practice / IELTS Writing Task 2 / Grammatical Range & Accuracy
#GR10
Missing article
English marks whether a noun is new, specific, general, or a name of its own — with a, an, the, or nothing at all. Our mainframes flag a missing or wrong article as #GR10, and in IELTS Writing Task 2 it counts against Grammatical Range & Accuracy every single time.
Type a, an, or the into each gap — or x if the sentence needs no article at all.
Exam result
Step 1 Is this noun being named for the first time, or mentioned again?
Step 2 Is it one countable thing, a plural, or something uncountable?
Step 3 Pick a/an for "one, any one"; the for "this specific one"; nothing for general/plural/uncountable.
In your next essay, do one dedicated pass that checks only articles — and watch this error's count drop in your writing passport.