Master ielts essays

Master IELTS Essays 
IELTS Academic & General Training Writing Task Two 
Ebrahim Tahasoni 
Page 32 
www.tahasoni.com 
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 Discussing Solutions 
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Development 
Include: 

Mechanism 

Advantages over other solutions 

Any possible disadvantages 
 
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How to introduce advantage and disadvantage:
Approach A: 
Although 
Even though 
-------- disadvantage (sentence) -------- 
, -------- advantage (sentence) --------. 
-------- advantage (sentence) -------- 
although 
even though 
-------- disadvantage (sentence) --------. 
Approach B: 
Despite 
In spite of 
-------- disadvantage (n./n.p.) -------- 
, -------- advantage (sentence) --------. 
-------- advantage (sentence) -------- 
despite 
in spite of 
-------- disadvantage (n./n.p.) --------. 
 
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 Some possible advantages and disadvantages 
Advantage 
Disadvantage 

Effective 

Efficient 

Cost-effective, economical, reasonable 
Does not 
rely on/require
many financial 
resources 

Time-efficient 

Popular 

Does not 
rely on/require
many resources 

Easy to implement 

Might not be very reasonable 

Could be time-consuming 
Might not be very time-efficient 

Might not be very popular 
Might not be favoured by the public 

May 
rely on/require
significant resources 

Could be difficult to implement 
Might not be very easy to implement 
 
 

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