General Essay Beginers Toefl/ielts

ARGUMENTATIVE:-

GENERAL BEGINERS 1) On the whole, people tend to feel that…… 2) A majority of people / nations experience ……. 3) Nowadays…….all people / In this day….many people / These days…. most. / Some people….. 4) From the evidence of developing country all the world ….. 5) Fortunately / Unfortunately many countries ….. 6) There is always some controversy over whether…. 7) The issue of whether…. 8) It is often believed / said… 9) It is universally accepted that…/ It is generally accepted that…. 10)It is a well known fact that…. 11)Basically speaking; in this modern day; 12)There are various conflicting views about….

AGREEMENT

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)

I would argue that….. I firmly believed that… It seems to me that… I tend to think… As far as I can tell…. I am convinced that…. I would always support that… I think it is reasonable to say that….

DISAGREEMENT 1) Others believe that… 2) Some people think that… 3) Some people opine/ support/ promote… 4) It is understood by some… 5) Some people accept the… 6) It has been argued that… REFUTAL 1) Even if it is believed… 2) I am unconvinced… 3) It is hard / difficult to accept… 4) There is little evidence to support… 5) However, my argument is… 6) Regardless of the views…

ADVANTAGES ---DISADVANTAGES

GENERAL STATEMENTS CAN INCLUDE 1) It is not unusual / uncommon for…./impossible… MeaningIt is quite usual for Common for Possible for 2) It is not inconceivable that… 3) There is a slight possibility…. PARALLEL EXPRESSIONS Advantages An obvious benefit An argument in favour of A positive aspect A good point

disadvantages A drawback An argument against A frequent/ common criticism An objection A negative effect An ill- effect

OPINION

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

While I appreciate the….. , / I think we… I am convinced that… It is not correct that… I think …. It may be true that…but…

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS I am never / always surprised to …. Highly disappointed…. Rarely / deeply shocked… Frequently / surprised…. TRY ADDING AN ADVERBS TO YOUR PHRASES-- PHRASES WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS.

Adverbs

Adjectives

Nuns

Totally Absolutely Quite Rather Fairly

Unhelpful/ helpful Old fashioned/ current Unrealistic/realistic Negative/positive One-sided/impartial Unpopular/popular Pessimistic/ optimistic (neutral)

Idea View Suggestion Comment Point argument

DISCUSS AND GIVE OPINION

COMPARISIONS:1) Children are similar to animals in their need to be cared for and loved. 2) The pattern followed is similar…. 3) It is safe to say that /// reflects the way I…. 4) In the same way OR likewise….; similarly ; identically….. 5) The issues / ideas/ statement are comparable / incomparable 6) To reflect ; to mirror; in the same way ; to have in common. CONTRAST:1) On one hand …. , on the other hand…. 2) While this is …., it is also… 3) Contradictorily ; by contrast…; whereas ; however…, regardless of the views…, even though…, despite…, on the contrary ; in spite of …, not only…..but also…, nevertheless ; nonetheless ; alternatively; different from.

OPINION:-

1) My opinion is that…. 2) The way I see it is that… 3) In my view…. 4) As far as my belief goes,…. 5) Here I’m (not) referring to… 6) I would always support that…. 7) The way I see it, is different form… 8) I can never accept….. 9) As far as I can see…. 10)The fact that…does not mean…. 11)Many people would disagree with the assertion / idea that…

EXPLANATORY

USEFUL LANGUAGE:1) It is certainly true that…. 2) It is observed that.. 3) In this content , it is appropriate to say that…. 4) There is every reason to believe that… 5) It is inevitable that …. 6) Just because …it does not necessarily follow that… RELEVANT EXAMPLES:1) This is obvious from … 2) This is evident in… 3) We can see this is 4) This can be seen from the fact that … 5) This is apparent is… 6) It must be taken into account that … 7) That is to say… 8) Evidence supports…. 9) Expressions- for example,; for instance ; indeed ; in fact ; of course ; if this is the case ; naturally ; let me illustrate.

CONCLUSION:1) To sum up… 2) Overall…

3) In the final analysis… 4) In conclusion… 5) Ultimately… 6) Having looked at …it can safely be said…. 7) In recapitulation…. 8) Considering all the argument presented…. 9) All in all, it can be safely concluded…. 10)To finally analysis the situation… 11)Finally, it can be summed up as…. 12)So, in conclusion, I think that… 13)Having discussed…. we should consider…. 14)Given….the problems / factors, we can firm to the question 15)Having examined the case for….

CAUSES AND EFFECTS

of…

CAUSES:1) The explosion in crime can be explained by… 2) Poverty is a common cause of crime… 3) Poverty contributes to crime… 4) Atmosphere pollution is caused by… 5) The major cause for crime is … 6) The making of newspapers leads to… 7) Tourism cause the destruction of… 8) Probably these are mainly due to … 9) ……..leads to …. 10)….makes …. Do something. 11)…..causes a considerable… 12)This is surely a cause of concern. 13)….simply makes the situation worse. 14)….which is often due to…. 15)Further …can cause increased…. 16)To make matters worse…. 17)It is a cause for concern that…. 18)….causes many problems. EFFECTS:-

1) Tourism results in… 2) The effects of … are… 3) Many of the effects of …are…. 4) …..is partly because of…. 5) Thanks to…., ….is 6) …..is more or less responsible for…. 7) The reason why…is…., is…. 8) Traffic noise results in…. 9) Have an effect 10)…..can be effective. 11)Traffic noise results from… 12)Another worrying trend is …. SOLUTIONS:1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

The main solutions… What people should do about this is …. One thing that would improve the situation is…. The government should take measures…. The trend could be reserved of …. ……is needed to combat these problems. …in terms of other solutions. We need to …