How to Add Complexity to Your IELTS TOEFL Writing

In order to achieve high scores on your IELTS or TOEFL writing section, especially the academic essay, you will need to show variety in your sentence structures. Even more importantly, you will need to demonstrate your ability to use complex structures. In this video, we look at the difference between complex sentences and complex structures. The latter rely on set structures, such as the inverted sentence, the subjunctive, causative, and passive voices, and especially embedded clauses (clauses within clauses). See examples in this video of complex sentences and complex structures and begin to integrate these into your writing. Don’t forget to visit for more of our original content. See our Idea Banks (full of useful vocab) and the IELTS Writing Self-evaluation Guide