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4. Should libraries invest in technology or books?
5. Is history a waste of time?
6. Housing and Trees in Urban Areas.
7. International Aid
8. Ideas about Salaries
9. The function of Schools
10. Female staff in senior positions
11. Littering in Cities
12. Reasons for banning mobile phones in public places
13. Tourism and the local community
14. Solving Traffic and Pollution Problems
15. Handwriting skills for children
16. Fast food restaurants
17. Should leaders only be younger people
18. Public Services Vs Art

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Essay Writing Skills – Giving Examples

Learn how to add examples in your essay using academic vocabulary for IELTS writing task 2. Learn a range of linking words and how examples should be written in an essay.

Vocabulary Chunks for Essay writing

Common collocations for essays :

• It builds/ sustains/ maintains (relationships)
• It liberates/empowers (women)
• It hinders/impedes (progress)
• It hampers/obstructs (development)
• It limits/restricts (freedom)
• It reduces (habitat loss)
• It accelerates/reverses (global warming).
• It minimizes/eliminates/eradicates (human error)
• It eases (tension),
• It stifles (creativity).
• It ensures (equal opportunities).
• It maintains (harmony).
• It encourages/promotes (diversity)
• It stimulates (growth/the economy)
• It generates (income)
• It facilitates (learning).
• It triggers (unrest/a recession).
• It sours (relations between countries)
• It strengthened (food production)
• It raises incomes (yes it was plural where I saw it! Normally it’s uncountable/singular)
• It perpetuates the myth/stereotypes
• It prolongs the agony.
• It delays the inevitable/ the onset of Alzheimer’s
• It provokes a response.
• It instills values in children
• (School uniforms) instill discipline, a sense of self-worth, and equality ….but the evidence that they help foster equality is not so clear-cut.
• To address/alleviate poverty
• To ensure sufficient food for all

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Giving reasons

• One reason for this is that
• This can be explained by…
• This can be attributed to the fact that…

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Giving further reasons

• Not only ……., but…
• A further reason is…
• It should also be stated that…

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Citing general opinions

• It has been claimed that…
• It is widely believed that…
• There is a widespread belief that…

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Refuting opinions

• I would dispute this, however.
• However, this is not necessarily the case.
• There are some faults with this reasoning, however.

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Hedging strategies

• It could be argued that…
• One explanation might be that…
• This suggests that…

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Strengthening an argument

• There can be no doubt that…
• Therefore, we can say beyond any doubt that…
• These are just some of the reasons why…

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Concluding and summarising

• To sum up, … / In summary, … / In short, …
• Overall, … / On the whole, …
• To return to my original idea,…

Writing Essays

 

 

sources :  Cork English  /  British Council Learn English Teens

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Find lots of IELTS Academic Writing tips HERE 

Writing Essays

 

 

sources :  Cork English  /  British Council Learn English Teens

Read more HERE

Find lots of IELTS Academic Writing tips HERE