Vocabularies and phrases to talk about

advantages and disadvantages

Good Bad
1. The pros 1. The cons
2. An advantage 2. A disadvantage
3. A benefit 3. A drawback
4. A positive aspect 4. An objection
5. A good point 5. A negative effect
6. An argument in favor of 6. A downsize
7. An upside 7. An argument
against
8. A positive effect 8. A frequent
criticism
9. A positive 9. A negative
10. A plus 10. A minus
11. To be in favor of 11. To be against
12. One point in support of 12. One reason
not to be in favor of
13. One reason I am In favor of

_______ of living in a city is it is _________.

 Discussion in group
• On the one hand ____, but on the other
hand________
• I see what you mean but I am just not sure
• There could be an issue with that
• I see what you are coming from, but I
think__________
• There are lots of advantages
• Maybe, but I can also see the disadvantages