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Common Mistakes At IELTS Advanced And How To Avoid Them is an invaluable resource to fine tune aspiring IELTS candidates by addressing common problems and mistakes. Summary of the Book The IELTS exams organised by the University of Cambridge, is recognised globally as a standard of English language proficiency. It is taken by thousands of candidates every time it is held and is essential for those who wish to work or study in English speaking nations. The test is designed to test the candidate’s English language proficiency and as such many candidates, especially those who are quite at home with English, tend to focus on the larger principles of the test, i.e. the rules of grammar and the like, and forget that to master a language and attempt a test such as IELTS, one must fine tune those principles and avoid simple mistakes. The book, Common Mistakes At IELTS Advanced And How To Avoid Them, addresses these very issues. The author, Julie Moore, has used information on mistakes committed by candidates from numerous IELTS papers, and has recorded and analysed them for common mistakes and has crafted solutions for them. The book has chapters like Common Spelling Mistakes, When do I use Capital Letters, Verb Collocations, Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Using Nouns: Appearance and Communication, Adjective Forms, and Singular and Plural Verb Forms. Common Mistakes At IELTS Advanced And How To Avoid Them is divided into units, each of which deal with a specific problem area. Every unit also highlights the most common mistakes and uses simple, clear explanations to show candidates how they can get it right. Tests are spread throughout the book to ensure that learning happens at every stage and every area is thoroughly rounded off. There are also many IELTS-style tests which are aimed at not only familiarizing candidates with the testing format, but also at monitoring their progress. About Julie Moore Julie Moore is an English language teacher, lexicographer and the author of numerous books on English Language Teaching (ELT). Some of the books she has written are Common Mistakes at Proficiency...and How to Avoid Them, Global Pre-intermediate: Coursebook with eWorkbook Pack, Global Elementary: Teacher's Book with Test CD, and Crossroads: Reading and Writing for College. Julie Moore was an EFL (English as a Foreign Language Teacher) for several years before completing her MA in Linguistics from Birmingham University. Thereafter, she worked as a Lexicographer for Cambridge University Press. She currently resides in the UK and works on various EAP courses and programmes.