DC IELTS: Dominic Coles IELTS and Beyond!

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Useful opinion language in IELTS essays!
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This first set of words are either personal or my. My advice is not to be afraid of
using these words in IELTS essays.!
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Personal and my words Examples

My view is My view is that smoking should be banned

Personally, Personally, I do not believe that this proposal would be

effective

My personal opinion is My personal opinion is that organised sport in school should

be encouraged

In my experience In my experience, increasing taxation on airlines has had little

or no effect on pollution.

My conclusion is My conclusion is that there is nothing that can be done about

climate change.

From my perspective, From my perspective, the most effective solution would be to

improve health education

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The next set of words do use I but in more advanced ways. Would is a nice
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I phrases Examples

I tend to believe that Despite this, I tend to believe that the advantages outweigh the
disadvantages

I would suggest that In conclusion, I would suggest that the only effective mesure
would be to ban smoking entirely

I would strongly argue that I would strongly argue that parents should be involved in the
educational process.

I am convinced that I am convinced that it is not too late to take action against
climate change
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This set of words is more impersonal again. The opinions may be personal, but the
language doesnt use I or my. Adjectives do the work.!
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Adjectives like good Examples

There is a strong argument for There is a strong argument for saying that all bloodsports
saying that should be banned

A good case can be made A good case can be made for saying that children should be
given the vote at 16.

That is a fairly weak argument It is a fairly weak argument, however, because it does not take
into account the fact that people now live longer.
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This set of words is also more impersonal. You should see though that the
qualifying words still make the opinion personal!
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Qualifying words Examples

This, however, is extremely unlikely This, however, is extremely unlikely to be effective given the
prejudice that remains in the workplace

It can reasonably be argued It can reasonably be argued that sport is a vital part of the
curriculum

There is little doubt that There is little doubt that people are going to read fewer books
in the future.