Coherence & Cohesion is scored on whether your reader ever has to work out how two sentences relate. These drills train the machinery: linkers that match the actual logic, paragraphs built in the only order that works, and referencing that stays clear.
What the examiner reads for
Coherence & Cohesion is 25% of your Writing band.
Choose the connective that matches the logic the sentence actually expresses — contrast, result, addition or example.
Start the drill →Rebuild shuffled body paragraphs into their one logical sequence: claim, explanation, example, link back.
Start the drill →Match topic sentences to the support they actually govern, and spot the sentence that drifts off topic.
Start the drill →Point pronouns at the right antecedent, use summary nouns and substitution, and know when repeating a key word is the correct choice.
Start the drill →Understanding the criterion
Coherence & Cohesion is the criterion where more visible effort can mean a lower score. Band 6 scripts overuse linking words mechanically — a Furthermore on every sentence — while Band 7 asks for a range of cohesive devices with flexibility, and Band 8 for cohesion that attracts no attention at all. The skill being measured is logical sequencing: a clear central topic in each paragraph, sentences in the only order their logic allows, and references (this, such measures, they) whose meaning is never ambiguous. These drills train each of those separately, because each fails separately.
When a drill feels easy, write a full essay and see whether CC holds up under exam pressure.