Appendix Personal opinion: ‘In my opinion/view, To my mind, To my way of thinking, | am convinced that, Itis my frm belief ‘that, |am inclined to believe that, t seems to me that, As far as |am concerned, Ithink that our efforts will meet with success. To list advantages and disadvantages: ‘One advantage of, Another advantage of, One other advantage of, Afurther advantage of The ‘main advantage of The greatest advantage of, The fist advantage of having a pets that they ‘are fantastic company, One disadvantage of, Another disadvantage of, One other disadvantage of, Afurther disadvantage of, The main disadvantage of The greatest disadvantage of, The first disadvantage of having a pets that they need alt of care. To refer to other sources: To express cause: Ta express effect: To list points Firstly Fits ofall, In the ist place, Secondly, Thirdly, Finally To star/begin with, we have to make both sides fel comfortable befor talks can continue Jo list points ina BEGINNING - First, To start/begin with, First of all, make sure you ‘have alll the necessary ingredients, ConTunc - Secondly After this/that, Afterwards, Then, Next, mix all the ingredients ina bow ONCcWWONG - Finally Lastly Last but not least, bake the cake ina medium oven To add more points Whatismor, Furthermore, Apar rom tishat In adios thi) Moreover Besides ths)... not to to the same topic: ‘mention the act that the Internet has madea major impact on education, which wil greatly influence the way we teach and lenen "Not only has the internet made a majorimpact on education, butt wil also greatly influence the way we teach and learn. The internets both havina a major impact on education and is something that will influence the way we teach and learn, With reference to, According to recent statistics, the | ‘number of unemployed is increasing. The house was demolithed because, owing tothe fact that, due t the fact thar, on the grounds that, since, as they are going to build a block of fats there. Inview of Because of, Owing tothe fact that they are going to build block oflats there the house ‘was demolished They are going o build « block of fats there; for this reason, the house was demolished. _| Seeing that they ae going to build a block of fats there, the house was demolished. Her health was falling and she yrurved nore ame with her family; thus, therefore, so, consequently as a result, asa consequence, she decided to retire. To express purpose = To emphasise a pont To express realty ‘Shequitherjab, so that she could wavel around the word. She quit herjob, 0 as to/in order to travel around the world. ‘bought new bicycle withthe purpose/intention of cycling to workin the mornings ‘Indeed, Naturally Clearly, Obviously. Ofcourse Needlecs ta cay, the extant of his tolent ‘guaranteed that he would be a great actot. Itisa fact that, in effect, In fact, As a matter of fact, The fact of the matter is (that), Actually, in practice. Indeed, filing to watch your dict willleod to your gaining eight To give examples For instance, For example, by providing flexible working hours, businesses can encourage «employees to be more productive, 2, providing neitives such as, ike leuble working hours, businesses cn encourage employees to berore productive. 'femployees ae to be more productive, then the provision of incentives, particularly, in particular, expecially exible working hous ies To make general thestatements, ‘Asa (general) rule, By and large, Generally, In general, On the whole, the more deciions you le achild make on his own, the more self-sufficient he wil be. ‘To make partially true statements: Up to. point, To.a certain extent/degree, To some extent/degree, Ina sense, In away, Toa limited extent, this istrue but serous athletes willalways need the support oftheir coach and team-mates, To express limited knowiedge: To tha best of my knowledge, As far as! know, Tony ls alieady sentthe Rivers. To state other people's opinions ‘tis popularly believed that, People often claim that, [tis often alleged that, Some people arque ‘dat, Mary argue thar, Most people eel that, Some people point out that homeopathic remedies can be more effective thon conventional medicine. Contrary to popular belief, conventional medicine is not always as efective as homeopathicremedies. 251Appendix ‘To make contrasting points Itisawell-known fact that wearing seat belts saves lives; yet, however, nevertheless, ‘but, even so, still nonetheless, large numbers of drivers refuse io wear them. Although, Even though, Regardless ofthe fac that, In spite ofthe fact that, Despite the fact. that, While wearing seatbelts is known to save lives, large numbers of drivers refuse to wear them. To express balance (the other side of the argument) Negative addition: ‘Opponents of animal testing argue, claim, believe that experinen(s can be conducted in other ways without losing their efficacy. While itis true to say that the governmentis investing in retraining schemes, in fact the ‘unemployment rates stil igh, The fact that there are still no recycling bins in my area contradicts the belief/dea that the town council care about the environment. ‘Neither my ssternorniy brother have ever travelled abroad. ‘Mysister has neve travelled abroad: nor neither hs my brother. ‘Mysister has never travelled abroad, and my brother hasn't either, To express exception: To claifyrephrase To express similarity To give an alternative To express condition: ‘To express consequence: To condude: Time’ Reference: Summarising We could go to Malta. On the other hand, Alternatively, we could go to Tunisia, He has visited every European country apart from, but, except (for) one. Inother words, That sto say, To put it another way, ifyou treat people with respect they are far more litely to treat you with respect. ‘Making a list before you go shopping is important if you want to save money, similarly likewise, in the same way, buying products that areon sale also helps you stay within your budget. We could (either) go to Malta or Tunisia. You may use th’ ron on cunnition that, provided (that, providing (that), as Tong as you keep 4uiet. You may use this room onlyifyou keep quiet Inthe event of an emergency, Inthe event that, fan efnergency arses, call security Incase of emergency call security. ‘Do you happen to know whether Sandra works at home ornot? ei your tickets early otherwise, or (else) you might not get in. The sun is getting increasingly more dangerous; consequently, as a result, | never go out between midday and three. {hoping to get back today: ifs0,Ilcome see you ifnot, otherwise, give you acl Finally Lastly, Allin all, Taking everything into account/consideration, On the whole, All things considered, In conclusion, On balance, For the above mentioned reasons, To sum up, tis felt that ‘you would nat be suitable forthe postion The green light comes on when, whenever, before, after humidity reaches 90%. Walt untit il the crusts a golden brown before removing the pie. There fas beer it ne ofthe child since fve o lack yesterday evening. She sported them as she was getting on the bus. She saw her while she was ‘never see her now that she has moved to the city. ‘1am writing o request more informatian regarding, concerning the position advertised in Sunday's edition of The Times. ‘1am writing with respect/regard/referenceto in regard/referenceto the availability of product 0.127492, In short, Briefly, To putit briefly, (ve never met anicer person! ing fora tax 252