Enhance Your Writing: Phrases, Grammar, and Vocabulary
Introduction: It’s important to acknowledge that many topics are controversial and have multiple perspectives. Asking different people will reveal a variety of opinions and viewpoints.
Advantages and Disadvantages
On one hand, there are many advantages, such as: [Insert advantages here]. However, on the other hand, there are also some disadvantages, such as: [Insert disadvantages here].
Personal Opinion
From my point of view: [Insert your opinion here].
Useful Phrases
- Actually: en realidad
- Therefore: por lo tanto
- For this reason: por esa razon
- Particularly: particularmente
- In addition: ademas
- Consequently: por consiguiente
- Also: ademas
- Furthermore: ademas
- Although: Aunque
- Even though: aun cuando
- In spite of / Despite: a pesar de
- So as not to: para no
- So that: de modo que
- So as to: para
- In order to: para
- At the moment: en este momento
- After that: despues de esto
- Due to: debido a
- I feel, think, believe that…
- As far as I am concerned: en lo que a mi respecta
- It seems to me that: me parece que
- It’s clear that: esta claro que
- I’m against: estoy en contra
- I don’t agree with: no estoy de acuerdo
- Undoubtedly: indudablemente
Looks Like
- She looks tired.
- She looks like his father.
- She looks as if she’s been crying.
Infinitive and Gerund Usage
-ING (Gerund)
Verbs that typically take the -ING form: admit, avoid, can’t help, can’t stand, carry on, deny, enjoy, fancy, finish, give up, keep on, imagine, involve, mind, miss, postpone, practice, risk, stop, suggest.
-TO (Infinitive)
Verbs that typically take the -TO form: agree, appear, be able to, can’t afford, can’t wait, decide, expect, happen, have (got), help, learn, manage, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, teach, tend, threaten, want, would like.
Specifics
- -TO: agree, offer, refuse (to do), promise, threaten
- Person + To + inf: advise, ask, convince somebody, encourage (not to), invite something, persuade, remind, tell, warn
- -ING: apologize for, accuse sb of, admit (doing), blame sb for something, deny, insist on, recommend, regret, suggest
Vocabulary
Health
- Cough: toser
- A rash: roncha, eczema
- Blister: ampulla
- A pain: dolor de pecho
- Being sick: vomitar
- He’s sneezing: estornudando
- Her finger is bleeding: cortado
- Ankle swollen: tobillo torcido
- Her back hurts/aches: dolor de espalda
- Unconscious: coma
- Sore throat: garganta
- Feels sick: malestar de vomitar
- Fainted: desmallarse
- Feel dizzy: mareado
- Stroke: lado paralizado
Clothing
- Sleeveless: sin mangas
- Long/short-sleeves: cuello redondo
- Hooded: sudadera
- V-neck: cuello v
- Spotted: lunares
- Plain: plana
- Striped: rayas
- Checked: cuadros
- Patterned: rayada
City
- Harbour: Puerto
- Hill: Colina
- Square: plaza
- Pedestrian street: calle de peatones
Phrasal Verbs
Broke up, call back, chat up, cut down, give up, slow down, lie down, fall over, fill up, catch up with, put on, eat out, hurried through, comes up, thought up, run over, crashed into, burst out, turn up, leave behind, knock down, put back, watch out, going through, get out, carry on, closed down, get out, set off, calm down, hold on, told off.