Assessing Grammatical range and accuracy

Range

The range of your grammar means using a variety of sentence structures. These may include the use of:

*Complex sentences include: conditional sentences (if…, …), relative clauses (…which…) and other dependent clauses (…because…, …while…, …although….)

Accuracy

Errors in accuracy could be in the following areas:

Band 5 and 6

Here are the Band 5 and 6 descriptors for Grammatical range and accuracy.

Grammatical range and accuracy
Band 5	Band 6
uses only a limited range of structures attempts complex sentences but these tend to be less accurate than simple sentences may make frequent grammatical errors and punctuation may be faulty; errors can cause some difficulty for the reader	uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms makes some errors in grammar and punctuation but they rarely reduce communication

What do you need to do to move from a Band 5 to a Band 6 in Grammatical range and accuracy?

Now compare the Band 7 and Band 8 descriptors.

Grammatical range and accuracy
Band 7	Band 8
uses a variety of complex structures produces frequent error-free sentences has good control of grammar and punctuation but may make a few errors	uses a wide range of structures the majority of sentences are error-free makes only very occasional errors or inappropriacies

What do you need to do to move from a Band 7 to a Band 8 in Grammatical range and accuracy?

To help with the range and accuracy of your grammar, you could review some of the language lessons you have looked at in this course, such as:

Lesson 33, Topic 1

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1. Errors cause difficulty for the reader	2. Errors do not cause difficulty for the reader
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