Reading into writing- Descriptive Essay (informal)

Your teacher has proposed a class trip for a few days to another country. She has asked
you to read about different ways to fly to the country she has chosen. Look again at the
text about “no frills’ airlines” and write an essay for your teacher:

 Telling readers, the advantages and disadvantages of “no frills” and

conventional airlines and
 Saying which type of airline you would prefer to use and why.

 Introduction:
In this part of the essay you have to introduce your essay and write a little about
low cost airlines.
Useful sentences:
 In this essay I’m going to write about the positive and negative aspects of
no frills and conventional airlines.
 In this essay I will examine…
 In this essay I will discuss…
 This essay will examine…
 Body:
Here, you have to write about the advantages and disadvantages no frills and
conventional airlines using information of the text.
First paragraph: positive aspects of no frills and conventional airlines.
On the one hand, + positive aspects
Firstly,
First of all,
Secondly,
Besides this, (to join similar ideas)
In addition to, (to join similar ideas)
However, (to express contrast)
 On the one hand, as I have mentioned before, there are basically two
kind of low cost airlines which are no frills and conventional airlines.
Recently, I have travelled by no frill airlines and they are very useful if
you want to move to another city within a shorter period of time.
However, it’s true that if you travel during several hours it’s better to use
 conventional airlines where we can find snacks and magazines which
will make the trip more pleasant. (Present Perfect tense: verb to have +
adverb + participle)

Second paragraph: negative aspects of no frill airlines

 According to the text, travelling by means of no frills airlines has some
drawbacks, such as you can’t choose your seat, so people will run to get
the best seat. In addition,…
On the other hand, + negative aspects
In contrast, (to express contrast)
By contrast, (to express contrast)
Moreover, (to join similar ideas)
Furthermore, (to join similar ideas)
Despite/in spite of + noun/-ing verb (to express contrast)
 Conclusion:
Useful sentences:
In this part you write your opinion about the topic of the writing.
 To conclude, I prefer
 To sum up, I recommend…
 In conclusion, I will continue travelling by means of…
 I suggest + people + v-ing.
 I recommend + people + v-ing.
 I would suggest/recommend + people + to + infinite.
 To conclude, if I have to choose, I will …
(First conditional = If + subject + present, subject + will/won’t +
infinitive without to)
 In my opinion, if I had the opportunity to fly with expensive airlines
companies, I would enjoy so much with the experience because people
recommend me travelling with companies such as Iberia, due to the fact
that the quality of my trip will be different in comparison to low cost
companies.
(Second conditional: If + subject + past simple, subject + would/
wouldn’t + infinitive without to)