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| − make an INTRODUCTION (state the problem)
| | | Nowadays many people believe that …
People have various preferences …
It goes without saying that …
Yet / Although …
But / Nevertheless, …
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| − express your personal opinion
and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion
| | | In my opinion, / As for me, I believe
I strongly believe that
Firstly, / First of all, / To start with, …(argument 1)
As a result, / Consequently, …
What is more, / In addition, / Moreover, …(argument 2)
For example, / For instance, …
Finally, / Eventually, … (argument 3)
Thus, / Therefore, …
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| − express an opposing opinion
and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion
| | | However, some people …
Nevertheless, some people have a different point of view.
They say / claim that …
Furthermore, they insist that …
Despite my respect for their opinion I can’t share it.
The problem is that they don’t mention
some weak points in their arguments.
In particular, … / Besides,…
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| − explain why you don’t agree
with the opposing opinion
| | | Nevertheless, …
I cannot agree with this because …
However, I do not think …
On the contrary, …
I also disagree that … / Besides, …
I am afraid, however, that …
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| − make a CONCLUSION restating your position
| | | All things considered, / All in all,
we can’t but admit that though (negative aspects)
it plays a valuable part in our life and (positive aspect).
Personally, I believe that …
In conclusion, …
Nevertheless, …
Nevertheless, I must admit that …
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| − make an INTRODUCTION (paraphrase the problem)
| | | There are …
There is no doubt that …
In other cases …
Are they right?
But is it really so?
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| − express your personal opinion
and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion
| | | From my point of view, … / To my mind, …
I completely agree with this view for a number of reasons.
The prime reason is that …
Another thing that attracts me to soaps is …
To begin / start with, …
Besides, … / In addition, …
What is more, / More than that, …
I also think / believe that …
because in this case …
As a result, …
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| − express an opposing opinion
and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion
| | | Unfortunately, … / Another argument for…is …
They also say that …
They also believe that …
Actually, … / Additionally, … / What is more, …
On the other hand, …
It is often assumed that …
Of course, / As a matter of fact, …
Moreover, … / In addition, …
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| − explain why you don’t agree
with the opposing opinion
| | | I think …
I personally believe that …
For me, …
But this is not true because …
Besides, …
As a result, …
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| − make a CONCLUSION restating your position
| | | To sum up, …
It is difficult for adults to admit that …
In my opinion, …
From my point of view, …
Therefore I think we should …
In conclusion, I strongly believe that …
Instead, …
So we may say that …
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