Cover of the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Writing bank 5 for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the How to ... box. Tick the expressions used in the essay.
  2. Add the phrases from the box below to the How to ... box.

Answer

a)

  • The key question is ...
  • The fact is ...
  • One example of this is ...
  • Some might say ...
  • Perhaps
  • might
  • generally

b)

  • State your position → the main point is that; the fundamental issue is ...
  • give examples or use lists to illustrate a point → for instance
  • anticipate counter-arguments → a common misconception is that ...; it has been put forward that ... (but ...)
  • use hedging devices → arguably; to a certain extent.