TEMPLATES FOR SPEAKING AND WRITING

TEMPLATES FOR SPEAKING AND WRITINGA.. Impersonal Points of View - making and impersonal argument - A common opinion is that - it can be argued that - It is gernerally accepted that - The

TEMPLATES FOR SPEAKING AND WRITING

A Impersonal Points of View - making and impersonal argument

- A common opinion is that

- it can be argued that

- It is gernerally accepted that

- There is no doubt that

- It is impossible to argue against the fact that

- Some people think/feel/believe/claim/argue that

- Yet other people put forward the view that

B Personal Opinions

- My personal view is that

- I tend to believe that

- I am of the opinion

- i would argue that

- Personally i think

- as far as i’m concerned

- I strongly agree with the idea that

- I strongly disagree with the given topic

- My opinion is that

C Commenting

- Naturally,

- Evidently,

D Explaining Opinions

- What this means is

- In other words

- To be more precise

- In fact,

E Using examples to explain

- For instance

- A good illustration of this is

- As an example

- In particular,

- As an evidence

F Explaining cause and stating effect

- One reason for this is

- As a result

- Consequently,

- The result/consequence is/was

- So, therefore

- For this/that reason

- Hence = therefore

G Concluding

- To summarize

- In conclusion

- To conclude

- to sum up

- Overall

- In brief

- In summary

- in short

H Explaining Contrast

- On the other hand,

- On the contrary

- on one hand

- In contrast to this

- Nonetheless

- Nevertheless

- anyway

- Yet

- In/by contrast

- Although

- Though

- Therefore

I Explaining Comparison

- In the same way

- Similarly

- Like the previous

- Correspondingly

J Explaining the second paragraph

- It is true that

- First

- First of all

- Firstly,

- Initially

- To begin with

- thought it is true that

- some people believe that

K Explaining the third paragraph

- Second/Secondly

- Third/Thirdly

- Next

- Besides

- Futhermore

- Moreover