hi there it's asiya today let's take one simple idea and transform it into a variety
of complex band 7 and even band 9 sentences why are those complex sentences important
well to achieve a high score for your grammar well actually even to achieve a band 6 score
you need to use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms to achieve band 7 you need a
variety of complex grammatical structures and for a band 8 or 9 score you need a wide range of them
ok now you know why those complex sentences are important ready to write some let's get started
to set the scene for our sentences let's use a topic here it is
not enough students around the world choose to study science subjects at university
what are the reasons for this what impact does this issue have on society
at the end of the video i'll share the full sample answer with you but now let's take one simple idea
and turn it into high scoring sentences here it is students do not want to study science
they choose to study business and law instead these sentences are very simple from the
grammatical point of view they are probably been five level even though they are correct
let's merge them into one sentence then we get some students choose to study business and law
rather than science so here we've already used the grammatical construction rather than business and
law rather than science i prefer drinking coffee rather than tea so it's already better but let's
talk about the band's seven level sentences some sentences in english are called complex
to turn our sentence into a complex one we need to add another sentence the dependent clause
using the linking words because when we're although until or some others
please try to write your complex sentences and post them in the comments below for example
we take our sentence some students choose to study business or law
rather than science and then we want to give the reason why because
how could he finish this sentence i decided to say because scientists are paid significantly less
than business managers or solicitors solicitors are a type of lawyers we could use where
some students choose to study business alone rather than science where salaries
are significantly lower so the same idea but a different sentence
here is another one some students choose to study business or law although they have an
aptitude for science so here we turned our initial sentence into a complex sentence
and an aptitude is a natural ability something you're naturally good at to make these sentences
perfect you need to use the correct punctuation as a rule when you have your linking words
in the middle of the sentence you don't need commas like in the first two examples
although is an exception when we have it in a sentence we tend to always use a comma but
if you move your dependent clause to the beginning and then your sentence starts with
because where or some other linking words we use commas so let's transform the first sentence we
move because to the beginning because scientists are paid significantly less than business managers
or solicitors common some students choose to study business or law rather than science we can't
really transform the second sentence in this way because it will make no sense but we can do it
with the third example although some students have an aptitude for science comma they choose to study
business or law instead to get a high score for your grammar it's really important to use commas
correctly let me show you another type of complex sentences that's when you add a relative clause
with the words who which or that relative clauses are great in ielts writing because you can
add some extra information to any sentence and easily turn a simple sentence into a complex one
let me show you how you can do it so we take the same idea some students choose to study business
or law rather than science so let's add some information about students some students who
what could you add here please write your sentence and post it in the comments i wrote
some students who are bright and ambitious choose to study business or law rather than
science so when we talk about people we use who when we talk about objects we use which or that
so let's say something extra about science some students choose to study business or law rather
than science which again what could you say here i said which may be considered less prestigious
so these are complex sentences what about punctuation ah that's a complex topic in itself
basically when the meaning of the sentence is clear without the relative clause
you need to put a comma before and a comma after like in our second example
we put a comma before which but if the meaning of the sentence is not clear without your clause
then you don't need any commas like in the first example some students who are bright and ambitious
choose to study business alone so this sentence means that those who are bright and ambitious
choose business or law not just some students so we've already changed the meaning of the sentence
and we can't easily remove it i know it's a bit difficult so let me show you two simple sentences
to demonstrate the point the boy who wears the red t-shirt is my son let's try to remove the
clothes the boy is my son which boy there are several boys which one it's not clear that's why
we don't use commas here here's another one my son who wears the red t-shirt is 5 years old so
here we can remove it my son is 5 years old it's clear enough that's why we use a comma before
and a comma after the relative clause let's try to merge both types of our complex sentences into one
here is what we get some students who are bright and ambitious choose to study business or law
rather than science because scientists are paid significantly less than business managers or
solicitors this sentence is already highly complex but i would say it's a little bit straightforward
let's add an element of doubt let's say that it's not always so it's just
usually so here's how we can do it some students who are bright and ambitious
may choose to study business or law rather than science because scientists are often
paid significantly less than business managers or solicitors so they may choose that or may not
so we're not sure we're not stating that's always so and may is a mortal verb so it's great to use
and scientists are often paid less they're not always painless so this sentence
is more precise and i would say that's our perfect band nine sentence so we've transformed
a simple idea into band nine sentence in ayat's writing it's important to remember two things
to get a higher score for your grammar you need to use a wide range of grammatical structures the
more the better but you get your high score only if you maintain the level of accuracy
to get band 7 many of your sentences must be grammatically correct without a
single grammatical mistake so choose the complexity level that is right for you
i have other videos about writing complex sentences and i will link it on the screen
and if you'd like to see this sample answer for the topic we use today it will be right here
thank you so much for watching me today good luck with your preparation and your exam bye