Ielts-7-Writing

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 USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR TASK 2
A. PROVIDING GENERAL FACTUAL INFORMATION
I want to . . .
I would like to . . .
I wish to . . .
B. PRESENTING A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM
. . . could . . .
. . . should . . .
. . . suggest . . .
. . . perhaps . . .
. . . might be able to . . .
. . . it should be possible to . . .
C. GIVING YOUR OPINION
I think . . .
I believe . . .
I am sure that . . .
It is my opinion that . . .
. . . it seems to me that . . .
. . . it is evident that . . .
. . . it is obvious/clear that . . .
D. AGREEING OR DISAGREEING
. . . however . . .
. . . but . . .

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. . . although . . .
. . . concur . . .
E. CREATING RELATIVE STATEMENTS
Academic writing rarely involves absolute certainty. To change an absolute
statement like, for example, “The sky is blue” into a statement where the
certainty is reduced (a relative statement), the following techniques can be
used.
I. TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A GROUP
Uncountable items:
Some of . . .
A little of . . .
Much of . . .
Most of . . .
Countable items:
Some of . . .
A few of . . .
Many of . . .
Most of . . .
II. TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES SOMETHING OCCURS
Often . . .
Frequently . . .
Sometimes . . .
Occasionally . . .
III. TO SAY SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE

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. . . may . . .
. . . might . . .
. . . maybe . . .
. . . can . . .
. . . could . . .
. . . perhaps . . .
. . . possibly . . .
IV. TO EXPRESS DOUBT
. . . seems that . . .
. . . appears to . . .
. . . appears that . . .