FOR /AGAINST ESSAY

En este tipo de texto hay que dar opiniones a favor y en contra de un tema. La estructura
que debes seguir es la siguiente:

1) INTRODUCCIÓN: Utilizando la frase que nos dan en el examen vamos a hacer una
afirmación general para presentar el tema, diciendo que hay argumentos a favor y en
contra, tenemos que intentar decir lo mismo que nos han puesto en el examen pero
utilizando otras palabras. Frases que te pueden resultar útiles para este párrafo son:

Many people say/think that… There are many reasons for..

It is true that … We should look at both sides of the
Nearly everyone thinks that… question
Most people agree that…

2) VENTAJAS: En el siguiente párrafo daremos las ventajas u opiniones a favor que

encontremos. Dos o tres serán suficientes siempre y cuando las expliquemos bien
3) INCONVENIENTES. Es importante que busquemos un mismo número de ventajas
que de inconvenientes para que el texto esté equilibrado. Frases que nos pueden venir
bien pueden ser:
 Para dar argumentos: Firstly,…/Secondly…/On the one hand…/ One advantage
is that.
 Para añadir información: What’s more…, In addition…, Furthermore….,
Morevoer… Too/also/as well.
 Para dar contraste (al comienzo del párrafo tres) ON the other hand, however,
but, Nevertheless
4) CONCLUSIÓN: resumen y dar tu opinión.
On balance… In conclusion… To sum up…
In my opinion… From my point of view, Personally, I think…It seems to me that…

NO OLVIDES EMPEZAR HACIENDO LA LISTA DE LAS VENTAJAS Y DE LOS

INCONVENIENTES.
What are the advantages and
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of being an internationaldisadvantages of book as a form of
businessman/woman? leisure?
Many people think that being an It is true that books are not very popular
international businessman is something among teenagers nowadays and most of
exciting and interesting but, although them think that reading is something
that could be true, we should look at boring and old fashioned. However, there
both sides of the question since there are also advantages to reading as a form
are also disadvantages to working in of leisure and we must look at both sides
business over the world. of the question.
On the one hand, I think that this job On the one hand, I think that it gives
gives you the opportunity of travellingyou the opportunity of having fun
around the world. In addition you can wherever you go, you can read a book in
meet different people and learn their the bus or in a bank in the street, at home
culture and traditions at the same time you
in the bed .... In addition, you can be
do business. Moreover, you can get moredifferent people as a detective, a soldier or
money than if you only make business a writer when you read a book. Finally, I
within Spain. think that reading books helps us see
history in other perspective.
On the other hand, you must know a lot On the other hand we can also find
about culture and the traditions of the some disadvantages to reading books for
people you are working with if you don’t entertainment. Firstly, if you read a long
want to have problems. Secondly, you time your eyes can be tired. Secondly, it
must adapt to their timetables and foods takes you a lot of time to read a book and
which are very different from Spanish you can see a movie instead in only one
ones. In addition, you have to live in hour and a half. In addition, books are
hotels and fly a lot. more expensive than cinema or watching
TV.
In conclusion/ to sum up, we have seen In conclusion/ to sum up, we have seen
that there are positive and negative that there are positive and negative
things about being an international things about using books as
businesswoman; on the one hand you can entertainment. You can enjoy a book no
learn a lot about cultures and habits but matter where you are but on the other
you can have problems if you don’t know hand It costs you much more money.
well the traditions. In my opinion, it Nevertheless, I think that books are a
would be a perfect job for me. very good way of spending your free time.

ADVANTAGE: RECOMPENSE, benefits, pro

DISADVANTAGE: inconveniences, problems, difficulties,