Organizing your essay(2)

1. Nowadays, verb-ing...
   1. Nowadays, taking a year out...
   2. Nowadays, it is becoming more/less and more common for people to ...
2. This days,...
3. In this essay, I will discuss .../ I will look at both sides...
   1. to draw a/some conclusion/s.
   2. This essay will look at the main causes of the ploblem, and propose some solutions.
4. However,.../But...
5. For many people,.../Many...
6. Over the last few years,...+Pperfect it has become less common for people
7. In the last decade,...+Pperfect
8. Today,...
9. It is clear that,...//there is no doubt that...//it has become evident that...
10. ...is becoming more popular

1. Let's begin by looking at the advantages of....
2. One of the main positives/advantages of ... is it is...
   1. one of the best things about... is it is...
   2. one of the best aspects of verb-ing... is it is...
   3. main = significant
   4. advantages = benefits = positives = pros = ups
3. Secondly,.../ In addition,.../Another advantage of ...is...
4. I will start by looking at the advantages of...

1. Turning to the ther side of the argument,...
2. On the other hand,...
3. a major problem
4. it/this leads to...
5. Another issue/problem is that...
6. One of the biggest disadvantages of .... is....
   1. disadvantages = downsides = drawbacks = negatives = cons = downs
7. Another major drawback is that....

1. A
   1. All things considered, verb-ing...
   2. Having looked at both sides, verb-ing...
   3. In conclusion,...
   4. To sum up, verb-ing
   5. To conclude,...
   6. An increasingly worrying issue...
2. B
   1. weigh up the pros of... and the cons of...
   2. All have a role to play in tackling the problem
3. C
   1. Personally, I believe...
   2. the benefits in terms of .... eventually outweigh any negatives.
   3. In my opinion,...
   4. In my view, verb-ing...
   5. As I see it,...
   6. take steps to deal with the problem...(as soon as possible)
   7. Action must be taken urgently,otherwise...
4. Grammar
   1. unless
      1. UNLESS we do this, they WILL do that
   2. otherwise
      1. Something must be done, otherwise something will suffer the consequences
   3. rather than + INF
      1. It is common these day for people to eat takeaway food, RATHER THAN cook a healthy meal.
   4. instead of + ing
      1. One of the reasons that so many people are overweight is that they eat junk food INSTEAD OF cooking a healthy meal.

1. 1. But / However,... / Nevertheless,.../ Nonetheless,...
2. 1. and therefore...

Annotations:

• Don't make a generalization!

1. Modal verbs
   1. Can / could
   2. May
   3. Would
   4. don't write: It is extremely difficult at first to integrate in a new society
   5. write: It CAN be extremely difficult at irst to integrate in a new society
2. Expressions
   1. In many cases,...
   2. In the majority of cases,...
   3. Generally speaking,...
   4. For many,...
   5. don't write: IN MANY CASES, it CAN be extremely difficult at first to integrate in a new society.
   6. write: IN MANY CASES, it is extremely difficult at first to integrate in a new society.
3. don't use both of them simultaneosly!!