Usef

ulphr
ases

Us
efulphr
asesf
orpr
esent
ati
onsandwr
iti
ng

Reason Expr
essing
Sequenci
ng Consequence Addi
nfor
mat
ion Expl
ain Expressi
ng Summar
izi
ng
Cont
rast andcause apersonal
facts
opini
on

Fi
rst I
nspi
teof Becaus
e Ther
efor
e Ont
opoft
hat AsfarasIam I
not
herwor
ds Act
ual
ly Al
linal
l
Fi
rstofal
l concer
ned
Fi
rstl
y
Tobeginwit
h
Second Des
pit
e Becaus
eof So Apar
tfr
om Fr nt I
om mypoi nshor
t Asamatt
er I
nbr
ief
Secondl
y ofvi
ew off
act

Next Al
though Duet
o Asa Forexampl
e Iagr
ee Thati
s(t
osay) I
nfact I
nconcl
usi
on
cons
equenceof
Idi
sagr
ee
Af
tert
hat Event
hough Asar
esul
tof Fur
ther
mor
e Aboveal
l Real
ly I
nshor
t

Then However Cons

equent
ly Ont
heonehand I
nmyopi
nion Al
linal
l Ont
heWhol
e
Ont
heotherhand

Meanwhi
le Fort
hisr
eas
on Apar
tfr
om Tobehones
t Atl
eas
t Tos
um up

Whi
le I
naddi
ti
ont
o Bas
ical
ly Finall
y/inshort/
tosum up/i n
conclusi
on/
last
ly/lastbut
notleast

I
nthe Bes
ides I
ngener
al
meant
ime

Ands
oon Mor
eorl
ess

Fori
nst
ance Toacert
ain
ext
ent
 Usef
ulphr
ases

EXAMPLES

I
nspi teof/Despi
te
-“Theshow wentonins pi
teofther ai
n”
-“Theshow wentondes pi
tetherain”
-“Despit
ehavi
ngallthequali
fications,theydidn'toff
erhimthejob”
-“Inspit
eofhavi
ngallthequali
ficat i
ons,theydidn'toff
erhi
mt hejob”

Because/Becauseof
-“Hegotsoakedbecaus
eitwasr
aini
ng”
-“Hegotsoakedbecaus
eofther
ain”

Theref
ore
-“Shewassi
ck,t
her
efor
e,s
hewasunabl
etowor
k”

Ont heonehand/ontheotherhand
-“Ontheonehand,Iwouldl
iket
ohaveabi
ggerapar
tment,butont
heot
herhandIl
ovewher
eIam
l
ivi
ngnow andabiggerapar
tmentwoul
dbetooexpens
ive”

I
nmyopini
on
-“I
nmyopi
nion,havi
ngacari
ntheci
tyi
snotconveni
ent
”

Basical
ly
-“Thefirstcarhasabet
ters
ounds
yst
em,butbas
ical
lybot
hhavet
hes
ameper
for
mance”

Actual
ly
-“
Noneofthes
etr
eesar
eact
ual
lynat
ive,butt
heygr
ow ever
ywher
ear
oundher
e”

Essayst r
ucture
1.Introducti
on
2.Body:
1.
Ar gument1ands
uppor
tingevi
dence
2.
Ar gument2ands
uppor
tingevi
dence
3.
Ar gument3ands
uppor
tingevi
dence
3.Concl usi
on

EXERCISE
Now pr
acticewr
iti
ngas
hor
tes
sayaboutoneoft
hef
oll
owi
ngt
opi
csus
ingt
hes
eexpr
ess
ionsand
phr
ases.

-Us
eofuni
for
msi
nwor
k/s
chool(
Shoul
dpeopl
eus
euni
for
msi
nthewor
kpl
ace/
school
s?

-Renewableener
gysour
ces(
whataret
heprosandconsofusi
nggr
eenener
gyandf
oss
ilf
uel
s?Ar
e
thei
nit
ialcos
tsandener
gyusewor
ththeus
eofgreenenergy?
)

-Fr
eeeducat
ion(
Shouldeducat
ionbef
reeornot
?Woul
doverqual
ificat
ionort
oomanypr
ofes
sional
s
beaprobl
em get
tingj
obs?
)