teaching.