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
Read the How to ... box. Tick the expressions used in the essay.
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.