Master ielts essays

Master IELTS Essays 
IELTS Academic & General Training Writing Task Two 
Ebrahim Tahasoni 
Page 24 
www.tahasoni.com 
Giving an opinion 
Use the following ideas to formulate sentences which represent your personal view on 
a given subject. Please note that this is only a small portion of the possible structures, 
as you may find a great deal more in vocabulary/grammar books written for the IELTS 
as well as in sample essays and other authentic IELTS resources. 
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 Agreeing/disagreeing with a view 
With/without a background statement: 
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I [tend to/personally/strongly/firmly] 
agree/disagree
with the 
view/opinion/point of 
view/idea/viewpoint
that… 

I [tend to/personally/strongly/firmly] 
agree/disagree
that… 

I [tend to/personally/strongly/firmly] 
support/oppose
the 
view/opinion/point of 
view/idea/viewpoint
that… 
Preferably without a background statement: 
Agreeing:

I, like many others, think… 

My view, like many other people, is that… 
 
Disagreeing: 

Whereas/While/Although/Even though
some might believe that…, I personally think … 

Whereas/While/Although/Even though
some might believe that…, I personally 
think 
otherwise/disagree
. 

Despite many people’s view that…, I tend to think.. 
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 Giving an original view 

I [tend to/personally/strongly/firmly] 
think/believe/feel
that… 

I am [personally/strongly/firmly/fully] convinced that… 

I am [personally/strongly/firmly] of the opinion that… 

I [personally/strongly/firmly] hold the opinion that… 

To me, … 
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As far as I am concerned, … 

From my [personal] point of view, … 

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