{"id":846,"date":"2020-07-10T10:52:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/?p=846"},"modified":"2020-09-11T07:59:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T07:59:03","slug":"ielts-writing-level-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/ielts-writing-level-7\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Writing Level 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You want to get level 7 from level 6 or even 5 at IELTS writing?  There is one thing you must use. What is it?  Prepositions. That easy? Well, not really. I mean prepositions with more-than-one words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You will know what they are after reading a few examples:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>two-word prepositions: as to, except for<\/li><li>three-word prepositions: in comparison with, in addition to<\/li><li>four-word prepositions: with a view to, for the benefit of<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright. But you may ask a question. How to use these prepositions to get higher scores at IELTS writing? Let\u2019s check out a real example regarding task 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the following sentences:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Between 2010 and 2019, government&#8217;s spending on all four of the largest areas had dropped.<br>However, spending on pensions was an exception.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:73px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks good but you will most probably get level 5, not even 6, with sentences like this. So what are you going to do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A four-word preposition comes to your rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/college-students-biting-a-pencil-while-writing-e1599809385151-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"college student biting a pencil while writing\" class=\"wp-image-874\" width=\"269\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/college-students-biting-a-pencil-while-writing-e1599809385151-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/college-students-biting-a-pencil-while-writing-e1599809385151-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/college-students-biting-a-pencil-while-writing-e1599809385151-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/college-students-biting-a-pencil-while-writing-e1599809385151-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/college-students-biting-a-pencil-while-writing-e1599809385151.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><figcaption>Which  four-word preposition is it? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you go back to the last two words of the last sentence, you will notice the words \u201can exception\u201d, right? So, can you change it into a four-word preposition with the same meaning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right. Just change &#8220;an exception&#8221; to \u2018with the exception of\u201d and the sentences become:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Between 2010 and 2019, government&#8217;s spending on all four of the largest areas had dropped, <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">with the exception of<\/span> pensions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a word, by using a more-than-one-word preposition, your level will be enhanced.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want to get level 7 from level 6 or even 5 at IELTS writing? There is one thing you must use. What is it? Prepositions. That easy? Well, not really. I mean prepositions with more-than-one words. You will know what they are after reading a few examples: two-word prepositions: as to, except for three-word [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[48],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/woman-covering-face-while-reading.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}